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The good

• This was one of the best jobs of run blocking I've seen in quite some time. It was also some of the most hard nosed running I've seen from two PSU RBs in decades. They delivered the hits, not the defenders. Singleton & Allen were both close to 100 yds rushing without any breakaway runs. They just pounded it out 5+ yards at a time. The only scary part was Singleton's near fumble.
• Tyler Warren is a beast. Only 4 catches but his running and blocking were great and he handled the wildcat perfectly.
• Durant had a breakout game.

The not so good

• The passing attack looks a lot like it did last year. Allar still seems a bit jittery under pressure and I'm not sure if our WRs are getting separation. ILL was playing us up tight for much of the game and daring us to throw deep but for the most part we couldn't or wouldn't do it.
• I still worry about Franklin's shorts getting tight in close games. The first drive was great. 20 yd pass to Wallace. 14 yd pass to Singleton. Another 16 yd pass to Singleton. Mix in some good runs. Illinois was off balance. But then it ended. Very little passing deep and no more passing to Singleton.
• Once again Sadhayak failed under pressure. I'm sure he has a good leg and makes them in practice or he wouldn't be out there. I think he just needs to make a few in a row to gain his confidence. The question is can we afford to give him time to get his head straight. Washington had 222 more yards of offense than Rutgers yesterday and never turned the ball over. Yet they lost in part because they missed 3 FGs. I'd hate for that to happen. Meyer made 17 out of 20 FGs last year at Tulsa. I'm surprised we haven't seen him.
• Penalties

We should beat UCLA next week but then things get difficult. @ USC, @ Wisconsin, OSU, and Washington is a very tough stretch. It sure would be nice to have Deluca and Winston back.

Washington opened as a 9-point underdog and was quickly bet up to a 2.5-point favorite. Maybe word got out that the Wolvies aren't bringing their refs with them. That could be an interesting game on Saturday evening.

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Me and my family pick one game a year to go to in person.....and this was the game. Met up with close to 20 brothers from the 1980s along with their families and friends. Had about 150 at the tailgate in Lot 12. Driving up from Tennessee thought for sure that we would be standing in the rain much of the day on Saturday.....so we had a little bit of rain during the parade on Friday and spots of rain on Saturday, but overall the weather was very pleasant and during the game the weather was perfect.

This game felt like I was back in 1986 with the game.....we beat up Illinois at the line of scrimmage both offensively and defensively and slowly squeezing the life out of Illinois. First half Illinois played well and PSU seemed to show that we could move the ball on Illinois fairly consistently.....one of the issues that we have is that if you are going to run the ball, defend the run then you better be able to kick fgs inside of 45 yards and punt well to play the field position game. You can also not turn the ball over. The two biggest plays were the fumbled snap by Illinois from the 2 yard line and the overturning of the Singleton fumble.

Some of the board is saying that Frankly restricted Andy K. on play calling, I did not have that feeling. The Illinois board was posting that PSU should have just run every play in the 2nd half since they admitted that they could not stop the run. Most on the Illinois board felt that we should run #10 every play, which I do not agree with.......

Players that showed up from the 25 yard line view that I had:
1) Warren - wow what a player. On the 4th and where we ended up short of the sticks.....Warren was wide open. Drew needed 1 more second and it would have been a td. 2) Singleton is awesome and was close to breaking 2-3 50 yard runs where the last guy ankle tackled Nick. 3) Kaytron is the equivalent of body blows.....3 yard run, 5 yard run, 5 yard run, 14 yard run........ 4) O line play was very solid and unbelievably consistent with about 8 players playing with 2 injuries and 3 tackles playing...... Illinois was playing to stop the run and yet we could still run and when we would pass they were often sending 5 or 6 rushers. 5) Vita Vea is a pleasure to watch play OL.....when he runs in motion you can sense the fear from the DE and the CB or LB on the pull side. He is going to blow up somebody he just needs to pick a body and smash. 6) WRs blocked well......but I did not see many open receivers on their 3rd down routes..... 7) Many, many times Drew could have kept the ball and run out the backside for about 10 easy yards, not sure that I want him doing this 10 times a game, but a couple may have slowed down the back side rush.... 8) Carter and Rojas were everywhere on defense......... King played a good game too. 9) DD Sutton is different than what I thought that he would be. He is a solid guy against the rush and he does get some pressure on the QB but when I did focus on him, it did not appear that he had the super quick twich of a Courtney Brown and he got home with strength marching the OT back toward the QB, perhaps this is his job, but our DEs last year won with speed, but were more a negative with running teams. 10) Zane Durant at times killed the Illinois C and G..... when he had no run responsibility and went after the QB he exploded into the back field. 11) Our DBs covered the deep ball well. the only open throws were the 4-6 yard over the middle throws and as the game went on those windows got tighter and tighter as we figured out that they could not beat us deep.


The officials seemed ok, however, the call against Rojas was a complete headscratcher.....it seems like he got a foul for blowing up a guy who was trying to block him....that seems like football to me. Also there was a block in the back in the end of the 3rd or beginning of the 4th that was in the middle of field that was not called. I give the scoreboard operator credit as he showed the clear block in the back about 6 times with the crowd screaming about the lack of call. The block in the back on the interception was absolutely not needed......... in retrospect it helped us as we ran 3 or 4 minutes off of the clock and scored anyway, but wow not a smart play.

The crowd was very loud especially when we were on defense and especially in the 3rd and 4th quarters......... the 4th quarter was big energy once our defense knew pass was coming and we squatted on routes and pressured the QB...... the last 15 plays for Illinois their QB was under incredible pressure and credit to him, was still trying to make plays, but he was lucky that 2 or 3 passes were not intercepted and that he was not hurt. He was a tough guy and he will hurt some other teams with his acuracy and toughness.

All in all a tremendous weekend catching up with old friends and family. i even brought the new girl friend to the tail gate who was warmly received by my friends and family. Most of the people at the tailgate and some on this board knew my wife who passed 3 years ago. The tailgaters were all so welcoming to her and her son. She also was a PSU Grad so she fit right in to the group..............

Was thinking of hitting downtown SC before the game.

Are there any bars that open as early as 9am? We want to get a couple drinks before heading to our parking area.

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At-least for the time being we appear to have finally fixed our most fatal flaw of the past 20 - 30yrs, the offensive line

Was thinking of hitting downtown SC before the game.

Are there any bars that open as early as 9am? We want to get a couple drinks before heading to our parking area.

With the new season around the corner, and transfer activity done (?), I thought I would take a look at returning team points. To make the graphics more legible I only include teams with double digit returning points.

• Let's start with the obvious. PSU returns the most points.

Now let's look at some details.

• There were 1,437.5 points scored by 62 teams at last year's tournament. Of those 1,066.5 return (74.2%).

• So, at 77% returning (133 of 172.5), PSU is pretty much on average.

But where are those points coming from?

• Some are returning to the same team and some are transferring. Below is the breakdown.

Splashing cash gets results (or at least returning points).

• Iowa led all teams in total points acquired through the transfer portal. And good for them. I say pay the men.
• Oklahoma State is the other obvious big player in the transfer/NIL world. Given how close to the season their coaching change occurred, they may have been crunched for time. I would not be surprised to see them lead this rank next year.

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The game will also be televised on CBS.

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The game will also be televised on CBS.

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Just in case you were wondering…

Defense 19
Offsides 9
Personal fouls 5
Pass Interference 3
Holding 1
Block in back 1

Offense 8
False start 3
Holding 3
Pass interference 1
Personal foul 1

Special teams 1
Offsides 1

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Has anyone's season tickets showed up on their ticketmaster app yet? I had to sell mine this year and would like to let the purchaser know when to expect them.

Why is it the same team that keeps showing up season after season— teams that get screwed complain to BIG commish and they bring in instant replay to college, now onside kick refs. PSU has been screwed royally at least four times out of wins- Illinois last year — illegal pick play led to their narrow win over Illinois. SC realized you have to win by two scores to have a chance— they had stopped Scum on 4th and one and TV announcers were shocked when UM got a first down by blind refs which led to TD after, and UM got away with flagrant facemasks about three times on the SC QB. All
part of the process— sign stealing to good old ref fixing games. Hope Washington upsets the cheaters.