STATE COLLEGE — A month later, the anger had mostly faded from Beaver Stadium.

Without James Franklin around to serve as a target for fan frustration, maybe there wasn’t much point to voicing displeasure toward Penn State’s situation. Not with the Nittany Lions led by an interim coach and a backup quarterback against the No. 2 team in the country.

So when the Lions lost their fifth one-score game of the season — thanks to a mesmerizing, toe-tap score by Indiana with 36 seconds left — the boos were brief, reserved for the announcement that replay review had indeed upheld the Hoosiers’ 27-24 win on Saturday.

Losses to Oregon and Northwestern in the last two home games had been met with fury. Saturday’s defeat to Indiana, no matter how heartbreaking for the Lions, was just another stop on

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