The Nittany Lions allowed Iowa quarterback Mark Gronowski to run for 130 yards, the most for a PSU opponent in 10 years.

Smith, who has served as the team's defensive recruiting coordinator since 2014, said he personally recruited three-fourths of the current roster. Now his job is keeping players from leaving.

The Iowa Hawkeyes await Penn State, a team who just paid one of the biggest coach buyouts in college football history. Whether James Franklin was the problem or

Penn State takes its first official step into the post-James Franklin Era with a Saturday night road trip to Iowa to battle the Hawkeyes.

On ESPN's "College GameDay," former Alabama football coach Nick Saban was asked indirectly about the open Penn State coaching job, one recently vacated by James Franklin.

Penn State and Iowa meet on Saturday for the 33rd time and first since the Nittany Lions’ 31-0 shutout victory in the 2023 White Out game at Beaver Stadium. It’s also Penn State’s first game without head coach James Franklin since 2014, so it’s difficult to know what to expect.

Kickoff from the Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa, is at 7 p.m. ET. The Hawkeyes are 3-point favorites in the latest Penn State vs. Iowa odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 40.5 via SportsLine consensus. Before making any Iowa vs. Penn State picks, check out the college football predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model .

The agent for Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin is doing some serious work behind the scenes amid the Penn State job opening.