Jay Paterno

This week’s @NittanyGameWeek has an Indiana scouting report, a visit with @ojmcduffie81 & our weekly trivia. Watch on our 13 stations or watch & answer trivia at NittanyGameWeek.com

This week’s @NittanyGameWeek —Indiana scouting report & our guest @ojmcduffie talks about his incredible Penn State & NFL career —watch on our 13 stations or at NittanyGameWeek.com

4-Down Territory: Headed into the Home Stretch of Conference Races & IU Comes to Penn State The First College Football Playoff Rankings are out and Ohio State is number one..... 1st Down: The ACC: Virginia is in the Driver’s Seat but there is a big pack in pursuit.                           ...

Today’s Pigskin Stew: College Football turns into the home stretch —we dive into the conference races, the weekend’s biggest games & Indiana comes to Penn State. www.jayvpaterno.com/single-post/4-down-territory-headed-into-the-home-stretch-of-conference-races-iu-comes-to-penn-state

Because of our humanity, perfection eludes us, but we can try to remember:

“And God said to them: Whatever you did for the least of my people that you did unto me.” —Matthew 25:40

“In the faces of men & women I see God.” —Walt Whitman

“What if God was one of us?” —Joan Osborne

4-Down Territory: Ghosts of Preseason Top 25 Replaced by New Contenders. PSU Heads to Columbus Everyone loves a good ghost story and the ghosts of the past. And college football has a history that always looms over the present.The preseason AP Top 25 has 11 ghosts that have completely disappear...

This week’s Pigskin Stew: College football’s ghosts loom over Halloween weekend —your quick hits on the weekend’s big games & hoping history can repeat itself….. www.jayvpaterno.com/single-post/4-down-territory-ghosts-of-preseason-top-25-replaced-by-new-contenders-psu-heads-to-columbus

Just gave for Penn State for the @BigTen blood challenge for the 2nd time. Winning school gets $1 million for student health initiatives…..you can donate anywhere in the country & upload a picture of your donation to help Penn State —more info here: bigten.org/abbott/penns...

This week @NittanyGameWeek has a look at PSU offense, defense & special teams. We tell you how you can give blood to beat OSU next week & win $1 million for PSU bigten.org/abbott/ Watch on our 13 stations or watch & answer trivia time at NittanyGameWeek.com

On @NittanyGameWeek -bye week self-scout, look ahead & @BigTen Abbott Blood Challenge w/B1G Chief Medical Officer Dr James Borchers -Watch on our 13 stations or NittanyGameWeek.com & join me to give blood next week to beat OSU in the blood one-up bigten.org/abbott/oneupchallenge

4-Down Territory: The Big Story in Each Conference & The PSU Coaching Search This week there are not as many blockbuster big games as last week. So this is a good week to talk about the conference races but also to highlight what we think is the most interesting story of the y...

This week’s Pigskin Stew Blog: The big stories in the major conferences, the top games, @BigTen Trophy games, funky weirdness in Eugene & the PSU coaching search:
www.jayvpaterno.com/single-post/4-down-territory-the-big-story-in-each-conference-the-psu-coaching-search

An Important Voice of the Past Rises to Guide Us Once More Eighty years ago this week (Oct. 25, 1945) Angelo Paterno rose to speak to an audience in New York City. World War II had concluded just weeks earlier.

This week’s column just posted: visionary words from Angelo Paterno reflect a worldview that was ahead of his time & that remains relevant 80 years later: www.statecollege.com/articles/columns/an-important-voice-of-the-past-rises-to-guide-us-once-more/

Today’s @NittanyGameWeek has a look at where PSU is, a look at Iowa & trivia….watch on our 13 stations or watch & answer trivia at: NittanyGameWeek.com

This week’s @NittanyGameWeek insight from 2 coaches who’ve gone through the interim transition a look at the past 11 seasons & in-depth look at Iowa. Watch on our 13 stations or at NittanyGameWeek.com (we see you @gennings_dunker )

4-Down Territory: 5 Ranked Matchups Highlight a Weekend of Conference Games. PSU Enters a New Era..... FRIDAY: Louisville (4-1) at #2 Miami (5-0) 7:00 ESPN: As the season has unfolded, Miami’s most impressive win is now USF. Louisville was rolling until losing in OT to UVA two weeks ago. Both of these ...

Get ready for a weekend where the conference pretenders get culled from the herd of contenders. And PSU begins a new era. It’s all in this week’s Pigskin Stew:
www.jayvpaterno.com/single-post/4-down-territory-5-ranked-matchups-highlight-a-weekend-of-conference-games-psu-enters-a-new-era

Penn State: What Have We Become & What Will We Be? “I don’t want Penn State to become the kind of a place where an 8-2 season is a tragedy. You can’t tell kids that a football loss is a tragedy. It’s not.” –Joe Paterno 1971 Given the events of the pas...

Today’s column: Penn State What Have We Become & What Will We Be?

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This week’s @NittanyGameWeek has game analysis from last week & for Northwestern, trivia & this week’s guest Anthony Adams @spiceadams talking about football, acting & his time at Penn State. Watch on our 13 stations or at: www.nittanygameweek.com/the-2025-show

4-Down Territory: Rivalry Games, Ranked Matchups, Conference Battles & PSU Looks to Rebound RIVALRY ALERTS: #6 Oklahoma (5-0) vs Texas (3-2) in The Cotton Bowl 3:30 ABC: The Red River Rivalry is one of the highlights of every college football season no matter the records or rankings. It is a...

Today’s Pigskin Stew Blog has the weekend’s biggest games—#redriverrivalry Oregon vs IU & many more. And a look inside the numbers as PSU tries to rebound vs Northwestern: www.jayvpaterno.com/single-post/4-down-territory-rivalry-games-ranked-matchups-conference-battles-psu-looks-to-rebound

This week’s @NittanyGame gets you ready for the UCLA game, plus an interview with PSU great & Super Bowl Champ Joe Jurevicius & Trivia Time. Watch on our 13 stations or watch & answer this week’s question at NittanyGameWeek.com

This week @NittanyGameWeek quick recap, a look ahead to UCLA, trivia & an interview w/ Joe Jurevicius talking PSU/NFL & Penn State Volleyball —watch on 13 stations or watch the show & full-length interview at: www.nittanygameweek.com/the-2025-show

On Fall Nights, the Past Walks With Us on Campus September has yielded to October. The leaves are falling, the night air is getting cooler and the rhythms of fall have set in as the sun rises later and

This week’s column: Some October/Autumn nostalgia: www.statecollege.com/articles/columns/on-fall-nights-the-past-walks-with-us-on-campus/

An all-time classic to people of a shall we say our “advanced vintage”

Working on analysis & planning for this week’s @NittanyGameWeek show —to be on the show send us your pics from this weekend at www.nittanygameweek.com/2025-pride-p...

Biggest game of the year….Jam-packed @NittanyGameWeek with #Oregon analysis, an interview with @recedavis & trivia time. Watch on our 13 stations or watch & answer the trivia question at: www.nittanygameweek.com

Finally the B1G game is near. @NittanyGameWeek has Rece Davis talking @collegegameday at #PennState & in-depth analysis of #PennState vs #Oregon -watch on our 13 stations or at NittanyGameWeek.com

4-Down Territory: FINALLY a B1G Game for Penn State on a Day Filled With Bigguns WHITE OUT! Finally…….A weekend with a plethora of big-name conference games. Folks in Happy Valley have been bored for a month waiting for this game. And around the country the number of big-time conf...

Today’s Pigskin Stew: The First Really Big weekend of games —we’ve got the rundown—-plus 10 key factors to watch in the #PennState vs #Oregon #WhiteOut Game:
www.jayvpaterno.com/single-post/4-down-territory-finally-a-b1g-game-for-penn-state-on-a-day-filled-with-bigguns

Picture of the week: Fall evening in #HappyValley

No bye weeks @NittanyGameWeek —in-depth look at PSU-600+ in hidden yards, 3rd downs, Red Zone, field position, interview w/ PSU alum/author Paul Levine @Jake_Lassiter & trivia time. Watch on our 13 stations or watch/answer trivia at NittanyGameWeek.com @JayP

4-Down Territory: Tasty Games on the Menu This Weekend First Down: Bread and Butter to Start?: Iowa (2-1) at Rutgers (3-0) Friday 8:00 FOX: Rutgers has surged to two straight winning seasons playing great defense and running the ball. They always seemed t...

Today’s Pigskin Stew: The menu of college football games is better & better every week. Even beyond the Top 25 the sport is serving up some tasty games….. www.jayvpaterno.com/single-post/4-down-territory-tasty-games-on-the-menu-this-weekend

Paterno: Ending WPSU Will Silence Important Voices and Connections Last Friday morning, I got in my car and turned on the radio. I was driving to the Bryce Jordan Center for that day’s Board of Trustees meetings. My mind

Today’s column—the sometimes overlooked importance of @WPSU —an important part of the lives of so many in this community & across rural Pennsylvania: www.statecollege.com/articles/columns/paterno-ending-wpsu-will-silence-important-voices-and-connections/

Here is this week’s @NittanyGameWeek guest Deon Butler in an old interview he conducted. Watch this week’s show on our network of stations or watch that plus Deon’s old & new interview at: www.nittanygameweek.com/the-2025-show.

This week’s Nittany Game Week —breaks down Villanova, interview with Deon Butler on the 20th reunion of the ‘05 team, trivia & more. Watch on our network of stations or check us out on the site: www.nittanygameweek.com #PennState #WeAre