Game

• you are never as good as you think you are after a win. WVU had four fumbles in the first half that took them out of their game. While they only lost one, they lost a lot of yardage on the other four. Plus, we were very fortunate that Beau's shin hit the ground. I looked like WVU was trying to do a direct snap, or very close, to the jet sweeper but they couldn't get the timing down. First game jitters and game speed not being the same as practice speed.
• PSU only attempted 18 passes. I think we could have passed all day and put up 50 points.
• The game was effectively over after the opening drive of the third qtr. Was seriously over after Singleton's long run
• Interesting on the horsecollar that wasn't called. I guess the defender didn't take the runner down but it was clearly a player grabbing the horse collar. I'd never thought about it but I guess it isn't like facemask where if you grab and jerk it no matter how hard, it is a penalty.
• I loved that CJF was prepared for the delay with food and letting the kids move around. This didn't catch them by surprise.
• We were far more physical and fast.

QB

• First, I loved seeing Allar get animated after the fumbled snap. I like the passion and leadership, that we didn't see from him last year.
• His best throw isn't being talked about. His best throw was a flag pattern for a critical first down to the outside of the receiver. It was a rope and a dame.
• I loved his running. They were all smart runs when he had the first down available. Again, didn't see that last year. One time, he went all Mahomes buying time but didn't really advance much down the field. Loved it.
• I am not sure what to think of the Beau/Allar combo. I need to see it against BG and Kent. Beau makes me nervous holding onto the ball.

RBs/OL

• Singleton looked good and ran away from WVU DBs twice. Pretty good for a man of his size. Not so much for Allen but he didn't have much room.
• We ran A LOT but I think that is what the game dictated.
• Cousins is going to be a bad ass.
• Love Vega in motion.
• TEs all looked good.
• We ran a wildcat to Singleton but it ended up being called dead for a penalty before the snap.
• Love AK's creativity but need to give thought to NOT being a trickery team. We can overdo it.

Defense

• WVU's offense ended up being off balance with the fumbles and then being behind. Plus they lost their best RB during the critical 2nd quarter. So they shot themselves in the foot.
• Run D was good but pass D was really good. No complaints
• Especially good are our 4 Safeties. They look awesome. And Rojas is going to be a superstar

I watched a little of the other games. Watching LSU USC I thought boy these teams offenses are good. Yet, when you look at it, we scored more points in 3 Qtrs and all they did was pass. I feel good about our team right now.

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Baltimore defender (#0) grabbed KC's #4 by back neck-opening on jersey to slow him down and then after he slowed him, let go of horse-collar grab and jumped on his back to tackle him (he did not bring him down with the horse-collar pull) - a Personal Foul Horse-Collar Penalty was still called know-it-all. Just keep making a fool of yourself and demonstrating how consistently wrong you are jack@ss. LMFAO

any one else watching this on U-tube?

Saw he got rocked and was laying on the filed. After coming off a injury and already thin at LB; any word on how severe?

The judge wasn't allowing anything prohibiting boosters for paying players. The NCAA is dead

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it's time to start the chatter for 2024-25 Hodge winner!

Is it automatic for the first ever 5x champ?!

Is it staying in Happy Valley for the next 3 years? Mitchell has the potential to be the most dominant! TF after TF after TF ... maybe 3x Hodge Winner?

Are the voters tired of PSU? Will it go back to Mizzou?

I'm hearing that he will be coming to train with Crookham along with some others from Japan.

Kinda makes sense with Darian Cruz leaving Leigh.

You know, the kid that had five 400 had games last year and broke Derrick Henrey’s single season high school record last year.

They played Sat night at Franklin so drove up to see this kid.Had a FANTASTIC time.

First he has had a slow start to the season first game he had only 218 yds and 6 TDs on 11 carries as the team won 76-0. Second game he had 42 carries for 366 yds and 3 TDs. Team won 44-7. Third game he was out with an injury as paper said he ‘was on the sidelines in street clothes and walking with a slight limp”……don’t know what the injury was.

So get to the game and it was awesome. Lots of excited fans, both teams boosters were selling stuff…never saw a visiting team selling team stuff. The visiting Oilers were selling White Out t-shirts for $12 so I bought one. Roudy student sections.

The Oil City team took the field with a trophy stand topped with a state Rt 8 highway sign as both towns are on Rt 8 about ten miles apart. Turns out this was the 145th meeting of the Rt Eight Rivalry! Had no idea…..but trophy was almost as beautiful and inspiring as the Land Grant Trophy!

Game started out slow as defense prevailed. Knox looked a little gimpy first couple possessions and the Franklin D was shooting gaps and making hits in the back field. It was obvious that they keyed on Knox knowing if they stop him, they have a chance. Was similar to watching how teams keyed on Barkley. Knox had a couple good runs but was also tackled for losses several times. In second qtr he started to run with more confidence and did much better. Oilers up 14-8 at the half.

Oilers made some adjustments on the line at half time and Knox opened it up. Ended up with 260 yds and 4 TDs. Didn’t play defense as he wasn’t 100%. Oilers won 36-15.

Kid got better as game went on. Looks a lot like K Allen as he has great vision, picks way through the D, has great lateral movement, is very slippery, and has decent power. Gets consistent 8-12 yards picking his way through. But he doesn’t have explosive acceleration that scouts love. He has decent speed but takes several steps to get there.

Don’t know if he is top talent. A) he wasn’t 100%. B) his line was getting wooped in the first half. C) It is a small school but Franklin was Journey Brown’s school. Nope he doesn’t have JB speed.

He is 6’. 190 lbs. As we left the stands he came over right in front of us and the student body and cheered the crowd. And he looked like a solid physical specimen. And two years in a top tier weight training/nutritonal program he could easily be 210-220 in two years.

Hope some school gives him a shot. Below is a very good write of the game with a couple videos….

Please note that these are not official injury designations but what Happy Valley Insider expects their designations to be on Saturday.

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and one national media person said we had the worst offensive line he had ever seen on a power five team. I bookmarked this for the next time I hear people trashing the skill players on that team. I am a huge OL fan and know that they don't get the credit. But nobody doin' nuthin' if the OL ain't right.

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A reason to be Penn State proud, don't read much about him on the boards, I was a student a few years before Mike. I can list accomplishments, but for those interested please search yourselves and be impressed,

This is what I found interesting:

OL starters played a lot of snaps but others of note include Rucci (11), Cousins (12), and Williams (10). Rucci is only a backup at this point, Cousins is playing as a freshman, and Williams is starting to contribute. No Birchmeier.

WR Fleming has the second most snaps but no targets. Evans had 31 snaps compared to 18 for Clifford.

DT Alonzo Ford got 22 snaps. He was highly touted before getting hurt. Does he have another year of eligibility due to his injury?

CB Harris got 51 snaps and Kimber had 46. Miller was well behind with 23

Lot 31, close to stadium, easy in and out. Reserved space.

Looks like we are putting a happy face on missing some deadlines. Good luck navigating this weekend for those attending the game. I look forward to reviews on Saturday night and all day Sunday!

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great comments for Allar and Singleton

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