Penn State-West Virginia game suspended due to lightning
Penn State and West Virginia is suspended due to lightning in the area, per BlueWhite Illustrated’s Sean Fitz.
The Nittany Lions led 20-6 at halftime before it got halted. It remains to be seen when the game will resume.
“Lightning strike in the area,” Fitz wrote. “Penn State-West Virginia suspended. Stadium being evacuated.”
A lot went on within the first 30 minutes, including the teams trading fumbles, a controversial call and PSU’s James Franklin giving an interesting quote, to say the least.
Going into the half, it was a slow start for the Nittany Lions. But, once they got into rhythm, it was a different ball game.
That included a three-play, 73-yard drive to extend the lead to two scores right at the end of the half.
“Well, early on and we just didn’t get in rhythm, whether it was penalties or whether it was fumbled snaps and things like that,” Franklin told FOX’s Jenny Taft. “Once we got them calmed down, I thought we did some really good things.”
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“Yeah, offensively, we got to sustain some drives, and I’m saying that to help our defense out,” Franklin said. “And then we got to get some three and outs on defense to get them off the field. They did a good job sustaining some drives, and that obviously right before the half was big. I’ve been saying since the 90s: ducks accepted, spirals preferred, but we’ll take a duck anytime.”
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After two quarters of play, Penn State quarterback Drew Allar was eight-of-13 passing for 199 yards and three touchdowns. He engineered the offense after a slow start in the first quarter.
West Virginia was a popular upset pick over the Nittany Lions. But ESPN’s Greg McElroy liked Penn State all the way.
“The biggest question mark around the Lions is the play of Drew Allar,” McElroy said. “While he was 10-2 in the regular season and they made it to the Peach Bowl, there was a lot of people that were kind of underwhelmed with what they saw from a guy who came to State College with five stars next to his name and expected to take this offense to the next level.”