[Music] FTB game balls is sponsored by the 409 tailgate Club spice up your Saturday spread in Happy Valley with 49's barbecue rubs and signature Bloody Mary mix to order visit 409 tailgate club.com today you know when the original concept for this game Ball series sprouted from our brilliant brains this past off season seon we didn't fully flush out what to do with these 4minute segments when Penn State lost particularly in humiliating fashion why worry we foolishly figured that's a problem for future us maybe I don't know October us or if we're lucky November us but September us no way couldn't happen and then it almost did almost thanks to Penn State linebacker Kobe King's full Extension Indianapolis NFL combine vertical leap on Bowling Green so close onside kick attempt were able to skirt responsibility and kick the content can down the road for at least two more weeks while the entire nitty Nation recollects its breath after narrowly averting [Music] disaster though we're still a little iffy on the correct application of the word ever since that Alanis Morisette song isn't it ironic that a guy named Psycho T calmed the nerves of Penn State's unhinged fan base right after halftime on the NY Lions second possession of the second half tight end Tyler Warren accounted for 62 of the 85 total yards needed to put Penn State ahead for good Warren sandwiched that crucial three catch chunk between five other high leverage receptions in an unexpected but entirely needed record-breaking afternoon for the stat nerds Warren's 146 receiving yards were the most in a game by a pen State tight end in program history to find the last time a Penn State tight end went for 100 yards receiving you got to go all the way back to the socially distanced days of 2020 when Pat Fri Muth eclipsed the century mark in a repressed memory loss to Nebraska beyond the numbers though Warren emerged as a viable reliable downfield Target for Drew Aller against Bowling Green this in an anotal Nikki offense currently devoid of Dependable wide receiver options on Saturday half of Warren's receptions traveled Beyond 10 yards in the air meaning through two weeks he's more than 50% of the way toward matching the eight total explosive downfield catches he hauled in all of [Music] 2023 in this week's episode of Nick and the fat man which is not to be confused with the 1980s CBS crime drama of a similar title both Al Big 10 backs took on lead roles and shared the statistical stage each eclipsing the 100 yard rushing plateau in the same game for only the second time in their overlapping careers taking to cotal Nikki's multi-layered run scheme like a fly to the uneaten red Solo cup of dog crap a certain Florida State fan has yet to devour Singleton ripped off gains of 15 17 24 and a brilliantly bounced 41 yard Clincher off read option Singleton becomes the first back in the James Franklin era to start the season with back-to-back 100 yard rushing game games and his 233 total rushing yards through two weeks ranked second only to 2017 saquan Barkley so yeah things are good knock on wood no Jinx just as encouraging though was the manner in which KRON Allen rebounded from a ho hum 20124 debut in which the lone explosive sequence was a 20-yard receiving score worthy of an exploitive LA celebration audible to all an instinctual patient Shifty but tough Runner Allen reverted back to for Saturday after an inexplicable 10 carry 20-yard clunker in Morgantown KRON surpassed his week one rushing total on the second play from scrimmage ripping off 26 yards on outside Zone with an RPO bubble attachment but perhaps the best indicator that Singleton and Allen are perfectly suited for cotal Nikki's scheme isn't that Duo's positives but rather their negatives or lack thereof through two weeks Nick and the fat man have toted the rock 50 times and have only lost yards on just two of those carries