Happy Valley is the happiest it has been in awhile. "Happy Valley" also known as State College, is the home to the nations' third ranked team, Penn State. The Penn State Nttany Lions had cruised through the season till they met up with the Ohio State Buckeyes in Columbus on Saturday night. The Buckeyes were a slight underdog at home to the undefeated Nittany Lions. Ohio State was planning to spoil the BCS. Needless to say, that didn't happen. The Buckeyes, led by true freshman quarterback Terrelle Pryor, proved to be the toughest test for Penn State Nittany Lions thus far. Ohio State gave Penn State its first real taste of adversity when Ohio State took a 6-3 lead heading into the fourth quarter, but Penn State responded. The Nittany Lions rallied to score 10 unanswered points in the fourth quarter. The game wasn't over though. Ohio State tried to climb their way back into by passing the ball. On the final drive things started to look good for Ohio State, until Pryor heaved it into the end zone and was picked off by Lydell Sargeant with 27 seconds remaining. GAME OVER.
What does this all mean for the Nittany Lions? Penn State is on the inside track to win the Big Ten and an undefeated season, a first since 1994. The Lions have three games left: at Iowa, against Indiana, and against Michigan State. They were will be favored in all three games and heavily favored in two of them at least. An undefeated season and Big Ten title doesn't mean they will make to the National Title though. They are ranked third in the latest BCS poll behind Texas and Alabama. If they want a shot at a title they need to hope and pray that one of those two teams get beat.
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