I rewatched the game yesterday. When watching it live, I was frustrated with our gameplan out of the gate. We were very conservative on both sides of the ball, much different than how it played out in the second half. However, with hindsight being what it is, I saw the genius of the conservative gameplan in the first quarter. All week, Frank talked about the emotions at the beginning, and the feeling that he felt that once the emotions wore off and the game became just about football, he liked the chances.
With that, I would "obviously" disagree that they would win 10 out of 10 times. I was frightened when I saw the unity of PSU at the beginning of the game. Their success appeared to be solely out of emotion, not more talent. I think that, on a neutral field, without the significant emotion, we would win the majority of the contests. Once Frank's group outlasted the emotional start, they dominated. The gameplan adjusted, the team adjusted.