Analysis Of The Article Penn State's Revenge Against Ohio State

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In The Loop article “Penn State gets revenge against Ohio State with Ridiculous buzzer-beating bank shot,” Christopher Powers describes Penn State defeating Ohio State and how they got their revenge. In the last two college football seasons, Ohio State and Penn State faced each other. In 2016, it was Penn State who won on their home turf with “an incredible block field goal kick-six.” Than a season later in 2017, Ohio State came back from 15 points defeicet to win on their home turf. On January 25, 2018, Penn State got their revenge on the basketball court with a finish that was better than anything. In the article the author used the word chaos to describe the basketball game. Chaos means complete disorder and or confusion. The author said

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