Almost everyone on this board questions your football knowledge because it resembles playing flag football in gym class. How’s the center of the universe, Southern Columbia?
For all Clifford critics
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Hey stains....I saw a Southern game last night for the first time in 50 years. What's the center of your universe....some baby oil and a tissue?
Clifford did not have a incomplete pass in the 2nd half. Impressive.
Life as a QB is a lot different when you have a capable and competent O-line that allows you to go through your progressions and make the right throws. All of the armchair coaches and columnists bemoan the QB when he's subpar but they rarely look at the root of the problem and that's the offensive line. If you have a crappy offensive line which yields minimal running game, your QB is going to suffer when he has to make a quick read and force it when it may not be there. Cliff can show how good he is and how accurate he is when he's given the proper time to make the right decision. The TD to Dotson and the pass to can't-remember-who when he had 8 years to throw it are great examples of what can happen when he's given the proper time. Had Auburn not run that delayed blitz at the end of the 2nd quarter, he probably hits that long pass for a TD instead of it turning into a pick. If this o-line can keep improving each week, we're gonna see great numbers out of Clifford.
The use of motion to unmask coverage and make Clifford's pre snap reads is highly effective and suits him, as do the simple progressions. It helps when a team like Auburn plays such a simple scheme, leaving corners on an island in man coverage. Furthermore, we are scheming Clifford into a bunch of super easy throws designed to get the ball out and into playmakers hands in space. This is the name of the game in college football. Finally, I have not seen a Penn State offensive line so killer in pass pro in a very long time.
This is what putting your quarterback in a position to succeed looks like. This is what Clifford looks like when he's not having to try to do too much. This, MARSHALL, is what we've all been waiting for.
I’ll apologize to the kid. I didn’t think he had it in him. I think some credit belongs to that line that finally showed up and Dotson makes Clifford look good on some of those throws. But Sean had the game of his life, and he knew it.
That was the best pass protection in a big game in forever. That play where clifford just stood there for like 12 seconds was crazy!
I am very Happy for Sean tonight. I have no apologies, always supportive of Sean.
This was the best game a Penn State QB has played since the 2013 game as Wisconsin but well within the realm of what Clifford showed he could do in a much more limited offense in 2019. Not sure why people are surprised.
Just stop. Seriously. You are a wet napkin 24/7.
I am not surprised at all. I picked Wisconsin to finish 3rd in the west and said 9-3 is a reasonable best case.
I know SC made some statement about being the most confident quarterback in CFB, but a game like this can do miracles for his confidence moving forward. If he and the OL could do that against a stout (southern speed!! ) D like Auburn's, then no reason they couldn't do that against any other opponent on the schedule.
one of the best performances ever by a psu QB. Though as SC himself pointed out, the protection was incredible.
it all looks to me like the work of a first rate OC. Kudos to JF for making the changes that needed to be made.
it all looks to me like the work of a first rate OC. Kudos to JF for making the changes that needed to be made.
I hope this stops the Levis talk, Clifford beat him out because he gave us the best opportunity to win. I have nothing again Levis and hope he does well at Kentucky but let’s face it he would never be able to preform that well against a defense of Auburn”s talent and speed
By the time Levis threw two passes vs. Ohio State it was obvious that Clifford needed to be the starter. It just was
Clifford was awesome but Dotson had at least two ridiculous catches. His coming back was colossal.
Do they still use that one? I remember it was always a talking point in the mid-2000s, like somehow people from the South were inherently faster humans. And when we played Tennessee in some bowl game in '06 or '07 our RBs ran all over them.
If you want to please do.
Trace owes a ton of thanks to our great WR's who went up and caught all those JUMP Balls!
Not surprised that the cowardly cockroaches that badmouthed Cliff are nowhere to be found. They'll hang back and wait for him to have a bad game then proclaim what experts they are.
Stop farting on this board! Tooting your own horn as it were.
Nobody is hiding.
8 turnovers and an 0 - 5 start last year which he had a great hand in.
Name calling make you feel better does it?
Pointing out his mistakes are FACTS; nobody claims to be an expert.
We are all rooting for his continued success.
You ought to go back on this thread and see where I pointed out that he had a very good game.
Several posters have contributed to this thread with variations of “I misjudged Clifford.”
Second-guessing quarterbacks has been part of football since the days of Walter Camp.
I wasn't thinking of you because you did "come out" and acknowledge Cliff had good game. But if you feel you are "guilty" go ahead and defend yourself.
Don't forget about the 2010 Citrus (mud) bowl. We were considerably faster and more athletic than LSU. The conditions were the only reason they were in the game. We were even faster the year before.
Agreed. But, what took place on many posts here before the season wasn't in the realm of "second guessing." Some were plainly stating that PSU couldn't succeed with Clifford at QB. Stating that his play needed to improve over last year or that at least "we" need the version of SC that PSU saw in 2019 are all fair assessments.
If we are being honest, where are the guys who screamed for CJF to bring in every QB in the portal?
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