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ble that gave Wisconsin new hope deep in
Penn State territory. Tommy Stevens was
lined up at quarterback with McSorley
split out wide. The Lions had used the
play several times against the Badgers
without much success, and it nearly
proved disastrous when the ball bounced
off Sanders' leg as he went in motion in
front of Stevens. Wisconsin had only one
timeout le> at that point, and there was
only 1 minute, 44 seconds le> to play.
"Obviously, we had a miscommunica-
tion with the motion," Franklin said. "As
a head coach, that's the thing you strug-
gle with. We had a great win, and we
want to enjoy the win, but the game
didn't end the way you want it to end. …
I haven't had a chance to talk to Tommy
yet, but from what I saw, we just mist-
imed the motion."
• The Lions' other fumble was by Miller
of all people, a>er he lost control of the
ball while trying to return a fumble by
Coan. Miller had rumbled down to the
Wisconsin 15 when he lost control. If he
had been able to hold on, Penn State
would have had another opportunity to
put the game out of reach.
Another fumble – by C.J. Thorpe on a
short kickoff – was recovered by Penn
State.
• Penn State has now dropped 28
passes on the season, as DeAndre
Thompkins and Pat Freiermuth couldn't
hang onto throws from McSorley. The
field conditions probably were a factor on
this frigid, wind-swept a>ernoon.
LOOKING AHEAD
Next week's game is against Rutgers,
which was in last place in the Big Ten
East
Division with an 0-6 conference
record (1-8 overall) heading into Satur-
day's game vs. Michigan. Name a statis-
tical category, and chances are, the
Scarlet Knights are at or near the bottom
of it. They went into the weekend aver-
aging a Big Ten-worst 15.3 points per
game while giving up 33.4 points per
game, third-most in the conference.
Penn State will be heavily favored, and
the way its defense is playing, you have
to like its chances of keeping Artur
Sitkowski and company at bay. But with
its own quarterback hurting and a youth
movement under way at wide receiver,
PSU is in no position to take anything
for granted. Said Franklin, "There are
things obviously that we have to get
cleaned up, there's no doubt about that.
But we're going to enjoy the win [over
Wisconsin] and wake up tomorrow
morning and get started on our next op-
ponent."
A NEW WAY
TO ACCESS
POSTGAME
COVERAGE
Starting this season, Blue White Il-
lustrated's postgame coverage will
be available via bwi.rivals.com. All
of our game stories, including the
story above on Saturday's victory
over Wisconsin, can now be ac-
cessed from the website.
The change in format allows us to
bring readers more gameday cover-
age than ever before: game recaps,
player features, notebooks, high-
lights and lowlights, game grades
and recruiting news. To find BWI's
postgame coverage, visit the links
below:
HIGHLIGHTS AND LOWLIGHTS
GAME GRADES
FEATURE STORIES
STATISTICS
Miles Sanders
leaps over Wis-
consin corner-
back Faion Hicks.
The junior run-
ning back rushed
for 159 yards in
the Nittany Lions'
victory over the
Badgers.
Photo
by Steve Manuel
