I would have said the tipped pass for the touchdown, but I think you might be right.

The real turning point happened well before it was visible on the scoreboard. In my mind, the real turning point came when Ohio put its first points on the board. With the score 7-3, Ohio knew they could score, and that they had withstood the intensity of PSU at the beginning. From that point on, it was all downhill for PSU, and all uphill for Ohio. Granted, because of a blocked punt, and a score by PSU the score got worse before it got better, but really, it was pretty much all Ohio.

From that point on, Ohio dominated both lines of scrimmage, and it took awhile to show up on the scoreboard, but eventually it did, as it usually does. Really, the score could have been worse. Weller only 1-3 on FG? I bet that doesn't happen again. Consider that the blocked punt was the only punt Ohio attempted in the last three quarters. The drives ended fg, missed fg, punt (blocked), half, td, td, missed fd, td, game end.

Before that FG, Ohio had 84 yards on 22 plays, an average of 3.8 yards a play. The rest of the game they got 415 more yards on 69 plays, over 6 yards a play. Meanwhile, after getting 169 yards on 26 plays in the first quarter, Penn State was held to 168 more yards the other three quarters combined.

Actually the momentum swung when Frank called a timeout with 2 seconds left in the first half. Nits got gassed running twice to the locker room.

To back up my point, I will repost the quarter by quarter stats. As I posted on another thread:
1st Qtr Ohio 47, Penn State 169
2d Qtr Ohio 146, Penn State 64
3rd Qtr Ohio 154, Penn State 64
4th Qtr Ohio 152, Penn State 66

Edit, also - in the first quarter, McGloin was 13-17 for 130 yards The remainder of the game he was 14-31 for 130 yards..

I just wonder if it's because he has a new holder.  Not blaming the holder, but you get used to having someone there for you and it's strange when they leave.  He and Hershey had a real comfort level.

I actually did like that timeout call.  Probably not a huge impact either way, but it left Penn State with a feeling of confusion heading into halftime.  Also, it made them defend for a play, and Ohio had essentially nothing to lose.

The big difference for me in the second half was the passing game connecting better.  There were some drops and some high throws in the first half, looked like first-game jitters.  I just counted this quickly but I think Tettleton was 15/22 in the first half, which is decent, but improved to an excellent 16/19 in the second half.

When you try to beat a team above your level it's important that you don't make mistakes. After we missed two field goals and had a punt blocked, I must admit I wasn't feeling postive. After all that, to win by 10 shows what a solid team we have. Winning on the road against a routine national power before a packed house is very impressive.