So hard to tell if we played well of not. While there were a couple of players on the Nevada team that came to play, most were pretty overwhelmed. Their S brought the wood a couple of times. Kudos to him. Chubba Purdy, I thought, played well and our defense struggled to contain his running.
I read, Tengwall, said that our OL had problems with executing Double Teams. He shows a play or two but I don't have the knowledge to know if this was a big part of the game.
Someone asked CJF in the post game presser if he was concerned about red zone plays since we stalled in the RZ several times. He said not really in that he called many of the RZ plays just to see certain matchups and performances. He implied he overrode the OC to get a chance to isolate on plays and players.
As expected, we got up a couple of scores and then let Allar practice with the WRs. Both Hudson and Pena looked good. I read that Hudson, while at USC, had the lowest drops of any player to catch 50 or more passes last season in the B1G. Both looked pretty fast so I think they'll be OK against man and they certainly have the chops against zone. I noted that Allar threw several deep outs to them (while never once going deep as N played a lot of 3 deep). The deep out is a pass that the NFL uses to test players because few can make that throw. The ball is in the air ~ 30 yards so there is time for the D to react and jump the route so it has to be on a rope. I noted a couple of plays where Allar really zipped it and Danielson pointed that out as well in the telecast. Again, it was against Nevada and not tOSU so one can't draw too many conclusions.
Looking at the stats, Hudson had 6 receptions for 89 yards or 14.8 YPC. Pena had 7 for 74 and 10.6 YPC. We really didn't throw to the TEs with Allar in their but Rapp had 3 catches and looked great. The only downside was that Clifford dropped a ball and really looked like he wasn't part of the game.
I read some concerns about the running game but Allen averaged 5.4 YPC and looked strong on the inside. Singleton was the guy who didn't have a great game with only 19 yards or 8 carries or a 2.4 YPC average. It was great to see Wallace in clean up time looking really good.
On defense, we got burned several times by Purdy running on passing plays. In addition, they hit a couple of really well executed screen passes. Once again, it is hard to get a bead on things as PSU was playing a ton of guys in the second half. What was concerning was the Nevada executed a very good first possession against our D until they fumbled on a great play by the Dentist (DDS). I thought the kid from NC, Amare Campbell, looked good and that BB could have used him last night against TCU. i didn't notice the DEs much and we only defended 52 plays.
On special teams, I read right before the game that our Nwosu was going to be our punter replacing Thompson. Thompson's done a nice job but CJF said that Nwosu, who also does our kickoffs, was really great and surpassed Thompson. I think the quote was that he is the closest to Jordon Stout we've got. Stout, you may recall, was our punter and now punts for the Baltimore Ravens. BTW, Nwosu is 6-6 and 292 lbs. We never punted so we'll see next game. FG kicker looked solid. Every kick was a perfect end over end and straight.
I know that CJF was really upset at the execution of the fake field goal. I am not sure what that was all about but we only had a center and Nevada lined up two guys over the center so one had a strait run at the QB who never got time to get off the play. My guess is that the QB should have called somebody over or called timeout. Maybe someone lined up wrong; I don't know.
Lastly, we had 5 penalties for 45 yards. I honestly don't recall them at all. But I feel like the two QBs executed pretty well given how many players were running on and off the field.
Overall, about what one would expect. The best thing was the timing between Allar and the two WRs. I think I heard CJF say that he didn't expect them to catch that many passes so was pretty pleased.
I have to say this, as well....Arch Manning looked awful. Just awful against tOSU. His footwork, sidearm throws, and missing open players (they ran a crossing patter three times that was wide open and Arch either made an awful throw or threw it to someone covered). He's got a long way to go. Sayin looked good, not great. The kid from Michigan is scary, Bryce Underwood. It will be interesting to watch him against OK next week. I thought the QBs from Clemson, Miami, ND and LSU looked good as
So hard to tell if we played well of not. While there were a couple of players on the Nevada team that came to play, most were pretty overwhelmed. Their S brought the wood a couple of times. Kudos to him. Chubba Purdy, I thought, played well and our defense struggled to contain his running.
I read, Tengwall, said that our OL had problems with executing Double Teams. He shows a play or two but I don't have the knowledge to know if this was a big part of the game.
Someone asked CJF in the post game presser if he was concerned about red zone plays since we stalled in the RZ several times. He said not really in that he called many of the RZ plays just to see certain matchups and performances. He implied he overrode the OC to get a chance to isolate on plays and players.
As expected, we got up a couple of scores and then let Allar practice with the WRs. Both Hudson and Pena looked good. I read that Hudson, while at USC, had the lowest drops of any player to catch 50 or more passes last season in the B1G. Both looked pretty fast so I think they'll be OK against man and they certainly have the chops against zone. I noted that Allar threw several deep outs to them (while never once going deep as N played a lot of 3 deep). The deep out is a pass that the NFL uses to test players because few can make that throw. The ball is in the air ~ 30 yards so there is time for the D to react and jump the route so it has to be on a rope. I noted a couple of plays where Allar really zipped it and Danielson pointed that out as well in the telecast. Again, it was against Nevada and not tOSU so one can't draw too many conclusions.
Looking at the stats, Hudson had 6 receptions for 89 yards or 14.8 YPC. Pena had 7 for 74 and 10.6 YPC. We really didn't throw to the TEs with Allar in their but Rapp had 3 catches and looked great. The only downside was that Clifford dropped a ball and really looked like he wasn't part of the game.
I read some concerns about the running game but Allen averaged 5.4 YPC and looked strong on the inside. Singleton was the guy who didn't have a great game with only 19 yards or 8 carries or a 2.4 YPC average. It was great to see Wallace in clean up time looking really good.
On defense, we got burned several times by Purdy running on passing plays. In addition, they hit a couple of really well executed screen passes. Once again, it is hard to get a bead on things as PSU was playing a ton of guys in the second half. What was concerning was the Nevada executed a very good first possession against our D until they fumbled on a great play by the Dentist (DDS). I thought the kid from NC, Amare Campbell, looked good and that BB could have used him last night against TCU. i didn't notice the DEs much and we only defended 52 plays.
On special teams, I read right before the game that our Nwosu was going to be our punter replacing Thompson. Thompson's done a nice job but CJF said that Nwosu, who also does our kickoffs, was really great and surpassed Thompson. I think the quote was that he is the closest to Jordon Stout we've got. Stout, you may recall, was our punter and now punts for the Baltimore Ravens. BTW, Nwosu is 6-6 and 292 lbs. We never punted so we'll see next game. FG kicker looked solid. Every kick was a perfect end over end and straight.
I know that CJF was really upset at the execution of the fake field goal. I am not sure what that was all about but we only had a center and Nevada lined up two guys over the center so one had a strait run at the QB who never got time to get off the play. My guess is that the QB should have called somebody over or called timeout. Maybe someone lined up wrong; I don't know.
Lastly, we had 5 penalties for 45 yards. I honestly don't recall them at all. But I feel like the two QBs executed pretty well given how many players were running on and off the field.
Overall, about what one would expect. The best thing was the timing between Allar and the two WRs. I think I heard CJF say that he didn't expect them to catch that many passes so was pretty pleased.
I have to say this, as well....Arch Manning looked awful. Just awful against tOSU. His footwork, sidearm throws, and missing open players (they ran a crossing patter three times that was wide open and Arch either made an awful throw or threw it to someone covered). He's got a long way to go. Sayin looked good, not great. The kid from Michigan is scary, Bryce Underwood. It will be interesting to watch him against OK next week. I thought the QBs from Clemson, Miami, ND and LSU looked good as well.
Thanks Sheriff. I look forward to reading next weeks edition.
