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For the first time in several years, I ventured into Happy Valley to catch a game in person. I was able to snag tickets in row T, lower level, for $40 each. We were at the 20 yard line and most of the game was played on our end (student endzone).

Offense
-I am shocked that we only attempted 20 passes. This for a kid who has the all time pass completion percentage and lowest INT ratio in PSU history.
-It is hard to see on TV but I thought the WRs were slow and sloppy. Routes were rounded off. They didn't continue after the route when the QB was flushed. Blocking was minimal. They just phoned in the effort.
-I felt like the first quarter was key going into the game. PSU stops NW, blocks a punt, and we have good field postion. We march down the field to the 10 yard line with 2nd and two. Clifford runs a route that is supposed to go to the corner and if covered, stop and come back to the ball positioning his body so the defender has to go around him or through him. Clifford just starts jogging at the goal line, turns aound, tries to adjust but his mo is taking him deeper into the endzone, the CB has a direct line to the ball, intercepts it and runs to the PSU 30. NW has a long drive and we end up with ONE offensive drive in the first QTr.
-The OL looks confused. I don't know how many times the OL missed an assignment. NW defenders went unblocked or minimally blocked. They do a great job of shifting and having a lot of looks but it looks like they miss assignments post snap.
-Kids are trying to do too much. An unsportsmanlike on a KO return, dropped passes, missed blocks, and dumb mistakes.

Defense
-Overall they played well enough to win but didn't. We gave up way too many long drives and third-down conversions.
-The two roughing penalties were mystifying. Both were on third downs. Both ended with NW being gifted points: Ten in total off of these calls.
-Broken play coverage led to NW's long TD and I've read that CB didn't play in the game after that blown coverage.
-We knew our weakness was at DT and LBer so losing Rojas was just a killer. Deluca played hard but doesn't have the size, strength and speed required.
-I saw Owen Wafle play a LOT. He is a RS Frosh who is 6-2 and 282. And a lot of that 282 is fat. He doesn't look like a big time DT. And he must have been in there because the starter wasn't doing it. But NW ran the ball down our throats, make third and shorts, had great first down runs, and were ahead of the sticks all day. And when they didn't, PSU gave up a 9+ yard play or got hit with a penalty.
-They had 68 plays to our 51. Our D was gassed at the end. They had 148 yards rushing, without taking out lost yardage. By comparison, we had 137.

Special Teams
-our FG kicker is money.
-Blocked a punt, second time in two weeks!
-I have no idea why we even return kickoffs. We had an unsportsmanlike penalty and a truely bonehead play when our returner Holzworth (a FS senior RB wearing 34) lost where he was on a kick kicked into the endzone, started to run, stopped, then started again, stopped, and then ran it out for a 9 yard gain on a critical drive after we gave up the lead late in the game.
-And how did we lose the lead? Dropped punt by Ross.

General
-Other than the blocked punt, NW played a clean game. They had two penalties for ten yards (despite holding on several pass blocking plays that were very obvious). PSU had 71 yard in penalties, three of them being unsportmanlike penalties. Two others extended NW drives (a facemask and an offsides) when they occurred on third down.
-The fans were embarrassing. My brother yelled at a fan who was launching f bombs at CJF when Drew Allar was being attended to. The fans booing the team at the gate. The fans booed the players, CJF, and even did so during the alma mater. With success comes bandwagon jumpers. It will be nice to be rid of them.
-Again, a play here or there. If the refs didn't call the two questionable unsportsmanlikes, Ross doesn't drop that punt, a fifth-year wide receiver doesn't stop on a route, a CB doesn't miss a coverage......we'd probably still have a head coach.

FWIW, I am told by a tOSU insider that Urban Meyer has shown interest. He got fired at tOSU on an iffy call and will never coach there again. But he wants to coach again.
 
Sheriff Coffee said:
For the first time in several years, I ventured into Happy Valley to catch a game in person. I was able to snag tickets in row T, lower level, for $40 each. We were at the 20 yard line and most of the game was played on our end (student endzone).

Offense
-I am shocked that we only attempted 20 passes. This for a kid who has the all time pass completion percentage and lowest INT ratio in PSU history.
-It is hard to see on TV but I thought the WRs were slow and sloppy. Routes were rounded off. They didn't continue after the route when the QB was flushed. Blocking was minimal. They just phoned in the effort.
-I felt like the first quarter was key going into the game. PSU stops NW, blocks a punt, and we have good field postion. We march down the field to the 10 yard line with 2nd and two. Clifford runs a route that is supposed to go to the corner and if covered, stop and come back to the ball positioning his body so the defender has to go around him or through him. Clifford just starts jogging at the goal line, turns aound, tries to adjust but his mo is taking him deeper into the endzone, the CB has a direct line to the ball, intercepts it and runs to the PSU 30. NW has a long drive and we end up with ONE offensive drive in the first QTr.
-The OL looks confused. I don't know how many times the OL missed an assignment. NW defenders went unblocked or minimally blocked. They do a great job of shifting and having a lot of looks but it looks like they miss assignments post snap.
-Kids are trying to do too much. An unsportsmanlike on a KO return, dropped passes, missed blocks, and dumb mistakes.

Defense
-Overall they played well enough to win but didn't. We gave up way too many long drives and third-down conversions.
-The two roughing penalties were mystifying. Both were on third downs. Both ended with NW being gifted points: Ten in total off of these calls.
-Broken play coverage led to NW's long TD and I've read that CB didn't play in the game after that blown coverage.
-We knew our weakness was at DT and LBer so losing Rojas was just a killer. Deluca played hard but doesn't have the size, strength and speed required.
-I saw Owen Wafle play a LOT. He is a RS Frosh who is 6-2 and 282. And a lot of that 282 is fat. He doesn't look like a big time DT. And he must have been in there because the starter wasn't doing it. But NW ran the ball down our throats, make third and shorts, had great first down runs, and were ahead of the sticks all day. And when they didn't, PSU gave up a 9+ yard play or got hit with a penalty.
-They had 68 plays to our 51. Our D was gassed at the end. They had 148 yards rushing, without taking out lost yardage. By comparison, we had 137.

Special Teams
-our FG kicker is money.
-Blocked a punt, second time in two weeks!
-I have no idea why we even return kickoffs. We had an unsportsmanlike penalty and a truely bonehead play when our returner Holzworth (a FS senior RB wearing 34) lost where he was on a kick kicked into the endzone, started to run, stopped, then started again, stopped, and then ran it out for a 9 yard gain on a critical drive after we gave up the lead late in the game.
-And how did we lose the lead? Dropped punt by Ross.

General
-Other than the blocked punt, NW played a clean game. They had two penalties for ten yards (despite holding on several pass blocking plays that were very obvious). PSU had 71 yard in penalties, three of them being unsportmanlike penalties. Two others extended NW drives (a facemask and an offsides) when they occurred on third down.
-The fans were embarrassing. My brother yelled at a fan who was launching f bombs at CJF when Drew Allar was being attended to. The fans booing the team at the gate. The fans booed the players, CJF, and even did so during the alma mater. With success comes bandwagon jumpers. It will be nice to be rid of them.
-Again, a play here or there. If the refs didn't call the two questionable unsportsmanlikes, Ross doesn't drop that punt, a fifth-year wide receiver doesn't stop on a route, a CB doesn't miss a coverage......we'd probably still have a head coach.

FWIW, I am told by a tOSU insider that Urban Meyer has shown interest. He got fired at tOSU on an iffy call and will never coach there again. But he wants to coach again.
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If you want to recharge the program immediately, minimize recruit loss, and get a head start on transfer evaluation Urban’s the guy. You have to ignore the baggage.
 
Sheriff Coffee said:
For the first time in several years, I ventured into Happy Valley to catch a game in person. I was able to snag tickets in row T, lower level, for $40 each. We were at the 20 yard line and most of the game was played on our end (student endzone).

Offense
-I am shocked that we only attempted 20 passes. This for a kid who has the all time pass completion percentage and lowest INT ratio in PSU history.
-It is hard to see on TV but I thought the WRs were slow and sloppy. Routes were rounded off. They didn't continue after the route when the QB was flushed. Blocking was minimal. They just phoned in the effort.
-I felt like the first quarter was key going into the game. PSU stops NW, blocks a punt, and we have good field postion. We march down the field to the 10 yard line with 2nd and two. Clifford runs a route that is supposed to go to the corner and if covered, stop and come back to the ball positioning his body so the defender has to go around him or through him. Clifford just starts jogging at the goal line, turns aound, tries to adjust but his mo is taking him deeper into the endzone, the CB has a direct line to the ball, intercepts it and runs to the PSU 30. NW has a long drive and we end up with ONE offensive drive in the first QTr.
-The OL looks confused. I don't know how many times the OL missed an assignment. NW defenders went unblocked or minimally blocked. They do a great job of shifting and having a lot of looks but it looks like they miss assignments post snap.
-Kids are trying to do too much. An unsportsmanlike on a KO return, dropped passes, missed blocks, and dumb mistakes.

Defense
-Overall they played well enough to win but didn't. We gave up way too many long drives and third-down conversions.
-The two roughing penalties were mystifying. Both were on third downs. Both ended with NW being gifted points: Ten in total off of these calls.
-Broken play coverage led to NW's long TD and I've read that CB didn't play in the game after that blown coverage.
-We knew our weakness was at DT and LBer so losing Rojas was just a killer. Deluca played hard but doesn't have the size, strength and speed required.
-I saw Owen Wafle play a LOT. He is a RS Frosh who is 6-2 and 282. And a lot of that 282 is fat. He doesn't look like a big time DT. And he must have been in there because the starter wasn't doing it. But NW ran the ball down our throats, make third and shorts, had great first down runs, and were ahead of the sticks all day. And when they didn't, PSU gave up a 9+ yard play or got hit with a penalty.
-They had 68 plays to our 51. Our D was gassed at the end. They had 148 yards rushing, without taking out lost yardage. By comparison, we had 137.

Special Teams
-our FG kicker is money.
-Blocked a punt, second time in two weeks!
-I have no idea why we even return kickoffs. We had an unsportsmanlike penalty and a truely bonehead play when our returner Holzworth (a FS senior RB wearing 34) lost where he was on a kick kicked into the endzone, started to run, stopped, then started again, stopped, and then ran it out for a 9 yard gain on a critical drive after we gave up the lead late in the game.
-And how did we lose the lead? Dropped punt by Ross.

General
-Other than the blocked punt, NW played a clean game. They had two penalties for ten yards (despite holding on several pass blocking plays that were very obvious). PSU had 71 yard in penalties, three of them being unsportmanlike penalties. Two others extended NW drives (a facemask and an offsides) when they occurred on third down.
-The fans were embarrassing. My brother yelled at a fan who was launching f bombs at CJF when Drew Allar was being attended to. The fans booing the team at the gate. The fans booed the players, CJF, and even did so during the alma mater. With success comes bandwagon jumpers. It will be nice to be rid of them.
-Again, a play here or there. If the refs didn't call the two questionable unsportsmanlikes, Ross doesn't drop that punt, a fifth-year wide receiver doesn't stop on a route, a CB doesn't miss a coverage......we'd probably still have a head coach.

FWIW, I am told by a tOSU insider that Urban Meyer has shown interest. He got fired at tOSU on an iffy call and will never coach there again. But he wants to coach again.
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No excuse for receivers playing lazy IMO.
 
Sheriff Coffee said:
For the first time in several years, I ventured into Happy Valley to catch a game in person. I was able to snag tickets in row T, lower level, for $40 each. We were at the 20 yard line and most of the game was played on our end (student endzone).

Offense
-I am shocked that we only attempted 20 passes. This for a kid who has the all time pass completion percentage and lowest INT ratio in PSU history.
-It is hard to see on TV but I thought the WRs were slow and sloppy. Routes were rounded off. They didn't continue after the route when the QB was flushed. Blocking was minimal. They just phoned in the effort.
-I felt like the first quarter was key going into the game. PSU stops NW, blocks a punt, and we have good field postion. We march down the field to the 10 yard line with 2nd and two. Clifford runs a route that is supposed to go to the corner and if covered, stop and come back to the ball positioning his body so the defender has to go around him or through him. Clifford just starts jogging at the goal line, turns aound, tries to adjust but his mo is taking him deeper into the endzone, the CB has a direct line to the ball, intercepts it and runs to the PSU 30. NW has a long drive and we end up with ONE offensive drive in the first QTr.
-The OL looks confused. I don't know how many times the OL missed an assignment. NW defenders went unblocked or minimally blocked. They do a great job of shifting and having a lot of looks but it looks like they miss assignments post snap.
-Kids are trying to do too much. An unsportsmanlike on a KO return, dropped passes, missed blocks, and dumb mistakes.

Defense
-Overall they played well enough to win but didn't. We gave up way too many long drives and third-down conversions.
-The two roughing penalties were mystifying. Both were on third downs. Both ended with NW being gifted points: Ten in total off of these calls.
-Broken play coverage led to NW's long TD and I've read that CB didn't play in the game after that blown coverage.
-We knew our weakness was at DT and LBer so losing Rojas was just a killer. Deluca played hard but doesn't have the size, strength and speed required.
-I saw Owen Wafle play a LOT. He is a RS Frosh who is 6-2 and 282. And a lot of that 282 is fat. He doesn't look like a big time DT. And he must have been in there because the starter wasn't doing it. But NW ran the ball down our throats, make third and shorts, had great first down runs, and were ahead of the sticks all day. And when they didn't, PSU gave up a 9+ yard play or got hit with a penalty.
-They had 68 plays to our 51. Our D was gassed at the end. They had 148 yards rushing, without taking out lost yardage. By comparison, we had 137.

Special Teams
-our FG kicker is money.
-Blocked a punt, second time in two weeks!
-I have no idea why we even return kickoffs. We had an unsportsmanlike penalty and a truely bonehead play when our returner Holzworth (a FS senior RB wearing 34) lost where he was on a kick kicked into the endzone, started to run, stopped, then started again, stopped, and then ran it out for a 9 yard gain on a critical drive after we gave up the lead late in the game.
-And how did we lose the lead? Dropped punt by Ross.

General
-Other than the blocked punt, NW played a clean game. They had two penalties for ten yards (despite holding on several pass blocking plays that were very obvious). PSU had 71 yard in penalties, three of them being unsportmanlike penalties. Two others extended NW drives (a facemask and an offsides) when they occurred on third down.
-The fans were embarrassing. My brother yelled at a fan who was launching f bombs at CJF when Drew Allar was being attended to. The fans booing the team at the gate. The fans booed the players, CJF, and even did so during the alma mater. With success comes bandwagon jumpers. It will be nice to be rid of them.
-Again, a play here or there. If the refs didn't call the two questionable unsportsmanlikes, Ross doesn't drop that punt, a fifth-year wide receiver doesn't stop on a route, a CB doesn't miss a coverage......we'd probably still have a head coach.

FWIW, I am told by a tOSU insider that Urban Meyer has shown interest. He got fired at tOSU on an iffy call and will never coach there again. But he wants to coach again.
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I mostly agree except that the defense played well enough to win. This was Northwestern and they had 23 first downs and dominated time of possession. Their game winning drive took 5 minutes, 12 plays and 75 yds. PSU still had a chance but NW ran 8 straight times to run off the final 3 minutes.

Wrt Wafle - what happened to Blanding, Giliam, and White?

Wrt coaches - I don't know if Meyer is the guy long term but a recognizable name with proven success might be what PSU needs to be able to attract and hold onto recruits. Cignetti broth in 13 players from James Madison because he had previously coached there. Franklin brought in McSorley because he recruited him to Vanderbilt. I hope we can find a guy with either a big reputation or who can bring players with him.

Wrt existing players - We seem to have quite a few players who have been around a couple of years but the staff didn't think were worthy of playing. I understand the freshmen but there are too many others. If they can't contribute we should cut them loose.
 
I watched the 60 minute replay on the Big Two Network last night. Both face mask calls against us were legit. The offsides was bogus as the DE twitched twice but never made contact, got back before the snap, and no one on the offense moved. Gave them an automatic first down which led to a score ….field goal IIRC

The roughing the passer was terrible as the pass rusher’s chest hit the QB shoulder pad a split second after releasing the ball. Another huge penalty.

The roughing on our kick return team was off screen and they never showed it. Hmmmnnnn.

NW ran right at our middle and that is how they beat UCLA so we knew it was coming and should have been prepared. That’s coaching.

Their QB had a very good game. Made very quick decisions, was very accurate and hit that long TD perfectly. Why does every QB we play have the best game of their lives? Richard Todd. Sam Arnold. Fields. Jaxin Darts. Every **** buckeye QB.

It was an exciting game to watch. Lead changes, great plays, terrible plays. An exhausting rollercoaster. But I was there to watch a blowout and a close game was disappointing. The final was devastating.

Hard to believe just over a month ago we were undefeated, ranked 2-3. Planning on playoffs and hoping for a natty. Now it three losses in a row, very possibly three more in a row, coach fired dreams shattered.

Amazing how quickly the mighty has fallen.


Stunning.
 
The Spin Meister said:
I watched the 60 minute replay on the Big Two Network last night. Both face mask calls against us were legit. The offsides was bogus as the DE twitched twice but never made contact, got back before the snap, and no one on the offense moved. Gave them an automatic first down which led to a score ….field goal IIRC

The roughing the passer was terrible as the pass rusher’s chest hit the QB shoulder pad a split second after releasing the ball. Another huge penalty.

The roughing on our kick return team was off screen and they never showed it. Hmmmnnnn.

NW ran right at our middle and that is how they beat UCLA so we knew it was coming and should have been prepared. That’s coaching.

Their QB had a very good game. Made very quick decisions, was very accurate and hit that long TD perfectly. Why does every QB we play have the best game of their lives? Richard Todd. Sam Arnold. Fields. Jaxin Darts. Every **** buckeye QB.

It was an exciting game to watch. Lead changes, great plays, terrible plays. An exhausting rollercoaster. But I was there to watch a blowout and a close game was disappointing. The final was devastating.

Hard to believe just over a month ago we were undefeated, ranked 2-3. Planning on playoffs and hoping for a natty. Now it three losses in a row, very possibly three more in a row, coach fired dreams shattered.

Amazing how quickly the mighty has fallen.


Stunning.
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I think one was a facemask the other was unsportsmanlike (three in the half). The RB was being held but struggling to gain yardage when a kid came in and cleaned him up but you couldn't hear the whistle. So the three were on the QB hit late (?), on the RB that I just wrote about and on the kickoff return.

That WR was wide open. Blown coverage. I read that the CB didn't play the rest of the game (not verified).

I also think they changed the rules on offside. If the defender crosses the LOS it is offside no matter if he makes contact or the O moves. If he twitches but doesn't cross, that is OK. Encroachment is now if he makes contact, but it is still five yards. (I had to look it up).
 
Sheriff Coffee said:
I think one was a facemask the other was unsportsmanlike (three in the half). The RB was being held but struggling to gain yardage when a kid came in and cleaned him up but you couldn't hear the whistle. So the three were on the QB hit late (?), on the RB that I just wrote about and on the kickoff return.

That WR was wide open. Blown coverage. I read that the CB didn't play the rest of the game (not verified).

I also think they changed the rules on offside. If the defender crosses the LOS it is offside no matter if he makes contact or the O moves. If he twitches but doesn't cross, that is OK. Encroachment is now if he makes contact, but it is still five yards. (I had to look it up).
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There are two obvious face masks. One between two linemen. One grabbing the mask of the NW running back.

You are correct there were three other calls, all bad. I forgot about the late hit on the ball carrier which was also a bogus call.
 
This comment is for yesterday‘s game, but also basically an entire year process that I can’t believe was not used. Many of us on this board have noticed that Drew seems to play better in an up-tempo offense. He looks to be better at just quickly getting a call by looking at signals from the sideline and playing in a hurry up offense.
Based on rule changes over the last two years, generally each team will get one less possession throughout the game due to the clock running on first downs, etc. We have better athletes and more depth than most of the teams we play. When that’s the case, we should be running a hurry up type offense throughout the entire game to try and get as many possessions as possible because it’s always the teams with the best and most explosive athletes advantage to have the ball more. I wonder if that was ever brought up by any of the other assistant coaches or not.
 
Bison13 said:
This comment is for yesterday‘s game, but also basically an entire year process that I can’t believe was not used. Many of us on this board have noticed that Drew seems to play better in an up-tempo offense. He looks to be better at just quickly getting a call by looking at signals from the sideline and playing in a hurry up offense.
Based on rule changes over the last two years, generally each team will get one less possession throughout the game due to the clock running on first downs, etc. We have better athletes and more depth than most of the teams we play. When that’s the case, we should be running a hurry up type offense throughout the entire game to try and get as many possessions as possible because it’s always the teams with the best and most explosive athletes advantage to have the ball more. I wonder if that was ever brought up by any of the other assistant coaches or not.
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How can we hurry up when the QB takes 10 seconds studying his wristband?
 
Bison13 said:
This comment is for yesterday‘s game, but also basically an entire year process that I can’t believe was not used. Many of us on this board have noticed that Drew seems to play better in an up-tempo offense. He looks to be better at just quickly getting a call by looking at signals from the sideline and playing in a hurry up offense.
Based on rule changes over the last two years, generally each team will get one less possession throughout the game due to the clock running on first downs, etc. We have better athletes and more depth than most of the teams we play. When that’s the case, we should be running a hurry up type offense throughout the entire game to try and get as many possessions as possible because it’s always the teams with the best and most explosive athletes advantage to have the ball more. I wonder if that was ever brought up by any of the other assistant coaches or not.
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bdroc said:
How can we hurry up when the QB takes 10 seconds studying his wristband?
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Problem now is a new QB with near zero playing time. Doubt he will be ready for much of an up tempo game.

Perhaps after the bye week but then that is ultimate challenge of the Shoe.

Biggest thing to me is how will they use Singleton?
 
The Spin Meister said:
Problem now is a new QB with near zero playing time. Doubt he will be ready for much of an up tempo game.

Perhaps after the bye week but then that is ultimate challenge of the Shoe.

Biggest thing to me is how will they use Singleton?
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I could be wrong but I think Singleton's touches fall of the cliff. Harris got sent to the bench when he got beat on Saturday. If Smith treats the running back position the same way Allen should be the primary ball carrier. Maybe we even see RBs 3-5 if they impress in practice.
 
85PSU said:
I could be wrong but I think Singleton's touches fall of the cliff. Harris got sent to the bench when he got beat on Saturday. If Smith treats the running back position the same way Allen should be the primary ball carrier. Maybe we even see RBs 3-5 if they impress in practice.
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Move Singleton to slot and use his speed. We need a deep threat.
 
Sheriff Coffee said:
For the first time in several years, I ventured into Happy Valley to catch a game in person. I was able to snag tickets in row T, lower level, for $40 each. We were at the 20 yard line and most of the game was played on our end (student endzone).

Offense
-I am shocked that we only attempted 20 passes. This for a kid who has the all time pass completion percentage and lowest INT ratio in PSU history.
-It is hard to see on TV but I thought the WRs were slow and sloppy. Routes were rounded off. They didn't continue after the route when the QB was flushed. Blocking was minimal. They just phoned in the effort.
-I felt like the first quarter was key going into the game. PSU stops NW, blocks a punt, and we have good field postion. We march down the field to the 10 yard line with 2nd and two. Clifford runs a route that is supposed to go to the corner and if covered, stop and come back to the ball positioning his body so the defender has to go around him or through him. Clifford just starts jogging at the goal line, turns aound, tries to adjust but his mo is taking him deeper into the endzone, the CB has a direct line to the ball, intercepts it and runs to the PSU 30. NW has a long drive and we end up with ONE offensive drive in the first QTr.
-The OL looks confused. I don't know how many times the OL missed an assignment. NW defenders went unblocked or minimally blocked. They do a great job of shifting and having a lot of looks but it looks like they miss assignments post snap.
-Kids are trying to do too much. An unsportsmanlike on a KO return, dropped passes, missed blocks, and dumb mistakes.

Defense
-Overall they played well enough to win but didn't. We gave up way too many long drives and third-down conversions.
-The two roughing penalties were mystifying. Both were on third downs. Both ended with NW being gifted points: Ten in total off of these calls.
-Broken play coverage led to NW's long TD and I've read that CB didn't play in the game after that blown coverage.
-We knew our weakness was at DT and LBer so losing Rojas was just a killer. Deluca played hard but doesn't have the size, strength and speed required.
-I saw Owen Wafle play a LOT. He is a RS Frosh who is 6-2 and 282. And a lot of that 282 is fat. He doesn't look like a big time DT. And he must have been in there because the starter wasn't doing it. But NW ran the ball down our throats, make third and shorts, had great first down runs, and were ahead of the sticks all day. And when they didn't, PSU gave up a 9+ yard play or got hit with a penalty.
-They had 68 plays to our 51. Our D was gassed at the end. They had 148 yards rushing, without taking out lost yardage. By comparison, we had 137.

Special Teams
-our FG kicker is money.
-Blocked a punt, second time in two weeks!
-I have no idea why we even return kickoffs. We had an unsportsmanlike penalty and a truely bonehead play when our returner Holzworth (a FS senior RB wearing 34) lost where he was on a kick kicked into the endzone, started to run, stopped, then started again, stopped, and then ran it out for a 9 yard gain on a critical drive after we gave up the lead late in the game.
-And how did we lose the lead? Dropped punt by Ross.

General
-Other than the blocked punt, NW played a clean game. They had two penalties for ten yards (despite holding on several pass blocking plays that were very obvious). PSU had 71 yard in penalties, three of them being unsportmanlike penalties. Two others extended NW drives (a facemask and an offsides) when they occurred on third down.
-The fans were embarrassing. My brother yelled at a fan who was launching f bombs at CJF when Drew Allar was being attended to. The fans booing the team at the gate. The fans booed the players, CJF, and even did so during the alma mater. With success comes bandwagon jumpers. It will be nice to be rid of them.
-Again, a play here or there. If the refs didn't call the two questionable unsportsmanlikes, Ross doesn't drop that punt, a fifth-year wide receiver doesn't stop on a route, a CB doesn't miss a coverage......we'd probably still have a head coach.

FWIW, I am told by a tOSU insider that Urban Meyer has shown interest. He got fired at tOSU on an iffy call and will never coach there again. But he wants to coach again.
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After a lot of thought. After Trace graduated, Franklin's teams lacked moxie. Michigan and OSU kids just seem to play harder and meaner. Coach Bob, with Mauti's help fielded a team that out performed their abilty by playing harder. Is Franklin too nice?
Maybe a coach like Rhule is the answer. He is turning around Nebraska and his 5 star QB has an offense that let's him perform like one.
On Saturday, they had Drew throw 6 passes behind the LOS for 1 net yard. Franklin is too timid. He should have grabbed Koltenicki after 2 or 3.
Penn State needs to get back to tough and mean.
 
marylovesthelions said:
After a lot of thought. After Trace graduated, Franklin's teams lacked moxie. Michigan and OSU kids just seem to play harder and meaner. Coach Bob, with Mauti's help fielded a team that out performed their abilty by playing harder. Is Franklin too nice?
Maybe a coach like Rhule is the answer. He is turning around Nebraska and his 5 star QB has an offense that let's him perform like one.
On Saturday, they had Drew throw 6 passes behind the LOS for 1 net yard. Franklin is too timid. He should have grabbed Koltenicki after 2 or 3.
Penn State needs to get back to tough and mean.
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Yeah. 20 pass attempts in total with a guy who has the lowest INT percentage in school history. Way too timid
 
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