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Some insane ideas being floated around out there about college athletics as we know it.

70 teams and four different conferences.

Could not get the stops when they needed, while USC did.

Not a great look. James pulled it away in another video. USC media asked Riley to comment on it but he declined.

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Tyler Warren surpassing Ted Kwalick, Kyle Brady, Mike Gesicki, Pat Freiermuth, etc., as Penn State's greatest all-time TE?

Honestly, he does everything else right except for his own personal coaching ability which is y I say we can’t just replace him with just anyone.

I’d be perfectly fine with keeping him around until we find the right coach to replace him with which is easier said then done mind u unfortunately!

This is the most important game of the year (until we play Washington, LOL). According to Landen Tengwell

USC QB Miller Moss passing attempts/completions in the last 3 games

Vs Michigan: 28/51
Vs Wisconsin: 30/45
Vs Minnesota: 21/38

134 pass attempts in a 3 game span. Buckle up PSU DBs

Can the full game be watched anywhere on demand?
TIA

This has Ohio State 4/Georgia 5 which makes more sense IMO
Army & Navy are ranked!!!

LMAO at how biased and inconsistent they are - this is precisely why this crap and "invirationals" needed to be removed from a true D1-A Playoff structure.

There is a familiar name creeping up the list.

And at his current pace Cael Sanderson should be at the top of that list, too, in 7 to 10 years.

Carter dropping that INT was huge. We really could’ve used that to help our huge momentum switch. What do you all think ?

I also noticed on the fake reverse TD by USC Carter gave a pretty lax effort amd simply jogged himself right out of the play.

I wasn’t happy with some of the effort in the first half. It reminded me of the Bowling Green first half honestly.

Happy he ramped it up in the 2nd half and OT. Once we pressured and hit the QB in the 2nd half it really started to mess up SC’s timing.

PennState reaches No. 3 in the AP Top 25 poll, its highest ranking since 2017.

Need 4 in the Mt. Nittany Club.

PROS:
1. Tyler Warren - not a ton to say here, just a historic performance that won the Mackey Award today. Sensational!
2. Drew Allar - Grew up today. Leadership off the charts, bringing the team back from 14 down, converting huge 4th downs and showing massive stones. Not concerned at all about the INTs.
3. Kotelnicki - while he can get a little too cutesy at times, the difference between this dynamic offensive and Yurcich’s impotence in big games is staggering.
4. Barker - ice in his veins from a RS Freshman. We have a kicker!
5. Young CBs - both Tracy and Washington were very impressive. Props to Coach Smith.
6. Halftime adjustments - Apart from one drive D was once again awesome 2nd half.
7. Franklin stopping the planting of the flag by our guys on the field. Culture, class, win with honor. Well done, Coach!
8 Fleming - had a bad drop but TWO huge catches on 4th down. Nice.
9. Jaylen Reed - Kid is a pro. So solid.
10. Zane Durant - Disruptive. A force.
11. Overall resilience and guts. Incredibly impressive to come back like that, down 14 on the road.

CONS:
1. Slow start - gotta figure this out on D. Enough said.
2. Elsdon - kid has been a whipping boy, but it’s earned. Whenever he plays, he’s exploited. He’s not an FBS LB and he shouldn’t see the field AT ALL. Let the young guys get experience, Robinson, Speca in his place.
3. Tony Rojas - Love the kid and his upside is huge, but he was really bad yesterday. Missed tackles, bad pursuit angles. Bad. He’ll get better.
4. Donkoh injury. We need him. Hope the bye week helps him get healthy.
5. J-Thomas - expected huge things this year but he’s been oddly absent. No big plays. Weird.
6. Game probably took 6 months off my life on the back end. Worth it!

WE ARE!!!

He won't win but shouldn't Tyler Warren at least be mentioned?

The lack of self awareness is stunning

Maybe Urban Meyer wasn't to blame for what happened in Jacksonville
Trevor Lawrence just isn't the QB people that he was

I didn't know just how much adding the four new teams this year would make the B1G feel like a brand-new conference. Playing the same teams (and losing to the same teams) year after year was really getting stale to a certain degree. I'm really enjoying this season and not just because we are 6-0...but it certainly helps.

Looks pretty cool so far.

I stated early in the game thread yesterday that we were in luck in the Zebra Department. I recognized the head ref right away, though couldn't remember his name, as a guy who was hired into the conference from the East. He's officiated a number of our games over the years and done so in a fair manner in my opinion. Same thing yesterday.

I bring this up because I'm seeing some commentary this morning from other fan bases (naturally) and a couple media guys that we supposedly caught some breaks from the refs in yesterday's game. It's ironic because the unspoken premise appears to be hey, the rule is that Penn State gets screwed, not favored, and how dare those guys violate the rule!!

We did get a few close calls and non-calls that went our way. Two critical penalties on USC to negate big plays that would have set them up in easy scoring range and a couple non-calls on what some are insisting was DPI during USC's overtime possession.

We also had a close call go against us -- the OPI at the goal line. Regarding that one, I'm honestly not sure. It was close and boiled down to only one thing: whether our receiver was across the line of scrimmage when he caught the ball. I haven't seen a post-game replay and until I do, I don't feel comfortable taking a strong stand on the question.

Regardless, I have no complaints at all with the officiating yesterday. Hell, I wouldn't mind having Jerry McGinn and crew do all our games instead of just the one or so per year that they do.