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.
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.
While the weekend didn't go as originally planned for some teams, many other teams earned hard-fought victories. Basketball made its return the the Bryce Jordan Center, highlighted by a record-breaking performance by the Lady Lions on Friday. The #2 ranked women's volleyball team swept their Big Ten opponents, and the men's hockey team remained unbeaten in the new Pegula Ice Arena.
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.
Good afternoon from Minnesota where the Penn State Nittany Lions (5-3, 2-2) are set to face the Minnesota Golden Gophers (7-2, 3-2) this afternoon. Penn State enters the game coming off of a 24-17 overtime victory over the Illinois Fighting Illini last Saturday. We have all of the media information and coverage for today.