The Quest For 11-1 Continues

In some respects, writing these articles are much harder than writing the ones about the heartbreaker against the Ohio States of the world. In those, at least there’s a purpose. Not to throw too much disrespect in the direction of West Lafayette, but coming into the game, we all knew the No. 4 Penn State Nittany Lions would win. What we didn’t know is by how much. Turns out, that number is 39.

Maybe against a different opponent things would have been more dicey. Penn State has, after all, struggled against opponents after their heartbreaker in seasons past. Or maybe, as James Franklin said two weeks ago, college football has changed. Penn State still has its ultimate goal in front of them,…