That's possible. Wisconsin dominated PSU but we won because of turnovers and a few big plays.
Sorry, just can't buy that "Wisconsin dominated PSU". Penn State made winning plays; there are no prizes for time of possession or number of first downs. If we want to talk about "could have been" "should have been", Penn State could have won 20-10 with a made Xtra point and chip shot FG.
Forgot about the TE's. Think Yurcich has been hiding them until Sat. night. We have 3 very good ones.
Clifford misses Dotson and that means points left on the field.
A media outlet which is generally positive about the team it covers? Amazing. I'm used to some Penn State reporters who love to talk shit about the team whenever they can.
Yes, I noticed that most of our OL seem to struggle making it to the 2nd level to block. Also concerned about Wallace on the right side. He has been beat badly several times by speed rushes. Needs to move his feet better.
I shouldn't have used the word "outplayed". We agree that PSU made the winning plays. Mertz was intercepted, Clifford wasn't. And those interceptions weren't gifts. PSU's defense earned them with their play.
True, but each game is different. This game will have its own identity, separate from the 2 before it.
Penn State has been getting dominated in time of possession almost every season since 2016, and has won a ton of games in spite of it. The big exception to time of possession was 2020, where we noteworthily did not win a ton of games. It's a stat that's practically meaningless in terms of its positive impact on actually winning the game. Number of plays is a little more relevant, but yards per play and the ratio of big plays to plays run is more important, by a significant margin. More plays mean more chances to score, sure, but more plays also means more chances to make a mistake (which Wisconsin did a lot of).
I really like the Valium idea. I don’t want to see those overthrows to their Safetys .
At this point it's clear that CJF does not think TOP is that important, he values explosive plays and turnovers, it's the first thing he points to post-game. Having said that, that philosophy is a double-edged sword. As we have seen, if you rely on explosive plays, sometimes it's difficult to run a clock-bleeding 4 minute offense when you need to close out a game.
77% of our yardage and 100% of our points are directly attributed to six plays, five of which were a direct result of an unforced error on Wisconsin's part. The sixth play did not impact the score board. We were dominated. Wisconsin's mistakes were the only reason we weren't shut out.
This is a true statement. It is also why Franklin will never win a championship in State College.
They have been an above average to good defense the last two years. Nothing special. They have some good pieces kind of like ours but also holes that can be exploited. Harsin brought in Derek Mason to run the D. He is an elite coordinator. They essentially run the same defense this year as last year and the year before. Think of the transition from Roof/Butler to Shoop when Franklin arrived. A few nuances and play calling tendencies shifted but mostly the same.
totally agree. also 25% of the offensive stats for Wisky occured in the last 9 minutes when PSU went to "prevent" D.
Actually, last year (4-5 record) we probably dominated opponents in TOP. FDs, total offense and JF replaced the OC. BTW - if you study the data, it was NOT a bunch of catchup yardage, we were ahead in many of the offensive stats early in games we lost. We TOTALLY dominated Indiana, and that was without Journey and losing Cain on the first series. Our defense stats were also solid.
