Penn State’s longtime mascot is a common mountain lion, the kind that roamed the mountains near the school’s State College campus until the late 19th century. One of the Nittany Lions’ historic rivals, the Pitt Panthers, has a similar taxonomic nickname for a similar reason.

Penn State’s 2024 season has come to a disappointing close with a loss to Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl. Now it’s time to turn the page and look at the good, the bad and the ugly of the current state of Penn State football.

For years, Penn State had a pair of popular cheers, “The Nittany Lion” and "Short Yell State.” In the mid-1970s, according to Penn State historian Lou Prato, the Nittany Lions’ cheerleaders were awed when making road trips with the team to Ohio State and USC, both of which used call-and-response cheers among fans to liven the in-stadium atmosphere.

The Lions247 team has its finger on the pulse of Penn State transfer portal news, recruiting, coaching staff moves and more after James Franklin's squad was eliminated in the semifinals of the College

Penn State football has a few culprits for Thursday's heartbreaking Orange Bowl loss to a gritty Notre Dame team

The Nittany Lions could look quite different in 2025, as the program awaits decisions from several key players.

It’s difficult to get to within a field goal of playing for the national championship and still consider this a disappointing season. So I won’t do that. But certainly, Thursday night’s 27-24 loss to Notre Dame brought a disappointing ending to a memorable year,

Now that the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff is down to four teams remaining ... it would would set up a rematch of the Nittany Lion's only regular-season loss, 20-13 at home on Nov. 2. Texas and Penn State could potentially play 17 games ...

The Penn State Nittany Lions represent Pennsylvania State University in college football under NCAA Division I. The Nittany Lions have completed 131 college football seasons, as of January 2025 ...

Andy Kotelnicki isn't one to take himself too seriously. He can rattle off an analogy about ice cream or strut around in a sleeveless shirt just as easily as

But how did the name come to be? And what, exactly, is a Nittany Lion? Heading into its Orange Bowl matchup against Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinals Thursday, here’s a ...