Penn State Football wins if this happens … Iowa wins if that does
By Evan Smith
No. 4 Penn State Football meets it’s toughest task yet, heading to famed Kinnick Stadium to take on the top No. 3 Iowa Hawkeyes.
What it will take for Penn State Football to win on the road against a top-five team, as a top-five team?
There is one simple key for both Penn State Football and Iowa to win Saturday’s 4:00 pm kickoff, and we will look at those key’s in this week’s “We Win If, They Win If” column.
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In last week’s column, we said star Indiana Hoosier WR Ty Fryfogle needed at least 10 touches.
The Nittany Lions‘ secondary held him virtually in check, with only 5 catches for 48 yards and outside of a 27 yarder, he averaged less than 5 yards a catch.
We said Penn State Football wins if they force a Hoosier turnover; that same vaunted secondary picked up both Michael Penix (who was out of bounds one year ago) and Jack Tuttle.
Easy victory for us, moving Victory Bell Rings to 5-0 on this season’s prognostications.
Here are the keys for Iowa and Penn State Football to win on Saturday:
Iowa Wins If…
Iowa is not a creative offensive team.
This is nothing new.
Kirk Ferentz’s teams are known for strong defense, disciplined special teams and not falling behind the chains. Iowa needs 3rd and 2 and 3 to consistently move the ball down the field. So, Iowa wins if they have a 60%+ third down conversion rate.