Penn State football fans found themselves in familiar agony Saturday night after the Nittany Lions dropped a 25-24 heartbreaker to the Iowa Hawkeyes in the first game since James Franklin’s firing , and social feeds lit up with jokes, memes, and flat-out trolling aimed at the program.

The loss played out like a microcosm of Penn State’s turbulent season : promising flashes edged out by late-game malaise. Iowa rallied behind quarterback Mark Gronowski, who turned in a signature performance with a career-high rushing night and clutch plays that swung momentum in the fourth quarter. The Hawkeyes rallied from behind to take the one-point win in front of a raucous Kinnick crowd.

Penn State opened the game looking reset, answering big moments and even returning a blocked field-goal attempt

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