HOME GAME SPECIAL: NEWS COVERAGE INSIDE Published independently by students at Penn State Vol. 120 No. 24 Nov. 14-17, 2019 @DailyCollegian BETTER THAN EVER John Reid’s journey at Penn State has been long with plenty of setbacks, but the fifth-year senior is playing the best football of his career What’s Inside: - John Reid’s return to form after a knee injury in 2017 (Page A3) - Jayson Oweh’s rapid growth as a football player (Page A4) - PSU still searching for consistency at wide receiver (Page A5) - Indiana’s rise as a program, predictions, notes and more (Page A6) Photo by Caitlin Lee/Collegian PAGE A2 | NOV. 14-17, 2019 VERSUS THE DAILY COLLEGIAN PENN STATE Nittany Lions (8-1) No. Name Position/Elig. No. Name Position/Elig. No. Name Position/Elig. 1 KJ Hamler WR/So. 28 Jayson Oweh DE/Fr. 68 Hunter Kelly OL/Jr. 2 Keaton Ellis CB/Fr. 29 Henry Fessler WR/Fr. 69 CJ Thorpe OL/So. 3 Donovan Johnson CB/So. 29 John Reid CB/Sr. 70 Juice Scruggs OL/Fr. 3 Ricky Slade RB/So. 31 Denver Light LB/Fr. 71 Will Fries OL/Jr. 4 Journey Brown RB/So. 32 Dylan Forranto S/Fr. 72 Bryce Effner OL/Fr. 5 Tariq Castro-Fields CB/Jr. 33 Corey Melzer CB/Fr. 73 Mike Miranda OL/So. 5 Jahan Dotson WR/Jr. 34 Shane Simmons DE/Jr. 74 Steven Gonzalez OL/Sr. 6 Cam Brown LB/Sr. 35 Justin Neff S/So. 75 Des Holmes OL/So. 6 Justin Shorter WR/So. 36 Jan Johnson LB/Sr. 76 Justin Kopko OL/Fr. 7 Jaquan Brisker S/Jr. 36 Makai Self CB/Fr. 77 Judge Culpepper DT/Fr.. 7 Will Levis QB/Fr. 37 Drew Hartlaub S/So. 77 Sal Wormley OL/Fr. 8 John Dunmore WR/Fr. 38 Lamont Wade CB/Jr. 79 Caedan Wallace OL/Fr. 8 Marquis Wilson CB/Fr. 39 Robbie Dwyer LB/Fr. 80 Justin Weller WR/So. 9 Joey Porter Jr CB/Fr. 40 Nick Eury RB/Jr. 81 Cam Sullivan-Brown WR/So. 9 Ta’Quan Roberson QB/Fr. 40 Jesse Luketa LB/So. 82 Zack Kuntz TE/Fr. 10 Lance Dixon LB/Fr. 42 Austin Sullivan SN/Fr. 83 Nick Bowers TE/Sr. 10 TJ Jones WR/Fr. 43 Trevor Baker TE/So. 84 Benjamin Wilson WR/Jr. 11 Daniel George WR/Fr. 44 Joseph Appiah Darkwa DT/Fr. 85 Isaac Lutz WR/Jr 11 Micah Parsons LB/So. 44 Cameron Pica WR/So. 86 Alec Berger WR/Jr. 12 Brandon Smith LB/Fr. 45 Charlie Katshir LB/Fr. 86 Brenton Strange TE/Fr. 12 Mac Hippenhammer WR/Jr. 46 Nick Tarburton DE/Fr. 87 Pat Freiermuth TE/So. 13 Ellis Brooks LB/So. 47 Tommy Friberg TE/Fr. 88 Dan Chisena WR/Sr. 13 Michael Johnson Jr. QB/Fr. 47 Alex Furmanek LB/Fr 89 Colton Maxwell WR/Jr. 14 Sean Clifford QB/So. 48 CJ Holmes S/So. 90 Damion Barber DT/So. 15 Michael Shuster QB/Jr. 49 Daniel Joseph DE/Jr. 90 Rafael Checa K/So. 17 Grayson Kline TE/Fr. 50 Max Chizmar LB/So. 91 Dvon Ellies DT/Fr. 17 Garrett Taylor S/Sr. 50 Will Knutsson OL/Fr. 91 Chris Stoll SN/So. 18 Shaka Toney DE/Jr. 51 Hakeem Beamon DE/Fr. 92 Jake Pinegar K/So. 19 Trent Gordon CB/Fr. 51 Dalton Daddona OL/Fr. 92 Smith Vilbert DE/Fr. 19 Isaac Rumery QB/Fr. 52 Blake Zalar OL/Fr. 93 Blake Gillikin P/K/Sr. 20 Adisa Isaac DE/Fr. 53 Fred Hansard DT/So. 94 Joe Calcagno SN/So. 21 Noah Cain RB/Fr. 53 Rasheed Walker OL/Fr. 95 Vlad Hilling K/Fr. 21 Tyler Rudolph S/Fr. 54 Robert Windsor DT/Fr. 97 PJ Mustipher DT/So. 23 Weston Carr WR/Fr. 55 Antonio Shelton DT/Jr. 97 Sebastain Costantini K/P/Fr. 24 DJ Brown CB/So. 55 Anthony Whigan OL/Jr. 97 Carson Landis K/P/So. 25 Daequan Hardy CB/Fr. 58 Evan Presta DT/So. 98 Bradley King P/So. 26 Jonathan Sutherland S/So. 59 Kaleb Kongius OL/Fr. 98 Dan Vasey DL/LS/So. 27 Jaden Seider S/Fr. 62 Michal Menet OL/Jr. 98 Jordan Stout K/P/So. 27 Aeneas Hawkins DT/Fr. 63 Collin De Boef OL/Fr. 99 Yetur Gross-Matos DE/Jr. 28 Devyn Ford RB/Fr. 65 Hudson Morris OL/Fr. 99 Justin Tobin K/Jr. Indiana Hoosiers (7-2) No. Name Position/Elig. No. Name Position/Elig. No. Name Position/Elig. 1 Whop Philyor WR/Jr. 30 Jordan Jusevitch DB/Fr. 69 Gavin Everett DL/Sr. 2 Reese Taylor DB/So. 31 Bryant Fitzgerald DB/So. 70 Peter Schulz OL/Fr. 3 Ty Fryfogle WR/Jr. 33 Dominick Sidari TE/Jr. 72 Simon Stepaniak OL/Sr. 3 Tiawan Mullen WR/Fr. 34 Davion Ervin-Poindexter RB/Fr. 73 Tim Weaver OL/Fr. 4 Cam Jones LB/So. 35 DeKaleb Thomas DB/Fr. 74 Nick Marozas OL/Fr. 5 Juwan Burgess DB/So. 36 Nick Grieser DB/Fr. 76 Matthew Bedford OL/Fr. 6 Donavan Hale WR/Sr. 37 Ahrod Lloyd RB/So. 77 Caleb Jones OL/So. 6 James Head Jr. DL/So. 38 Jeremy Boyd DB/So. 78 Britt Beery OL/So. 7 Reakwon Jones LB/Sr. 38 Connor Thomas RB/Jr. 79 Charlie O’Connor OL/Fr. 8 James Miller LB/Fr. 39 Ryan Barnes TE/Fr. 80 Da’Shaun Brown WR/Fr. 8 Stevie Scott III RB/So. 39 Christopher Martin DB/Fr 81 Gary Cooper` TE/Fr. 9 Marcelino Ball DB/Jr. 40 Cameron Williams LB/Fr. 82 Christian Harris WR/Jr. 9 Michael Penix Jr. QB/Fr. 41 Beau Robbins DL/Fr. 82 Logan Justus K/Sr. 10 David Ellis WR/Fr. 42 D.K. Bonhomme LB/Fr. 83 Asher King P/Fr. 12 Peyton Ramsey QB/Jr. 43 Samuel Slusher DB/So. 83 Bryan Parker WR/Jr. 13 Miles Marshall WR/Fr. 44 Thomas Allen LB/So. 84 Turon Ivy Jr. TE/Fr. 13 Larry Trace III DB/Fr. 45 Trey Walker TE/Fr. 85` McCall Ray WR/Fr. 14 Andre Brown Jr. DB/Sr. 46 Aaron Casey LB/Fr. 86 Peyton Hendershot TE/So. 14 Jack Tuttle QB/Fr. 47 Micah McFadden LB/So. 87 Jack Cardillo K/So. 15 Zack Merrill QB/Fr. 48 Robert Tolbert IV LB/Fr. 87 Michael Ziemba DL/Jr. 15 Nick Westbrook WR/Sr. 49 Madison Norris DL/Fr. 88 Justin Berry WR/Jr. 16 Grant Gremel QB/Fr. 50 Sio Nofoagatoto’a DL/Fr. 89 Matt Bjorson TE/So. 17 Jordan Jakes WR/Fr. 51 Mackenzie Nworah OL/Jr. 90 Connor Schneider DL/So. 17 Raheem Layne DB/Jr. 52 Davondre Love OL/Sr. 90 Jared Smolar K/Jr. 18 Jacoldby Hewitt WR/Fr. 53 Stephen Walker II DL/Fr. 91 Ethan Mitchell TE/So. 18 Jonathan King DL/Fr. 54 Coy Cronk OL/Sr. 91 Jeramy Passmore DL/Fr. 19 Josh Sanguinetti DB/Fr. 55 Luke Lane OL/Fr. 92 Alfred Bryant DL/So. 19 Luke Shayotovich WR/Fr. 55 C.J. Person DL/Fr. 92 Chase Wyatt P/Fr. 20 Joseph Daniels Jr. DB/Fr. 56 Mike Katic OL/Fr. 93 Charles Campbell K/Fr. 21 Noah Pierre DB/Fr. 57 Harry Crider OL/Jr. 94 DeMarcus Elliott DL/So. 22 Jamar Johnson DB/So. 58 Jake Ostrowski DL/So. 94 Haydon Whitehead P/Sr. 23 Ronnie Walker Jr. RB/So. 59 Gavin McCabe DL/Fr. 95 Antoine Whitner Jr. DL/Fr. 23 Jaylin Williams DB/So. 60 Jacob Limbach LS/Jr. 95 Sean Wracher LS/Fr. 24 Sampson Jones RB/Fr. 61 Ricky Tamis OL/Fr. 96 Shamar Jones DL/Fr. 25 Will Jontz QB/Fr. 64 Samuel Lewis-Perez OL/Fr. 97 Tramar Reece DL/So. 25 Cam Wilson WR/So. 65 Dominic Altimari OL/So. 98 Jerome Johnson DL/Jr. 26 Gabe Cohen DB/Jr. 66 Aidan Rafferty OL/Fr. 99 Nathanael Snyder K/Jr. 27 Devon Matthews DB/So. 67 Christian Love DL/Fr. 99 Allen Stallings IV DL/Sr. 29 Khalil Bryant DB/Sr. 68 Hunter Littlejohn OL/Sr. MY VIEW | DYLAN JACOBS Penn State needs a dominant performance against Indiana This season is far from over. game and have a chance at the If Tariq Castro-Fields, John Penn State still controls its end, then they won’t walk out Reid and the rest of the sec- own destiny for the Big Ten East of that game with any more confi- ondary puts together a strong and the College dence and momentum than they performance, then they should Football Playoff. had before, win or lose. be more ready for the dangerous Everything is They need to come out and Buckeye passing attack. still on the table. dominate from start to finish. But if they struggle again, But we’ll get They will finish the season the Justin Fields could be set to a better idea of same way they did last year if shred the Penn State defense. where this team they let Saturday’s loss affect Everything is still in the cards will end up with them negatively. for the Nittany Lions. its performance James Franklin mentioned The playoff is still possible. Saturday against after the game that he’s handling The Rose Bowl is still possible. Indiana. the loss differently compared to A New Year’s Six game is pretty Teams can react to losses in previous losses. likely, barring a collapse. different ways. This team can Instead of addressing the Honestly, all of this is above either fall flat, or play angry, issues right away, he decided to most people’s expectations from inspired football.