Unveiling the Hidden Secrets: Why Penn State, Texas, and Clemson Are Shocking College Football Fans This Season
Things then got way, way out of hand in Week 6, when the program took one of the worst losses in college football history to UCLA. The Lions are now unranked, their playoff hopes are on life support, and James Franklin’s future in this job is a fair question.
What’s the truth? Penn State isn’t close to what I thought they were. The defense has generated a roughly average 33.3% pressure rate despite having multiple future NFL pass rushers in the mix, led by Dani Dennis-Sutton.
The unit is almost exactly average for a Power Four team in success rate (36.5%) and explosive play rate (5.8%) allowed, despite playing four of its five games against non-power opponents and a UCLA team that would not be competitive in the Big Sky this year. (Explosive play rate is the percentage of plays that go for 15 yards or more.)


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