PIG-SKINt.)REVIEW 12 I FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2010 )/► ~ e .4 ' ..v;t • ' 1 ~c X1; 74k 4 l e , „ i , - . ../ i t:- ' , 4og i i,4i );1 t.P4 ; 0 6)," Lions trying to focus on Indiana Penn State must forget Buckeyes and not look toward Spartans By Audrey Snyder r,AN The Penn State football team is trying to figure out what Indiana team will show up at noon for Saturday's game at FedEx Field. There's the Indiana team that gave up P,:; points to 'Wisconsin last Saturday. which handed the Hoosiers their fourth straight loss. and then there's the linger ing thought of a game Indiana nearly won against lowa. Looking hack at the score and the highlights. it doesn't really stick in my mind. - Penn State s ok , iv liuicoln Willis said of hidiana s loss to the Badgers e film trom them playing lowa and they played lowa really tough. The score really didn't indicate how hard they played Indiana (4 ft 0-t; Big Ten) is still searching for its first Big Ten win of the season. but the Nittany Lions don't want to be the team that lets the Hoosiers hang in the game Trying not to let the thought of the second-half slipup against Ohio State linger as a Daily Collegian Predictions Audrey Snyder Score: PSU 27, Indiana 14 What's good: The playing surface N., at FedEx Field. 411° . :111111 : Wha t's b m ad es : . More teams selling home What to look for: Michigan State is up next . * / r ~~ ': .......••••ft. ....,,, rr '~ game with Michigan State will be Penn State's last chance to post a signature win, the Lions (6-4, 3-3) said they'll need to have a short term memory in order to beat Indiana. Though Indiana's six losses in the Big Ten have them in the basement of the conference's standings. three of the losses vere by sev;'n points or less. While the learn has been outscored 244 108 in conference games. take away the 83 points from the Badgers, and .Joe Paterno said his team needs to he prepared to play against the Hoosier team that went toe-to oh low:: Ftt:t, we are going to look dt it. because Indiana. Bill iLynchl is a good coach. a good guy - Patent() said. "We've have had our troubles with Indiana through the years... Paterno said he remembers the goal line stand his defense made in the fourth quarter against Indiana in 2004 that helped seal a 22-18 Penn State victory. "You can't get too high when you win and you can't get too low when you lose. That's a recipe for disaster." While Lynch wasn't the head coach at the time. both teams were struggling and playing for pride. Even though Penn State hasn't lost to Indiana since the Lions joined the Big Ten in 1993, Paterno recalled how his team played against the Hoosiers in 1994 and surrendered 22 fourth quarter points. "Bill Mallory was coaching there. we only won by about 10 points, probably cost us the national championship that year. - Paterno said. Though the current Lions are trying to improve their bowl bid, the players said they aren't expecting to see Indiana, who can become bowl eligible by win ning its final two games, call it quits just yet. Al Cassavell it ittli 1 , Score: PSU 38, Indiana 27 ' • What's good: Points Lots of \ 1 them. 104 01111,„ , se am What's bad: Pocket passer __ . ~ Chappell picks apart secondary What to look for: DC and ' 11, Northern Va. natives returning. ADOWS "Indiana has pride as well." right tackle Chima Okoli said. "There's no way they're gonna come out and let that happen to them two weeks in a row. They have fans and they have pride and they have tradition just like we do." Much like Indiana's loss to lowa, which happened in dramat ic fashion, as wide receiver Damarlo Belcher dropped what would've been a touchdown with 28 seconds left, Penn State can't dwell on how it let the second half of the Ohio State game fall apart. Quarterback Matt McGloin said the loss to Ohio State showed "how well we could play when together, yet the second half "showed how bad we can be at times." While Indiana proved Chima Okoli junior right tackle Score: PSU 27, Indiana 13 What's Good: Bounce-back game. What's Bad: Defense still banged up. Look for: NFL atmosphere THE DAILY COLLEGIAN the same thing, as it showed flashes of potential this season, co-captain Brett Brackett said each player's response to the second-half performance against Ohio State is in the past. But moving forward is the teams only option, Okoli said. "In football you don't really have a choice," Okoli said. "You can't get too high when you win and you can't get too low when you lose. That's a recipe for dis aster." With a three-game winning streak in the rearview mirror, the Lions are trying to avoid over looking the Hoosiers before returning home for the final game of the regular season against Michigan State, some thing that shouldn't be a concern Brackett said. "Not only that [lowa] tape, but a couple other games in the sea son we are kind of going off of," Brackett said. "Breaking down their film, you can tell they are a good football team." To e-mail reporter: aass22o@psu.edu Brendan Monahan
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