College Football · Week 5 · Sep 28–Oct 4
Penn State
L 13-34 at Northwestern · Fri, Oct 2 · 3-2 overall
Misery Index · Despair · = from 91
A 13-34 faceplant at Northwestern has the room doing Big Ten math and landing squarely on zero wins.
What happened
Penn State went to Evanston and lost 13-34, a result that reads less like an upset than a diagnosis. The turning point was the whole thing: Northwestern, of all opponents, controlling a game the Nittany Lions were supposed to leave early. At 3-2, the fanbase has stopped arguing about playoff math and started doing darker arithmetic, as one fan put it, "We really about to go 0-9 in conference play huh?" Another could only marvel at "how far this program has fallen since 1 year ago." Twelve months, one lifetime.
What fans said
“It's going to be so quiet in the stadium”
u/PrawnStockton▲ 46despair
“I can’t believe how far this program has fallen since 1 year ago”
u/rvp89▲ 39despair
“We really about to go 0-9 in conference play huh?”
u/meh5419▲ 17despair
“Becht is a special kind of terrible. There is no way this guy was a starter for any division 1 team.”
u/StateCollegeHi▲ 11rage
“And again your down three scores and you punt inside the 50. Matt Campbell has zero balls”
u/theblindbandit51▲ 11rage
“Pretty sure we won’t even get to six wins this year.”
u/sportsfan113▲ 9despair
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