Today’s Penn State football news headlines feature two of the Lions games that ranked among the best of the college football season and a look at a projected area of strength for the Lions’ 2018 recruiting class. Penn State’s 39-38 loss to Ohio State ranked No. 2 on a list of college football’s best games compiled by ESPN’s Jake Trotter, behind only UCLA’s wild season-opening win over Texas A&M. Buckeyes quarterback J.T. Barrett “delivered maybe the game of his career,” according to Trotter, and completed 33 of 39 passes to lead a comeback from a 21-3 second-quarter deficit. The Lions’ 21-19 win over Iowa at the buzzer also made Trotter’s list at No. 6. If all goes to plan, Penn State could have a dominant force in the defensive linemen in its 2018 recruiting class, writes Tyler Donohue for Land of 10. Defensive tackles P.J. Mustipher and Aeneas Hawkins and end…
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