Roman Bravo-Young announces next wrestling step; Penn State football opens 2023 season in 100 days: Newsstand
Penn State news, notes, and updates for May 25 celebrate a milestone on the path to Lions football, plus a wrestling nugget and more.
It’s time to dive into Thursday’s top tweets and headlines about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.
Penn State tweets of the day
We start with football. Only 100 days remain until Penn State battles West Virginia at Beaver Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. on NBC. It will usher in that network’s coverage of Big Ten football and Lions letterman Todd Blackledge will be on the call. At FanDuel sports book, head coach James Franklin’s program is a 16.5-point favorite.
Plenty of work remains between now and then, but there has recently been plenty of news about the 2023 season. That list includes a Black Friday matchup with Michigan State at Ford Field plus new analyst additions and much more. And, before it all arrives, Penn State is considered a top-five team by some and a top-10 team by all in the preseason media polls and analytic rankings.
In other news, multi-time NCAA wrestling champ and Penn State standout Roman Bravo-Young is staying in State College.
Despite previous dreams of moving on to mixed martial arts once his eligibility expired, the Arizona native will instead start his post-collegiate career as a Nittany Lion Wrestling Club member. It begins his freestyle wrestling journey while keeping him in the Lorenzo Wrestling Complex to train with current Penn State wrestlers. It’s a win for both sides.
Headlines of the day
While it’ll never compare to Pitt rivalry, Penn State-Michigan State on Black Friday could be fun: Jones, PennLive
Penn State moves graduate assistant David Parker into an analyst role: Pickel, BWI
Penn State Probably Won’t Miss Playing at Michigan State This Season: Wogenrich, SI
Lions add former NFL assistant, NCAA coordinator Ola Adams to support staff: Pickel, BWI
Predicting Penn State football kickoff times for the 2023 season: Ripchick, Daily Collegian
Penn State football set for Black Friday primetime matchup: Bauer, BWI
Big Ten sold its soul for $7 billion, so of course there are strings attached: Giger, DKPittsburghSports
Quote of the day
“The visit was great. We actually started off at the bowling alley. We had a fun time there and then went back to the facility to tour the place and talk X’s and O’s. All of the time back at the facility was mainly about us hanging out and building on our relationship.”
–Class of 2025 QB Blake Hebert to BWI about his recent PSU visit and what he did on it.
