More often than not, UW was manhandled up front on both sides of the line, something that happened once before at Iowa in a 40-16 setback, though this was worse. The Huskies gave up five sacks and couldn’t get close to Nittany Lions quarterback Drew Allar, who completed 20 of 28 passes for 220 yards and a touchdown. Penn State had a 486 to 193 edge in total length.

This was a physical mismatch, and the UW coach didn’t shy away from it. He noted that the Nittany Lions were nearly 1,000 pounds heavier than his two-deep offensive line team.

“We’re going to bring in guys and keep getting bigger,” Fisch said. “This is the Big Ten. It’s a huge transition. This team was recruited as a Pac-12 team.”

UW made a play for about half the quarter. The Huskies took the kickoff and smartly moved from their own 30 to the Penn State 22, only to fumble and turn to Grady Gross for a 45-yard field goal. His hitting streak is far from over — Gross hit a straight right and bounced.

While white was the predominant color, Penn State’s first offensive possession was highlighted by a touch of yellow.

As the Nittany Lions moved down the field without notice, they got an extra boost when UW cornerback Thaddeus Dixon came in and made what appeared to be a textbook tackle on Omari Evans, waiting for the runner to come to him before finishing and taking him. down for a 1-yard gain on the Husky 15.

Dixon, to his dismay, was flagged for targeting when it was determined he went helmet to helmet and was ejected.

The ball was moved to the 8 and Penn State scored one play later with backup goalie Beau Pribula’s option around left end. The Nittany Lions already had several of their teams and the game was only one touchdown old. The home team led 7-0 with 3:47 left in the first quarter.

After forcing a punt, Penn State moved 14 plays 80 yards for another score in the second quarter, turning to its football android, 6-foot-6, 261-pound Tyler Warren, who normally is a tight end but took a direct snap. and got to the ball over the goal in a 2 meter run. The Lions were up 14-0 with 9:22 left before halftime.

At this point, the Huskies buckled down and just weren’t competitive. Quarterback Will Rogers attempted a long throw to Jeremiah Hunter and was badly overrun, as Penn State’s Jaylen Reed made an uncontested interception, putting his team at the 42.

Eight games later, Mr. Do Everything Warren took another snap and ran over the left side untouched for another 2-yard score, putting his team up 21-0 with 3:23 left in the half.

After the Huskies went 3-and-out, Penn State got the ball back with 1:53 left before halftime, plenty of time to score again, especially against a defense that looked as bad as it has all season.

The Nittany Lions covered 68 yards in nine plays for Allar’s 8-yard TD pass over the middle to Julian Fleming, beating redshirt freshman cornerback Leroy Bryant. Thirteen seconds left until halftime. It was 28-0.

By now, all the color had drained from the Huskies’ faces, realizing they were very embarrassed and still had to play the second half.

If that wasn’t bad enough, Penn State’s Nicolas Singleton returned the second-half punt 97 yards for an apparent touchdown, only to have it nullified by a holding call.

Two plays later, the Huskies finally got a defensive stop — their first in five possessions — recovering a Warren fumble at the Penn State 34. Bruener stripped the ball and nickelback Jordan Shaw recovered.

The Huskies went with freshman Demond Williams Jr. at quarterback for the entire second half, but still had trouble moving the football. They settled for Gross’ 24-yard field goal to cut the deficit to 28-3 with 9:47 left in the third quarter.

After that, Fisch played this one like the game was irretrievable and it was time to look to the future. He left Williams and surrounded him with freshmen running backs Adam Mohammed and Jordan Washington, the latter making his UW football debut.

Rogers was held to just 59 yards passing, and starting quarterback Jonah Coleman settled for just 24 yards rushing.

“When you have guys that haven’t started games or even won a game on the road in college ball, it’s tough,” Coleman said. “Obviously we’ve moved to the conference and we’re trying to figure it all out. No excuses.”

Fisch said he didn’t envision making a change at quarterback this week, that the job still belongs to Rogers for Friday’s game against UCLA.

Gross added a 35-yard field goal early in the quarter to pull the Huskies up 28-6, and Penn State answered with Kaytron Allen’s 2-yard TD run for the final margin. Allen led all rushers with 98 yards on 20 carries.

Typical of this mismatch play, the Huskies’ Williams showed off his exceptional speed and broke off a 43-yard run near the end, but he was sacked before and after his run and the drive stalled at the Lions’ 11.

Penn State’s White-Out Game claimed another victim.

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