Coach I suppose I should be the one to face the catcalls here since I liked PSU in this matchup. PSU was totally inept in the red zone. I put most of this on PSU's offensive line which isn't all that good.
People will point to Barkley's yards and say how can that be, time after time he broke a tackle or made a man miss at the line of scrimmage and turned a 0 yard gain into 10-20-30 or more. I am the biggest Barry Sanders fan ever but what Barkley did Saturday night may have been the best college RB performance I've ever seen. DVR a 2:00 AM ESPN replay of the game just for that.
McSorley was also under a lot of pressure the entire game another indication of PSU's offensive line performance.
I believe at the end of the first quarter Iowa had 17 yards of total offense, PSU spent the entire quarter within 40 yards of Iowa's end zone and had a 3-0 lead. At that point I knew I was fucked.
Outside of that the game went pretty much as I thought PSU way more yards and everything else, Iowa's 3 TD's came on a McSorley Int when he was getting drilled and threw up a meatball to Jewell right before the end of the half. Next play 20 yard TD pass. I don't know if there is somewhere you can check halftime yardage but PSU had to have a huge advantage and trailed 5 to 7. Wadley had a big TD catch and run when Iowa burned a blitz and a late TD run. Take out those 3 plays and Iowa had 147 yards of total offense.
PSU is overrated when they face a very talented, fast defense that line is gonna be lost.