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Lions trying to focus on Indiana
Penn State must forget Buckeyes and not look toward Spartans
By Audrey Snyder
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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.
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home
What to look for: Michigan State
is up next
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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.
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1 , Score: PSU 38, Indiana 27
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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