Non-b2g homer Officiating in Playoffs is a massive advantage for PSU (and conversely a disadvantage for duhO$U).
Football No. 4 Penn State trounces Purdue 49-10 to improve to 9-1
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Non-b2g homer Officiating in Playoffs is a massive advantage for PSU (and conversely a disadvantage for duhO$U).
I wish I could be that optimistic.
PSU had its best shot at the Bucknuts based on what happened early in the game and couldn’t get the job done.
It’s hard to argue that PSU has virtually no passing game vs OSU. The PSU WRs are flat out bad and the OSU safety did a nice job neutralizing Warren. Trying to run the ball consistently against a stacked box full of better athletes is unlikely to be a successful game plan.
It’s weird I don’t remember ever getting screwed by the refs in a bowl game. I honestly can’t think of a call in a bowl game like a bounce pass or toe heel out of bounds or a bounce INT etc. etc. 🤔
No “knocks” whatsoever.
There was a 14-point swing in PSU’s favor in the first half. I was thrilled with that.
PSU could not turn those plays into a victory. Very disappointing.
It would be a lot to ask for a similar situation in a rematch. And without something similar, I believe the chances of a PSU win would be very slim.
Warren had possibly the best safety in the country Caleb Downs manned up on him all day against OSU. Perhaps if we had someone at WR that could have gotten open OSU would have had to switch things up and move Downs around, but the WRs couldn't beat their man either and it allowed OSU to neutralize Warren for much of the game.
Downs is the problem if we play Ohio State--he's maybe the only S that can slow down Warren by himself--not stop him but slow him down
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OSU 90% blue chip ratio. PSU 60%. They are still considerably more talented and this year's PSU team has the highest blue chip ratio we've ever had since they started reporting this metric about 11 years ago.
^^^ THIS ^^^
And it would not change no matter how many times PSU would line up against OSU.
Oh, so the every play uncalled holding and PI is now incredible defense? Sorry, but that $hit is not going to wash with non-homer-b2g Officials (nor in the NFL - you aren't even allowed to contact eligible receivers outside of 5-yards from LOS in NFL). Laughable to claim he didn't commit uncalled penalties on a near every pass-play basis.
I don’t think you understand probabilities. Also, losing a football game by one touchdown appears to have an outsized influence on your life. I recommend reassessment.
Horrible take.
The refs gave OSU two calls that go the other way in other games, and the penalty situation was very lopsided, so the goal line fumble was more than washed away.
We can beat OSU. We would not lose to them 10 out of 10. Our issue is as much mental as physical versus them at this point.
It's probably 7 or 8 out of 10 that we lose. Funny how short everyone's memory is. The OSU game didn't feel as close as the score indicated because offensively we looked lost aside from only a couple of drives. Their defense completely shut us down. I never had much confidence we were winning that game after OSU marched right down the field and scored on the drive after the pick 6.
This team has a major WR problem holding them back. 22 receptions for 305 yards today against the worst team in the conference and the WRs only caught 3 balls for 56 yards, 46 of that on one play. At this point in the season it is what it is, and apparently is going to be an ongoing obstacle to overcome. Fortunately Kotelnicki is a good play caller and is finding ways to scheme around Warren, which has worked against everyone not named Ohio State. That could be a big problem come playoff time.
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Spot on. Our WRs are putrid. We have the best defensive player in B10, the best offensive player, and the most talented QB. We’re able to hide that deficiency in most games. Against OSU or really any other elite team that’s the difference.
Offensively they didn’t do much except for a couple of drives - the most important aided by a shitty personal foul call that happens every other game without being called.
Edit: In fact, total offense statistics were nearly the same right up until the final OSU possession when the PSU defense quit after we didn’t score to tie the game.
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Since the WRs are weak they can just exclusively have Downs focus on Warren and what do you know we have no passing game. Combine that with an offensive line that struggles to get a push versus their D line and our offense is stagnant.
I will say that we were not creative enough utilizing Warren in that game. The obvious blunder on our final series near the goal line was the worst. But in the first half you can't tell me we could not have targeted him more and potentially hit a couple big gainers. If we get another shot at them we need to do everything possible to give Warren touches. Have to pull out everything in the playbook. I do agree we probably only beat them at most 3 out of 10 tries.
Do we only give Singleton 6 carries + 6 targets, and/or Warren only 7 touches, in all 10 games?
The defense was overly aggressive (with little to be gained) allowing for some runs, but otherwise Ohio State is not an offensive juggernaut, even with all of the holding and receiver picks.
They did try to run some rub routes to get Warren open, I've seen some film breakdown videos of this. The problem was that in some cases Downs recognized it and ran around the attempted pick, and he's fast enough and talented enough to still stick to Warren when doing so. In other cases we simply didn't execute the picks very well and the play fell apart.
