I would imagine CJF had a preliminary schedule of what he wanted the squad to do during this time - I remember Joe usually gave them the first few days off, some Practice, then the Sat off, followed by normal game week prep.
Franklin does the same thing but it has to be followed. Remember the story that Sickles went to Cali and didn't make it back in time and thus had to sit the 1st half of the 2016 Ohio State Game.
CJF's plan is usually to go through a normal week on the front end and then let them disperse mid-to-late in the week, Wednesday or Thursday for the travel roster guys.
I do think it's somewhat important to say that TR's failing did not happen in a vacuum.
I agree 100% that a lot of things happened and have been very vocal on the lack of adjustments made by the coaching staff. I guess a lot of my disappointment came from previous "coach speak" talking about how good he has looked because he didn't show one ounce of that look on Saturday.
To also be fair, we could have caught the punts at the 20 and with not being able to snap the ball we still would have been inside the 5
Touche.To also be fair, we could have caught the punts at the 20 and with not being able to snap the ball we still would have been inside the 5
I will say...
I have said for a few days now that because a back-up doesn't get the reps that a coach should have 10-12 plays that the back up is comfortable with and just runs those plays to try and eliminate thinking, etc...do you know if PSU did or does that or do they have a full playbook when a back up comes in mid game.Touche.
I consider myself a realist for most of this stuff, but there are times when I find myself creating outs that really shouldn't be there because they're not there for themselves.
Path forward for Penn State football depends on perspective: Final thoughts
With or without Sean Clifford, Penn State's coming days will dictate its opportunities for success moving forward.bwi.rivals.com
That's why I wrote this yesterday.
They have an uphill climb. No denying it. But they can also win without Sean Clifford if their approach is sound. They just need to quickly adjust to that reality, if that's what it is.
I think @Thomas Frank Carr on the postgame addressed that - as did what Penn State was actually saying after the game - that they plowed ahead through the rest of the first half doing what they had been doing (or trying to do it) before changing gears in the second half when it became apparent that plan wasn't going to get it done.
That's about right. They tried for the first two drives to play things straight and then came out after halftime with their adjustments. They also were probably waiting to get the news on Clifford until then. We are looking back at this with hindsight. There was probably some doubt as to what was going to happen until they went into the locker room.
