The coach said the decision to play came down to what McSorley wanted, with doctors’ input. “Trace was experiencing some discomfort,” Franklin said after the game. It’s still not entirely clear what happened with the foot thing. It would’ve been more fun to watch McSorley try to score on that fourth down. Jake Pinegar hit it, but a couple of Kentucky first downs behind Benny Snell prevented PSU from getting the ball back. PSU trailed 27-21.Īfter a defensive stop, with PSU down 6 and just more than four minutes left, McSorley had gotten the Lions down to UK’s 14 with a chance to win.īut on fourth-and-7, James Franklin opted for a short field goal. With some passes and some explosive runs, he led Penn State on two touchdown drives early in the fourth quarter - one 10 plays, one six. But then, McSorley led a strong comeback effort. McSorley took a big shot on the play, too:Īfter the pick, McSorley visibly limped to the sidelines, but still appeared to have use of both his feet.
His third play of the second half was an interception caught by Kentucky’s Lonnie Johnson Jr., who returned it 24 yds to the UK 34. Literally right after it was announced that his foot was broken, McSorley was on the sidelines talking with head coach James Franklin. “I asked him after ‘why didn’t you just pretend to everyone that it was a broken foot, they think you’re a hero? He said ‘yeah, maybe I guess, I don’t even know how that started.’ He said after a couple days - not weeks - a couple days his foot was feeling fine.” McSorley did miss a beat when he first came back in, but overall put together an impressive performance. He continued running and testing it, actually found out he was able to come out for the second half, didn’t miss a beat, he played and nearly led Penn State to a comeback. He went into the locker room, he continued - he kinda dealt with his foot a little bit. By the way, he did not have a broken foot.
It was announced that he had a broken foot. “Remember he was playing in the Citrus Bowl,” Rapoport said. 1bUsxQ6GZR- Ian Rapoport January 22, 2019 Remember when #PennSt QB Trace McSorley broke his foot in the bowl game? He actually didn’t.
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