Penn State's BCS Title Hopes Washed Away

Iowa (3-0) at No. 5 Penn State (3-0) Time: 8 p.m., Saturday, ABC Place: University Place, Pa. Line: Penn State by 9 ½ Three Reasons Penn State Will Win 1. Daryll Clark: Perhaps no player north of Tim Tebow took a loss harder last year than Clark dealt with that windy afternoon in Iowa City. Plenty of teammates shared blame for the 24-23 loss, but Clark bore, and still...

Penn State fell to Iowa last night, 21-10 in both teams' Big Ten conference openers. The Nittany Lions were stymied on offense, forcing the young defense to carry the load. Mistakes were plentiful for both teams, but Penn State's proved most costly. One could say this is the most important week of the season for Penn State. Will they step up, or step down? In today's...

A blocked punt, turnovers, and a dominating defense allowed Iowa to stun Penn State in front of a whiteout in Beaver Stadium on Saturday. It all started so well for Penn State. On their first play from scrimmage, Darryl Clark threw a 79-yard touchdown pass to receiver Chaz Powell. On their next drive, the lions controlled the ball for more than ten minutes and marched down the field...

Penn State choked away its momentum, its composure and a 10-point lead in Beaver Stadium tonight, falling to the Iowa Hawkeyes 21-10. Kirk Ferentz has now won seven of eight against Joe Paterno and Penn State, knocking the Lions out of the top-five for the second consecutive matchup. It was a tale of variety on the rain-soaked field, as Iowa scored on a field goal, a safety, a blocked...

I’ll set it up for you. After being in the best student section in the country for four years, I’ve come to memorize the Penn State chants, traditions, and cheers.   Not surprising.   So while at my brother’s house last night, watching Iowa struggle to put up much of a fight through three quarters, I had no problem with Jeremy Boone punting away after...

It was Saturday night.  The night of the big game.  After watching offensive-minded teams struggle all day long in a deluge that seemed to blanket the nation, Iowa fans were concerned to see sheets of rain pouring down on the Iowa Hawkeyes as they took the field at Beaver Stadium in Happy Valley, home of the No. 5 ranked Penn State Nittany Lions.   Steeped in the...

Daryll Clark struggled to find a rhythm after a good start against Iowa. His Nittany Lions were one of four top ten teams to lose this weekend.

That hurt. A lot. Iowa came into Beaver Stadium and pretty much dominated Penn State. Final score 21-10, Hawkeyes, it didn't seem that close by the time it was over, even though Penn State was leading until the fourth quarter.Penn State started strong with a long TD pass on their first play. It seemed like it was going to be our day, especially after the Nittany Lions followed...

*Warning some profanity, but far less than the initial draft.Coming off Penn State's worst performance since Ohio State ruined the White Out in 2007, it's time to really assess what this Penn State team is. Sure, they stand at 3-1, but honestly they haven't looked liked they (the offense) cared if they won in any of the games they've played and only through circumstances...

Remember the 2008 Iowa-Penn State game? Daniel Murray finishes the Hawkeye scoring with a 31-yard field goal. The Iowa defense comes up with a big sack and forced fumble of Nittany Lion quarterback Daryll Clark in the Penn State end zone. Iowa upsets a top-four rated Nittany Lion team.Welcome back to Sept. 26, 2009.

As bad a night as Daryll Clark had, he still said that last year at Iowa was worse. “We were on our way to make the knockout and we had a costly turnover,” Clark said of Penn State’s 2008 loss...