Midweek Musings – Thunder and Lightning

I wrote after the Purdue game asking if I could has run game, and it appears after playing Washington that I can, in fact, has run game.

Against the Boilermakers the Penn State rushing game came to life. Carson Hansen, who was much maligned earlier in the season, ripped off 96 yards on 17 carries, while Cam Wallace broke out with 135 yards on 22 carries, each with a touchdown to boot. It seemed the backs were finally starting to gel with the offensive line – which itself was utilizing more gap blocking – and things were getting sorted out. All told the team racked up 269 yards on the ground.

But surely they couldn’t keep it up against Washington, right? The Huskies were infinitely better than…