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Penn State Football’s Run Game is Better Than it has Looked

One productive running game out of five does not mean that this Penn State Football team is great at running the football, but it definitely showed that there is potential to be a better running football team than they showed through the first month of the season.

As far as the running backs themselves, Keyvone Lee and John Lovett seem to be hitting their stride. Lee had eight carries for 74 yards, and Lovett added 41 yards on 10 carries.

One thing that could be a downfall to having so many good running backs and using a “by committee” approach, is that it might take them awhile to find their rhythm throughout the season since they are sharing carries, but it seems like Lee and Lovett are starting to get comfortable.

Additionally, the offensive line and tight ends did a better job of creating holes to run through. On a 44 yard run by Keyvone Lee in the first quarter, Blackledge pointed out great blocks by tight end Brenton Strange, and left guard Eric Wilson, who was one of my players that needed to step up for the Indiana game.

It is not up to the level that it needs to be quite yet, but the running game is improving, and it looks like it will continue to do so on a weekly basis.