MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — About the only thing that slowed Penn State's offense down was a two hour 19 minute weather delay. That extended halftime. Drew Allar though was on fire: 199 yards passing in the first half. Tre Wallace looks like the number one receiver and the Nittany Lions went to town in Morgantown.
"We got the score right before the half, which I thought was really important and then you come out and get this, you know, the score to start the second half. That's great. You know, we talk about the middle eight a lot in our program," said head coach James Franklin.
"Jim Coles: at the end of the first half, you guys went for it. You went for the kill and you got to talk about the decision making to the play call, but also what you dialed up in those last two plays, you get a quick touchdown."
"I mean, we ran that play earlier in the game, the one to Amari. I kind of saw the safety get flat footed and obviously we know how fast Amari is as an explosive athlete. And really, I thought I'm just going to give Amari a chance and I think he did a great job of fighting for the ball and coming down with it," said junior QB Drew Allar.
"It really just came from all the work that we put in this summer and during camp, all the bank reps, extra film, extra throwing sessions, it's paying off and it'll consistently pay off throughout the year," said junior WR Harrison 'Tre' Wallace III.
"Tre, man, he's been really outstanding since camp too. You know, it just shows like he's been really good. He's working, he leaves that wide receiver room, him and Liam, he's got to keep going man, but hell of a game from him," said junior RB Nicholas Singleton.
"I've seen it all through camp and everything off season. How guys are working competing that cornerback room, we have about three groups of two guys that can go in there and make plays, as you see Elliott Washington go in there late and make a play. So, I knew exactly what we were going to get coming into this game and I was very confident in that," said junior DB Kevin Winston.
"We took so many reps during the fall camp that it became confidence, you know what I'm saying? So I think this year we're coming in with a different type of confidence because we did it so much. So that's probably what it led to it turn into the game," said junior safety Zakee Wheatley.
"The environment challenges you and you've got to be able to handle that. The opponent challenges. This team is going to win a ton of games in the big 12, in my opinion. So, we'll see how it plays out," said Franklin.