A perfectly reasonable response to seeing Sean Clifford exit the game would be flashbacks of the Nittany Lions heartbreaker against Iowa, when the offense effectively shut down with #14 on the sidelines.
Clifford tried his best to grit out another performance on Saturday, but was clearly not anywhere near his usual self as he battled with the flu and several nagging injuries. He checked out for the day after completing just two of his first eight passes, paving the way for Christian Veilleux’s first meaningful snaps as a Nittany Lion.
The odds seemed to be stacked against him.