I agree. UGA was favored over ND (I don’t know why), and how did that go? Texas was a two td favorite over ASU and it took two OTs for them to win that game. Moreover, after watching that game, ASU might be just as good as Texas, especially if they had had their injured receiver.
IMHO it should be ACC in the Cotton Bowl and Big 12 refs in the Orange. That would pretty much remove any arguments of bias
More like ND inexplicably abandoned the running game. Leonard was bad early in the year. He's playing WAY better.
Especially if Love isn’t at 100% and I don’t think he is going to be any where close to that.
Could say the same about Carter though.
ND beat a very offensively challenged UGA because UGA lost at least a field goal by fumbling, gave up a td in the last minute of the first half after another fumble, and gave up basically a 100 yard kick off return for another td. That’s a 17 point differential that was very preventable. If PSU wins the turnover battle or ties it, and plays well on special teams, it will be fine in that game.
But they have no good option after him. Another game with a 30 carry guy? Because they didn't even pass for 100.
Look at NDs rushing stats...Price is darn good...their 3rd stringer, Williams, has played every game. Riley obviously runs very well for a QB with over 800 yards. I wouldn't assume ND has nobody to pick up the slack.
How do we let AK know that ND is going to blitz the hell out of Allar? It should be apparent, but lately I’m not so sure with him. Boise provided the blueprint. Obviously it’s easy to beat a blitz using quick hitters to our studs Warren, Allen and Singleton . After you take away their blitz, then you start stretching the field with Allar. If we do that and limit taunting and unnecessary roughness penalties, we easily beat ND.
No it doesn’t….So if they made PSU a 1 point favorite they would be guaranteeing a PSU win? Come on,
Penn state is bottom 30 in the country in the last decade as an underdog. .
www.teamrankings.com
77 carries for 414 yards after Price. And did they magically go back and play a real schedule? Like I said: Leonard can't throw, and Love likely not having a big game is a good recipe for us.
Um, they beat Georgia. That's a pretty good accomplishment.
I agree Allar is a much better passer than Leonard. But Leonard fits that team and its offense perfectly with his running ability. It's going to be one hell of a game.
Kicker was not shaky vs Georgia. I don't think their run game is better than ours. Their offense was weak today. Riley will pose a problem with his running. We definitely need Carter.
My guess is AK has one or two cutesy plays that haven't been seen yet if needed. But we should be able to win without it.
Regarding 3rd and 2 passes, I was at Fiesta Bowl and do not recall even 1 pass attempt to a RB the entire game....wtf. At times Boise was blitzing and playing man-to-man, where was the screen pass? Or swing pass, or safety valve pass? 10 is exceptional on these.
Excellent point...it's like the passes and dump offs to the RBs just left AKs playbook. Bizarre considering we lack consistent weapons in the open field outside of TW, and couldn't pick up the blitz all night.
www.cbssports.com
Good. It’s good to be seen as the underdog when you’re better than both ND and Georgia…..assuming a healthy( on near healthy) Carter. —If Carter does not play, I can see us as a legit underdog. —If we play a solid game, and limit TO’s, we win…..maybe by a lot.
Orange Bowl: Penn State opens as a slight underdog to Notre Dame
The opening odds for next Thursday's Orange Bowl between Penn State and Notre Dame have been set.pennstate.rivals.com
Have our total yards on punt returns this season even totaled Williams' punt return for a td in that game?
I watched the game again last night and I think Boise only had 3 sacks. One of them, Dinkins is the outlet, he's standing all alone with 15 yards in front of him and Allar just eats the ball. For the most part, we kept the RB's in to block.
