Instant Analysis: Penn State offense "not a threat" in loss to Ohio State
The Penn State football team lost to Ohio State 20-12 on Saturday at Beaver Stadium. Blue White illustrated breaks the game down with their instant reactions from the field at Ohio Stadium. Get their thoughts on the Penn State offense, Marvin Harrison Jr., and if the blame for this game lies at the feet of Penn State head coach James Franklin.
Sean Fitz, Greg Pickel, and Nate Bauer discuss the loss and recap the lowlights of the game.
There’s only one place to start with Penn State loss
The Penn State offense managed 25 yards in the third quarter, coming out of halftime with no answers to the Ohio State defensive game plan. The team averaged 0.5 yards rushing and was 0-15 on third down until they converted one in the final minutes of the game. No matter what stat you look at, it was a brutal day.
“It’s tough to dress this one up. Another big game, another egg on the offensive side of the ball. Decisions, man. That’s what it comes down to from the people up top; Franklin and Mike Yurcich. It’s early to point blame but there’s plenty to go around,” Fitz said.
Bauer was willing to share blame across the board for the offense instead of putting it squarely on the Penn State quarterback.
“I think what stood out to me was it was a little bit of everything. You had failures on the offensive line, play calls, and some passes that were failures. You can spread the blame around. It’s too easy to point to one guy and say “one guy” it wasn’t. It was an offensive performance that fell flat in every respect against a defense that is pretty good, but looked better than we think [they are],” he said.
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Player reaction postgame
According to quarterback Drew Allar, who was emotional after the loss, Ohio State had a good plan of attack.
“They were playing a lot of off-man and catching, so they weren’t they’re able to kind of sit on some routes. They did a good job of when we did try to take shots of you recovering and not taking the bait.”
Allar had his worst starting performance of his young career, completing 43% of his passes and throwing for less than 200 yards in yet another game. Shockingly, Penn State running backs Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton only carried the ball nine times apiece in the loss.
Penn State is now 6-1 and takes on Indiana at home next Saturday. The loss also snaps a consecutive game streak of scoring 30 points that dates back to last season.
