Penn State Nittany Lions College Football Pregame Quote, 01/07/2025

Question: What did the efforts on the ground for this defense last week do for confidence going into this matchup, because Notre Dame wants to run the ball? 

Yeah, absolutely. I think for us, it was just like we put our mind to stopping the run game, and we went out there and GT, he did a great job, and he still had 100 yards. People said, We shove it out like he still had 100 yards. He’s great running back, however, we went out there with a mission, and we’re able to do that together as a team. And I think one of our strengths is that we get on the same page. We’re very chemistry oriented on defense. So we have a goal in mind. We’re just attacking full force, and we’re able to be successful last week. So moving into this game, it’s the same thing. Just going to put a goal out there, the run game is going to be big deal again, quarterback run game, running backs, not even the passing game. So we just got to go out there, just leave the field being the best defense on the field.