On the final play, a play that kept Penn State's championship aspirations upright, the most exciting player in college football, a real-life video game cheat code, threw his 230-pound body into a blitzing linebacker.
Saquon Barkley didn't score the game-winning touchdown for Penn State. He didn't go airborne like he did during the previous quarter, hurdling an Iowa defender with ease to pick up a first down. He didn't make an opponent look hopeless in his efforts to corral him, like he did for much of the night. But rather, the bowling ball playing running back made sure quarterback Trace McSorley had just enough time to hit Juwan Johnson in the back of the end zone as time expired to lift his team to victory Saturday.