Pitt “Drops” Road Game At Penn State, 33-14

2017 Penn State 33 Pitt 14 Football - State College, PA

“I know last year for their win it was like the Super Bowl, but for us this was just like beating Akron.” These were the thoughts uttered by Penn State Head Football Coach James Franklin shortly after Penn State beat Pitt 33-14 on Saturday at State College, PA.

Could have fooled DreamBackfield.com. Penn State had “its seventh-largest crowd ever and the largest since 2009, as 109,898 packed Beaver Stadium,” a game that apparently only meant something to the state of Pennsylvania but not to the Penn State players or coaching staff.

Pitt did all it could do to give the game to the Nittany Lions. Much of the blame fell on the play of Pitt graduate transfer senior QB Max Browne and the Panther wide receivers.

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