Talking Penn State Nittany Lions Football ahead of UW’s matchup on Saturday! - UW Dawg Pound
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The Dawgs will be back at home this week, as they get set to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions on Saturday afternoon, for homecoming weekend! Ahead of this matchup, I talked to Brian Bennett of SB Nation’s Penn State sister site Black Shoe Diaries to get the lowdown on this year’s Nittany Lions squad! Mark Schafer: This is year 1 for Matt Campbell in Happy Valley, who was seemingly linked to every single power conference opening until he ultimately got the Penn State job. It’s been a rough year for the Nittany Lions, who sit at 4-4. What has gone wrong and how can Campbell turn it around? Brian Bennett: There was a month stretch where just about everything that could go wrong, seemed to go wrong. Penn State used a really easy non-conference schedule to start out 3-0 and vibes seemed good with the meshing of some young, talented Nittany Lion holdovers and the top of Iowa State’s depth chart. Penn State was ranked overrated at No. 13 and up 17-0 against Wisconsin. Things just fell apart from there. There was a turnover, some bad defense, a long touchdown throw in the closing seconds, just all kinds of stuff. Things continued to go bad with some injuries, then a couple of close losses to USC and Michigan - two games that Penn State led in the second half. I don’t know what turning it around really looks like with this group, but it would be nice to see the team get fully healthy for the first time all season to get a grasp of what that might have actually looked like. MS: The offense, coordinated by Taylor Mouser, is led by Iowa State transfer Rocco Becht. Becht has been efficient, completing 63.5% of his passes for 1839 yards and 13 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. What do you like about him as a quarterback and what does the scheme look like? BB: Most of Becht’s…
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