"I hope that he comes back and is our orthopedic surgeon at some point. That's how highly I think of him."
Minnesota dashed Penn State's national title hopes and sent the team into a nearly-half-decade long drought with a 24-23 upset at Beaver Stadium in 1999.
James Franklin was out on the recruiting trail, and players like Journey Brown and Yetur Gross-Matos used their time off to rejuvenate their bodies ahead of the season's stretch run.
Whether he's winning or losing, Peyton Jones' approach and mindset don't change. That on its own inspires confidence in No. 6 Penn State hockey.
From Alabama's 2015 national-title triumph to Ole Miss and Texas A&M's collapses in 2014 and 2016, the past No. 4s in the College Football Playoff's first rankings of the year are a bit of a mixed bag.
The Nittany Lions will begin this season as a top-five team in the College Football Playoff's first rankings of the 2019 season.