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Football GAMEDAY THREAD -- Penn State vs. Ohio State

Probably as unbiased as Matt Millen
Millen's honestly on the level of Meyer and McAfee with the difference is he used to call games and wasn't just a studio guy
Blackledge and Herbie (despite claims) are the best at staying neutral during a broadcast that have ties.
 
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they won't do it but Beau might be the guy to win this game...sure his downfield passing might not be great, but we don't have that now with Drew...so if we have no downfield passing game with Drew, what advantage is there with Drew, honestly.
You said this already
 
Fox crew roundly criticized our run call on 3rd and 5. As they should. Saying we need to let Allar air it out and take shots in the 2nd half.

You get a run heavy defensive look, and we run right to the downhill safety. Should have been PA, Singleton eat the safety up, and something thrown 1v1 on the 2 outside routes.

Why have a 5* QB if you aren't going to let him do 5* QB things?
 
If Ohio State loses I bet Day takes heat for taking a knee to go to the half but I agreed with that. I thought we should have just run out the half after our first 1st down.
 
I get it. Allar still hasn't turned the ball over. We're down 4 on the road against Ohio State. We can still win with him plus this is huge for his development. Allar's going to be special. People just were expecting too much from him in his first start against a really good/great/elite team

This is about coaching. Allar doesn't look like the same quarterback, and that was a concern going into an environment like this. Therefore, as I wrote earlier in the week, you keep it simple so your quarterback can relax and become focused. That pre-snap garbage doesn't keep it simple.
 
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Well, that first drive for Penn State's defense could not have went much better. Now, what type of adjustments has the offense made?
 
This is about coaching. Allar doesn't look like the same quarterback, and that was a concern going into an environment like this. Therefore, as I wrote earlier in the week, you keep it simple so your quarterback can relax and become focused. That pre-snap garbage doesn't keep it simple.
You can't simulate this type of environment though
I agree about the pre-snap stuff.
 
Nice defensive call on 3rd and 3 for osu. But PSU has to recognize that osu is selling out for the run and get the ball to a TE. Maybe they aren't letting Allar audible due to the crowd noise.
 
Disappointing on 3rd down again but we have them pinned back--another good stand and we'll have great field posiiton.
 
PSU run plays develop so S. L. O. W. L. Y. It is criminal. Plus 64 was pushed 3 yards into the backfield in a NY second

If we lined up under center on short yardage we have the sneak or a handoff available.

Instead we hand it off to a guy standing still 2 seconds after the snap
 
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Middle of the field is wide open but PSU can't get a WR more than 10 yds down field.
 
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Worried how long the defense can hold up.
It's fair--I do think both defenses are great/elite. If we don't turn the ball over and keep forcing Ohio State to go 70+ yards I'm feeling pretty confident something goes in our favor.
 
Like that 3rd down run. Motion Theo and he brings the safety into the box that makes the tackle. They are playing closer. The interior yards are going to be into tough boxes. PA and burn them. They have broke their current year tendency to cover deep no matter what.
 
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Another great play design. Let’s run motion to bring the safeties to the hole your running to. 😝
 
Just so I understand…did they miss a bunch of penalties on us too? Or have we played a really clean game, but OSU should have been called for an inordinate number of penalties?
It’s 6 calls to 1…so they don’t miss many on us.
 
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