IOWA CITY, Iowa | Penn State brought a new motto to Kinnick Stadium but repeated some of the same mistakes in a 25-24 loss to the Hawkeyes. The loss also marked a first for the Penn State football program.

Urban Meyer and Tom Rinaldi broke down the top options to be the next Head Coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions.

The Penn State football program has faced plenty of adversity throughout the first two months of the 2025 college football season. The Nittany Lions were ranked No. 2 in the country in the preseason AP Top 25 poll,

Iowa quarterback Mark Gronowski rushed for a career-high 130 yards and two touchdowns, and Kaden Wetjen scored the go-ahead touchdown on an 8-yard run with 3:54 to play, as the Hawkeyes defeated Penn State 25-24 on Saturday night.

Smith, who has served as the team's defensive recruiting coordinator since 2014, said he personally recruited three-fourths of the current roster. Now his job is keeping players from leaving.

Penn State football quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer will get his first college start at Iowa, in place of injured Drew Allar.

On "First Take," ESPN's Paul Finebaum believes that Matt Rhule, the head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers and a former Penn State player, would be the ideal choice.