Saturday was not the Big Ten’s brightest day. Seven unranked teams lost to ranked opponents — an occurrence which had never happened in the AP Poll era (1936-Present), hat tip to Jason Starrett of The Athletic.
Penn State (3-0) was not one of those teams. The Nittany Lions annihilated Kent State (1-2) at Beaver Stadium in a 63-10 finish. The game was as close as 21-10 with less than a minute left in the second quarter, but 42 unanswered points for James Franklin’s crew sealed the deal.
Here’s what we learned from Kent State’s performance in Happy Valley:
Kent State can’t stop the read option
Every time.