Last season, Penn State’s loss to Iowa pushed them to 0-5. The overwhelming feeling from me after that game: apathy. Fast forward a year, and Penn State’s loss to Iowa pushes them from 6-0 and the No. 2 ranking to 5-1, the No. 7 ranking, and the whole season up in the air with the injury to (amongst others) Sean Clifford. Oh, apathy, I yearn for you.
1. Elite Iowa Defense
I — like the rest of the media — was just in awe of how dominant the Iowa defense was yesterday. They held Penn State to just three points and 79 total yards on Saturday.