Penn State football claws back again, wins Big Ten title

Colorado 12. Western Michigan 13.

“It sucks considering you schedule those games, those are the games you play, and when you schedule an out of conference strength of schedule 127 out of 128, its says for the rest of the teams to schedule as easy as you can and you’ll win and get in”, Meyers said. Penn State lost to MI.

The Orange Bowl is December 30.

Wisconsin (10-3, No. 6) played without starting quarterback Alex Hornibrook but still jumped to a 28-7 lead behind Corey Clement, who ran 21 times for 164 yards including a 67-yard TD run in the first quarter. Instead, only Ohio State was named to the final four. Washington got outclassed by a good USC team.

Up close and personal, actually. “We understand how hard it is to make the playoffs and we’re humbled and honored”. Petersen’s response: “Not real well. But yeah, I don’t really know him”.

But following those games, they wiped away the tears and got back to work.

Clemson finished No. 3 in the AP Top 25, a spot behind Ohio State (11-1).

Unless you’re Alabama you’re going to lose some games. Penn State again failed on a fourth-and-short near midfield on the next possession, but this time the Badgers failed to cash in.

And with a 38-31 win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten title game on Sunday, Penn State won the Big Ten.

The Crimson Tide plays its second straight game in the Georgia Dome. He entered Saturday completing 56.3 percent of his passes but was averaging an astounding 9.1 yards per attempt.

Here’s what the entire AP poll looks like.

Alabama team members celebrate after the Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game against Florida, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, in Atlanta.

Speaking of Columbus, Ohio State is probably safely in the playoff, while the one team to beat them and the Big Ten champion is not.

The Badgers built a 28-14 halftime lead, scoring in a variety of ways, including linebacker Ryan Connelly’s 12-yard fumble return after a bad snap from center from Penn State’s shotgun formation. All turned out to be high-stakes games in the Big Ten and College Football Playoff race. At some point, the fair thing to do is take a team like that, because those are largely the attributes Penn State fans are asking the committee to understand about their team.

■ Ohio State? OK, so Penn State beat the Buckeyes. He set the mark for Penn State freshman (1,076) last fall. MI was No. 6, likely now bound for the Orange Bowl.

The playoff exists because fans were fed up with the BCS not consistently delivering a title game with the two best teams in the country.

Wisconsin: After winning their first two title game appearances, the Badgers have now lost their two – in shocking fashion. Alabama won the SEC title, too, and finished the year undefeated. With pressure in his face, the redshirt sophomore was able to hit Barkley in stride in the back of the end zone for an 18-yard score. It brought both sidelines to tears with opposite emotions, emotions Wisconsin players got a taste of after mid-season losses to MI and Ohio State.

Despite getting knocked around, McSorley kept getting back up and showed tremendous poise for a first-year starter. It is the largest comeback ever in Power 5 conference championship game. The Nittany Lions trailed, 28-7, when Wisconsin capitalized on Franklin’s controversial decision to go for it on 4th and 2 from his own 42-yard line. That pairing was finalized Saturday.