James franklin and the penn state nittany lions secured their second victory of the season saturday afternoon, beating the akron zips 2 in. College football odds, picks, predictions for week 9. Akron will pull both their backside lt and lg to lead rb warren ball around penn states left side. The penn state nittany lions will begin their defense of their big ten championship on saturday afternoon against the akron zips. Senior quarterback daryll clark went 29 for 40 for a careerhigh 353 yards. Meanwhile, penn state rolled to a 317 victory in its opener against akron. Penn state wins opener vs akron september 08, 2009 at least one question was answered by the nittany lions 317 season opening victory before 104,968 sundrenched fans in beaver stadium saturday. Usc defeated penn state monday night in one of the best rose bowl games weve ever seen. Advanced computer model loving penn state, cal sportslines advanced computer model.
Penn state footballs win over akron was no surprise. What you need to know about akron before this saturday. Last week penn state beat ucf in ireland, 2624 behind a strong performance from christian hackenberg. But here are three things we learned from the showdown between the zips and the nittany lions. Akron 2009 nittany lion pumping the crowd up before the game twaidevideos. Akron 9217 college football pick, odds, and prediction. Penn state nittany lions game played on september 2, 2017. Saturdays penn state vs akron game will be a nice early test for the nittany lions. A little rust and a feisty akron team keeps this close for a bit but penn state has the. Stream live sports, game replays, video highlights, and access featured espn programming online with watch espn. After starting the season 22, penn state won nine straight games to close out the year with an 112 mark. Penn state 21, akron 3 final it wasnt pretty, but james franklin and the penn state nittany lions 20 notched another victory this afternoon, beating the akron zips 2. Suddenly, the nittany lions are a potentially dominant group up front.