“And there is only one Aaron Donald” Or so says. Arch Franklin. An interesting comment requiring clarification as to what he meant. Have to assume the d linemen think they can copy Donald’s style and be successful.

Well, it’s the coaching staff’s job to teach them proper technique that is successful for them. And if players don’t learn or ignore their coaching they should be benched and play kids that accept coaching, learn, and follow instructions. Even if you bench a more talented player it necessary and the player will get the message as will,others. Pretty simple.

And the players themselves should be smart enough to improvise and adapt within a game. Try different things. Mix it up. See what works for a particular opponent.

I played D end at a small school back in the dinosaur years. ......Fred Flintstone was our fullback and Nernst Rubble a slot receiver! Anyway.......I was 5’ 10” and 172 lbs. Played against a lot of guys 30-40 lbs heavier and taller. But could always figure out a way to play them. Used quickness, technique, and angles. Once played against a TE that made all state as a junior. Was 6’3” about 230, no fat. Figured I could be quicker......on first play he fired out and drove me eight yards off the ball on a power sweep. Next play I tried to shot a gap and he drove me four yards sideways. I quickly realized I needed to do something or otherwise it would a long night.

Fourth play, I submarined car walking on my toes and hands into his feet fast as I could, got under him, and reached out to make a tackle. Next play, did the same and forced the running back back to go wider so linebacker made the tackle. Kept tying up the TE so he couldn’t go out on pass routes. I did make many tackles but he did have a stellar game.

Same here with Mich. Our d line was getting pushed straight back the whole game. They kept going chest to chest or shoulder to shoulder when they should have dropped down low into the lineman’s legs, tied up the lineman and allowed the LBs to roam the field. Keep the gains much shorter and force some errors.

Penn State Basketball is set to host multiple big name hoops prospects this weekend for visits.

CLASS OF 2024
SG Dwayne Pierce (Christ The King - NY)*
SF Drew McKenna (Glenelg - MD)
PF Royce Parham (North Hills - PA)*

CLASS OF 2025
SG Meleek Thomas (Lincoln Park - PA)
SG Amere Brown (Woodland Hills - PA)
C Christian Gurdak (Paul VI - VA)
C Badara Diakate (Northwest Catholic - CT)*

* = holds PSU Offer
+ = holds Power Five offer

The Nittany Nation staff has decided to submit a futurecast in favor of class of 2024 linebacker prospect Jaylen Harvey to land at Penn State.

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Couldn't help but notice watching the game last night that the Chargers 1st Pick this year was an OG from BC. Zion Johnson - 6-3, 316 lbs. and an absolute horse physically. He was taken as the 17th pick overall and the Chargers were very high on him due to his physicality and his ability to move players off the line. The guy has arms the size of our heads!

A discussion was made on this board about the size matchup with our OL/DL compared to both UM and OSU. This has been ongoing for years and maybe our S&C program needs to adopt what these other teams are doing, including BC since they have been turning out good OL to the NFL for years which started with much lower players that we get. Trautwein was brought here to improve our OL; however, nothing has changed since his arrival.

Assuming my post will not contain the pic (despite me trying), It is a one night grappling team survival event for $25,000, there are 4 teams with captains, two with 3 members and 2 with 4. Bo is on Team Jorge Masvidal with three others. (hey, the pic worked!!)

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I don't love the public vs money action in this game but still think Penn State finds a way:

Big names coming to Penn State:

We will get between $80-$100 Mill/year from the Big Ten deal alone.

Via @Justin Morganstein

Via @Justin Morganstein

Via @Jcheris23

Michigan made it a simple game. I thought Michigan tackled well, very little YAC or YAR as compared to our guys who missed a lot of tackles and got dragged along for extra Michigan yards. As T-Frank pointed out we didn't do anything to confuse Michigan, they knew what we were gone to do and executed their assignments. Their QB threw mostly short to intermediate passes when he did have to pass and them escaped with ease.when he needed too.

Just had some fans message us on social media about this, so figured I’d update everyone here.

2023 OL Zechariah Owens has decommitted from Clemson, at one point he was heavily considering Penn State but instead he chose the Tigers. Now the main question we are getting is will PSU reach out now that he’s available? They might but word on the rumor mill is he will be an FSU commit sooner rather than later. Heard they made quite the pitch with NIL being a top factor.
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Or was Franklin just protecting him from embarassment? He's too over protective of his starting QBs.

Remember Hackenbergs last year? He was horrible all year and never even let McSorely sniff the field bc he was afraid of upsetting Hack. Hackenberg gets injured in the bowl game vs Georgia after another horrendous performance, and McSorely comes in and was on fire. Almost led us to a miracle comeback.

JF needs to stop protecting Clifford and let Allar play. Will Allar be the next McSorely? Maybe. But one thing that we know for sure is that Clifford is as bad if not worse as Hack in his final season.

And don't give me that shit about Hack being a 2nd round pick. Any real PSU fan knows that Hack lost his confidence after his freshman year and was not a good QB after that.

I apologize if it’s been mentioned before but I see Brown Transfer Timothy Levine in the roster. Started as a true fr at 141 for them. Went 18-14. Lost 1-0 to Dave Evans first match of the season. 6-1 to runner up Clarke and SV to AA Composto. 1-2 at EIWAs.

I want heads to roll over that extension……………… That was the worst decision in the history of Penn State, & heads needs to roll as-a-result!

Franklin, is a con-artist, & he’s now conning Penn State outta a 100Million Dollars!

Heads need to roll over this, & Franklin needs to be Gone, that’s the bottom-line!

How did our Ft. Myers to Naples Penn Staters do during the hurricane. We were lucky, porch screens ripped out and lost a few roof tiles. NO FLOODING, which was the biggest fear.

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Where do the majority of Power Five OCs call plays from? The Field or The Booth?

Did the research over the past day and here's the final tally.