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How were we not prepared for the Blitz today?

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Boise runs basically all out blitz constantly and we had no answer for it. They have done this all season, no surprise at all.

Would not like to see what Georgia/ND doing an all out blitz vs us looks like.
 
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Boise runs basically all out blitz constantly and we had no answer for it. They have done this all season, no surprise at all.

Would not like to see what Georgia/ND doing an all out blitz vs us looks like.
I think they said it best after the game
"Penn State believes in how they play and they'll see if that's good enough to win"
We don't necessarily scheme for our opponent with our offense--we just run it and try to adjust but this is what we're going to see.
 
Boise runs basically all out blitz constantly and we had no answer for it. They have done this all season, no surprise at all.

Would not like to see what Georgia/ND doing an all out blitz vs us looks like.
Yeah, the line should have done a little better job here. Allar also made a few poor decisions while blitzed….. looks like he could have thrown the ball away to avoid a couple of losses, but ate the ball instead. — Boise played well here.
 
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Yeah, the line should have done a little better job here. Allar also made a few poor decisions while blitzed….. looks like he could have thrown the ball away to avoid a couple of losses, but ate the ball instead. — Boise played well here.
I think this is still the worst criticism of him. Sometimes it's okay to take the sack. Sometimes that's actually the right decision. There was only one sack today (when we used our 2nd timeout in the first half) that he should have thrown it away instead of trying to scramble.
 
I think this is still the worst criticism of him. Sometimes it's okay to take the sack. Sometimes that's actually the right decision. There was only one sack today (when we used our 2nd timeout in the first half) that he should have thrown it away instead of trying to scramble.
Throwing the ball away while under pressure is important but my point was more that we never seemed ready for it when Boise blitzed. Like we were surprised by it, and didn’t have those quick blitz beating plays ready.
 
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Throwing the ball away while under pressure is important but my point was more that we never seemed ready for it when Boise blitzed. Like we were surprised by it, and didn’t have those quick blitz beating plays ready.
A lot of times we had the right call but the blocking was executed. Nick missed a couple...they had a screen on one that resulted in a sack but Warren got caught up in traffic. We're never going to be a team that throws the ball consistently on 1.5-2 seconds. AK expects the Blitz to be picked up
 
Boise runs basically all out blitz constantly and we had no answer for it. They have done this all season, no surprise at all.

Would not like to see what Georgia/ND doing an all out blitz vs us looks like.
Good question. However, a few times Drew held the ball too long, was indecicive, and took an unnecessary sack. That needs to be cleaned up. Also had two bad exchanges between him and Nick Singleton, one being a lost fumble.
 
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I agree it would have been good to see some screens and draw plays. We did try a QB draw toward the end, but it got stuffed…

I think it’s important to note BSU led the FBS in sacks.

We did pick up the blitz well a few times and were able to make them pay.
 
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A lot of times we had the right call but the blocking was executed. Nick missed a couple...they had a screen on one that resulted in a sack but Warren got caught up in traffic. We're never going to be a team that throws the ball consistently on 1.5-2 seconds. AK expects the Blitz to be picked up
Too many of the passing routes are long developing. Why so very few quick hitters? Longer routes contribute to sacks.
 
Do we not know how to use the simple screennpass to beat a blitz? It was frustrating. This was a very poorly called game by AK. We could have and should have resorted to the michigan game plan vs us in 2023 to just run every down. And no more qb keepers for Allar. Run the designed play and keep our only qb with game experience healthy.
 
Boise runs basically all out blitz constantly and we had no answer for it. They have done this all season, no surprise at all.

Would not like to see what Georgia/ND doing an all out blitz vs us looks like.
Last I looked PSU won the game 31 to 14. Definitely up for non- sports- fan- POST Of the year 2024 awesome you slide that in before the year was over
 
Do we not know how to use the simple screennpass to beat a blitz? It was frustrating. This was a very poorly called game by AK. We could have and should have resorted to the michigan game plan vs us in 2023 to just run every down. And no more qb keepers for Allar. Run the designed play and keep our only qb with game experience healthy.
play calling at critical times seems somewhat bizarre
 
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