In a matter of nine minutes, Penn State – a number one seed in the tournament – earned three corner kicks and then followed up with six shots and two more corners before finally finding its way through a tough Boston U. defense to the back of the net at 27:23 – the shot ricocheted off a BU player and past Parisi.
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One could argue that Saturday night was the best time to be playing the Nittany Lions.
No. 20 NORTHWESTERN 13, No. 21 WISCONSIN 7 (at Madison, Wis.) – Justin Jackson ran for 139 yards and a touchdown and Northwestern used a goal-line stand to hold off Wisconsin for the win.
The Wolverines basically need to win today, beat Ohio State, and hope one of the other top Big Ten teams drops a game over the next few weeks. That was the biggest story of the game. The Nittany Lions are looking sharp early on this season.
MI hasn’t been the same team on the road that they’ve been at home this year, making this contest no gimmie even though the Wolverines are 3.5 point favorites.
Offensive line presents “challenges”: For two years, Franklin has referred to his offensive line’s deficiencies as continuing “challenges”, born of positional inexperience and recruiting through sanctions. Christian Hackenberg had some nice, NFL-like throws, but it was a rough day for him overall.
Check out our college football odds page for instant line updates on every game. Willie Henry moved inside and played a great game, while Taco Charlton and Chris Wormley were standout performers as well.
Harbaugh quickly added that “nobody was manlier” than Michigan’s offensive line. In his final 14 attempts, Barkley managed just a dozen yards.
Rudock has taken a huge step forward and finally has the look of a formidable passer.
Jake Butt, Amara Darboh and Jehu Chesson were threats in the passing game, each totaling at least 65 receiving yards.
Sure, Michigan ripped off a big return, but for the most part, the coverage teams did an alright job getting down the field. He became the sixth tight end in program history to eclipse 1,000 career receiving yards and catches nearly everything thrown his way.
“We weren’t able to be consistent enough in the run game and it showed in the red zone”, he said. De’Veon Smith had 39 yards on 13 carries and a touchdown.
First-and-goal at the 6: Incomplete to Polk, on a play that had PSU fans screaming for interference on safety Jabrill Peppers.
Drake Johnson did not record a carry on Saturday.
Penn State, which opened the game 5-of-18, answered with a 5-0 run to tie it on a Taylor jumper.
Does anyone know what targeting is? All of that being written, I am not ready to write off Jim Harbaugh yet.
The Spartan offense has been on fire lately, with four goals or more in its last three games.
Cabinda said Penn State’s defense didn’t tackle well, with players not clearing blocks before squaring to tackles.
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Pointing the finger at officials in any game is lame and a copout, but it has been really bad in college football across the board this season.
