Official PSU - Iowa Game Thread

[proud2bpsufan]

Anthony Morelli

Don't forget Robert Bolden

 

[CoolBean]

I am sorry but I blame the coaches on this loss, they did not prepared when and if QB1 is out.

 

[heckmans]

They would with Clifford, but that's how the game goes.

Drinking?

 

[KCLion]

PUNT THE BALL!!!!

4 minutes left…3 TOs…Joe is rolling in his grave.

Yes, when you stop them you get a much shorter field and a possible run back.

 

[BW Lion]

Jenny, complete with big boobs, is actually taller than Kirk. 🤷‍♂️

 

[ryoder1]

Tale of 2 halves. We figured out a way to botch that game. Some missed tackles, missed catches, bad throws, 1000 penalties, 200 interceptions. .Seemed we had it nearby in the bag. The Iowa punter is a superstar. Oh well.

We did NOT have it in the bag once Clifford went down. Really this result was inevitable. It would have been nice if we didn't give up the long pass in the middle of the 4th but the D played great. I think it was a m.j matter of time for them to punch in the go ahead TD.

 

[BiochemPSU]

Bad Iowa team. But good for them. Roberson will be back, validates what Sean means to the team. Psu will be ok, that defense did all it could. Injuries are part of the game.

 

[Agoodnap]

Well, we've got a week off to get healed up and take on the East. Perhaps we'll see them in the CCG with a healthy SC.

 

[heckmans]

No we had worse….more than a few last 20 years….this is due to injury and no contingency plans or specific packages for Roberson

With Clifford in, PSU wins by 4 scores.
Iowa is not very good.

 

[tlbakernc]

that is why Allar and Pribula are so important to the near-term success of the program.

And, I'd like to add, how so important a very good O-Line is to the success of the program.

We need a gap QB for a year.

 

[TheKing81]

Can Allar or Pribula graduate w/in the next 2 weeks...

 

[HazletonLion]

Someone asked CJF on Thursday if he prepared for crowd noise at Kinnick, evidently not.

 

[troutrus]

The oddsmakers were right on.

 

[BW Lion]

Did anyone hear details on the injury?

It looks like he's holding his left shoulder

 

[RTRMR]

ARE WE ELITE YET?
Asking for a friend?

 

[canuckhal]

Baby Ferentz beat us on that first down play action TD coming off the punt. We can point to the offense becoming unable to even get a snap off. You can mention the injury. That was the play that ended the game.

You can say we should have brought in a portal QB, but I don't remember one being in the portal who could pick apart this defense.

This is tough, but growable.

Growable? Yeah, I don't think so. Franklin will have to pick up the pieces after this.

The off-sides can be cleaned up, but I don't see how QB play improves in a week or two. Hopefully I'm wrong.

 

[Shadow99]

If I hear one excuse from Franklin….other than we as coaches did not do our job I’m done. No excuse for that type of performance after Clifford went down. We go hurry up on offense and throw our gassed D right back out in the field. We still can’t run the ball for sh!t, we do t let our backup QB throw the ball in blowouts so he might be ready if needed. This one is squarely on the coaches.

The backup QB DID throw the ball, and missed open receivers...it is what it is, despite any misdirected emotion.

 

[nits74]

Anthony Morelli

Too early, but yeah he really looks terrible. Season is over.

 

[58psu77]

Our offensive line grades at an F. Our running backs dance. Absolutely no running lanes to speak of.

 

[Petch]

Yes, when you stop them you get a much shorter field and a possible run back.

We had the chance to flip the field finally. Give our D a friggin chance. Dumb.

 

[YorkCoLion]

If I hear one excuse from Franklin….other than we as coaches did not do our job I’m done. No excuse for that type of performance after Clifford went down. We go hurry up on offense and throw our gassed D right back out in the field. We still can’t run the ball for sh!t, we do t let our backup QB throw the ball in blowouts so he might be ready if needed. This one is squarely on the coaches.

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

 

[ftlpsu]

Anthony Morelli

No Morelli could throw ..just couldn’t read through his progressions as a pocket passer lol

 

[BW Lion]

Someone asked CJF on Thursday if he prepared for crowd noise at Kinnick, evidently not.

He should have prepared a 2nd String QB.... a beyond woeful performance by Roberson.

 

[Nittany1997]

PUNT THE BALL!!!!

4 minutes left…3 TOs…Joe is rolling in his grave.

I would have punted fwiw…

 

[proud2bpsufan]

Can Allar or Pribula graduate w/in the next 2 weeks...

Get them some payday money so they want to graduate early

 

[NCLION]

Our bog slow RB room needs to step up
Why is Holmes not playing? He looked good late last year
Cain hits the hole in slow motion

 

[ram2020]

Qb2 never gets playing time, even in blowouts at Penn state and boy did it show today.

 

[Agoodnap]

The oddsmakers were right on.

Yep, somehow they predicted that we'd lose our QB in 2nd quarter. Those guys are amazing.

 

[zubrus1]

PUNT THE BALL!!!!

4 minutes left…3 TOs…Joe is rolling in his grave.

Can’t stand Franklin but going for it was absolutely the right call. We saw how ineffective our Offense was, that was the last chance.

 

[gslachta]

Baby Ferentz beat us on that first down play action TD coming off the punt. We can point to the offense becoming unable to even get a snap off. You can mention the injury. That was the play that ended the game.

You can say we should have brought in a portal QB, but I don't remember one being in the portal who could pick apart this defense.

This is tough, but growable.

Disagree about availability of portal qb’s

 

[CoolBean]

OU benched QB1, QB2 came in and won the game, why aren't we that lucky

 

[MtNittany]

Iowa = pure trash. From their coaches to their players to their fans. Every tackle on the sidelines was right at the knees. That’s coached.

 

[ftlpsu]

With Clifford in, PSU wins by 4 scores.
Iowa is not very good.

Agree exactly…..

 

[BW Lion]

It is what it is....you can't afford to get too emotionally or financially involved in Franklin Football.

 

[YorkCoLion]

Too early, but yeah he really looks terrible. Season is over.

Actually, we have 6 more games and a bowl game.

 

[HawksDominate]

You have a great team, especially D. We would of had a hard time coming back with your QB still in the game, doubtful we would have. Beat OSU and maybe we play again. Good luck!

 

[KCLion]

We had the chance to flip the field finally. Give our D a friggin chance. Dumb.

Exactly / and these are the things that make me critical of Franklin for his game management. There is no way in hell we were going 90 yards with 2. Give him a chance to start at midfield when all you need is a FG to extend the game.

 

[ftlpsu]

OU benched QB1, QB2 came in and won the game, why aren't we that lucky

U do know Williams is better than Rattler? And was a much higher rated qb than anything we got

 

[ram2020]

I actually don't mind the coaching mostly, I like that we stayed aggressive, but hurry up offense up 20-10 was confounding with our defense sucking windm

 

[gslachta]

Disagree about availability of portal qb’s

And to think we needed only one more 2nd half FG to tie game. Thought Roberson might have pulled that off.