Only if he is at least double covered. Preferably triple coverage.
Football Notre Dame defeats Penn State 27-24 in CFP Semifinals
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It was a bad throw/decision by Allar. Absolutely. But the kid is under so much pressure to be absolutely perfect because we have no WR to work with, that is not being considered enough here. He wouldn't have to be absolutely perfect if we didn't have a dogshit WR room for several years now. So the Allar criticism is valid, but it wouldn't come down to him having to be perfect in every situation if he had guys other than a TE to throw to.
I said the Allar criticism is warranted too. The two bad passes to Singleton lost us this game in the end. What I'm saying is if we had even an average WR room we still would have won with those mistakes he made. There is a reason we can't get good WR to come here, even in the portal, but I don't know what it is. And I mean GOOD WR, not kinda average portal guys.
I said the Allar criticism is warranted too. The two bad passes to Singleton lost us this game in the end. What I'm saying is if we had even an average WR room we still would have won with those mistakes he made. There is a reason we can't get good WR to come here, even in the portal, but I don't know what it is. And I mean GOOD WR, not kinda average portal guys.
Let's face it. PSU did in fact have the easiest path to the finals. This is peak Franklin. There is no way, no way PSU gets to the semis again with Franklin at the helm. HIs one excuse before was that he never had a 5* QB to work with.
Agreed. But I still can't figure out why we were trying to force a pass down the field risking so much when that is not our strength. Why did we panic? Still had timeouts. Run the ball and use short passes to RBs or Warren.
It is my understanding that after QB, WR is the most expensive position on the field in NIL. The collective is going to have to figure it out.
To be fair...top NFL QBs still do that for year in the NFL. Allen finally seems to have stopped. Took how many years?
Our Qb thrown crappy passes all night and somehow it is our receivers again. Announces said he had open guys. Stage just too big for him. He freaks out someway and
Totally agree. He fields solid teams but he just doesn't have what it takes to win the big games.
I am convinced if coaches were switched tonight. PSU would have won. PSU was more talented.
Yeah, can't believe how sharp/accurate Algetti was. Perfect placement for receivers who were not that open.
We can't fix it obviously. Yes fire Hagans. Has to happen.
My only consolation is that this Franklin team would have been even more embarrassed in a final matchup versus either OSU or TX. He's outclassed at this level and is simply not a "big time" coach. He got the backing of the university's money, prestige, and history; he's simply not a leader like Paterno, Bryant, or Saban. He's middle management, who was promoted above his ceiling, i.e., the Peter Principle.
But I was told that he's only been coach for 2 years. Hasn't brought in his guys yet. Needs more time to prove his worth. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH
Hindsight is 20/20, but one things for sure - not only was it a bad decision by Allar on last throw, but the throw itself was mindboggling bad. He literally threw it where only the ND player could get it! The ball was at least 5 yards in front of the PSU receiver when the ND defender had leverage to the inside - nowhere near the PSU receiver. Unbelievable given the situation - quite literally gift-wrapped the game for ND.
Exactly. Notre Dame's backup QB was better.
It's one thing to lose to a better team but this loss is very tough. First half we dominated. Still think the better team lost tonight.
I blame Franklin tonight but despite this rotten egg he is a top 10 coach. A replacement would have to be a 100% sure thing and PSU must move into the top 5-10 for NIL. In this age of NIL do we land Abdul Carter or Simgleton? Maybe not.
We would have lost it in OT. Defense was gassed. Allar playing miserably. Would not have ended well for us.
When did they say that? They never said that. In fact, they talked about how only Warren makes plays
Ohio State will beat ND by three touchdowns or more.
If you're satisfied with finishing 8-4 or 10-2 and make the playoffs every 3/4 years, then yeah Franklin is a top 10 coach.
I think this team would be capable of beating Texas.
OSU is an automatic loss. I'd be shocked if JF ever beats them again.
Yeah a good coach but not one who ever can beat a team of equal or better talent. Just have to live with it I guess.
They should, but Day hasn't proven he's a big game coach. And the Irish have been riding a wave of luck this whole season. It will be interesting to see what the spread will be.
I'm guessing Bucks by 11.
So we ran for 141 yards in the 1st half but only 63 in the 2nd. Sure looked like ND made much better adjustments than PSU did.
I don't know. Day has had his moments. But they kicked the shit out of Oregon. I'd look for more of the same against Texas.
Speaking of Singleton - he didn't have enough touches tonight. Clearly one of the best players on the field and he only had 15 carries?????
Agreed. I also feel like we should have fed Warren much more.
Oh right... forgot there's another semi game tomorrow.
It's weird but it seemed they went to him less after his monster USC game. Maybe they were trying to keep the offense from being too dependent on one guy? But this is the semifinals! This is the time to lean on the guys who are making plays.
