But I’m still holding my breath heading into a three-game streak where they’ll be challenged in every conceivable way. They aced what I thought would be their biggest test to date. Linebacker - how about Abdul Carter? The freshman has eased some concerns with this group, though they still struggled against Purdue and at times against Central Michigan.
Bigger tests await, but like many of you, this is the best I’ve felt about an offensive line in a long time. Even with Penn State only scoring 17 points at home against Northwestern, it was hard to put much of that on the OL who opened holes and kept Clifford clean. Offensive line - outside of some opening week struggles at Purdue, this unit has been strong. I looked back at my 9-3 season prediction which I based on concerns about three areas holding up in terms of consistency and depth throughout the year: offensive line, linebacker, and quarterback. Really though, I think 9-3 should be the floor for the team the rest of the way, which is a nice surprise given that I was more in the 7-5 or 8-4 area just six weeks back. As it turns out, the Nittany Lions surprised me and now head into the second half of the season with a 5-0 record.Īs far as how the rest of the season goes, I am going to basically go chalk and predict 10-2, with the losses coming against Michigan and Ohio State. Heading into the season, I predicted 8-4 believing that there would more than likely be a loss against either Purdue or Auburn.
Do we think the end-of-year record for Penn State will change now that five games are in the books?
With Penn State taking in its bye week after getting off to a (somewhat) surprising 5-0 start, it gave us staff writers at BSD the opportunity to look back on our season predictions.
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