Penn State’s 63-0 homecoming victory over UMass was easily overshadowed on the national landscape by a thriller on the west coast between future Big Ten members Oregon and Washington, but Penn State diehards were still staying plugged into their Nittany Lions on Saturday. And Penn State gave those watching plenty to smile about despite the first batch of cold and damp fall weather conditions arriving in State College and around the Big Ten footprint.
I once again spent the game sharing my live in-game thoughts with my weekly game thread on Threads (see you next week, I hope), but Twitter is still a great place to get the pulse of the fans during a game for now. So I kept an eye on what was being said on X, the social media network formerly known as Twitter.
Here are some of the best social media highlights from Penn State’s victory over UMass on Saturday.