MMQB - Similarities

Following yet another week of college football chaos, your Penn State Nittany Lions find themselves preparing to head to Indianapolis to play for the Big Ten Championship against the Oregon Ducks.

How did this happen?

I hope you’ll forgive me for waxing nostalgic, but I can’t quite shake some of the similarities between this season and the last time Penn State made it to Indy in 2016.

Not everything is the same - for starters, 2024 Penn State beat their regional rival this year (West Virginia, by a score of 34-12) while 2016 Penn State lost to their regional rival (Pitt, by a score of 42-39) - but man, there sure are some interesting similarities.

Both teams had struggle wins against Group of 5…