Of All the Things That Made Zero Sense Last Season, the Nittany Lions’ Historically Pitiful Turnover Luck Was One of Them 

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HOPE might be the foulest, most dangerous four-letter word in the English language, but even so, there’s an air of optimism wafting over the 2021 Penn State football season for a couple reasons.

I’d waste 300-400 words waxing poetic about those reasons but A) by now, you already know what they are, and B) I really wanna cut corners and crank this blog post out because a pool float with a highly-caloric fruity adult beverage in the cup holder awaits. But, for our seven-month coma patient readership, here’s a quick list:

 Yurcich hire. 

Dotson/Walker/Brisker return. 

Normal-ish spring practice. 

Normal-ish fall practice (no jinx). 

James Franklin’s full Transfer Portal cart.

Home-field advantage is back.

One factor, though, that doesn’t get as much play as those just listed – and one we’ll explore for as long as I can stand being cooped up indoors on this postcard-perfect afternoon — is Penn State’s historically wretched 2020 Turnover Luck and the unlikelihood of lightning striking twice in 2021.

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