No. 10 Penn State entered Saturday’s home game as 31-point favorites.
Instead, the Nittany Lions barely scored that many points the entire game, and needed a couple of huge plays at the end to do it, as they fended off an upset bid by Indiana.
The Hoosiers, who entered the day 2-5, scored 10 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 24. Penn State finally came back to life, with quarterback Drew Allar connecting with wide receiver KeAndre Lambert-Smith on a 57-yard touchdown pass with less than two minutes remaining.
Penn State with the go-ahead big-play TD with 1:46 to go! 🏈💣
The No. 10-ranked Nittany Lions are trying to hold off an upset bid from a 2-5 Indiana team. pic.twitter.com/orcvvhcLle
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) October 28, 2023
The underdog Hoosiers had plenty of time to march downfield and tie it, but the Nittany Lions got a strip sack on quarterback Brendan Sorsby, and after a mad, playground-like scramble for the ball, the play resulted in a safety.
A chaotic football play/game of hot potato results in a game-sealing safety for No. 10 Penn State. 🏈😂pic.twitter.com/UFmdjYEWNK
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) October 28, 2023
Penn State (7-1) ended up winning 33-24, but this will not impress any pollsters. It certainly didn’t impress any fans. And with a tough Maryland team and No. 2 Michigan looming on the schedule the next two weeks, fans are wondering what Saturday’s game said about the Nittany Lions.
Won the game but was it really a win?
— #NotesKnows (@TakeNotes_US) October 28, 2023
WE ARE….hoping you delete twitter (X)
— Rodrigo Frio (@RoddyFreeze) October 28, 2023
Fire James Franklin
— David Blue (@SheWtsDa_Dbrown) October 28, 2023
Thankfully for the Indian turnovers. The offense still looks terrible and the defense finally had a bad game
— Aj Wargo (@ajw5158) October 28, 2023
The #PennState slide has begun.
Every season #PSU is ranked way too high, and they play no one until the second half of the season.
This is a scam, to keep the nation’s largest alumni network tuned in for half a season.
— LAfoothills (@TujungaMob) October 28, 2023
Laughable performance all around. Defense not trusting their teammates to handle their responsibilities and oline looking like a group of 5 bunch at best.
— Nate Elder (@NateElder) October 28, 2023
Such a bad win 🤣🤣
— Graham Caldwell (@grahamwcaldwell) October 28, 2023
Play better and let Drew air it out more, notice what happens
— Championship season (@PennStateFannn) October 28, 2023
