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The many sides of Drew Allar were on display in Beaver Stadium once again on a crazy Saturday White Out night.
For three quarters, there was Frustrating Drew, the one we’ve seen in too many big games to count, holding the ball too long, missing open receivers and, though certainly not the only issue in an offense that looked like it couldn’t advance the ball on a decent high school team, not doing much of anything to elevate it out of that rut, either.
Then, for the briefest of moments—four plays to be exact—we saw Franchise Drew, the guy whose performance matched his stratospheric potential. A perfect strike to his tight end, Luke Reynolds, for 9 yards. Then, after a long run by Kaytron Allen, another strike, to Trebor Pena, for 12 more. And finally a gorgeous rainbow over the entire Oregon defense to Devonte Ross for Penn State’s first touchdown. You remembered why this kid will likely hear his name called on the first day of next spring’s draft, and while most of you was celebrating, the rest of you got mad all over again wondering where this version has been for the last four years.
