Penn State holds off Colgate for 72-59 win

“All these kids now, they don’t remember that”. This has proved to be wise, because they are in the discussion of the College Football Playoff. I realize there are certain financial factors for him to consider, however, if he were to come back then that would be a huge boost not just for the Spartans, but for his draft stock in 2018. Damion Terry, a junior who’s more of a dual threat, and redshirt freshman Brian Lewerke also have seen time, but Lewerke suffered a season-ending broken leg against Michigan.Dantonio said he will use O’Connor and Terry against Penn State.”There is a little bit of a conflict there”, he said. Barkley has surpassed 1,000 yards this season for the Nittany Lions, a mark he reached previous year as a true freshman.

Penn State is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 Saturday games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 vs. the A-10 while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 overall.

This year’s matchup will be the first time since 2009 that MSU will enter the game as the underdog. He watched players like Christian Hackenberg and Allen Robinson help orchestrate that comeback.

“Their five years, they ought to get together and write a book because they’ve seen a lot in a short period of time and have overcome adversity and stuck together”, Franklin said. “You don’t want to be out there blubbering in front of 100,000 people in the stadium”. “And that sounds kind of insane, but everybody wants it back”.

Even if they wanted to, it will be hard for the Penn State players to avoid finding out what’s happening in the Ohio State-Michigan game. He hasn’t scored a touchdown since October 8, however.

No one expected Penn State to be in this position, and it sure could end one of its most remarkable seasons ever – and certainly its best under Franklin – the wrong way by not being ready for a 3-8 Spartan team that has woefully underachieved but is still quite risky.

Similarities have been brought up from this season compared to that of the Spartans’ 2012 campaign, where they finished 7-6 sandwiched between two seasons with more than 10 wins.

Barkley never has been happier with his choice to attend Penn State. “We’re going to talk about it with the team”, he said. He says he knows his players will be aware of it, regardless.

“It’s not like we just put our head in the sand and act like these things aren’t going on”, he said. With a win against the Spartans and an Ohio State victory over MI, the Nittany Lions will play in the Big Ten Championship against the victor of the Big Ten West division.

ABC will televise the Noon kickoff from Ohio Stadium in Columbus.

The team will try, of course, not to pay attention to the results of that earlier game. The other side of the ball has given coach James Franklin no such angst.

Barkley conceded, however, that silencing outside noise is much easier said than done.

Quarterback. back?: MI starter Wilton Speight was initially expected to miss the Ohio State game because of a collarbone injury.

“I am thankful today for being a part of this team, school and organization”, Palmer wrote on Twitter.

Nittany Lions running back Saquon Barkley continues to wear down teams, as the sophomore sensation had 97 yards on the ground before exiting the Rutgers game in the third quarter with things already out of hand.

So will the Lions take care of business and grab opportunity once more?