Penn State RB Saquon Barkley ‘feeling fine’ to play vs. Wisconsin

He has picked Penn State three times and is 2-1 when picking the Lions. It didn’t take long to realize that he was the most accurate Nittany Lions kicker in recent memory.

Following a wild weekend of play, Alabama remains the No. 1 team in the country, making them the No. 1 team all season.

Because he was being treated, Barkley could not participate in the presentation to award Penn State the Big Ten East trophy. However, before looking ahead, head coach James Franklin addressed his teams performance last Saturday against Michigan State.

Something to watch for Saturday because, well, Penn State will: Wisconsin’s punt team is fairly adept at getting opponents to jump offside in punt return formations. Penn State downed the Buckeyes at home, 24-21.

Michigan, still considered to be the league’s second-best team, is expected to be left out. After a 2-2 start to the season, which included a 49-10 loss to Michigan, Penn State Athletic Director Sandy Barbour spoke with the Altoona Mirror and publicly said that Franklin was not on any hot seat. T.J. Edwards leads the Wisconsin Badgers with 75 tackles, T.J. Watt has 9.5 sacks and Leo Musso has five interceptions.

This content is offered as free material for all Penn State fans. Penn State was 0-for-8 on third down in the game, and its offense was drawing questions. If Wisconsin wins, easy decision for the committee. Wisconsin has allowed 13.7 this season, identical to last season.

Facing second and 12 from his 45 midway through the third quarter, McSorley took the snap from the shotgun and retreated until he was 10 yards behind the line of scrimmage. The 49-10 pounding at the hands of MI – the Nittany Lions were down six starters on defense – seems like it happened forever ago because Penn State has since rattled off eight-straight wins since.

“He makes a lot of plays”, Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst said. You find out teams that have played in that game before, what they did, what their plan was. Take, for example, the loss to MI. It was another strong game for Wisconsin’s defense, which ranked third in the nation behind only Alabama and MI in scoring defense allowing 13.7 points per game.

I think everybody in Wisconsin, and frankly every Big Ten supporter west of Toledo (and in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Rutgers have yet to understand only being around three years), understands what I mean by this.

That’s absolutely the case with Penn State. Although the Nittany Lions don’t huddle, they spend a lot of time at the line of scrimmage as McSorley surveys the defense, then looks to the sideline for Moorhead’s signals after he’s had a chance to do the same.

Chryst did not reveal much regarding Hornibrook’s status on a conference call with reporters Sunday. Franklin said afterward that Barkley could have re-entered that game if needed.

He has great energy about him and obviously is talented, makes plays with his arm, makes plays with his feet.

The Lions know they will be in for a very hard task against Wisconsin’s defense, which has held just about every opponent to well below its average point total. “But we’re going to get right back to work”.

“Yes, I do”, Barkley said on a teleconference.

“I feel like that’s been flushed and forgotten”, Peavy said. Had they ruled that Ohio State QB J.T. Barrett didn’t get the first down, the game would have ended and MI would have won.