Tom Allen has somehow ****ed up the defense. The offense, we are used to them underperforming for 40 years (although against Kent St?). Tom Allen was a bad hire. And ****ing trick plays to score against Kent State? Yeah, this is a playoff team. Insert Jim Mora press conference clip here.
Football GAMEDAY THREAD: Penn State Football versus Kent State
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I will say the tackling is absolutely a concern. I'll have to go back and watch it again later to see who the biggest offenders. The depth at linebacker is thin right now which is certaintly not great with a team in Illiinois coming to town next weekend who won't be afraid to run the ball consistently.
And I think what the issue/frustration is that it seems to be getting worse if anything--the OL has to be better and the defensive can't make mental mistakes. Illinois isn't elite but we can't play like this against them.
I like what Drew has done and I talked about having two great backs in this thread but the Beau nonsense must stop especially today as this is the last scrimmage. We have to get the real offense ready to go.
You're right--some here just love "dual threat" QBs and they want Beau to play even though the added value is minimal (sometimes negative)
There's a reason teams play 1 QB
Lack of on field intelligence there trying to line up for the trick play after the clock stopped for 2 minute warning
I think we agree on the offense for the most part but I also think that Beau and his packages are 100% 'part of the ofense' going forward. The offensive line I'll have to go back and watch closely tomorrow. I'm jsut saying I think the interception and Kent State burning as much clock as possible is skewing the view of this a bit. Also Drew has had down the field opportuniteies but unlike Nico at Tennessee he just doesn't want to take those deep shots.
Penn State scores for the third time today, this time Drew Allar to Liam Clifford to give the Nittany Lions a 21-0 lead with 1:30 befofre halftime.
Nittany Lions with 321 yards of total offense in the first half.
Nittany Lions with 321 yards of total offense in the first half.
Hopefully that changes with Drew
When the backs are avering over 6/carry and Allar has 170 or so yards the scoring efficiency just has to be better.
And I accept Beau is going to play but also accept its going to hurt us
If we’re being honest, Warren never should’ve thrown his pass either. The KSU player should’ve picked that or blew that play up. He took a horrible angle and lost track of his surroundings.
Get the starters out of the game.
KSU isn’t even going to attempt a pass the rest of the way, they just want to get out alive.
KSU isn’t even going to attempt a pass the rest of the way, they just want to get out alive.
Touchdown Penn State, Drew Allar takes himself for a five yard touchdown.
Penn State 28
Kent State 0
Nittany Lions offense has been dominant in the first half with 396 total yards including 267 passing yards.
See what happens, when everyone takes a deep breath?
Penn State 28
Kent State 0
Nittany Lions offense has been dominant in the first half with 396 total yards including 267 passing yards.
See what happens, when everyone takes a deep breath?
The head coach needs a fire lit under his backside and he needs to do the same to the players.
And that drive is what this entire game should have looked like...use Kent State as practice for the pass game. Don't like Allar running in this one but he continues to show he does it well enough that Beau isn't needed
Penn State is on pace for nearly 800 yards of total offense. 267 passing yards. 129 rushing yards. Averaging 9.4 yards per play.
Lol no one was worried that we were going to lose. The offense had 400 yards and only 28 points. They have to be more efficient. Not even halfway to Tennessee at the half and Pitt scored 54. Lots to clean up. Allar looks great. They need to set him free all the time
Not wrong. Beau can throw the ball in the second half today but barring injury this is Drew's team.
I do NOT want to see Carter, Singleton, or Allar in the second half. It is too risky. Carter got up a little gingerly on the last drive and Allar was grimacing a bit on the td run because he landed on his knee in the end zone. Allar should not be running at all in this game. Call me the grinch but I am actually very disappointed that Franklin allows that in this game.
Why you keep bring up Tennessee and Pitt? The game got away from Kent last week on some big plays. Plus Tennessee kicked an onside kick up 30-0. Penn state has had horrid field position this takes longer to score. Plus the int killed a scoring drive. As for pitt it was 28-14 at half and they gave up 24 points and 212 yards.
Kent had 43 total yards in the first half. How was it so close until 5:30 left in the half? How did they keep punting and pinning us deep? Just so weird. Seems like this program is just cursed.
Somewhere there are Pitt fans comparing scores and believing in their black hearts they are the better team. Honestly Kent State is down to 3rd team QB, and prayers to young man now at Mt Nittany Hospital.
Right we matched Pitt's offensive output in the first half and scored less than Tennessee did in a quarter. Why didn't we have better field position?
You do realize we will be compared to Tennessee right?
Nobody is going to make a decision for playoffs based on a 70-0 or 50-0 score against Kent.
You overestimate voters. We also "struggled" against BGSU and the WVU win looks anything but quality
Really need to ditch the Beau package when conference play begins. No matter how hard they try to force feed the package or force feed reps to Beau, the success rate just isn't all that high and you're taking the ball out of Allar's hands which is not smart.
