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Five things I want to see out of Penn State Football when they take on Ohio

By Nick Kreiser

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN - SEPTEMBER 01: Nicholas Singleton #10 of the Penn State Nittany Lions runs the ball during the first half against the Purdue Boilermakers at Ross-Ade Stadium on September 1, 2022 in West Lafayette, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN - SEPTEMBER 01: Nicholas Singleton #10 of the Penn State Nittany Lions runs the ball during the first half against the Purdue Boilermakers at Ross-Ade Stadium on September 1, 2022 in West Lafayette, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) /
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Sep 1, 2022; West Lafayette, Indiana, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions running back Kaytron Allen (13) runs the ball in the second quarter against the Purdue Boilermakers at Ross-Ade Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 1, 2022; West Lafayette, Indiana, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions running back Kaytron Allen (13) runs the ball in the second quarter against the Purdue Boilermakers at Ross-Ade Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports /

A 100-yard rusher

The streak continues.

By the time the Nittany Lions take the field on Saturday against the Bobcats, it will have been 651 days since the last time they have had a 100-yard rusher. The last to do it was Keyvone Lee at Michigan in November of 2020.

While true freshmen Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen showed a few good flashes against Purdue, the Nittany Lions once again failed to have a single ball-carrier reach the 100-yard threshold–or even the 50 yard one for that matter.

Allen was Penn State’s leading rusher in week one with 31 yards on eight carries.

Against a team like the Ohio Bobcats, the Nittany Lions need to be able to have a running back reach the century mark.

Hopefully with the right offensive line combination out there, one of the backs can get into a rhythm and the staff sticks with the hot hand; and Penn State Football can have their first 100-yard rusher in nearly two years.

With many new faces along the offensive line and a pair of dynamic true freshmen in the running back room, there was plenty of optimism surrounding Penn State’s running game entering the season, but if they can’t manage to have a 100-yard rusher in this one, much of the fanbase will begin losing hope that the running game will ever improve.

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