July 13, 2026

Penn State needs its 40-point offense back if it wants to catch Ohio State in Big Ten

Is there a Big Ten team equipped to match Ohio State’s 40-point offense in 2021? The Buckeyes have led the conference in scoring by eclipsing that mark in each of their last four Big Ten championship seasons. In that four-year stretch, only one other school has averaged more than 40 points in a single season.  Penn State is hoping to get back there this season with its third different coordinator since Joe Moorhead departed after the 2017 season.  “I guess going back to Joe Moorhead, yeah, I think it’s similar to that,” Penn State coach James Franklin said at Penn State media day on Aug. 7. “I think if you look, even when we first got here (from) Vanderbilt, we had a lot of spread concepts. Then we kind of took it to a whole other level with Joe. You know, we’re back to that. That’s really kind of who…

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