Well, the 2020 season is officially in the books. And finally, we got to see what Penn State was “supposed” to look like against Illinois.
Don’t get me wrong, the first quarter was rough - exciting! - but rough. I’m still not sure why the 2020 team just couldn’t get off on the right foot. Well, in this case the offense did, but the defense didn’t. So two right feet, I guess?
In any case, after Illinois went up 21-14 with 6:10 to go in the first quarter, the defense finally woke up, and held the Illini scoreless the remaining 51:10 in the game.