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Introduction
Calling the weather conditions during Saturday’s Penn State-Northwestern game ‘miserable’ would be a disservice to what those scattered poncho’d warriors endured inside Beaver Stadium. The steadiness and intensity of the rain – the dying, damp breathes of Hurricane Ian — was apparent through my TV (except when baseball came on and the screen size shrunk by 80%) and it absolutely looked like a place I wouldn’t want to be. But, sitting in my living room in Houston, Texas where the weather outside was 85 degrees and sunny didn’t feel much better. Not after that performance. The turnovers and sloppy offensive play made us all feel like we were sitting in a cold, heavy rain all day – even if only figuratively. Now, the silver lining is that the Nittany Lions managed to win the game. And, at the end of the day, that’s all that really matters in any given week. Penn State enters the bye week fairly healthy and with a 5-0 record. Still, like the weather Saturday, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows around Happy Valley, so let’s reflect on the ups and downs of the Nits’ 10-point escape vs. the Wildcats. Off we go…
