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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
PSU title hopes crushed by lowa, again
SHAWN ANNARELLI
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For the second year in a row,
the lowa Hawkeyes greatly
hampered Penn State’s goal of
a National Title,
Last year, lowa was lead by
Shonne Greene’s 117 rushing
yards and won on a spine-tin
gling last second field goal.
This year, lowa’s Adam
Robinson and Brandon Wegher
picked up were Greene left off
with 161 combined yards on the
ground.
Could the second loss in as
many years to lowa be put on
the shoulders of star linebacker
Sean Lee, who missed each
game due to injury? Or could
two equally poor performances
from quarterback Darryl Clark
be the problem? Or could we
look to the coaching staff to
find the problem?
There is no doubt that Lee’s
absence didn’t help the Penn
State defense stop lowa’s
ground-and-pound offensive at
tack.
There is no doubt that Clark's
combined 38 percent career
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lowa s Adrian Clayborn takes returns a blocked punt 53 yards for a touchdown.
completion and five combined
interceptions against lowa
haven't helped their cause.
And there is no doubt that
when the coaches make deci
sions like putting a soaking wet
208 pound safety, Nick Sukay,
in to block lowa’s athletic 282
pound defensive lineman,
Adrian Clavborn, that disaster
will eventually ensue for Penn
State's punting team. Clay
born blocked and returned the
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ball 53 yards to the end zone to
put the Hawkeyes up 11-10,
with 12:21 left in the game.
“1 thought the kids hung in
there, tried to come back, and
they kept making mistakes,”
Penn State head coach Joe Pa
terno said.
This is true, but the one thing
that has hampered the Nittany
Lions the most in the team’s
last two contests against lowa
is the weather.
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In a frigid wind tunnel at
lowa on Nov. 8, 2008 and in a
soggy Happy Valley last week
end, Penn State’s two greatest
assets, passing the ball and
rushing the passer, were
bogged down by weather.
Each contest came down to
who wanted the win more, and
lowa made its presence notori
ous.
What’s worse for the Penn
State football team is that it had
each game’s victory within its
grasp when the fourth quarter
starter.
Last season, the Penn State
defense allowed 10 points in
the fourth quarter to cement an
lowa 24-23 comeback win.
This year the Nittany Lions
jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the
first quarter, but allowed 21
unanswered points, 16 of which
were given up in the fourth
quarter.
“It was a team loss. No one
person, or one play lost it,” Pa
terno said. “We got licked.”
Penn State has lost seven of
its last eight games against
lowa.
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