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Looking back at the 2013 Penn State Football Team.

The 2013 college football season with Penn State still embroiled in controversy and a wave of confusion.

While the Nittany Lions escaped the NCAA death penalty that would have shuttered the program, Penn State was still reeling from heavy sanctions.

Second-year head coach Bill O’Brien was dealing with his first true year of sanction fallout, having lost a number of experienced players to graduations and, while keeping the class largely intact, losing a number of talented class of 2013 commits.

While 2012 was expected to be difficult, 2013 was thought to be the beginning of a extended stretch of losing for the Penn State program.