UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - For Penn State linebacker Koa Farmer, a trip home to the Rose Bowl game this year, marks a return trip to his hometown, which happens to be rooted just a few minutes from the historic Rose Bowl.
Flashing back a few months though, it didn't seem fathomable that the Nittany Lions would be destined for Pasadena, California.
"After that Michigan loss we came back, we looked at the tape and we saw the mistakes and we just kind of saw that we weren't playing together in all three phases - offense, defense and special teams, the chemistry was not clicking," Farmer said.