Watch Penn State QB Drew Allar's emotional postgame press conference following loss to Ohio State
COLUMBUS, OHIO – Penn State quarterback Drew Allar suffered the first loss of his career Saturday, as the Nittany Lions were unable to get the job done in Columbus, losing to Ohio State 20-12. A former five-star player, the pressure on Allar’s shoulders since becoming the starting quarterback is on a level few players have felt during the James Franklin era. Up until today, Allar has passed each test, but this was the one that was always going to matter the most.
The result wasn’t one he’ll want to remember, as the Medina, Ohio, native completed just 18 of 42 attempts for 191 yards. Penn State’s offense didn’t score a touchdown until the final minute of the game. By then, the Buckeyes were already up two scores.
As he’s done in each of his first six games, Allar met with the media following the game and answered questions for nearly 10 minutes. However, this one clearly impacted him, as he fought back tears answering questions.
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“Sucked,” Allar said, when asked to assess his performance before adding that he hadn’t felt this way since his final high school game when he and his teammates lost to St. Edward in the Ohio Division I state playoffs.
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Unlike that loss, however, Allar and his teammates still have plenty to play for. With Michigan set to travel to Beaver Stadium on Nov. 11, Penn State still has an opportunity to get a marquee win and finish 11-1 this season.
“At the end of the day, obviously, it sucks to lose. It’s not fun to lose at all, but we got to take tomorrow to get better. We can only control what we can control. At the end of the day, we got to go out and do what we did the first six weeks. Obviously, today was not good enough at all, but if we attack each week and don’t lose faith in each other, we can still be in the position we want to be at the end of the year. But we just got to control what we can control and not worry about the outside noise and other things. We just got to come together as a team and stick together.”
