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Penn State crowds boos offense after multiple punts, only three points scored

Danby: Daniel Hager09/28/25DanielHagerOn3
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Things are not going great for the Penn State offense Saturday night in their top-10 clash against Oregon.

Heading into the fourth quarter, the Nittany Lions have mustered just 109 yards and three points. Due to the lack of… anything really, the ‘White Out’ crowd in Happy Valley have begun to boo the performance.

Penn State quarterback Drew Allar has been completely shut down by the Oregon defense. He’s completed just 8/16 passes for 62 yards. He entered his senior season with massive expectations, but he hasn’t quite looked the part yet.

Through the first three games of the 2025 season, the Medina, OH, native completed 64.8% of his passes for just 626 yards, four touchdowns and one interception. He, however, didn’t have to be spectacular, as Penn State‘s first three games were against inferior competition (Nevada, FIU and Villanova). He has gotten a real reality check Saturday night.

“This is the biggest game of Drew Allar’s entire career,” SEC Network‘s Jordan Rodgers said on Friday. “He has not been his best in big games. Last year against Oregon, two interceptions in a seven-point loss and even in the Playoff, he has just 13 completions against SMU. 13 completions against Boise State in a win and just 12 completions against Notre Dame (not one to a wide receiver).”

“This has to be the game that Andy Kotelnicki (the offensive coordinator) dials things up. They’ve been very vanilla the first couple of weeks, but they haven’t played anybody. They haven’t had to do anything. But he needs to design more easy throws and less progression reads for Drew Allar. Let him play faster because he’s so talented, but we just haven’t seen his ceiling yet.”

“If we don’t see his ceiling against Oregon tomorrow, Penn State won’t win the football game. It’s all on his shoulders.”

That has certainly been the case, and that failure has led to a chorus of boos from the Penn State faithful.