This week's Gameday Observations include an empty Ross-Ade Stadium and the ever-frightening Purdue Pete.
Barkley had a career day against the Boilermakers in a 62-24 win.
Penn State moves up to No. 20 this week in the AP Top 25 after stomping Purdue 62-24.
Saquon Barkley put up a career-high 277 total yards and two touchdowns in No. 24 Penn State's emphatic 62-24 win. Joe Moorhead's offense was unstoppable in the second half.
"I don't want to say we're a second half team because we're trying to change that," Franklin said. "We've done a better job of that recently, but today it helped coming in telling the guys 'no worries, stick to the plan. We're a second half team. We're going to come out and make some adjustments.'"
James Franklin's newly-ranked Nittany Lions took the field in Ross-Ade Stadium searching for their third-straight bowl berth. They did just that in a 45-7 second half.