The Penn State Nittany Lions (6-3, 4-1) are set to take on the eighteenth ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers (7-2, 4-1) tomorrow afternoon at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska for their final road trip of the season. Let's get right to the picks and see what our writers are thinking about the Big Ten showdown.
Stephen Obeng-Agyapong, Malcolm Willis, Stephon Morris, and Brandon Moseby-Felder have carved out important roles for themselves on the football field, but some of their growth and success can also be traced back to being roommates off the field.
It may be impossible to find a sports team at any level that hated change more than the Nittany Lions Football program. On those rare occasions, however, change is impossible to avoid, and that was the inevitable situation one year ago. A year later, another game against Nebraska approaches, and this time, rather than chaos, there is a sense of calmness as a bunch of football players have taught a valuable life lesson in dealing with change.
A dominating win at home is one thing, but demolishing a team on the road is on another level of satisfaction. There's nothing like watching visiting fans leaving their stadium dejected in the middle of the 3rd quarter after taking a romping from your team. That's exactly what happened on Saturday afternoon in West Lafayette, and now, I'm going to tell you all about it!
Dominant Big Ten road victories have become customary for this Penn State team, and today was no different as the Nittany Lions (6-3, 4-1) defeated the Purdue Boilermakers 34-9 (3-6, 0-5) at a quiet and relatively empty Ross-Ade Stadium.
Greetings from West Lafayette, Indiana where the Penn State Nittany Lions (5-3, 3-1) are set to take on the Purdue Boilermakers (3-5, 0-4) in a Big Ten Leaders Division battle of teams trying to get back to winning ways. The Boilermakers are led by head coach Danny Hope who is in his fourth year with the program. Bill O'Brien will be looking to remain unbeaten during conference road games in his first season with the Nittany Lions.