Matt Campbell Also Repeated Problem We Saw Earlier in Season, but He Didn't Realize It

It's been a very ugly season for Penn State football, but the past two weeks have certainly been much improved.

I wasn't exactly impressed with what Penn State did on Saturday afternoon against Washington, coming away with a 28-25 win, but I'm still of the belief that right now, a win is a win for this program.

As crazy and ridiculous as that might sound, Penn State literally just needs to see a couple go through the hoop. Penn State didn't play well in the second half at all, getting outscored 19-0. 

Penn State not scoring in the second half after having a big lead against a Big Ten opponent is something that's happened this year already, part of the reason why it lost its first game of the season against Wisconsin. 

There was obviously a lot of hope and expectations that things were going to change after that blown loss against Wisconsin at home when Penn State got out to a 17-3 lead, but that wasn't the case. Speaking to reporters after the game, Penn State's head coach had some thoughts about that, but it didn't sound like he necessarily held up to his end of the bargain, at least in the ways that he was hoping to with these comments.

“To be able to end it on our terms when everything was going against us, and have the poise and some betterness about ourselves to reset ourselves and win the moment, that was awesome to see,” Matt Campbell said, per Onward State.

“First of all, as a head football coach: lead. Don’t sit back and assume it’s gonna happen,” Campbell said. “Trying to scheme your way to the finish line, that ain’t it. Go make a difference. Be the leader that they need you to be, and hopefully, I was able to be a little better today than I was against Wisconsin.”

I don't think Campbell was much better on Saturday than he was against Wisconsin, considering the offense was quite literally horrendous in the second half and couldn't get anything going. 

I also understand that this Penn State offense isn't the most talented in the world. I don't know if that's because of its offensive coordinator Taylor Mouser, Coach Campbell, or quarterback Rocco Becht. Whatever the problem is, it's evident that Penn State's offense is just average, to say the least.

Luckily for the Nittany Lions, they likely won't have to worry about that too much over the next couple of weeks as they take on Minnesota, Rutgers, and Maryland, three of the worst teams in the Big Ten.