Penn State stuffed by Boston College

The Golden Eagles have won three straight against the Nittany Lions.
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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Penn State couldn't run the ball, couldn't handle the trickery of Boston College quarterback Paul Peterson and, on too many occasions, couldn't think straight.
Any encouragement Penn State was able to draw from its 48-10 opening-day win over Akron was siphoned away by Boston College on Saturay night as the Eagles (2-0) knocked off the Nittany Lions, 21-7, in a non-conference game before a sellout crowd of 44,500 at Alumni Stadium.
Using his scrambling ability to buy himself time and orchestrating a ball-control offense that kept Penn State's defense off balance most of the game, Peterson tossed three touchdown passes as BC defeated the Nittany Lions for the second straight season and third consecutive time overall.
Penn State also picked up on a bad habit it carried through last season when it allowed 11 backs to run for more than 100 yards in a game. This time, it was BC's Andre Callender, a redshirt freshman, surpassing the 100-yard standard in the first extensive action of his career.
Bad omens
For the Nittany Lions, the bad omens came early when they were called for two roughing-the-punter penalties during BC's first possession, helping the Eagles to an early lead and enabling them to build momentum they never allowed to slip away. Penn State also had five turnovers as Zack Mills was intercepted four times. His fourth interception came with 2 minutes, 43 seconds remaining, when the Nittany Lions were threatening to score.
The cool night quickly turned hot for Penn State coach Joe Paterno, who raced up the sideline as he fumed at an official over a roughing-the-punter call against Darien Hardy on BC's first possession.
Some of the Nittany Lions were gesturing that Hardy had gotten a piece of the ball, but their protests were to no avail.
The Eagles, with Peterson pecking away at the Penn State defense, went on to take a 7-0 lead with an 80-yard drive capped by a 6-yard pass from Peterson to tight end David Kashetta. The 6-foot-4 Kashetta used his 3-inch height advantage over Penn State cornerback Anwar Phillips to make a leaping catch.
Ending the threat
Penn State seemed bent on tying the score when Mills completed three passes for 31 yards and Tony Hunt made a great spin move for a 12-yard gain to the BC 16. But after an offside call against Penn State, an interception by linebacker Ray Henderson ended the drive. Brian Toal, a highly regarded freshman linebacker, tipped the pass by Mills to set up the interception.
BC made it a 14-0 halftime lead by capitalizing on another Penn State mistake. Fullback Paul Jefferson lost a fumble at the Nittany Lions' 26 when he was hit by the Eagles' Jolonn Dunbar. Ricky Brown recovered, and it took Peterson only one play to cash in as he fired a 26-yard scoring pass to Grant Adams with 8:19 remaining in the half.
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