Even though Penn State didn’t truly put their game against Maryland to bed until early in the fourth quarter, when Kaytron Allen dragged a few Terps defender into the end zone to put the Lions back up by three scores, there were some pretty ominous signs early on that PSU had the upper hand, namely the defensive front seven against Maryland’s offensive line.
This was the case on the opening drive of the game for the Terps, as they faced a fourth-and-one situation from their own 45-yard line. Despite being mired in 2nd-and-24 just a couple of plays earlier, thanks to a personal foul penalty, Taulia managed to hit a 12-yard completion, followed by an 11-yard completion on third down that came up just a yard shy of moving the chains.