Penn State Football: Lions Position Grades versus Iowa
Quarterbacks
The legend helped himself and the Nittany Lions avoid complete disaster Saturday with a clutch drive. Quarterbacks are graded in winning time, and he gets an A+ for that final sequence. He connected on 7-of-11 passes for 68 yards and a seven-yard touchdown throw to Juwan Johnson with quadruple zeroes on the clock.
Now comes the tough part, McSorley looked pedestrian the rest of the game. He hit check downs and let Barkley make plays, but he missed easy throws and turned over the ball twice. The interception was still his fault despite his arm being hit. The internal clock needs to go off quicker. Furthermore, the six batted balls stopped drives and turned into longer down and distance situations.
To be fair, there were some major drops that also hampered his play. The receivers didn’t have their best days, but the offense did what was necessary. Even on a bad day, he totaled 347 total yards of offense and completed 64.6 percent of his passes.
Winners win and that’s the best to describe McSorley’s game at the end of the day. If you didn’t get a chance to see the throw 60-plus times here it is one more time (Video Courtesy of Big Ten Network).