The worst thing you could say about Drew Allar on Saturday is that he threw three interceptions. Remember? Don't beat yourself up over it if you don't. By now, no one in central Pennsylvania remembers either.

Penn State has escaped a major upset bid. A late touchdown forced overtime and a key defensive stop set the table for a game-winning field goal from

Allar made a statement in Penn State’s come-from-behind, dramatic overtime win against USC on Saturday. Call it a legacy drive. Call it what you want. But Allar delivered when the Nittany Lions needed him most in the fourth quarter at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

See how Drew Allar took his biggest growth step yet in rallying undefeated Penn State football to its overtime win at USC.

In the extra period, Abdul Carter and Dani Dennis-Sutton — Penn State’s projected first-round pick defensive ends — did their thing. Dennis-Sutton had a second-down TFL, Carter pressured Moss into a third-down incompletion, and USC kicker Michael Lantz missed from 45 yards.

Thirty years ago, Collins quarterbacked the last unbeaten Penn State team. Now Allar has the Nittany Lions unbeaten and aimed at their first playoff berth.

The two Penn State stars, who so frequently impact every play on their respective sides of the ball, were now waiting helplessly. They watched as kicker Ryan Barker lined up his kick — and then lined it up again after USC head coach Lincoln Riley called a timeout — and knocked it through the uprights. That’s when the emotion took over.

Drew Allar couldn’t help but shed some tears postgame. He gave it his all in Penn State’s 33-30 overtime victory at USC on Saturday. And he knew that he’d have to in order to keep up with one of the nation’s most relentless and explosive offenses.