Penn State doesn't win unless its erupts for 13 explosive plays (gains of at least 15 yards). All 13 came from Allar's arm. The last of those went to Fleming for 16 yards to the USC 23 on the drive that tied the game for the final time.

No. 4 Penn State could move up in the polls today after knocking out USC 33-30 in an instant overtime classic at the LA Memorial Coliseum on Saturday. The Nittany Lions outgained the Trojans 518-409 and performed well in yet another second half to put themselves in position for Ryan Barker’s walk-off 36-yard field goal.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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