Alabama can always follow last year's model and tank the Auburn game to get the bye during championship week.
BTN Final Drive apologetic for Iowa loss
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Well...continued penalties, drops, missed tackles, struggles on the OL, and poor execution in general would seem to back up his point.
IMHO opinion
-PSU is not great this year
-OSU is(maybe was) way overrated
Perhaps the B1G just isn't that strong this year.
If the defense is getting better, why don't we do what every other college team does and put them out first when we win the coin toss?
I don't think too many teams choose to send their defense out first when they win the toss. Most defer to the second half and the other team typically chooses to take the ball to begin the game. Opting for defense if you win the toss is gifting your opponent an extra possession.
a couple of things. "Every other college team" does not do that and we did defer against either OSU or MSU.
IMO that's not Franklin's style, game day or recruiting. Joe's recruiting focused on LBs and linemen. Franklin's recruiting focuses more on skill positions. Of course Franklin wants a great defense, it's just not the primary focus. Besides, the offense is ranked #2 in the conference. The defense is ranked #8. I think Franklin wants his best unit out there first and hopes to get ahead of their opponents and out of their game plan. Unfortunately that strategy didn not work out on Saturday.
That's just fans period. You tend to see your own team's failures, you don't see that your failures were caused by the other team.
If Iowa had won we'd all be saying PSU beat themselves -- and have plenty of justification to do it. Fumble the ball when you're about to go up 17 points and put the game away, then a few minutes later throw a pick six to tie the game, that's nothing if not beating yourself.
Well, Iowa threw a really dumb interception at the goal line at the end. So that's what people focus on. They probably would have won the game except for that INT. But they also lost because the PSU D played really well.
If Iowa had won we'd all be saying PSU beat themselves -- and have plenty of justification to do it. Fumble the ball when you're about to go up 17 points and put the game away, then a few minutes later throw a pick six to tie the game, that's nothing if not beating yourself.
Well, Iowa threw a really dumb interception at the goal line at the end. So that's what people focus on. They probably would have won the game except for that INT. But they also lost because the PSU D played really well.
How is that Board of Trustees candidacy going?Which was - obviously- the right thing to do.
The “critiques” on this board get more “r word”
Bless your heart.
Iowa scored six offensive points yet they “beat themselves”. They got 4 points off of unforced safeties, 14 points - one D TD and one fake field goal TD - and then two field goals that they actually drove the field a bit to get. That’s it.
I watched it too. I agreed with him 100% on all three points. How the heck could you not???
The stadium and the team were both flat as a pancake in the first half. Iowa handed us that game on a silver platter.
Please throw out '14 and '15 if you want to be fair with stats like this.
It's all a moot point. Going forward, is there really a better coach out there for Penn State. I really don't think so.
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no they don’t. And won’t.
That was just a taste. That 6-4 game was far far worse. They gave us the second safety because they knew we couldn’t score—even a field goal.
Trace was really really bad at the end of the game. Fortunately for him our defense bailed us out again.
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no argument there.
I think everyone thought PSU was better and after the close game against OSU, the thinking was that "no one would beat OSU in the B1G."
Now, both look downright unimpressive in the grand scheme of things. OSU's offense is one-dimensional and average without a running QB. PSU is average at the OL, LB, WR, tackling.
