Anyone who watched Penn State’s 20-12 loss to Ohio State will likely tell you this game was not really as close as the final score indicated. It took until the 59th minute for Penn State to punch the football across the goal line on a day when the offense was completely outclassed by Ohio State’s defense.
But Penn State’s defense was as good as advertised as well. It did allow Marvin Harrison Jr. to get his yards, and eventually a touchdown to firmly put the game out of reach, but few will think about giving any fault to the Penn State defense for its shortcomings in Columbus.
There are some weeks when the grading on a game has to be harsh. This is one of them.
Here is this week’s postgame report card.