At 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, everything was going as expected at Beaver Stadium.
Blake Gillikin had just punted the ball back to then-No. 2 Ohio State, and though Penn State had kept the score close, it felt like only a matter of time before J.T. Barrett would take the game over for the Buckeyes like he’s done so often before.
Meanwhile in South Bend, Indiana, the Penn State hockey team had begun to mob Andrew Sturtz. The sophomore forward had just scored in overtime against No. 3 Notre Dame, giving the program its biggest win in its brief five-year history.