Bring on the B10 Nittany Lions from Happy Valley. Sounds terribly intimidating.
Gameday will be there. Lots of eyes on our Tigers.
Let's take a look at the opponent:
2-0 and leading the B10-East (was that the old Legends or Leaders division?) They knocked off Wisconsin in a barn-burner week 1: 16-10; hammered Ball State in week 2: 44-13.
Against Wisky: 247 yards passing with 1 TD/0 INT, 50 yards rushing, 1 TD. Two sacks, Six TFL, Two INTs and a FR for the D, which held UW to: 185 yards passing 0TD/2INT, 180 yards rushing, 1TD.
Against BSU: 253 yards passing with 2TD/0 INT, 240 yards rushing, 2TD. One sack, Six TFL, Two INTs (one for TD), which held BSU to: 226 yards passing, 0TDs, 2 INTs, 69 yards rushing, 1TD.
What does all that tell us?
Their offensive production was skewed only by their rushing game against a weak opponent, otherwise they're pretty consistently average. Their defense bats about the same, stat-wise regardless of opponent, with their strength being their secondary.
Team | Total O | Rushing O | Passing O | Scoring O | Total D | Rushing D | Passing D Scoring D |
PSU | 40 | 53 | 32 | 52 | 70 | 66 | 76 13 |
Wisky | 28 | 10 | 73 | 84 | 33 | 21 | 51 15 |
BSU | 78 | 93 | 43 | 108 | 116 | 119 | 96 119 |
AU | 1 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 36 | 18 | 66 9 |
https://www.teamrankings.com/ncf/stats/The defensive stat that jumps off the page, is PSU's rush defense. That should be where we make the most hay to begin with, opening up the passing game on the back of Bigsby/Shivers/Hunter.