Despite their coach’s dismissal and a six-game losing streak, Penn State players have continued to play hard.

The Nittany Lions (1-6 Big Ten, 4-6) dropped a one-point decision at Iowa, were within three points of No. 1 Ohio State at halftime before falling and pushed No. 2 Indiana to the brink before the Hoosiers pulled out a win.

After snapping their skid with a convincing 28-10 win last week at Michigan State, they will face Nebraska (4-3, 7-3) Saturday night at 7 (TV-NBC) at Beaver Stadium.

“Yeah, the buy-in has been awesome,” interim head coach Terry Smith said.

He offered an example of “one of our older guys” who asked Smith if Penn State had plans to practice the first weekend of December because he has a family conflict. The Lions need to beat the Cornhuskers and then Rutgers in

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