Apologies for the lack of udpates live today. Internet here has been shaky to say the least, at least on my end.
Football Penn State cruises the country roads to a 34-12 win over West Virginia
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He pushed off but he was also being held and they missed a horrible call the 4th down--it's all good. 20-6
The "special" Garrett Greene was 10-18 for 89 yards (less than 5 per attempt) with a whopping 1.5 yards per carry
Allar has more yards rushing
But I'm crazy lol
Edit and 27 of those yards came on what should have been a pick
Allar has more yards rushing
But I'm crazy lol
Edit and 27 of those yards came on what should have been a pick
Need to get to the QB though. I was expecting more pressure.
Actually the push off was illegal, but I think they let it go because the defender initiated illegal-contact (i.e., both were guilty of illegal contact while ball in air) - I guess they could have called Interference in both directions, but you really don't see that, not uncommon to let them duke it out when both are guilty of illegal hand-fighting/shoving.
This is true. While it was definitely a push off, the defender arrived early and had hands on him. I would say it was a great no call.
We need it to fly 70, 75 minimum.
Throw was probably a touch late. I blame that on Allar, but it seems he's being coached completely different this year.
Looking darn good on all fronts. Those last two plays for the TD were daggers.
O found rhythm after early jitters. Drew was not perfect but made some very nice throws while Wallace was excellent, stepping up to make the kind of big play that we didn't see from the wide receivers last year. Yet another big play to Evans set up the second TD throw to Wallace. In sum: an early thumbs up on Andy's new offense.
On the other side, our D showed good speed and pursuit as West Virginia came in sky high but could only manage 6 points from their 4 scoring opportunities...and 3 of those were gifted by the zebras after the blown 4th-down placement of the ball on the last Mountaineer drive.
All in all, there's still a half to play but I think we're solidly on track for the W. Famous last words...LOL.
O found rhythm after early jitters. Drew was not perfect but made some very nice throws while Wallace was excellent, stepping up to make the kind of big play that we didn't see from the wide receivers last year. Yet another big play to Evans set up the second TD throw to Wallace. In sum: an early thumbs up on Andy's new offense.
On the other side, our D showed good speed and pursuit as West Virginia came in sky high but could only manage 6 points from their 4 scoring opportunities...and 3 of those were gifted by the zebras after the blown 4th-down placement of the ball on the last Mountaineer drive.
All in all, there's still a half to play but I think we're solidly on track for the W. Famous last words...LOL.
Wallace was great in the first half. Only 1 target to Warren. Nothing to Fleming.
Announcers missed that. WVa defender was holding Evans before Evans pushed off.
Yep, we had a good rain 45 minutes ago in Pittsburgh South Hills, 60 miles from Hoopieville....
Agree but they only have 88 yards passing. They also had a lucky catch and a great catch. The Fox catch could also have been called incomplete
Offense looks improved, a little clunky at times but Imo that's to be expected in Game 1 in that environment against a decent opponent.
Secondary looks great, gave up some completions but the were contested and forced them to make great plays. Safety tackling has been good, LB tackling has been trash .
Secondary looks great, gave up some completions but the were contested and forced them to make great plays. Safety tackling has been good, LB tackling has been trash .
The film crew wasn't great either. WVa didn't make that 4th and 1. The worst part was they confirmed the spot, didn't just allow it to stand.
Theyre containing him or trying. They're fine letting him in the pocket and forcing him to make a read underneath.
I like how they kept focusing on the push off and completely ignoring the previous contact by the defender.
If we could tackle they'd have about half that
Would like to see a little more success from the running game.
Greene is throwing the ball almost immediately half the time. Im not worried about Carter
No kidding. Singleton 7 carries for 20 yds. Allen 4 carries for 8 yds.
Hopefully Allar’s success through the air will open up the running game in the second half.
Carter has given up contain twice. His rush has been fine. Greene is mobile and not holding the ball long. For his 1st game at DE vs a '25 1st rd draft choice, he's doing fine.
Greene is difficult to sack because he's extremely mobile. That's why I think we should be more focused on sealing the edge. That said, WVa will be forced to pass more often if we take a 3 score lead in the second half. We might get some sacks then.
