my play of the day. this will be a defensive battle today. both teams expected to run the ball a lot. not many deep threats on either team. id play the entire game but i fear late td's in the heat. so under u27 1st half is it
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UNIVERSITY PARK — Neither Penn State nor Syracuse defenders know which opposing quarterback they’ll be lining up against Saturday. But each side knows a little something about the others’ running backs. For Syracuse it’ll be Jerome Smith and Prince-Tyson Gulley, a powerful pair that rushed for 2,001 yards last season. Penn State will send out its own forceful runner in Zach Zwinak, who finished with 1,000 yards in 2012. Along with the offensive linemen in front of them, the running backs for each team will be counted on to help move the ball and provide support for new signal callers transitioning into new offenses.
Penn State will depend on a new quarterback, too. Either true freshman Christian Hackenberg or sophomore JUCO transfer Tyler Ferguson will lean on Zwinak as he leans on defenders. Syracuse ranked 48th in total defense last season. The Orange gave up 144 rushing yards per game to rank 43rd in run defense.
Although the Orange posted the 29th best passing attack in the country last season, they were pretty balanced overall, and relied on their run game to grind opponents down. Syracuse ran 82 more running plays than passing plays last season and 1,028 plays overall, sustaining long drives and wearing defenses out as they pushed them down the field.
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