No. 6 Penn State's potent offense challenge for Akron

No. 6 Penn State will begin the season hoping to pick up where it left off on offense.

The Nittany Lions averaged 45.6 points in their final seven games as they surprisingly surged to the Big Ten title. They even scored 49 in the Rose Bowl against Southern California, before losing on a last-second field goal.

The main authors of that attack -- junior quarterback Trace McSorley and junior running back Saquon Barkley -- are back as Penn State opens the 2017 season against Akron on Saturday at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa.

"If you had to choose between Saquon Barkley and Trace McSorley, I think most people are going to say they are going to try to eliminate Saquon Barkley as much as they…