Every Penn State fan is bruised and beaten after Saturday’s shocker. But perhaps no one took a hit harder than Drew Allar , not physically, but to his confidence level. Of course James Franklin took accountability for the consecutive losses saying, “ That’s my responsibility and I didn’t get it done .” But for the Nittany Lions’ golden boy, the dream of a college football playoff run suddenly feels like a flickering light at the end of the long tunnel. Because after a gut-wrenching 42-37 loss to a previously winless UCLA team, he found himself in an awkward spot.

On October 4, veteran reporter Mike Poorman asked him point-blank if Penn State was still in the playoff hunt. Drew Allar’s answer was as defiant as it was uncertain. “CFP? Postgame I asked Drew Allar, ‘Are you guys s

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