With Penn State’s football season now officially in the ... The first test was expected to be a decent one with a road opener at West Virginia, the second game in a home-and-home series.

Penn State is agreeing to a deal with defensive coordinator Jim Knowles. Knowles just led the Ohio State defense to a national championship.

The Lambert Trophy, a throwback symbol of Eastern college football, returns to Penn State for the fifth time in eight years.

Mehki Flowers, a former Central Dauphin East and Steel-High star, is no longer with Penn State’s football team ... offers from Kentucky, Pitt, West Virginia and Nebraska, among others.