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Contender or pretender: Views vary wildly on how Lions will fare

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State was ... wait for it ... Oh yes, it was the great pretender each of the past two seasons.

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Man, that is great stuff from The Platters.

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In 2020, the Nittany Lions were ranked No. 7 in the preseason, then proceeded to have the worst start ever (0-5) for a preseason top 10 team. That season, of course, comes with a giant asterisk because of the COVID craziness, but it still counts in the history books that Penn State finished 4-5.