BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Penn State's trip here has all the makings of a classic trap game.
Except one, which I'll get to momentarily.
First, the trap game components:
• The Nittany Lions are deflated. They just lost their biggest game of the year, and did so in crushing fashion because they led Ohio State after 51 minutes, 21-16, before falling apart in a 44-31 defeat.
• The season's biggest goals -- winning a Big Ten title and getting to the College Football Playoff -- are gone.
• All the talk around the program this week has been around the quarterback situation, not the actual game coming up.