Nittany Lions News: Reads from around the Penn State beat

While we wait for another practice availability Wednesday, here’s some links to reads around the Penn State beat to satisfy your Nittany Lions News Needs.

State College News’ Mike Poorman has this story on the relationship between redshirt sophomore quarterback Trace McSorley and coach James Franklin, plus some history on Franklin and his former QBs. 

The Daily Collegian’s Giana Han wrote this article on who will backup star sophomore running back Saquon Barkley — freshman Miles Sanders, redshirt sophomore Mark Allen or redshirt freshman Andre Robinson. Also from The Collegian, Andrew Rubin writes about how Barkley can grow this year and possibly help out on special teams. Support your local college newspapers, folks. It’s how the best of us get our starts (I’m talking about me, shoutout to The Minnesota Daily).

Pennlive has several reads, including Greg Pickel’s writeup on the possibility of a breakout season for sophomore corner John Reid. Pickel also talked to recent commit Pat Freiermuth about why the four-star tight end picked Penn State.

David Jones from Pennlive also takes a look at how unique it is in today’s college football landscape that Penn State will play both its in-state rivals this season in Pitt and Temple.

Rich Scarcella of the Reading Eagle wrote about the deep receiving group, but you need a subscription read it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And finally, Tom Dienhart of the Big Ten Network fielded some questions after the network’s practice tour and addressed Penn State’s depth. 

Did I miss any good reads? Send them my way through email or Twitter. Also, don’t forget to send in your Penn State football and other questions to the #YouveGotMailbag. I only need one more to finally publish some answers, lmao.