Penn State interim head football coach Terry Smith claimed Monday that the defensive linemen “really played stout” against Ohio State.

He said they put a lot of pressure on quarterback Julian Sayin and that the folks who took the Nittany Lions’ statistics had them for 15 quarterback pressures.

“We felt like we got a lot of pressure (on Sayin),” Smith said. “We have to continue to develop that and get more pressure on the quarterback.”

Regardless of those numbers, Sayin often had an eternity in the pocket and completed 20-of-23 passes for 315 yards and four touchdowns without being sacked in the top-ranked Buckeyes’ 38-14 romp, Penn State’s fifth straight loss.

Defensive end Dani Dennis-Sutton and linebacker Keon Wylie each had a chance to sack Sayin on a third-and-5 with Ohio State lea

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