We don’t seem to want it today

First down MN..... Courtesy off being offsides.

Jerry said:

I'm on my 3rd drink.

Minnesota outplayed us in the first half.

If we don't get our shit together in the 2nd half, we're looking at the Outback Bowl...and honestly, that's what we'll deserve.

I'm mystified at the play-calling. If not for one bogus DPI, we'd be in more trouble than we already are.

But everything's still on the table. Win it close. Win it ugly. Just win it.

I think we will...

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Second beer, but I'm prepping dinner too.

LandoComando said:

It was close--I thought he was short too

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His right elbow came down on the line and the ball would have been short by inches.

fastlax16 said:

He looked short. Also missed hands to the face.

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We’re getting bullied out there so doubt it matters

fastlax16 said:

He looked short.

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It was close--I thought he was short too

Team still looks like garbage.

Where’s the intensity?

He looked short. Also missed hands to the face.

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mcpat said:

And 1st 2nd half play is huge pass completion/gain. No adjustments. Getting outcoached.

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what else is new?

What a dumb penalty.

The lack of discipline still drives me crazy--can't give them 5 yards

DELion said:

Time for a beer.

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I'm on my 3rd drink.

Minnesota outplayed us in the first half.

If we don't get our shit together in the 2nd half, we're looking at the Outback Bowl...and honestly, that's what we'll deserve.

I'm mystified at the play-calling. If not for one bogus DPI, we'd be in more trouble than we already are.

But everything's still on the table. Win it close. Win it ugly. Just win it.

I think we will...

C'mon guys.

PalmBeachLion2011 said:

Umm, if a special teams coach of one of the top 10 programs in the country has to tell a punter that he needs to get the punt off quickly when punting out of his own endzone then he should be fired for recruiting and playing a punter that doesn’t already know that. That is pee wee football stuff, shouldn’t have to say anything

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Well apparently it needed to be said.

GregInPitt said:

But that's also on the special team's coach. He has to tell the punter that in his own end he HAS to get the punt off as fast as possible and let the coverage guys do their job.

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Umm, if a special teams coach of one of the top 10 programs in the country has to tell a punter that he needs to get the punt off quickly when punting out of his own endzone then he should be fired for recruiting and playing a punter that doesn’t already know that. That is pee wee football stuff, shouldn’t have to say anything

Nick’s inside trip on Eierman in the NCAA finals is one of my all time favorite Penn State moments. I could just feel it coming. Eierman was starting to fade. You could see it when he was slow getting back for a restart. When Lee threw the under/ over and went chest to chest with him, I knew he was going to come out on top.

BTW, I got to meet his dad at the US Open one year. Super nice guy, but he gets really intense when any of his sons are competing. Watching him react to refs calls and such gives me a little perspective on why we shouldn’t be too hard on the other dads. They are all coming from the same place.

MN smells blood.

oh. nvm.

psu00 said:

13 rushes for 10 yards.

0.8 yards per rush…against Minnesota.

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They need to establish the backs--not Warren--not Beau
Allen and Singleton
Allen can't go a half without a carry

Ok, lets see those second half adjustments on D.

j-buff said:

Rick Neuhisel just said it’s a matter of intensity the Gophers are just playing so much harder. We need to man up

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Was going to say the same thing. Our opponent's effort and intensity is almost always better, especially in the first half.

How is it possible that we almost always come out of halftime ready to play and rarely does that happen to start the game? Is it the team leaders? Coaching?

Anybody on the board doing a preview? There are two guys on other teams ranked #19 in the field. It doesn't look like great competition.

Vic Vaselino said:

We're the better team. We'll win.

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Appreciate your optimism Vic.

If we spotted Minnesota a 3-0 to start the game would anyone think we would lose?
If not--relax--if we're losing with about 8 minutes left then maybe start to worry depending on the situation