Blue White Illustrated

Minnesota Postgame

Penn State Sports Magazine

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O c T O B E R 1 , 2 0 1 6 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . c O M 1 FANTASTIC FINISH Saquon Barkley's overtime TD is the difference in a rousing victory Minnesota kept Saquon Barkley under wraps for 60 minutes. It wasn't enough. On Penn State's first and only offensive play of overtime, the standout sophomore running back found a seam, juked free of a would-be tackler and romped into the end zone to give the Nittany Lions a miraculous 29-26 comeback victory over Min- nesota on Saturday in Beaver Stadium. Barkley had been stymied throughout the game by yet another defense that was set up to stop him, o?en finding a Gopher or two in the backfield wait- ing to pounce the moment he touched the ball. But all that was forgotten in the game's euphoric a?er- math. Players bobbed up and down in the end zone, holding the Governor's Victory Bell alo? a?er rallying back from a 10-point hal?ime deficit and then tying the score on a late field-goal drive with less than a minute remaining and no time- outs. M A T T H E R B | M A T T @ B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . c O M P O S T G A M E R E P O R T W E E K 5 P E N N S T A T E 2 9 , M I N N E S O T A 2 6 ( O T ) The Golden Gophers kept Barkley bot- tled up for much of the afternoon, but on Penn State's first offensive play of the over- time period, the sopho- more running back scooted 25 yards for a touchdown to clinch the vic- tory. Photo by Steve Manuel BWI X PRESS

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