Paul Posluszny just joined Cameron Wake, Tambi Hali, and Sean Lee as former Nittany Lions that won Defensive Player of the Week honors this season.
In his weekly press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Bill O'Brien discussed moving on from Minnesota, getting ready for Purdue, the development of Christian Hackenberg, and more.
The Nittany Lions struggled on Saturday against the Minnesota Golden Gophers en route to a 24-10 road loss. The game looked unwinnable for Penn State from the start as the offense came out cold and the defense could not make plays early on. After digesting one of the ugliest football games of the season, we handed out some grades to the team.
Ask any Penn State fan old enough to remember the 1970's who the greatest linebacker they ever saw was, and Bruce Bannon is usually one of the first answers. Although many great linebackers have come and gone since the 1972 All-American suited up for Penn State, Bannon was one of the first great products in the early days of Linebacker U. He would go on to play for two years in the NFL with the Dolphins, but he made his legacy on the gridiron here in Happy Valley. We caught up with Bannon to talk Nittany Lion football, life after leaving Happy Valley, and his playing days.
Minneapolis isn't your average Big Ten town, nor are the Gophers your average Big Ten team this year. It was cold, it wasn't particularly exciting football, and the result stunk, but TCF Bank Stadium is certainly an interesting place to watch a game.
The Penn State defense played one great half of football. The Penn State offense played one decent half of football. But the Nittany Lions simply could not put it together on Saturday against Minnesota as they fell 24-10 on the road to drop to 5-4 on the season with a 2-3 conference record.