USATSI Brad Maendler sees something different in Penn State this week of the Ohio State game. The lifelong Buckeyes fan is also conflicted. He just happens to be Penn State quarterback Drew Allar’s throwing coach. The pair have been together since Allar rose out of Medina, Ohio, to become a five-star redeemer for the Nittany Lions. At least that’s the plan in the minds of legions of Penn State fans. “I felt it when I was at West Virginia game,” Maendler said of the team’s season opener, an impressive 38-15 win. “The fan base when Drew threw that first touchdown pass, on an off-platform throw, the stadium just erupted. It was like a pent up, ‘We want to be elite again.'” Maendler might not be a complete insider, but the former corporate executive who spent a quarter century in sales training has seen some sort of change in the Nittany…
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