Midweek Musings - Play Loose

I’m just about ready to turn the page on the Ohio State loss from this past weekend, but there’s one last thing that I wanted to touch on before I do.

Penn State is a good football team. Year in, year out, top 15 to top 10, occasionally dabbling in top 5.

“Bad” years involve non New Year’s Six bowl games. Or pandemics, but that’s another story.

In 8-9 games a year, Penn State can trot out onto the field and simply be better than the other team thanks to the Jimmys and Joes.

In 1-2 games a year, things are fairly even in talent, but Penn State has a coaching advantage thanks to increasingly deep pockets.

And in 1-2 games a year, they’re the underdog.

In the first 9-11 games a year, the Lions seem…