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Can Penn State Improve to 6-0 vs. USC on Saturday Night?
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10/10/2024
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When we all talked about this second Saturday in October, this
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was supposed to be the fourth top 25 top 15 top 10 game of
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this Saturday. USC gets beat as an eight and a half point road
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favorite in Minneapolis last week by the Golden Gophers. So
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it loses a little bit of its steam, but will it still be a
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good game four and a half point spread in favor of Penn State
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on the road in the Coliseum? I think it still should be a good
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game. I worry again about the James Franklin flat spot and we
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sort of got it last week, right? Like, I mean, it was a game
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that was scoreless in the first quarter. I know that they were
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up 14-3 at half, but it didn't look like Penn State really was
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involved in that game all that much. It didn't look like they
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were ready to steamroll an opponent. That was much worse
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than that. I mean much worse than they are. Now, they got to
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go out on the road for the first time since the very first
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game of the year against a much lesser opponent in WVU. I think
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USC is a better team than West Virginia. So now they got to go
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back out on the road cross country after four straight home
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games. God, it reeks of a flat spot for James Franklin. The
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difference here is that the number is manageable, right?
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I'm only laying four here and for Penn State to be able to
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win this game by a touchdown doesn't surprise me with their
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defense. This is a very capable defense. I just wonder how much
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is this offense going to be, you know, is Drew Allard and
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company going to go a full quarter without scoring a single
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point or doing anything of note in a game like they did against
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UCLA last week. USC's defense isn't as good as Illinois. So I
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don't think you worry about that. The real question is again,
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if they couldn't put up points at ease against against UCLA
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gives me a lot, at home no less, gives me a lot of pause for
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them to do it against USC on the road, especially with a ticked
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off USC team after dropping a game to Minnesota last week.
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