33 Random Thoughts: Surviving Minnesota

I was not very worried about Minnesota heading into the game. I just didn’t think they’d be efficient enough offensively to put together the necessary scoring drives to stay in the game, and I thought we’d see the Penn State rushing attack have one of its better days.

I was wrong.

The first sign was the Tyler Warren direct snap on 3rd and inches that did not net a first down. I didn’t even think that play was capable of not being a first down. Some scary foreshadowing for what the rest of the afternoon was going to be like.

If Warren not picking up a first down was the jab to the nose, Minnesota going 70 yards in nine plays for a touchdown was the right hook to the chin. Penn State was going…