COLUMBUS, Ohio – As it turned out, Penn State wasn’t holding anything back. The Nittany Lions are who they appeared to be, which is what they’ve almost always been against Ohio State – 9 times out of 10, not good enough. Particularly, the PSU offense wasn’t of a caliber to offer any help to a resolute and physical defense. More specifically, a toothless group of wideouts gave quarterback Drew Allar few clear opportunities to connect, and the sophomore did even less to help himself in a generally dreadful performance. A popular narrative this week had read that the Lions’ offense was being kept vanilla by design by head coach James Franklin and offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich. That there was a method to the blandness, the intent being to spring a cluster of surprises against the unsuspecting hosts, ambushing them in their own stadium. It became clear fairly quickly on Saturday…
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