Penn State’s Terry Smith: Underdog status is motivation for Ohio State game

Penn State’s Terry Smith: Underdog status is motivation for Ohio State game

Now that he and the Penn State football team have had time to digest things, Terry Smith said it’s challenging to keep the team together. “It starts with my title,” Smith said Monday. “I’m the interim head coach. That could be portrayed as the substitute teacher. There’s someone different at the helm. “Our routines are the same (as they were under former coach James Franklin), but I’ve tweaked the schedule. We’re going to do things a little diff…

What is Terry Smith’s Future With Penn State Football?

The odds of Terry Smith becoming the full-time head football coach at Penn State are slim. For this to have been a realistic possibility, PSU would have had to win out or come close to it in Smith’s six regular-season games as interim coach. The team lost Smith’s first game in the role Saturday, Oct. 18, at Iowa, and its next two matchups are against the No. 1 (Ohio State) and No. 2 (Indiana) teams in the country. So the better question is, if S…

Terry Smith Previews Ohio State, Discusses Penn State's Keys to the Game

Ahead of a major challenge against No. 1 Ohio State on the road this Saturday, Penn State interim head coach Terry Smith met with the media to discuss the team’s bye week and preview the matchup. Smith discussed the difficulties the Buckeyes pose, laid out the blueprint for a Nittany Lion victory and spoke about the recruiting experience over the bye week. Here’s what he had to say on Monday afternoon. Complimenting the competition Smith was hig…

Penn State notebook | Terry Smith talks mentality vs. Ohio State, personnel updates after bye week

Terry Smith is now one game and one bye week into being the interim head coach, adjusting to the routine of what it takes to lead a program.