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Penn State tops Boise State in the College Football Playoff at the Fiesta Bowl
No. 6 Penn State kept Ashton Jeanty in check and overcame some questionable play calls on offense to beat No. 3 Boise State, 31-14in the quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff.
The Nittany Lions advance to the playoff semifinals against the winner of Wednesday night's No. 2 seed Georgia and no. 7 Our Lady in the Sugar Bowl.
The key in the Fiesta Bowl was simple: Penn State had to be the first team to stop Heisman Trophy runner-up Jeanty this season, controlling the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball.
Those efforts suffered a major blow with the loss of star defenseman Abdul Carter, an All-America choice who left the game in the second quarter due to an apparent arm injury and did not return. On the offensive side, Penn State's front struggled to contain the Broncos edge rushers and create a clean pocket for quarterback Drew Allar.
Even without Carter applying pressure, reducing Jeanty's impact put the focus on Boise State quarterback Maddux Madsen, who completed 23 of 35 throws for 304 yards and a touchdown with three interceptions.
Although they couldn't keep Jeanty completely under wraps, the Nittany Lions were able to keep the junior All-America selection under wraps. Jeanty finished with 104 yards on 30 carries with a long of 26 yards.
He had rushed for at least 125 yards in every game during the regular season and was just 132 yards away from breaking Barry Sanders' single-season rushing record. The Nittany Lions were the first FBS opponent to keep Jeanty out of the end zone.
Penn States' running game chewed up 216 yards on 41 carries, led by Kaytron Allen's game-high 134 yards, though the offense spent too much time ignoring the ground attack and keeping the ball in Allar's hands.
Under pressure from the Broncos' strong pass rush, Allar went 13 of 25 for 171 yards with three touchdowns. Allar avoided any interception, but did cough up a fumble, recovered by the Broncos. The Nittany Lions leaned on star Tyler Warren, who had 63 receiving yards and two scores despite being the main focus of Boise State's back seven.
In addition to the eyebrow-raising decision to shy away from an effective running game, PSU was hampered by a series of strange decisions on key downs. The inability to put together sustained drives allowed the Broncos to say in the game.
For PSU, the win comes with a 38-10 victory against SMU in the opening round. Along with some impressive results against Power Four competition in traditional bowl games, these two wins further the Big Tens case to be seen as the top conference in the FBS.
PSU jumped out to a 14-0 lead and looked poised to leave the Mountain West champions in an insurmountable hole before the Broncos recovered with a touchdown run with just under nine minutes left in the second quarter. The Nittany Lions made a 40-yard field goal as time expired in the quarter and led 17-7 at halftime.
Boise would respond with a defensive stop to open the third quarter, followed by a 47-yard touchdown pass to Matt Lauter, who snuck down the left sideline thanks to a costly defensive breakdown by the Nittany Lions.
Penn State would follow with an 11-play, 75-yard drive capped by a 13-yard score for Warren to go ahead 24-14 and reassert control. Boise States' next two drives, spanning the third and fourth quarters, lasted 12 and 13 plays respectively, but ended in an interception and a missed 38-yard field goal.
The Nittany Lions took over with about nine minutes left, putting down a key third down on an Allar completion and then delivering the knockout blow on a 58-yard touchdown by running back Nick Singleton with five minutes to play.
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