Football Penn State survives Bowling Green upset bid 34-27

[slykens]

Good news is our team won. And there’s plenty of time to get things right before they play a great team.

Looking around the country, it looks like a lot of top teams struggled to separate and win today. I’ve got #5 ND on the TV now only up 1 on Northern Illinois heading into the fourth quarter.

 

[Vic Vaselino]

Thank God our 5-star wide-out had one catch for two yards. Or, was it three?

 

[PSUSignore]

Don’t be shocked when we won’t be in top ten next week

Who cares. Polls in September are meaningless.

 

[jbenedict]

These guys are measured by their speed,vertical, broad, bench etc...

Okay, of all the issues in this game, Allar wasn’t one of them lol.

Fortunately we have a bye week to get ready for Kent State.

Thank goodness

 

[Delcolion915]

You have 12 games in 365 days. There is zero excuse for not being ready to play today. This is not a playoff team right now. They have
10 games left to do something about that.

 

[LandoComando]

You have 12 games in 365 days. There is zero excuse for not being ready to play today. This is not a playoff team right now. They have
10 games left to do something about that.

Is ND a playoff team right now?

 

[Richie O]

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[m.knox]

You have 12 games in 365 days. There is zero excuse for not being ready to play today. This is not a playoff team right now. They have
10 games left to do something about that.

Hangover from being "special" last week. Credit to Bowling Green as well. I honestly thought they would hang around even longer.

 

[LandoComando]

We might move up a spot now

 

[bison13]

What locker room would you rather be in right now, Penn State after winning by seven over Bowling Green or Notre Dame after losing to northern Illinois?

 

[wilbury]

What locker room would you rather be in right now, Penn State after winning by seven over Bowling Green or Notre Dame after losing to northern Illinois?

Or Maryland after Locksley blows another one

 

[bison13]

Or Maryland after Locksley blows another one

Or Iowa

 

[The Spin Meister]

******UpSEt aLErT*****

Cold! Rain! breezy! TrAp GaME!

******uPSeT AlERt concluded *****

You can’t say you weren’t warned!!!!😹

 

[scrivener]

Lol yes obviously....but that JF mentality is such passive garbage. It glorifies how we came down to the wire vs a MAC team we were heavily favored. 2-0 is 2-0, but JF will use anything to soften the blow how unprepared we are....especially for noon games.

 

[CJFisJoePaII]

I would expect that will be the case.

Really, with #5 ND losing @home to Northern Illinois??? I would expect you're full of shiat as per usual.

 

[CJFisJoePaII]

The same people who wanted Oregon to drop last week get to say it this week.

#5 ND just lost to Northern Illinois @home! We aren't going to drop despite what all the whiners think.

 

[lazydave841]

#5 ND just lost to Northern Illinois @home! We aren't going to drop despite what all the whiners think.

So, you think we'll stay the same? Lol

 

[PurposePitch]

We may drop. We may not. It also doesn't matter 2 games into the season, and with a ton of meaningful games (throughout the FBS) and plenty of upsets yet to come.

 

[The Spin Meister]

So, you think we'll stay the same? Lol

Nope…..We Are…..going to move up one spot. Michigan lost badly so We Are now the #2 team on the B2G.

Combine that with the massive ND train wreck and we pick up a lot of points.

 

[PSUWrestlingFanSince2011]

Nope…..We Are…..going to move up one spot. Michigan lost badly so We Are now the #2 team on the B2G.

Combine that with the massive ND train wreck and we pick up a lot of points.

Oregon may lose as well

 

[GSPMax]

Oregon may lose as well

#4 Alabama is in a dog fight as well.

 

[AWS1022]

Lol yes obviously....but that JF mentality is such passive garbage. It glorifies how we came down to the wire vs a MAC team we were heavily favored. 2-0 is 2-0, but JF will use anything to soften the blow how unprepared we are....especially for noon games.

In the past two regular seasons and this year in games not involving OSU and Michigan, we’re 9-0 with 6 blowouts in noon games…so unprepared for noon games.

 

[AWS1022]

So, you think we'll stay the same? Lol

We may drop but probably no lower than #10….Michigan and ND will both drop below us. Missouri, Tennessee, Miami and Utah may jump ahead of us

 

[CJFisJoePaII]

In the past two regular seasons and this year in games not involving OSU and Michigan, we’re 9-0 with 6 blowouts in noon games…so unprepared for noon games.

#4 Alabama sucks - they're only up by a point midway through 3Q as 31 point favorites. They've only been able to score 14 points.... they're awful.... blabity, blab, blab, blab

 

[LandoComando]

We may drop but probably no lower than #10….Michigan and ND will both drop below us. Missouri, Tennessee, Miami and Utah may jump ahead of us

Rising being injured probably rules them out. They other 3 could

 

[LandoComando]

In the past two regular seasons and this year in games not involving OSU and Michigan, we’re 9-0 with 6 blowouts in noon games…so unprepared for noon games.

We literally just killed WVU
I honestly think they weren't up for it after the hype last week and a bye next week

 

[MacNit2.0]

Thompson average 44 yds which isn't bad. Maybe he's talking about punt returns. Saunders fair caught everything. I thought that might be because he was banged up.

Saunders limping…Other PRs must be a disaster if he is playing.

 

[WaylonJ]

We literally just killed WVU

I don't think you know what literally means.

 

[CaliLION79]

 

[brupsu]

You can’t say you weren’t warned!!!!😹. lol there a lot that can be taken from this game esp get your head out of your assssss.Helps to be a six year player etc.Key is PSU did not pay a high price like nd and transfers help to level the field

 

[SR108]

We are back at square 1. Based on 3 weeks of football, only a handful of teams look complete. A lot of the questions and concerns we had preseason still exist. That's okay. We have time to fix it. Nobody will believe we are good until we beat USC or OSU. Winning 55-10 today wouldn't have changed that.

The offense is significantly better IMO. AK took what was available. If you take away the interception, numerous penalties, and a wide open dropped pass, we score at least two more TDs. The OLine is opening holes. The Defense played a lot more sound fundamentally in the second half. Good game for the coaches to analyze, figure out the best personnel and correct mistakes.

 

[scrivener]

The offense is significantly better IMO. AK took what was available. If you take away the interception, numerous penalties, and a wide open dropped pass, we score at least two more TDs. The OLine is opening holes. The Defense played a lot more sound fundamentally in the second half. Good game for the coaches to analyze, figure out the best personnel and correct mistakes.

I mean sure...take away all of that. But, beyond the stupid penalties, also the bonehead mistakes like another kick out of bounds. The Oline is opening running lanes, but pass protection from the tackles, especially Shelton, doesn't just get rectified unless JF makes a personnel change for Rucci. Knowing his track record, I don't think he makes that permanent change.

Evans dropped a pass and committed another OPI (got away with one vs WV). It's hard to say just take these things away, and we win big. Many of these issues are annual, including being totally lackluster and unprepared for noon games.

 

[CJFisJoePaII]

The offense is significantly better IMO. AK took what was available. If you take away the interception, numerous penalties, and a wide open dropped pass, we score at least two more TDs. The OLine is opening holes. The Defense played a lot more sound fundamentally in the second half. Good game for the coaches to analyze, figure out the best personnel and correct mistakes.

Yeah, the Officials wiped out two promising PSU drives with ticky-tack calls (especially considering that they called BGSU for 3 penalties for 18 yards) - the calls wiped out huge gains and converted them into 2nd/3rd-and-20 type situation.

 

[SR108]

I mean sure...take away all of that. But, beyond the stupid penalties, also the bonehead mistakes like another kick out of bounds. The Oline is opening running lanes, but pass protection from the tackles, especially Shelton, doesn't just get rectified unless JF makes a personnel change for Rucci. Knowing his track record, I don't think he makes that permanent change.

Evans dropped a pass and committed another OPI (got away with one vs WV). It's hard to say just take these things away, and we win big. Many of these issues are annual, including being totally lackluster and unprepared for noon games.

We will find out in three weeks vs Illinois IMO. Not that they are a great team, but they will be well coached and will have a solid game plan for us.

 

[scrivener]

We will find out in three weeks vs Illinois IMO. Not that they are a great team, but they will be well coached and will have a solid game plan for us.

And they are physical up front...a staple of Bielema's teams. Our smallish DL will get pummeled unless our pass rushers can force TFLs and get sacks.

 

[PurposePitch]

Yeah, the Officials wiped out two promising PSU drives with ticky-tack calls (especially considering that they called BGSU for 3 penalties for 18 yards) - the calls wiped out huge gains and converted them into 2nd/3rd-and-20 type situation.

Losers whine about officiating. Irredeemable pathological sad sacks whine about officiating incessantly, to the point where they have to make up stuff to be faux-outraged about.

 

[lazydave841]

And they are physical up front...a staple of Bielema's teams. Our smallish DL will get pummeled unless our pass rushers can force TFLs and get sacks.

Another staple of Bielema's teams: they lose 5 games annually.

But yes. They are physical. Works so well, right?