.Michael Cohen.College Football as well as University Basketball Writer.MORGANTOWN, W.Va.-- As the authorities switched as well as dealt with West Virginia's captains following an opening piece throw that had gone the home staff's means, the words of senior safety Aubrey Burks echoed around Mountaineer Field thanks to a referee's microphone." Our company wish the ball," Burks said in an instance of assurance that was actually relayed all over the video clip boards at either end of the coliseum. "And our company wan na go credit rating." The moment, two times, 3 opportunities, Burks repeated himself up until the umpire pointed both collections of gamers toward the subsidiaries as kickoff moved toward. The Mountaineers arrived for Sunday's country wide telecasted opener brimming with confidence after closing the 2023 campaign with five success in six video games, stamped through a 20-point get North Carolina in the Battle each other's Mayonnaise Dish last December. A conference record of 6-3 and also a total mark of 9-4 sufficed to trigger optimism, exhilaration as well as an agreement extension for mind train Neal Brown.But picking to receive the opening kickoff performed little in West Virginia's mission to follow through on the objective Burks had actually therefore openly summarized. 4 things reoccured just before the Mountaineers mustered any type of points in any way, and even after that, after switching the round over twice in the 1st quarter alone, they went for a humble basket. And field goals were never going to be enough against a new-look, new-age Penn State offense that started to open the ability of past five-star quarterback Drew Allar (11-of-17 for 216 backyards as well as 3 TDs). Under the path of first-year offensive planner Andy Kotelnicki, whom move trainer James Franklin picked coming from Kansas, the Nittany Lions ultimately started to holler. There were part plays with the sky coming from Allar to wideouts Omari Evans (two catches, 55 backyards) as well as Harrison Wallace III (five catches, 117 yards, 2 TDs). There were piece use the ground with tailbacks Nicholas Singleton and also Kaytron Allen. There were actually chunk plays on either side of a climate delay that maintained both teams in their storage locker spaces for 2 hrs, 19 moments between the second and 3rd zones. There sufficed part participates in to send out swaths of the 62,084 followers home long just before the last seconds elapsed.The 34-12 win was whatever Franklin as well as Penn Condition might possess anticipated in a high-profile opener against a Power-4 challenger. Listed below are some fast takeaways from Milan Puskar Stadium: Early differenceA mistimed break that seemed to get Allar by shock on his crew's position property gifted the Mountaineers great area posture merely outside the reddish zone along with 10:38 staying in the 1st area. It was actually the very first of four West Virginia steers that either started or even evolved inside the Penn Condition 30-yard product line throughout the 1st 2 one-fourths, the integrated results of which were actually merely 6 aspects: a pair of field goals by twist Michael Hayes II from ranges of 38 gardens and also 39 yards, respectively. And also each subsequent drive that failed to produce a touchdown siphoned a little bit even more electricity coming from what was actually, a minimum of initially, a reasonably raucous crowd.West Virginia's 1st play after Allar's early fumble quickly degenerated into catastrophe when the snap coming from center Brandon Yates struck the activity man and also caromed deep in to the backfield, with Penn State inevitably ripping belongings far from quarterback Garrett Greene. The next Mountaineer invasion in to Nittany Lions' region was obstructed through a stopped working "tush guts" on 4th as well as short as Greene was rebuffed at free throw line of scrimmage. Two added drives that got 98 blended backyards all over the mid as well as last phases of the second quarter slowed at the exterior side of the red zone.Kotelnicki's outburst was actually even more purposeful with each things that ventured in to West Virginia territory. The Nittany Lions punctuated a 10-play, 71-yard march along with a 20-yard touchdown from Allar to Allen and also topped a three-play, 73-yard gut drill when Allar whized a stunning throw to Wallace III for an additional rating with:06 remaining in the 2nd fourth, stretching the Penn State cause 14. Drew Allar connects with Harrison Wallace III who drags his feets for a TD, extending Penn Condition's lead over West Virginia Play of the gameOnly a fraction of the group continued to be when play lastly returned to at 4:23 p.m. as well as the Nittany Lions leading by 14 factors. For the West Virginia faithful that continued to be-- every one of all of them having huddled below the bleachers for more than two hours of lightning and torrential rains-- it was understood only exactly how pivotal the opening possession of the 3rd fourth would be. If Penn Condition reached completion area and pressed its own perk north of twenty, it was actually extremely unlikely the Mountaineers would have any kind of chance to their in the past in to opinion based upon the anemic offensive result coming from the 1st half.A pair of 10-yard shuffles from Allar and a prosperous swing pass to running back Nicholas Singleton moved the Nittany Lions all over midfield along with relative convenience. Which is actually when Singleton punctuated Penn State's victory with a 40-yard touchdown run through the middle of West Virginia's protection. Pair of pulling electrician got rid of a road that left behind Individual untouched till he reached the 3rd level, where the flailing arm of security Anthony Wilson Jr. was actually nowhere near sufficient to reduce the velocity. Singleton dashed downfield and also in to the end area as Penn State's top swelled to an impossible 21-point scope. The one-two strike of Singleton and Allen blended for 167 rushing yards (134 rushing, thirty three getting) as well as 2 touchdowns.Key statOne of the steering elements responsible for Franklin's selection to go for Kotelnicki as his sixth offensive organizer in 11 periods was due to the track record for dynamite plays at Kansas, where the Jayhawks had actually become a high-octane attack under Kotelnicki's support. During the course of a three-year stretch coming from 2021-23, the Jayhawks positioned 12th nationally in portion of plays gaining at the very least 20 backyards (8.3%) and 15th in amount of passing plays gaining at the very least 30 gardens (3.9%). Kansas outperformed 40 points nine attend that period and covered fifty aspects 5 opportunities, even as bothersome traumas to starting quarterback Jalon Daniels evaluated the offense's adaptability.Those forms of field-tilting gains revealed themselves early and typically in Kotelnicki's debut against West Virginia on Saturday, along with Allar and also the team's high-level running back duo shredding the Mountaineers in additional methods, as well as stages, than one. Allar merely needed 11 fulfillments to surpass 200 passing yards as well as locate completion region three opportunities with the air. Individual balanced virtually 9 gardens every continue his first thirteen efforts, 2 of which gained 40 gardens and some of which discovered the end area. Wallace beat one hundred acquiring backyards for the first time in his job on only five receptions.By the 8:13 result of the fourth quarter-- when the Nittany Lions started sending out wents of backups onto the industry-- Kotelnicki's offense was actually still balancing an amazing 8.4 gardens every play.What's following for Penn State?Departing West Virginia along with an extensively impressive roadway success places the Nittany Lions for a possible climb in the national rankings in the coming full weeks. Not simply will Penn State be a massive fave in its own upcoming four activities against Bowling Environment-friendly, Kent Condition, Illinois and also UCLA-- the final two of which are actually conference rivals-- but they likewise won't must leave behind the welcoming confines of Beaver Stadium. A quartet of home days maintains the Nittany Lions in Pennsylvania up until mid-October, whereupon they'll fly to California of what ought to be a high-profile matchup along with Huge Ten novice USC. By then, Franklin's crew need to be 5-0 general, 2-0 in the organization as well as squarely in the discussion to arrive at the College Soccer Playoff for the first time as the format expands to 12 crews. And if Saturday's offending blast versus the Mountaineers is any kind of sign of where Kotelnicki can take his device in the coming weeks, at that point it might be worth including Penn State in dialogues regarding reputable challengers for the Big 10 Championship as well as the national championship. What is actually next for West Virginia?After an opener in which Penn Condition threw for 199 lawns and also 3 goals in the first one-half alone, the priority for Brown and also defensive organizer Jordan Lesley in between right now and Full week 2 ought to be actually solidifying a leaky second. The Mountaineers ranked 86th country wide and 8th in the Big 12 in passing defense final time even with possessing an all-conference cornerback in Beanie Diocesan Jr., whose 24 successfully pases fought for (4 INTs, 20 breaks up) led the nation. But Diocesan is actually currently betting the Pittsburgh Steelers, and West Virginia's staying edges battled to reduce the Nittany Lions' downfield passing assault, especially without the perk of a practical successfully pass surge. Northwestern transfer Garnett Hollis Jr., who got the major job against Wallace, was actually hammered for a 17-yard finalization on a drive that ended with Penn Condition arriving at completion area and also later gave up a back-shoulder goal that broke the game available soon prior to halftime. West Virginia need to have a simpler challenge next Saturday versus Albany.Michael Cohen covers university soccer as well as basketball for FOX Sporting activities with an importance on the Big Ten. Observe him at @Michael_Cohen13. [Want fantastic tales provided straight to your inbox? Generate or visit to your FOX Sports account, follow organizations, groups and players to acquire a customized email list daily.] FOLLOW Observe your favorites to tailor your FOX Sports experience Receive even more from University Volleyball Observe your preferences to obtain information concerning activities, headlines and additional.