Through the first three games of the season Penn State had struggled to run the ball with most of those struggles coming against Wisconsin and Auburn. Struggling to run the ball against the Badgers and Tigers is understandable. After all, those are two of the best front 7s in the FBS and possibly the two best Penn State will face this season.
No offense toward Villanova but the Wildcat front 7 is not one that should be able to negate the Nittany Lion rushing attack. Despite this, for most of the day on Saturday running lanes were few and far between for Penn State running backs.