The Boys in Blue needed to spin a gem today after the scare they gave us against Bowling Green. Safe to say they understood the assignment, delivering a 56-0 beat down over Kent State.
If you’ve seen that South Park episode where Stan coaches a peewee hockey team against the Detroit Red Wings, you have a pretty good idea how this thing unfolded. Two plays in their starting QB was strapped to a stretcher en route to Mt. Nittany. It was clear it was over, it was just a matter of how ugly it was going to get.
By half time Penn State had ran 42 offensive plays; 21 resulted in first downs. By the end of the day they had passed 700 yards of offense, and set an all-time program record for single-game yardage (718).
It’s an embarrassment of riches for today’s Biggest Winners.
Tyler Warren
5 rec, 50 yds, 1 rec TD
1/1 passing, 1 TD
1 rush-16 yds
Warren ran the wildcat (effectively, if not beautifully), he pulled in that one handed catch up the left sideline, he ran loose through the seam for a receiving TD, he THREW a TD (again: not beautiful but effective)…all in the first half.
But my favorite Psycho T moment doesn’t show up in the box score. It was that time Nick Singleton was stacked up, until Warren grabbed him and shot-put him over the line-to-gain.
Abdul Carter
1 sack, 1.5 TFL, 4 tackles
The “Fire Franklin” factions of the fan base did their predictable bellyaching when Carter was held out of the sack column his first two games as a full-time trench player.
Now that he’s broken the seal, I have a feeling he’s about to go on a tear. He’s going to have a massive game-saving/game-winning play against Illinois, or USC, or Ohio State. Look at me getting my hopes up again.
Omari Evans
4 rec, 116 yds, 1 TD
That bomb from Drew Allar is still in orbit. A couple of those balls hung up for a while, to the point Evans had to slow down and wait for it. More pedigree defenses are going to be able to make plays on those balls; Omari needs to get in Drew’s ear and say: “Lay it out there and I’ll go get it. I dare you to try and over-throw me.”
Luke Reynolds
2 rec, 27 yds
Tyler Warren – widely considered the “best TE in the country” – won’t be leaving the cupboard bare when he signs his rookie NFL contract next Spring. His one-handed catch this afternoon would have been the snag of the game…until this happened.
Reynolds is stepping up in the void left by Andrew Rappleyea’s “long term injury.” Eventually you’re gonna get those two guys on the same field, in the same jersey, at the same time. That combo could be bigger than Theo/Tyler.
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