No defense for stunning loss
Raise your hand if you saw this coming. Didn’t think so. Penn State’s stunning 42-37 loss to UCLA on Saturday at the Rose Bowl had historians scrambling for perspective. Here’s what they came up with: It was the first time in 40 years that a winless team beat a Top-10 team. Not since UTEP defeated No. 7 BYU in 1985. The Nittany Lions entered the game as 24.5-point favorites, and although they’ve lost before as 20-point favorites — against Maryland in 2020 and the nine-overtime debacle vs. Illinois a year later — this is clearly the low moment of James Franklin’s 12-year ...