Penn State's Strong Performance Boosts Championship Hopes

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00:00And, you know, honestly, when you saw the Penn State game and Boise State game play out,

00:05it was really never in doubt in terms of the outcome. The point spread, I think,

00:08was you and I both took Boise State in that game. And I don't feel terrible about it,

00:12by the way, because I think had Gente, you know, broken one run or at the end of the game,

00:17Penn State hadn't run right through them, then maybe the Broncos would have covered.

00:21But in the end, Penn State wins. You know, I don't know, Bill, I kind of feel like, to me,

00:27the winner of today's game is going to move on to the championship between Notre,

00:31even if it is Notre Dame, Notre Dame against Georgia. Look, Penn State, they were great.

00:36It takes nothing away from them. But that's my one quandary here is it just appeared that the

00:42Nittany Lions were much better than Boise State going in and coming out of the game.

00:47Yeah, they had the easiest path, which has been talked about to be able to go through SMU and

00:51Boise State, but they went through the path. It would have been very easy to pounce on James

00:57Franklin and this team had they lost one of those games. But the ability to run the football,

01:01I've been very impressed with Penn State's offensive line in these last two games.

01:05I mean, they could have just handed the ball to Katron Allen and Nick Singleton and been fine here.

01:10And you got to give props to Ashton Gente. There was that one play that went viral where he ran

01:14through like six guys. He's going to have a great NFL future. But at the end of the day,

01:19Penn State goes to the semifinals will probably be what a four to five point underdog, depending

01:24on who wins today. And I still think they're dangerous because if that offensive line plays

01:28well, but keep an eye on the health of Abdul Carter, they lost him in that game. If they

01:32don't have him against Georgia or Notre Dame, that's going to make that job that much more

01:36difficult.