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With Penn State’s football season now officially in the books, now is a good time to start putting the whole season into perspective. Although the season ended with the Nittany Lions coming up just short of playing for a national championship, there were a lot of good moments to reflect on positively from the 2024 season that ended with a final record of 13-3. The shortcomings are well documented, but the highlights of the year should not be forgotten.
Penn State came into the 2024 season expected to be among the top teams in the nation with a very good chance to play in the College Football Playoff. But after a 2023 season saw Penn State once again lose all of its marquee games against Ohio State and Michigan in the regular season and against Ole Miss in the Peach Bowl, some felt a top-10 ranking was probably a tad optimistic for the Nittany Lions coming into the season. So right off the bat, Penn State was on a mission to prove it was worthy of the preseason hype.
The first test was expected to be a decent one with a road opener at West Virginia, the second game in a home-and-home series. Penn State won a fun game the year before at home to open up the 2023 season, but as we soon would learn, Penn State was clearly on a different level than West Virginia in 2024.
After a scoreless first quarter, the new big play offense came to life under new offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki. On the first play of the second quarter, Drew Allar connected for a 50-yard touchdown pass to Harrison Wallace III to open the scoring and cap a quick four-play, 84-yard drive. Penn State extended its lead five minutes later with Kaytron Allen hauling in a pass from Allar for a 20-yard touchdown. West Virginia chipped away with a couple of field goals, but Penn State showed right in the first game of the season it was not going to be a…
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Author : Nittany Lions Wire
Publish date : 2025-01-12 15:00:00
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