Penn State Football’s youth movement must continue on offense

Penn State football continued a disastrous season Saturday, falling to 0-4 after a 30-23 loss to the Nebraska Cornhuskers

Despite losing the fourth straight game to start the season, Penn State football made some significant some changes that gives head coach James Franklin and company a bit of a silver lining headed into there final five games of the year.

The remaining games on the 2020 schedule are about seeing what the Nittany Lions have for 2021, and Saturday provided a glimpse of what this offense could potentially look like.

Levis deserves a chance

Quarterback Sean Clifford was benched in the second quarter of Saturday’s game after his second straight game with a sack fumble that resulted in a touchdown.

This also came after a brutal interception on the first drive of the game. Franklin went to backup quarterback Will Levis, who was solid the rest of the way, completing 14 of 31 passes for 219 yards, rushing for 61 yards and more importantly, did not turn the ball over.

The move to Levis seemed to spark the rest of the team, as Penn State fought back from down 24-3, having two chances in the red zone to tie the game late. The Nittany Lions’ defense played with a different energy, and the offensive line seemed to finally get movement up front in the running game. The highlight of the afternoon for Levis was when he spun out of a sack and found tight end Pat Freiermuth open downfield for a 74-yard completion, setting up an eventual Devyn Ford touchdown to cut the deficit to seven points.

The redshirt sophomore did more then enough to prove to the coaching staff he deserves a chance to be the guy down the stretch, and get a start this week against Iowa. Let offensive coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca build the game plan around Levis and give him the reigns to this offense.