{"id":4600,"date":"2009-10-05T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/10\/penn-state-35-illinois-17.html"},"modified":"2009-10-05T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-05T14:00:00","slug":"penn-state-35-illinois-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/10\/penn-state-35-illinois-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State 35 ILLINOIS 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday saw the Nittany Lions return to the win column at Illinois. They played their most complete game of the season and shook off the cobwebs from their Iowa loss.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li type=\"square\">The first half was kind of bland, but the Lions really responded in the second half. It was just about an ideal bounce-back game.\n<li type=\"square\">Daryll Clark looked like a completely different quarterback against the Fighting Illini. He was poised in the pocket and made things happen with his feet. There has been a reluctance by him and the coaching staff to running, but he is a much better quarterback when he does. Without the pressure of a national title bid ahead of the Nittany Lions, they seem more comfortable letting Clark be Clark.\n<p>He was in the game way too long though, they should have pulled him in the early fourth quarter. He took some shots he did not need to take.<\/p>\n<li type=\"square\">OLB <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Sean Lee<\/span> missed the game again. I would not expect too much of him next week against Eastern Illinois.\n<li type=\"square\">The offensive line had their best game of the season by far. The guards seem to pull a lot more and that made a huge difference. While Illinois is nothing special on defense, the offensive line has to be feeling better about themselves. Penn State rushed for over 300 yards.\n<li type=\"square\">Center <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Stefen Wisniewski<\/span> was putting more zip on his shotgun snaps, though they were going a little high. That is better than low.\n<li type=\"square\">RB <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Stephfon Green<\/span> had his best game to date. He ran up the middle better than ever and broke a 51 yard touchdown run in the second quarter to open up the scoring. Green was the primary back for a good portion of the game with Evan Royster having difficulties getting going.\n<li type=\"square\">Royster did improve as they game went on and also recorded over 100 yards rushing.\n<li type=\"square\">Illinois&#8217; <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Juice Williams<\/span> is the most overhyped quarterback of the decade. He simply stinks.\n<li type=\"square\">Funny how this was seen as the &#8220;trap game&#8221; for Penn State. I felt a lot better about it once the 3:30 p.m. kickoff was announced.\n<li type=\"square\">Speaking of kickoff, the Nittany Lions special teams are still really bad. This will become a problem again this season I fear.\n<li type=\"square\">WR <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Arrelious Benn<\/span> was kept out of the end zone after scoring 2 TDs in each of the two previous meetings. OLB Navarro Bowman still can&#8217;t believe he did not tackle Benn though.\n<li type=\"square\">Illinois had an &#8220;Orange Out.&#8221; In Friday&#8217;s chat I joked that would help Penn State &#8212; a bunch of people in orange standing around will make them think they are driving through Pennsylvania.<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coveritlive.com\/index2.php\/option=com_altcaster\/task=blogreminder\/altcast_code=06f51d11d0\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"250px\" width=\"230px\" frameBorder=\"0\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A9AAA1;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/PennState\" rel=\"tag\">Penn State<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/NittanyLions\" rel=\"tag\">Nittany Lions<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/collegefootball\" rel=\"tag\">college football<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/IllinoisFightingIllini\" rel=\"tag\">Illinois Fighting Illini<\/a>,<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. 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