How many games did our offense win vs games won by our defense? *
- Thread starter ChiTownLion
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Ultimate team sport and both teams stepped up when they needed to this year. 11 and hopefully 12 on January 2nd.
Wow, that's a tough one to answer Chi with Wisconsin game being a classic example.... PSU doesn't win if the Defense doesn't hold Wisconsin to 3 points in the final 35:15 of the game.....but then again, they also don't win if the offense doesn't put up 31 points during the final 35 minutes and change of the game.
I would add that in the Wisconsin game....
1. Snap over McSorely's returned for TD was not on the D
2. Going for it on 4th down Twice and Failing also really put the D in a bad position.
3. If I remember there was also another fumble that led to Wisky getting a short field.
Also, throughout the year the O put the D in bad spots by not scoring in the first half but the D was good enough to keep it within reach and they stepped up every single time when they had to.
Kind of a philosophical question isn't it? The D couldn't stop Wisconsin's run game all day, but they got a stop when Badgers were threatening to go up 35-7. That stop > missed field goal > TD pass to Blacknall so PSU was within 2 scores at halftime. Then the D somehow managed to hold Wisky to 3 points the entire second half -- I have no idea how they managed that.
So regardless of the score and the D's struggles, the D won that game every bit as much as the O.
So regardless of the score and the D's struggles, the D won that game every bit as much as the O.
