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THE LATE LATE SHOW
Penn State pulls away from the Illini in a rare Friday night game
One of these weeks, the Nittany Lion football
team is going to put together four dominant quar-
ters. When they do, it will be spectacular.
For now, though, dominant second halves seem
to be Penn State's specialty, and that has been suf-
ficient.
More than sufficient, actually. In their Big Ten
opener Friday night, the Lions outscored Illinois
42-7 in the second half en route to a 63-24 victory.
In a matter of minutes, they turned a potential
upset into a lopsided win, unleashing playmakers
Miles Sanders, Ricky Slade, K.J. Hamler, Juwan
Johnson and, of course, Trace McSorley.
The performance was entirely in character, as
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Sanders had a
career-high
200 yards
rushing
against Illinois.
His total in-
cluded a 48-
yard
touchdown
romp in the
third quarter
that put the
Nittany Lions
in the lead for
good.
Photo
by Steve
Manuel
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