What word would you use to describe Penn State’s performance against Ole Miss in the Peach Bowl? Painful? Torture? Redundant? Whatever word you would choose to describe Penn State’s 38-25 loss in the Peach Bowl, it likely is not a positive one. A loss like the one Penn State suffered in the bowl game down south is one that leads to more questions and pressure going into the offseason than a program like Penn State wants to deal with this time of the year.
But final assessments must be made, and the final grades from Penn State’s loss in the Peach Bowl tell a bit of the story of the 2023 Penn State football season as a whole. The offense lacked explosiveness, the coaching failed to fix the offense, and the defense couldn’t keep the game from falling out of reach long enough for the offense to catch up in time.
Sure, a 10-win season is something the large majority of college football programs would love to have at the end of the year, even if it did come with a loss in a bowl game at the end, but this was not what Penn State thought they were planning on doing this season.
And yet, once again, here we are.
Here is a look at Penn State’s final postgame report card for the 2023 season following the Peach Bowl.