STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — All offseason, Penn State was the darling of preseason prognostications for the Big Ten and for a large swath of the country — and for good reason.

The Nittany Lions made it to the College Football Playoff semifinals and returned their highly-touted quarterback, Drew Allar, and the premier running back tandem of Nicholas Singleton and Kaytron Allen. Then they went out and added three transfer receivers to shore up their glaring offensive weakness and hired defensive coordinator Jim Knowles fresh off the national championship at Ohio State.

Ohio State, which won the CFP National Championship, returned the best offensive and defensive players in college football, but had a lot of holes to fill.

Oregon, which won the Big Ten Championship by beating Penn State, had to “

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