STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — It’s been just over seven months since Penn State center Nick Dawkins and his teammates last played a football game. They feel like they’ve been waiting much longer.

Coming one game away from playing for a national championship seems to have that effect. The No. 2 Nittany Lions are eager to get back at it following one of the most successful seasons in the program’s 139 years. Although Saturday’s season-opener against Nevada won’t draw the attention of a College Football Playoff matchup, everyone has to start somewhere.

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“It is no longer and it is not the idea of proving other people wrong,” Dawkins said. “It is the idea of proving ourselves right.”

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