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Penn State Football: 3 Key Matchups vs Indiana

By Alec Whitaker

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA - SEPTEMBER 30: Head coach James Franklin of the Penn State Nittany Lions shakes hands with head coach Tom Allen of the Indiana Hoosiers after the game on September 30, 2017 at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. Penn State defeats Indiana 45-14. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA - SEPTEMBER 30: Head coach James Franklin of the Penn State Nittany Lions shakes hands with head coach Tom Allen of the Indiana Hoosiers after the game on September 30, 2017 at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. Penn State defeats Indiana 45-14. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images) /
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STATE COLLEGE, PA – NOVEMBER 16: Shaka Toney #18 of the Penn State Nittany Lions sacks Peyton Ramsey #12 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the fourth quarter at Beaver Stadium on November 16, 2019 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
STATE COLLEGE, PA – NOVEMBER 16: Shaka Toney #18 of the Penn State Nittany Lions sacks Peyton Ramsey #12 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the fourth quarter at Beaver Stadium on November 16, 2019 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) /


3. Penn State’s DEs vs Indiana OTs

Want to help out Castro-Fields against Philyor? Don’t let the ball get thrown his way.

For how talented Michael Penix Jr. is, he struggles with pocket awareness and is not much of a scrambler. Penn State needs to take advantage of this by using their two speed rushers, Shaka Toney and Jayson Oweh as much as possible.

This duo will be one of the faster defensive end duos we’ve seen at Penn State in recent memory. They will be going up against two big boys, as Indiana left tackle comes in at 6’8 362 and the right tackle at 6’6 314. It may be hard for the smaller defensive ends to go through these guys, but it should be a lot easier to go around them.

Toney has five career sacks against Indiana, and expect the senior to continue that production on Saturday. It helps that he has a projected first round pick in Oweh on the other side for Indiana to worry about.

If these two can rattle Penix, Castro-Fields and the other corners won’t have too much to worry about, but that’s a big if.

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