Penn State wideout Blacknall, linebacker Bowen suspended

The two teams met again in the Rose Bowl in 2009, and the Trojans won that one as well by a score of 38-24.

That’s the average yards per carry that Penn State surrendered against the three best teams it faced this season (Michigan, Ohio State and Wisconsin).

Barbour said Penn State will honor its 2019 game against Idaho, even though the Vandals are dropping from FBS to FCS after the 2017 season. But the Nittany Lions find ways to complicate things, and there is no discounting how they managed to pull off wins over Ohio State and Wisconsin. He has a team-long touchdown reception of 70 yards this season and is tied for third on the team with three touchdown receptions. Darnold looked his best against Colorado, passing for 358 yards and rushing for 22 yards in the Trojans’ first big win of the season.

The Trojans, on the other hand, will need to limit the Nittany Lions’ potent offense. “Playing in the Rose Bowl in my home town is a once in a lifetime opportunity as well”. It’s truly tremendous to me, and just being a part of this team is also tremendous as well.

“It was really cool to see my coach in the Rose Bowl”, sophomore defensive end Rasheem Green said, “and how good he was back in the day”.

Wide receiver Saeed Blacknail was officially suspended for the Rose Bowl on Monday. If Southern California and Penn State were scheduled to play in Miami, or Dallas, or anywhere else, it’d be the same, but it just wouldn’t be the same.

Head Coach James Franklin has solidifi ed his position at Penn State.

The Lions defense isn’t the only thing Helton is wary about. The Nittany Lions will win or lose the game on his arm, not on Saquon Barkley’s legs.

Darnold, 2016 – 213 of 313 (68.1%), 2,633 yards, 26 TD passes, 8 interceptions; 219.4 yards per game; 12.4 yards per completion; 8.4 yards per attempt.

As for the Trojans, the Rose Bowl is familiar territory. Penn State did not return to the Rose Bowl against until 1995 when Ki-Jana Carter led the Nittany Lions to a 38-20 win over Oregon. The Trojans have wins over Pac-12 Champion Washington and Pac-12 South Division victor Colorado. The Trojans made a QB change for the Utah game and the Sam Darnold era started. Running back Ronald Jones will look to provide that advantage. A quarterback switch from Max Browne to freshman Sam Darnold preceded the final loss in Salt Lake. Darnold is a crafty scrambler who will keep his eyes down field and be looking for his favorite target in JuJu Smith-Schuster. He leads the Trojans with 781 yards and nine touchdowns. A humiliating 52-6 blowout to Alabama in the opener in Dallas was followed by consecutive losses at Stanford and Utah to open the Pac-12 schedule and left the Trojans 1-3. The secondary is the weak spot, allowing 225.9 yards per game, which is 64th in the nation. “There’s something different, the closeness of this team”. It was only one game, but it already felt as if the season was in trouble.

Highlights of past games cycled on a projector screen, followed by a rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s “Tusk” from the Trojans’ marching band.

Helton certainly must be glad for himself and his own staff, too, considering where USC was after week 4. The Huskies were undefeated, ranked number four, and in the driver’s seat for the College Football Playoff. The unanimous first-team All-Conference pick, who shared the Chicago Tribune Silver Football Award as the Big Ten’s Most Valuable Player, is second in the Big Ten and ranks 37th in FBS in all-purpose yards (128.15) and paces the Big Ten and ranks ninth in FBS in total touchdowns with 19. It proved out with Ohio State getting in. This original stadium seated 57,000.

Marshall said he is wary of “a lot of double moves” from Penn State’s receivers. The Penn State offense is no joke either.

“Our guys on defense say he plays like me kind of”, Darnold told me on Friday. I don’t see why. “And I really want them to be on the winning side of it like I was as a player and to cap off a great year. Since he’s taken over, they’ve had a lot of success”.

I also would recommend taking the Nittany Lions to cover the +7. “I’m excited for them”. “And that’s makes it easier to teach, easier to motivate and obviously you make good plays”.

With all of the scouting combines, computers, and analytics, how does a quarterback like Dak Prescott not get picked until the fifth round of the NFL Draft.