Penn State's 34-12 victory was everything James Franklin could have hoped for in a high-profile opener against West Virginia.
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — As the officials turned and faced West Virginia's captains following an opening coin toss that had gone the home team's way, the words of senior safety Aubrey Burks reverberated around Mountaineer Field courtesy of a referee's microphone. 'We want the ball,' Burks said in a moment of confidence that was broadcast across the video boards at either end of the stadium. 'And we wanna go score.
If Penn State reached the end zone and pushed its advantage north of 20, it was unlikely the Mountaineers would have any chance to claw their way back into contention based on the anemic offensive output from the first half. A pair of 10-yard scrambles from Allar and a successful swing pass to Singleton moved the Nittany Lions across midfield with relative ease.
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