Comparisons are never perfect, but those who put down the Maryland win need to look back to the 2005 NW game on the road. PSU was all but beaten. It had a 4th and long deep in its own territory just to stay alive as time was dwindling. Miraculously, the pass was completed and the drive continued and Penn State scored on a beautiful TD pass from Robinson to Derrick Williams. PSU pulled one, barely, out of the fire. The next week, Penn State pounded a decent Minnesota team 44 - 14. Confidence builds after a tough win like that Northwestern win.
Fast forward to 2015, PSU has to claw and scrape in the 4th quarter to edge a game Maryland team. But they made the plays when necessary. The locker room was jubilant while the message board whined. What happened next week? PSU clobbers a decent Illionois team 39 - 0. That Maryland win is very, very meaningful to this team. The parallels are obvious.
Fast forward to 2015, PSU has to claw and scrape in the 4th quarter to edge a game Maryland team. But they made the plays when necessary. The locker room was jubilant while the message board whined. What happened next week? PSU clobbers a decent Illionois team 39 - 0. That Maryland win is very, very meaningful to this team. The parallels are obvious.
