Penn State has not faced anything like the passing attack that Case Keenum and the Houston Cougars are bring to today’s TicketCity Bowl. The 444 yards (1st in the NCAA) of passing offense that PSU must defend is a long way from the best that the Nittany Lions were asked to stop during the regular season… Northwestern’s 244!
As far as Penn State’s passing attack goes … there seem to be some confusion about who connects with whom? Given the the fact that wide receiver, Curtis Drake, connected with his QB’s (Matt McGloin) jaw. Normally, the QB is the one who does the connecting with his receiver…. via a pass down field and not the other way around in a locked room fight. McGloin is out of the TicketCity Bowl for medical reasons and Drake will not be at the bowl… for what was described by Coach Bradley as “personal reasons”.
So the starting quarterback for the Lions fell to Rob Bolden. Bolden decided that this spotlight was not bright enough, so he determined what was needed was for him to shoplift a bottle of Gatorade from a local State College store last week. Good idea Rob! What a mess!
For all the problems @ PSU this year, the least of which was their offensive limits, their defense, through it all, continued to play well. They are giving up 162 passing Yards Per Game, 4th best in the nation. This is far and away the best pass defense that Keenum has faced this season.
Both teams are coming off disappointing losses. Houston lost the Conference USA Championship Game to Southern Mississippi, 49-28, while Penn State’s loss to Wisconsin, 45-7, a defeat which kept them out of the Big Ten’s Championship Game.
This is a tough call… so many side bars… Penn State unending off the field issues… Case Keenum’s last hurrah, and the irresistible force (Houston’s O) vs the immovable object (Lions D). All that said.. Houston 31 Penn State 24
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