Keeping Darius Taylor in check. Penn State’s defense has faced some good running backs. That’s life in the Big Ten. USC’s Woody Marks, Ohio State’s tandem of TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins, Washington’s Jonah Coleman, Wisconsin’s Tawee Walker, it’s a long list.

At halftime of Saturday's Penn State-Purdue game, the CBS broadcast crew spent substantial time comparing Penn State's Tyler Warren with Colorado's Travis Hunter. The terms revolved around team value and versatility. The crew said Warren was at least as valuable to his team, and as versatile, as one of the Heisman Trophy frontrunners.