Penn State has struggled at times during a difficult non-conference slate with games at Maryland and versus Indiana sprinkled in for good measure. As of last night, the Nittany Lions have the 8th ranked nonconference strength of schedule in the country. Their win over Virginia Tech, and their closer-than-it-looked loss to a talented NC State team proved that they can hang with the best of them.
And then you have a performance like the first-half of the Duquesne, where the team looked out of sorts and disinterested. With just a day off in between, how will the team respond as they travel to take on the Crimson Tide?