MMQB - This Team has Mettle

Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty ImagesPenn State did on Saturday night what many teams before have struggled to do - win at Kinnick Stadium at night.

What makes it more admirable is that the team was fighting the refs all game as well.

I won’t do a deep dive on the officiating - suffice to say it was easily in the top 5 poorly called games that I’ve watched in my football-watching career.

So on top of playing at one of the toughest venues in the country, at night in front of a raucous crowd, against a top 20 opponent with an incredibly stingy defense, the Lions also had to overcome blatant (almost malevolent) officiating.

And yet, that’s exactly what they did.

A phantom holding call late in the…