I gotta admit I used to like the Pribula package but I loathe it now. Don't need to see it anymore this year.
Football Penn State defeats USC 33-30 in overtime!
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Yeah, now it's just playing with 10 guys.
A play that will be remembered. I think it’s been done before in a high school game.
Well it did lead to the most spectacular TD of the game, and perhaps PSU’s most spectacular TD since the Saquon Barkley days.
Stretch? It's what happened. 48 seconds left after 2nd down. 3rd down from our 45. We called time out with 14 seconds left, not Riley. I guess he was going to run the play and live with what happened.
Definitely the epitome of playing not to lose, but the pick kills them if we have 30 seconds to try and get into FG range (which is what Riley should have been doing). As was, it just got us to overtime.
My point about it all, if the next play is an INT, time management is damned if you do/don't.
Perhaps, but it does beg the question…why is the D so awful the first 1.5 quarters?
True. BTW, never seen a player snap the ball and go deep for a pass.
Yeah, they know who they are, but a few were arguing after the Illinois game that we should just ground and pound to a big 10 championship. Since that sage advice, penn states run game has stalled against ucla and usc. Drew allar won us that game today
I monitored the thread the whole way though of course didn't read every post.
Personally, I find the game threads entertaining. The first halves of the last few games, especially yesterday's, has brought to mind the first line in Rudyard Kipling's great poem titled If: If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs...
Yesterday, there was a chorus of 1st-half demands that Franklin be fired forthwith. I'm, like, guys, let's at least wait until after the game to fire him.
Then as has become typical, the 2nd half comes and Nittany Nation sings a happier tune.
But it's all good. People are emotionally invested in the team. I certainly am. So the frustration is a product of that, and the game threads become an exercise in suffering...and then rejoicing...together.
Talk about snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. I'll take it all the way, but we were quite fortunate to win that one. Razor thin margin and so many what ifs ... from penalties called and not called, to play calling/game management, to simply making plays.
Gritty gutsy win I hope they can grow from. We saw a different Drew who was willing to trust himself and his receivers and sling it into tight windows .... finally.
Gritty gutsy win I hope they can grow from. We saw a different Drew who was willing to trust himself and his receivers and sling it into tight windows .... finally.
USC has to be kicking themselves for not being aggressive at the end. They had 3 TOs at midfield with a minute to play and decided to settle for a FG. I was shocked that they let the clock run down.
Agree about the defense. I guess I'd like to see them blitze less because they are not very successful and teams often have big gainers when PSU blitzes. Lots of work to do there. I'm surprised Speca & Robinson haven't played more. We all agree #43 is a big liability and Rojas from the little of the game I saw really struggled with bad angles & missed tackles. Great athlete but not playing under control. 1st year starter so hopefully he can quickly correct those mistakes. He will have to be more disciplined against Wisconsin, Washington and OSU.
Sounds like me. Knee in March and then rotator surgery in June. Dr. Baratz has operated on me 10 times over the years lol.
Everyone successful. I had full range of motion in my left arm 7 weeks after a 3 hour surgery. Two rotator tendons needed reattached. Biceps tendon removed and cleaned up and reattached and labrum repair.
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