Ummmm, Northwestern's offense makes it hard to get pressure. Lots of quick passes. And Persa is a lot like Drew Tate (at least in the pocket). Denard Robinson runs to run. Persa scrambles to buy time for his receivers, a lot like Tate used to.
It's a difficult matchup, which is why I wish we would tweak a few things against NW. But these guys aren't out of shape at this point in the season.
Penn State didn't have a problem last week getting pressure. Didn't they have something like 6 sacks???.. Despite several missed holding calls, our DL missed some sacks and allowed Persa to keep plays alive. BUT the play of the game is on stanzi. Up 17-7 and driving - stanzi goes back to his 2009 self and force a throw to DJK into double coverage for a pick. The game changed from there..