Penn State Sports Magazine
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Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg dropped to one knee, tripped up by Ohio State defensive end Joey Bosa, finishing the Nittany Lions on fourth-and-5. The Beaver Stadium crowd of 107,895 fans was emotionally spent, gassed from the Nittany Lions' disappointing 31-24 double-overtime loss to No. 13 Ohio State on Saturday night. They stayed anyway. Although the Buckeyes were able to walk off the field with their fiBh consecutive victory – Penn State was dealt its third loss in a row – a spirit of defiance swept through the still-bursting Nittany Lion student section as the team slowly made its P O S T G A M E R E P O R T W E E K 7 O H I O S T A T E 3 1 , P E N N S T A T E 2 4 ( 2 O T ) O c T O B E R 2 5 , 2 0 1 4 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . c O m THE GAME AT A GLANCE GOOD NEWSPenn State got a heroic ef- fort from its defense and showed great re- silience on offense, fighting back from a 17-0 deficit before fading in double over- time. The Buckeyes had scored 50 or more points in their previ- ous four games but managed only 17 in the first four quarters vs. Penn State. BAD NEWS The of- fensive line was over- matched, and the punting was a prob- lem all night long. But no one had a worse night than the offici- ating crew. Its gaffes led directly to 10 Buckeye points. THE TAKEAWAY The Nittany Lions simply don't yet have enough experienced players to close the deal against an elite oppo- nent. They were out- manned to begin with Saturday night, and with the dreadful of- ficiating adding to their challenge, it's impressive that they came as close as they did. 1 PULL HITTER Brandon Bell drags down Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett. N A T E B A U E R | N B A U E R @ B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . c O m Just out of reach Nittany Lions fall in overtime to Ohio State Steve Manuel