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<p>STATE COLLEGE &#8212; Carl Nassib is usually pretty mild-mannered. The type of guy to greet any reporter walking up to him for an interview with a handshake and a polite, &#8220;Hello, my name is Carl.&#8221;</p><p>On the field? After coming up with his first career interception to highlight a monster afternoon? Penn State&#8217;s senior defensive end wound up and delivered a full Rob Gronkowski-style spike of the football to celebrate.</p><p>&#8220;I did,&#8221; Nassib admitted sheepishly after the game. &#8220;I, uh, was nervous I was going to get called for a penalty. I was really hyped up. That was my first interception ever and was pretty excited.&#8221;</p><p>Well, he did earn it.</p><p>The former walk-on who is now the Nittany Lions&#8217; top defensive end had plenty of reasons to celebrate in Penn State&#8217;s win over Buffalo. He finished with five tackles, three sacks, two forced fumbles and that interception, where he snagged a tipped ball by Anthony Zettel in the backfield despite having a Buffalo lineman latched onto his jersey.</p><p>Through two weeks, Nassib has arguably been Penn State&#8217;s best player after recording a team-best 10 tackles in the opener against Temple.</p><p>Combined with defensive tackles Zettel and Austin Johnson (game-high nine tackles, 2.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks), Nassib has ensured the Lions&#8217; front four hasn&#8217;t lost a step in 2015.</p><p>Fellow senior Jordan Lucas called Nassib &#8220;a little psycho&#8221; at times despite his friendly exterior.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been kind of that way since high school,&#8221; said Nassib, who went to Malvern Prep in the Philadelphia suburbs. &#8220;I just love gameday and I love playing football. I have to kind of control it and let it boil to the right moment. But sometimes it gets out and they think I&#8217;m crazy.</p><p>&#8220;I just like football.&#8221;</p><p><strong>Infirmary report</strong></p><p>The most serious issue for the Lions was the loss of sophomore tackle Andrew Nelson, who was asked to flip over to the left side to replace Paris Palmer.</p><p>Nelson went down on the final play of the first half and was in considerable pain while his left leg was examined. Though he needed the help of two people to get off the field and into the tunnel, his injury was apparently not as serious as the season-ending knee injury suffered last week by Nyeem Wartman-White.</p><p>&#8220;Andrew&#8217;s been dealing with an (injury) situation since he got here,&#8221; Franklin said. &#8220;It flares up at times and from what I&#8217;ve been told from the trainers, it&#8217;s the same thing.&#8221;</p><p>Franklin wasn&#8217;t able to give a time frame for Nelson&#8217;s return.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s hard for me to tell,&#8221; Franklin said. &#8220;He wasn&#8217;t good enough to come back in the game. It&#8217;s going to be a discussion with the trainers to see. It&#8217;s a nagging thing.&#8221;</p><p>For the second straight week, starting cornerback Grant Haley didn&#8217;t dress for the game with an undisclosed injury.</p><p>True freshman John Reid again took his spot at corner opposite Trevor Williams. He split time with sophomore Christian Campbell, who was beaten on Buffalo&#8217;s lone touchdown &#8212; a fade that Campbell never got turned around on.</p><p>Strong-side linebacker Brandon Bell did not play after hurting an ankle last week. Von Walker replaced him against Buffalo.</p><p>Franklin said he was hopeful both Haley and Bell would be available for next week&#8217;s Big Ten opener against Rutgers.</p><p>Free safety Marcus Allen briefly exited in the third quarter after favoring his left shoulder following a tackle. He went to the locker room but returned with the shoulder wrapped.</p><p>Tight end Adam Breneman and linebacker Ben Kline both missed their second straight game.</p><p><strong>Chopping block</strong></p><p>Buffalo&#8217;s plan to deal with Penn State&#8217;s dominant defensive line mostly involved going low to take the Lions&#8217; legs out from under them.</p><p>In a vacuum, that&#8217;s fine. But when said defensive lineman is already engaged with another blocker, it&#8217;s very much illegal.</p><p>The Bulls ended up being flagged three times for chop blocks during the game and picked up a fourth personal foul for tripping.</p><p>&#8220;They were doing a lot of illegal things and it was very frustrating,&#8221; Nassib said. &#8220;But we held our composure. The refs called a really good game.&#8221;</p><p>Zettel said the Lions&#8217; D-line was prepared for it, having seen it on film from Buffalo&#8217;s opener a week ago.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s nothing intentional,&#8221; Bulls coach Lance Leipold said. &#8220;We don&#8217;t teach that. It&#8217;s not what we&#8217;re about. It&#8217;s something that needs to be corrected soon.&#8221;</p><style>
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DE Nassib stars for Penn State’s defense