If 247Sports‘ Brandon Marcello is right on the money, then the Iowa Hawkeyes will start off their league slate in 2023 with a bang.
He listed Penn State as one of nine programs capable of crashing the 2023 College Football Playoff.
It makes sense why a national pundit would be high on the Nittany Lions. Penn State just put the finishing touches on an 11-2 season that was capped by the Nittany Lions’ 35-21 Rose Bowl triumph over Utah.
On just seven carries, PSU running back Nicholas Singleton rushed for a pair of scores and 120 yards against the Utes. His freshman campaign was marvelous.
The 6-foot, 219 pound running back from Shillington, Pa., is one of the reasons folks are excited about what 2023 might have in store for Penn State. He rushed for 1,061 yards and 12 touchdowns en route to being named the Big Ten Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year.
There’s plenty of questions for Penn State. Namely, can they actually navigate past both Ohio State and Michigan?
While the 2023 season is a long ways away, count Marcello all aboard the Nittany Lions’ hype train.
The window is opening again for James Franklin to lead Penn State to a Big Ten championship.
The players are in place and a new era is set to begin with quarterback Drew Allar, who waited patiently for Sean Clifford’s 46-game tenure to end. For the first time since 2018 and 2019, Penn State has picked up back-to-back No. 2 recruiting classes in the conference. The classes of 2022 and 2023, coupled with the classes in 2019 and 2020 (both in the top 15 nationally), should be enough for the Nittany Lions to finally challenge and get over the hump in the Big Ten East.
All three starting linebackers return and three NFL hopefuls on defense opted to return for another season. The big question is how Penn State responds at receiver with the departures of Mitchell Tinsley and Parker Washington. New receivers coach Marques Hagans is on board and leads a room that adds Kent State’s Dante…
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