bdgan said:

We need both of them. LB depth is not good and the starters can't play every snap.

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voltz99 said:

Basketball does not need a week to recover. Football will end up playing an extra month. That will be another month worth of injuries too.

Football never should have been more than 8 with the 5 Power conferences each getting an automatic bid.
Now we are down to 4 and it should be the winner of each conference. It will be very simple and sweet. Forget the 1aa schools. If they want to join a power conference then that is up to them. Playing a bunch of 1aa schools does not merit a playoff spot.

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backdrft76 said:

While this may be the 3rd or 4th time I've seen "Blaze is close and we're leading", it's definitely the 1st time I've seen "Cael is in the hot seat." Why is Cael in the hot seat?

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bdgan said:

A number of fans think we already know how good this team is. They cite the 6-0 record and #3 national ranking.

I think PSU deserves the #3 ranking for now. Who else deserves it more? But the fact is we only beat one team with a winning record (Illinois) and they just barely squeaked by Purdue in OT. So can we beat OSU? Can we sweep Wisconsin, Washington, and Minnesota? We'll find out one game at a time.

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LandoComando said:

Why does everyone keep bashing 43 when he's significantly better than 13 is right now?

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91Joe95 said:

Oregon admits to 12 men being deliberate.

Too many men: No. 2 Oregon purposely induced late penalty in win over No. 4 Ohio State

No. 2 Oregon had 12 men on the field late in its 32-31 win over No. 4 Ohio State, with the resulting penalty causing precious seconds to wind off the clock.

apnews.com

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NewEra 2014 said:

Sometimes it takes a game like we saw against USC to reveal the character of a team. I was a Senior at Penn State in 1986 and I remember Penn State needing a big 4th down conversion against Cincinnati to win that game at home. We know what happened with that 1986 team, which later went on the road and beat #2 Alabama and ND in a close game later in the season before beating Miami in the Fiesta Bowl.

The USC win was one of the best wins in the CJF era, and arguably the best true road win CJF has had since he has been at Penn State. I couldn't believe that he went for those 4th downs. I'm glad they worked out, and I'm very happy for him and for the team. Here are just a couple of other observations:

Drew Allar, regarding his interview after the game. My impression is that Allar is right in the midst of rapidly maturing as a person and a leader, and he seems like a great kid. He took a big leap in so many ways in that USC game. We may find that Allar plays at a different level for the remainder of his college career as a result of this game.

Coach AK: Enjoy this guy now, because he is going to be a very successful head coach somewhere soon. His creativity is off the charts, and he really seems to figure out ways to tailor his gameplan to the specific talents of his players. The drive early in the game reminded me of when Penn State overwhelmed Arizona in the opening game of 1999. That early USC drive only ended in a FG, but you could see the team feeding off of AK's playcalling. I expect this team to continue to get better on offense over the final few weeks of the season.

I don't expect this team to win a championship this year, but Penn State has something special going on right now. I'm going to sit back and enjoy the rest of this season unfold.

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86PSUPaul said:

I was on Bourbon Street in New Orleans with a PSU shirt on, lots of LSU fans meandering around.

I few weeks ago I flew to Brussels and when I got off the plane a guy in the immigration line had a PSU wrestling shirt on, i said We Are and he looked at me funny. I said come on as I pointed to his shirt, he said, oh, yeah right…..

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Jerry said:

Thanks, yeah, I'm far from an expert on Wisconsin, but reading some media stuff on them, it seems like they've been shooting for a more balanced attack than historically has been the case...though still with a lean to the run game.

Looking at the stat sheet, they did run the ball 47 times against Rutgers and threw 28 passes. Of course, in a game where they jumped out to an early lead and then increased it in the 2nd half, that's not a surprising run-pass ratio.

Before the Wisconsin game, Rutgers had only the one loss at Nebraska, and the margin was very respectable. I mean, the buzz on Rutgers was that they were pretty good this year...by Rutgers standards. So for them to blown out at their stadium by Wisconsin with a Badger back rolling up 200 yards got my attention.

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diontechristmas said:

They run the Air Raid, and this is nothing like the classic Wisky offense. The run the ball more than most Air Raid teams, think Art Briles at Baylor, but they are not overly physical.

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bcspsu said:

I've often wondered why NHL teams who are winning in the last 10 seconds of a game and hanging on in their own defensive zone just don't start taking penalty after penalty, and even taking the goal off of the moorings, just to waste time and kill the clock because you only can go down by two men.

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Delco Lion said:

Concerned that Oregon went against the spirit of the game. Not sure what they can do.

NCAA mulling in-season action after Oregon's controversial late-game situational move helped Ducks beat Ohio State

The NCAA Football Playing Rules Committee is actively “engaged” in examining Oregon's controversial play for possible action.

www.yahoo.com

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Delco Lion said:

Concerned that Oregon went against the spirit of the game. Not sure what they can do.

NCAA mulling in-season action after Oregon's controversial late-game situational move helped Ducks beat Ohio State

The NCAA Football Playing Rules Committee is actively “engaged” in examining Oregon's controversial play for possible action.

www.yahoo.com

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McScoreley said:

Not sure if he was a target but Keanu Dillard commits to Lehigh

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backdrft76 said:

While this may be the 3rd or 4th time I've seen "Blaze is close and we're leading", it's definitely the 1st time I've seen "Cael is in the hot seat." Why is Cael in the hot seat?

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El-Jefe said:

Sarcasm Meter broken?

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