Penn State Football: Lions Position Grades versus Iowa

IOWA CITY, IOWA- SEPTEMBER 23: Quarterbacks Tommy Stevens #2 and Trace McSorley #9 of the Penn State Nittany Lions celebrate after defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes on September 23, 2017 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images)
IOWA CITY, IOWA- SEPTEMBER 23: Quarterbacks Tommy Stevens #2 and Trace McSorley #9 of the Penn State Nittany Lions celebrate after defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes on September 23, 2017 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images) /
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IOWA CITY, IOWA- SEPTEMBER 23: Head coach James Franklin of the Penn State Nittany Lions walks off the field with running back Saquon Barkley #26 after defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes on September 23, 2017 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images)
IOWA CITY, IOWA- SEPTEMBER 23: Head coach James Franklin of the Penn State Nittany Lions walks off the field with running back Saquon Barkley #26 after defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes on September 23, 2017 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images) /

Coaching

This coaching staff put the offense in position to win. Penn State football didn’t execute to perfection and that happens. However, the guts from this coaching staff to take risks and go big near the end helped pickup the win.

In all honesty this was defensive coordinator Brent Pry’s moment of pride. Penn State football receives a lot of love for its top-tier offense. But this defense held a fairly productive offense in check, so Pry deserves boatloads of credit.

His no-name, nightmare defense doesn’t feature many big names in the national spotlight. But, it’s impressive what he does with this group. It’s tough to keep all these defenders off the ball. The fact that the defense is so deep and can use so many different points of attack makes them  tough to score on.

This week Pry unleashed Miller on the world. Who knows who he’ll release on the college football world next.

Grade: B+

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