Official PSU - Michigan Game Thread

[lionroar88]

Why not take a shot down the field?

And give them a chance at an INT return for a TD? No thanks... take the knee and go into the half up 8.

 

[bdgan]

Double the yards and double the first downs but it's only a 1 score game. Reason is the INT and going for it on 4th down and failing.

 

[Nittany Security]

I'll take that first half

 

[AWS1022]

O'Korn decides to have a career night. Hard to believe Harry. Like I said before INHO the Lions were a better football teams last year.

49-10 last year...give me a break.

 

[AWS1022]

Outside of the first 5 minutes, Penn State is being outplayed.

Good thing the first five minutes count too.

 

[mjh218]

PSU is clearly the better team. Need to keep O’Korn in the pocket. Their best play has been him pulling it down and running.

 

[psu00]

Wow, should have least tried one play downfield.

Agree. Not sure why you take the time outs to get the ball back.... and then kneel out the half. Throw it to the endzone and see what happens.

 

[MoyerJones]

Blacknall?

 

[mjh218]

They are leaving their defensive backs one on one wit our WRs. Can be exploited. Their dbacks are definitely putting their hands on the WRs. Some called and some not. Geseiki is just not human. Dude is a freak of an athlete

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Well, we could EASILY have been up three scores.

 

[slykens]

Agree. Not sure why you take the time outs to get the ball back.... and then kneel out the half. Throw it to the endzone and see what happens.

I think the strategy is sound. Force the punt and see if you break something. Penn State didn't.

There's a minuscule chance of things going sideways on trying for it but you're up 8 against "the best defense." Remember how Michigan lost to Michigan State two years ago?

 

[mn78psu83]

Well, we could EASILY have been up three scores.

Indeed.

 

[steelrazor]

Huge drive by Trace there before half. Win the 2nd half and win the game.

 

[lionville]

This broadcast is plain disgusting. Turning off the sound. Herbie and Fowler have no ethics.

I did the same thing.

 

[YeOldeCup]

26 has so many credits that his drop is meaningless.

As for Trace and Mike -- make sure you're on the same sheet of music.

 

[AWS1022]

I predicted McSorely would cost the Lions a game someplace during the year.

Just about every QB on a team that loses gets blamed for the loss.

 

[CDLionFL]

Can't please everybody

What's that supposed to mean? It is an extremely LOW percentage of it going back the other way and given how well our receivers can get after those jump balls, I'd think you at least give it a look.

 

[AWS1022]

What's that supposed to mean? It is an extremely LOW percentage of it going back the other way and given how well our receivers can get after those jump balls, I'd think you at least give it a look.

And if it would have happened, Franklin would have gotten blasted for trying it.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

I’d have sent the wideouts deep, then dump a short pass off to BARKLEY!

 

[AWS1022]

Let's hope we can be a phenomenal second half team like last year and put this one away.

 

[mmp121]

I enjoy the PSU radio broadcast, and have streamed it before. It gets frustrating that it's often a play behind the TV broadcast

DVR for the win!

 

[ILLINOISLION]

26 has so many credits that his drop is meaningless.

As for Trace and Mike -- make sure you're on the same sheet of music.

Well, it’s NOT meaningless. EVERY PLAY has meaning and it’s quite possibly the difference in a one score game and a two score game.

 

[mjh218]

I don’t mind kneeling on it at the 50. You are up 8. Don’t want some fluke play to give Mich a td.

 

[psu00]

I think the strategy is sound. Force the punt and see if you break something. Penn State didn't.

There's a minuscule chance of things going sideways on trying for it but you're up 8 against "the best defense." Remember how Michigan lost to Michigan State two years ago?

True, but there's a slim chance you score or get a penalty and maybe a FG. I could understand if you were deep in your own territory but not when on the 50.

 

[bdgan]

Agree. Not sure why you take the time outs to get the ball back.... and then kneel out the half. Throw it to the endzone and see what happens.

I thought they wouldn't put Thompkins back there. All 11 going for a block.

 

[84Lion]

Take away the INT and the numbers for PSU look really good for the first half. Just under 10 yds/rush for Barkley and just under 8 yds/rush for the team.

 

[PSU87]

Plenty to be disappointed about, but if you had told me at dinner that we'd be up 8 at half I would have taken that in a heartbeat....

 

[Tom McAndrew]

All 11 going for a block.

We did have someone crashing from the end that got pretty close to a block on the late punt.

 

[Ranger Dan]

Well, we could EASILY have been up three scores.

The pass that SB dropped on the wheel route would have been huge... kept momentum going and put more pressure on Michigan to have an aggressive offensive plan.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Davis drives the KO halfway into the endzone, and Mich takes the knee

 

[AtlantaLion]

Is that Herbie or Mushmouth in the booth? Hard to tell with the rhetoric.

 

[step.eng69]

We did have someone crashing from the end that got pretty close to a block on the late punt.

Changing my coaching strategy from Old Grandad to Breckenridge for the second half.

 

[Phil's Rug]

Come on D, time for a turnover.

 

[mn78psu83]

Changing my coaching strategy from Old Grandad to Breckenridge for the second half.

I hope it pays off and PSU wins.

 

[PSU87]

Come on D, time for a turnover.

Almost got it there...

 

[scrivener]

A spy on O korn would be nice

 

[AtlantaLion]

The middle seems to be open for scUM. Seems the LBs are dropping back into the bend but don't break D.

 

[LionIze]

O’Korn scrambling is KILLING us!

 

[Phil's Rug]

Come on D

 

[Tom McAndrew]

O’Korn scrambling is KILLING us!

agreed