“They are who we thought they were, and we let ‘em off the hook!”
Those are the now famous words of the late Dennis Green after his Arizona Cardinals team blew a big lead to a heavily favored Chicago Bears team.
Nothing could better describe what happened with Penn State on Saturday night against Ohio State in Beaver Stadium.
For three-and-a-half quarters, outside of a few rough patches, the Nittany Lions outplayed the Buckeyes in every facet of the game.
Again, as it did a year ago, Penn State held a late two-score lead. And, as it did a year ago, the Nittany Lions crumbled and fell Ohio State by one point, this time with a 27-26 scoreline.