DANIA BEACH, Fla. -- When Penn State offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki meets with quarterback Drew Allar before Thursday's College Football Playoff semifinal game against Notre Dame, his message won't change.
"'You prepare your ass off for these kind of moments,'" Kotelnicki said of his pregame message to Allar, following the team's arrival Tuesday for the Capital One Orange Bowl. "'Go out there and have fun. Trust yourself.' Because he rehearses the plays like a pro. I know he wants to play pro football, and he rehearses the way a pro should, in terms of referencing calls, reads, getting players lined up the right way, all that kind of stuff, he does it at an extremely high level.