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Penn State knows how close it came to playing for a national championship last season, losing in the closing seconds of the College Football Playoff semifinals. For the Nittany Lions, 2025 is about continuing to reshape the narrative. Expert Daniel Gallen from Lions247 joined Bud Elliott on the Cover 3 College Football Summer School series to break down what success looks like in Happy Valley this fall — a season where expectations are as high as ever.
What are the stakes for Penn State in 2025?
Penn State returns 14 starters from last season — nine on offense and five on defense. That is one of the highest totals among power conference teams. The Nittany Lions appear to be in a similar all-in mode as Michigan and Ohio State were ahead of their recent national title runs. That means the pressure on James Franklin to finally bring a national championship back to Happy Valley might be greater than ever.
“I think the mindset of Penn State right now is that they know how close they came last year to being able to play for a national championship,” Gallen said. “And they’re very aware of what their shortcomings were. And I think we’ve seen that in how they’ve addressed things this offseason — in terms of guys they’ve added in the portal, some moves they’ve made at wide receiver, players who hit the portal and left. I think that Penn State’s approach to this offseason was reshaping, retooling, putting themselves in position to make a pretty big run [this] year with everything they have coming back.”
Penn State’s fate will come down to whether quarterback Drew Allar can take the next step and guide the Nittany Lions’ offense with the explosiveness needed to fulfill the program’s championship expectations.
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Author : Cody Nagel
Publish date : 2025-05-27 15:50:00
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