Article By Tim King on 8th November, 2009
The Lions had put themselves in more than a good position to go big time bowling this year even after their home loss to Iowa to kick off the Big Ten season. Knock over Ohio State, Indiana and Michigan State and there would have been BCS bowls fighting over the Nittany Lions and their legion of well traveled fans.
There is only one problem with that picture as we all learned Saturday night. Teams ranked 113th in special teams don't win big games. Kick yardage is free yardage when you can find it and the Ohio State Buckeyes found miles of it on the perfect turf of Beaver Stadium.