🏈 The Nittany Lions are headed to the 'Granddaddy of them All.' Here's a preview of Penn State vs. Utah for the first time in the RoseBowl.
It will be Utah’s fourth appearance in a New Year’s Six Bowl. The Utes lost to Ohio State 48-45 in the third-highest-scoring Rose Bowl in history on Jan. 1. They defeated Pittsburgh in the Fiesta Bowl to conclude the 2004 season and beat Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl.
No. 9 Penn State is making the trip to Pasadena for the first time since the 2016 season after Big Ten champion Michigan and Ohio State were selected for the College Football Playoff. Even if the Buckeyes had not qualified for the CFP, the Tournament of Roses committee appeared set to take the Nittany Lions so that Ohio State would not appear for the third time in five years.
Utah redshirt freshman Ja’Quinden Jackson had 105 yards on 13 carries and two touchdowns in the win over USC.Utah junior Cam Rising was named the Most Valuable Player of the Pac-12 championship game after passing for 310 yards and three touchdowns. He is 18-6 as the Utes starter. Penn State's Sean Clifford, a sixth-year senior, will play in his 51st and final college game. He is one of three Power Five conference quarterbacks with 10,100 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in his career.Both teams were on the wrong end of shootouts in their last appearances in the Granddaddy of Them All.
Penn State was defeated by USC 52-49 in 2017 in what was at the time the highest-scoring Rose Bowl. It was surpassed a year later when Georgia defeated Oklahoma 54-48 in double overtime.Penn State has won four straight by an average of 31.3 points after a 44-31 loss to Ohio State on Oct. 29. Cornerback Joey Porter Jr. has already declared for the NFL draft and opted out of the Rose Bowl.
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