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Nittany Lions face secondary issues

By Bruce Hooley
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Penn State (6-3, 3-3) must wonder what happened to its vaunted defense, which figured to power the Nittany Lions to within range of a Big Ten title. Instead, with Purdue coming to State College on Saturday (ESPN, noon ET), the concern is the secondary will get ripped for a third straight week. Indiana and Ohio State had their way with the back seven, and Purdue's Curtis Painter leads the league's second-best passing offense. • Senior linebacker Dan Connor is five tackles shy of breaking P ...

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