It was QUITE!! obvious

[No Name All Game]

What we saw today was an elite coach versus a coach they had two teams playing basically the same through the first half of a football game. At halftime the elite coach and staff made adjustments by analyzing the other teams weaknesses and made changes to the game plan the so-called coach comes in at half time said woo hoo we’re winning let’s just keep it going boys. And today you got to see how the game plays out. Get used to it we will always beat the teams that we should beat with exception but never beat the teams that we need to beat until we get a coaching staff that can make the adjustment that need to be made and not be afraid to do what needs to be done when it comes to who plays

 

[Player2BNamedL8r]

I don’t know…we played pretty well until about the last 8 minutes of the game. I really think this one was more Jimmy’s & Joe’s than X’s & O’s. Sure, Franklin wasn’t “elite” but their big guns were just better than ours down the stretch.

 

[BiochemPSU]

If you swapped rosters, you think Day is getting a different result with this PSU Team? No chance. It’s the Jimmies and the Joes.

 

[Midnighter]

I don’t know…we played pretty well until about the last 8 minutes of the game. I really think this one was more Jimmy’s & Joe’s than X’s & O’s. Sure, Franklin wasn’t “elite” but their big guns were just better than ours down the stretch.

What? Our Jimmie’s and Joes were leading with 9 minutes left to play. Wow.

 

[PhillyBillyReprise]

The 4th down turnover rather than going for the field goal [whether or not it would have been made] changed momentum of the game.

 

[Uga_lion]

What we saw today was an elite coach versus a coach they had two teams playing basically the same through the first half of a football game. At halftime the elite coach and staff made adjustments by analyzing the other teams weaknesses and made changes to the game plan the so-called coach comes in at half time said woo hoo we’re winning let’s just keep it going boys. And today you got to see how the game plays out. Get used to it we will always beat the teams that we should beat with exception but never beat the teams that we need to beat until we get a coaching staff that can make the adjustment that need to be made and not be afraid to do what needs to be done when it comes to who plays

And I guess the non-elite coach is responsible for all of the interceptions, including the one that went for a td? I don't care who is coaching, you won't beat osu by giving those sorts of gifts. That is on the players

 

[JWB389]

They’re arguably equal or better at every position and they have equal or better coaching. It is incredibly difficult to compete with those disadvantages. Nothing for us to be ashamed of.

 

[Player2BNamedL8r]

What? Our Jimmie’s and Joes were leading with 9 minutes left to play. Wow.

And then they forgot how to tackle in the 4th quarter. And tosu’s Jimmy’s pounced all over ours late…esp #44!!!

 

[No Name All Game]

if you can bench running backs for Fumbling the football in a rain storm
This should have been enough to set a quarterback
4 turnovers turned into 21 points = someone that should be riding the bench
kind of decisions elite coaches would make

 

[Player2BNamedL8r]

if you can bench running backs for Fumbling the football in a rain storm
This should have been enough to set a quarterback
4 turnovers turned into 21 points = someone that should be riding the bench
kind of decisions elite coaches would make

Yeah, today showed us that barring injury, Allar is only getting mop up duty the rest of the year.

 

[DandyDonII]

This wasn't on the coaches' game plan. Frankly, we should probably thank Day for keeping us in the game. His calling all of those screen passes and passes close to the LOS allowed us to contain their Offense. One thing with Manny's D, he leaves the middle open a lot....

Hell, I think Knowles is overrated after today's game. We moved the ball better against their D than I ever expected.

Do I think Franklin called a flawless game, hell no. Our continuing obsession with chunk plays leads us to get away from moving the chains. I thought his strategy at the end of the first half was dumb, three straight pass plays gave OSU the ball with a lot of time and two time outs. Run the ball on second and force them to either call a TO, or let the clock run. If they let the clock run, PSU still has enough time to convert on third and get points. Part of smart play is trying to get points, but realizing that denying the other team points is a win too.

The first drive of the third quarter was also troublesome. Going for it on 4th inside of our own 30 was idiotic, even though Clifford made a great play to convert. Then we wasted a long drive on 4th and 2, instead of kicking (although, God only knows if Pinnegar would have made it)

 

[Kroixklk]

This wasn't on the coaches' game plan. Frankly, we should probably thank Day for keeping us in the game. His calling all of those screen passes and passes close to the LOS allowed us to contain their Offense. One thing with Manny's D, he leaves the middle open a lot....

Hell, I think Knowles is overrated after today's game. We moved the ball better against their D than I ever expected.

Do I think Franklin called a flawless game, hell no. Our continuing obsession with chunk plays leads us to get away from moving the chains. I thought his strategy at the end of the first half was dumb, three straight pass plays gave OSU the ball with a lot of time and two time outs. Run the ball on second and force them to either call a TO, or let the clock run. If they let the clock run, PSU still has enough time to convert on third and get points. Part of smart play is trying to get points, but realizing that denying the other team points is a win too.

The first drive of the third quarter was also troublesome. Going for it on 4th inside of our own 30 was idiotic, even though Clifford made a great play to convert. Then we wasted a long drive on 4th and 2, instead of kicking (although, God only knows if Pinnegar would have made it)

Going for it was genius. Did you see OSU score in the 4th quarter. You needed to score points. They can score in 3 plays easily. They are the best offensive team in the country.

 

[No Name All Game]

This wasn't on the coaches' game plan. Frankly, we should probably thank Day for keeping us in the game. His calling all of those screen passes and passes close to the LOS allowed us to contain their Offense. One thing with Manny's D, he leaves the middle open a lot....

Hell, I think Knowles is overrated after today's game. We moved the ball better against their D than I ever expected.

Do I think Franklin called a flawless game, hell no. Our continuing obsession with chunk plays leads us to get away from moving the chains. I thought his strategy at the end of the first half was dumb, three straight pass plays gave OSU the ball with a lot of time and two time outs. Run the ball on second and force them to either call a TO, or let the clock run. If they let the clock run, PSU still has enough time to convert on third and get points. Part of smart play is trying to get points, but realizing that denying the other team points is a win too.

The first drive of the third quarter was also troublesome. Going for it on 4th inside of our own 30 was idiotic, even though Clifford made a great play to convert. Then we wasted a long drive on 4th and 2, instead of kicking (although, God only knows if Pinnegar would have made it)

You just made my point. Day went in at halftime Realized his game plan wasn’t working evaluating what we were giving them started eating our Defense alive with the center of the field game over.
Our coaching staff went in at halftime didn’t change anything even though we were making good headway with our running game took the running back out that was working the best for us and kept going after the chunk plays and putting our quarterback into a situation that he couldn’t get himself out of.

 

[Alphalion75]

What we saw today was an elite coach versus a coach they had two teams playing basically the same through the first half of a football game. At halftime the elite coach and staff made adjustments by analyzing the other teams weaknesses and made changes to the game plan the so-called coach comes in at half time said woo hoo we’re winning let’s just keep it going boys. And today you got to see how the game plays out. Get used to it we will always beat the teams that we should beat with exception but never beat the teams that we need to beat until we get a coaching staff that can make the adjustment that need to be made and not be afraid to do what needs to be done when it comes to who plays

That seems to be our MO.

 

[Alphalion75]

We need to take a close look at the Georgia program. For years they were always competitive but could never win the big games to move to that elite level. Obviously the hiring of Kirby Smart was critical. But what has Smart done to move the program to championship level? How has he been able to recruit top ten classes every single year?

 

[Midnighter]

We need to take a close look at the Georgia program. For years they were always competitive but could never win the big games to move to that elite level. Obviously the hiring of Kirby Smart was critical. But what has Smart done to move the program to championship level? How has he been able to recruit top ten classes every single year?

Patented 'new hire' bump in recruiting (noting the cupboard wasn't exactly bare when he arrived):

Year Record Recruiting Ranking

2010 6-7 15
2011 10-4 5
2012 12-2 12
2013 8-5 12
2014 10-3 7

Smart Hired

2015 10-3 6
2016 8-5 9
2017 13-2 3
2018 11-3 1
2019 12-2 1
2020 8-2 1
2021 14-1 5

Winning helps too. Franklin unfortunately had sanctions to deal with so he never got the bump he would have otherwise received.

 

[DandyDonII]

You just made my point. Day went in at halftime Realized his game plan wasn’t working evaluating what we were giving them started eating our Defense alive with the center of the field game over.
Our coaching staff went in at halftime didn’t change anything even though we were making good headway with our running game took the running back out that was working the best for us and kept going after the chunk plays and putting our quarterback into a situation that he couldn’t get himself out of.

Not really, think about this, OSU only put up three points in the third quarter and no points until the 9:20 mark of the 4th quarter.....That is a damn long time to make those wizard type adjustments. Hell, even that long run by 32 probably only came about since 11 (i think) failed to contain the edge and got caught inside.

We moved the ball pretty damn well in the second half, and not getting points on that first drive was a bad choice by franklin.....

This game should not be used to praise Ryan Day though, we shouldn't have been anywhere close to them....

 

[CDLionFL]

Marvin Harrison Jr. just caught 3 more passes in the time it took for me to type this. We had no answers for him all day and most of that because Day/Wilson was smart to get him matched up on a safety most of the day. You think we made an adjustment on this? Nope. A team like OSU with those receivers, you get all 3 corners on the field at the same time to cover.

 

[JVP_Yahweh]

What we saw today was an elite coach versus a coach they had two teams playing basically the same through the first half of a football game. At halftime the elite coach and staff made adjustments by analyzing the other teams weaknesses and made changes to the game plan the so-called coach comes in at half time said woo hoo we’re winning let’s just keep it going boys. And today you got to see how the game plays out. Get used to it we will always beat the teams that we should beat with exception but never beat the teams that we need to beat until we get a coaching staff that can make the adjustment that need to be made and not be afraid to do what needs to be done when it comes to who plays

Obviously

 

[From Atherton to Auburn]

We need to take a close look at the Georgia program. For years they were always competitive but could never win the big games to move to that elite level. Obviously the hiring of Kirby Smart was critical. But what has Smart done to move the program to championship level? How has he been able to recruit top ten classes every single year?

Interestingly (at least to me) a good friend who is a UGA alum and die hard fan texted me after the game and said CJF seems a lot like Mark Richt. Good guy, good recruiter, but flubs the big ones. It's a pretty good comparison I think

 

[Alphalion75]

Interestingly (at least to me) a good friend who is a UGA alum and die hard fan texted me after the game and said CJF seems a lot like Mark Richt. Good guy, good recruiter, but flubs the big ones. It's a pretty good comparison I think

Excellent analogy. When Mark Richt was fired there was a lot of outrage from people who liked him. I don't hear a peep out of those people anymore.

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

You just made my point. Day went in at halftime Realized his game plan wasn’t working evaluating what we were giving them started eating our Defense alive with the center of the field game over.
Our coaching staff went in at halftime didn’t change anything even though we were making good headway with our running game took the running back out that was working the best for us and kept going after the chunk plays and putting our quarterback into a situation that he couldn’t get himself out of.

Why not let us all know how many games yo have coached! How many actual football practices have you run? How many game films have you broken down? Why not explain the actual adjustments that Day made at halftime...I for one would like to know, my gosh, maybe you should be coaching in the Big Ten!...moron...

 

[PSUHarry]

What? Our Jimmie’s and Joes were leading with 9 minutes left to play. Wow.

Law of averages. When their Jimmy and Joes are better than your Jimmy and Joes, sooner or later over time the better Jimmy and Joes will make the plays. It's almost a math thing.

Think of his this way with the same rosters we play them 10 times, who wins more? OSU wins probably 8 out of 10 with their more talented Jimmys/Joes.

 

[leinbacker]

Why not let us all know how many games yo have coached! How many actual football practices have you run? How many game films have you broken down? Why not explain the actual adjustments that Day made at halftime...I for one would like to know, my gosh, maybe you should be coaching in the Big Ten!...moron...

easy, Day started calling passes over the middle. PSU had no answer

 

[BW Lion]

easy, Day started calling passes over the middle. PSU had no answer

It's been open all season.

 

[PSUHarry]

We need to take a close look at the Georgia program. For years they were always competitive but could never win the big games to move to that elite level. Obviously the hiring of Kirby Smart was critical. But what has Smart done to move the program to championship level? How has he been able to recruit top ten classes every single year?

He told the University the resources he needed and they went all in and got him those resources.
Ask any Georgia fan. They pumped money into everything, started recruiting equal to the best in the
SEC and got it done. Look at the players they have put in the NFL last 5 years. It's sick.

 

[PSUHarry]

easy, Day started calling passes over the middle. PSU had no answer

That simple, awesome. You are the man.

 

[JWB389]

It's been open all season.

Since Chuck Sizzle in game 1.

 

[Nits1989]

They’re arguably equal or better at every position and they have equal or better coaching. It is incredibly difficult to compete with those disadvantages. Nothing for us to be ashamed of.

I’ll wait and see how Michigan does against them. Michigan recruits on par with PSU, which is pretty good. Jimmy H beat OSU last year. Jimmy F is on a 6 game losing streak. It’s not the Jimmies and Joes, it’s just the Jimmies — Jimmy H or Jimmy F. Which one would you rather have right now?

 

[psuno1]

I don’t know…we played pretty well until about the last 8 minutes of the game. I really think this one was more Jimmy’s & Joe’s than X’s & O’s. Sure, Franklin wasn’t “elite” but their big guns were just better than ours down the stretch.

My question is if Joey Porter Jr is are best Db why is he not on Harrison Jr all game long wherever he goes?

 

[JWB389]

I’ll wait and see how Michigan does against them. Michigan recruits on par with PSU, which is pretty good. Jimmy H beat OSU last year. Jimmy F is on a 6 game losing streak. It’s not the Jimmies and Joes, it’s just the Jimmies — Jimmy H or Jimmy F. Which one would you rather have right now?

Well, according to internet rankings recruiting is equivalent. I’m not sure it is in reality. I think Franklin has his warts, but I think JH is a weirdo. JH is no doubt a better coach. I just don’t like him. I’ll keep Franklin.

 

[VaDave4PSU]

This wasn't on the coaches' game plan. Frankly, we should probably thank Day for keeping us in the game. His calling all of those screen passes and passes close to the LOS allowed us to contain their Offense. One thing with Manny's D, he leaves the middle open a lot....

Hell, I think Knowles is overrated after today's game. We moved the ball better against their D than I ever expected.

Do I think Franklin called a flawless game, hell no. Our continuing obsession with chunk plays leads us to get away from moving the chains. I thought his strategy at the end of the first half was dumb, three straight pass plays gave OSU the ball with a lot of time and two time outs. Run the ball on second and force them to either call a TO, or let the clock run. If they let the clock run, PSU still has enough time to convert on third and get points. Part of smart play is trying to get points, but realizing that denying the other team points is a win too.

The first drive of the third quarter was also troublesome. Going for it on 4th inside of our own 30 was idiotic, even though Clifford made a great play to convert. Then we wasted a long drive on 4th and 2, instead of kicking (although, God only knows if Pinnegar would have made it)

Knowles isn't otherworldly yet, but we had a good game plan. Clifford probably bailed him out with 4 picks, but his defense did a good job keeping everything in front of them.

Completely agree on the end of the first half. We had a first down, and we went PA out of a formation that allowed their secondary to have good vision. Should have ran the ball. If Day wants to take his time outs, so be it. Run the clock out. If you hit a run, wonderful. If not, you don't extend the first half by 7 or 8 minutes needlessly.

I think on the first third quarter drive, we didn't play that last series of downs like we were going for it. Then we ran Singleton and he's just not that type of short yardage runner yet. Allen is. Its his fortè. Also, would like to see a 6th OL slipped in that formation some for those runs. Wormley missed the block that tackled #10 though.

We need to take a close look at the Georgia program. For years they were always competitive but could never win the big games to move to that elite level. Obviously the hiring of Kirby Smart was critical. But what has Smart done to move the program to championship level? How has he been able to recruit top ten classes every single year?

Recruiting lights out.

S&C is amazing too. Strong, fast, you name it they have it in spades.

 

[Nits1989]

Well, according to internet rankings recruiting is equivalent. I’m not sure it is in reality. I think Franklin has his warts, but I think JH is a weirdo. JH is no doubt a better coach. I just don’t like him. I’ll keep Franklin.

Ok, but I would prefer winning

 

[No Name All Game]

Why not let us all know how many games yo have coached! How many actual football practices have you run? How many game films have you broken down? Why not explain the actual adjustments that Day made at halftime...I for one would like to know, my gosh, maybe you should be coaching in the Big Ten!...moron...

Well well I state my opinion on what I see and you need to name call and spout off about about coaching credentials let me guess your a want to be coach ..... or Franklin’s agent get a life.

 

[Nits1989]

Why not let us all know how many games yo have coached! How many actual football practices have you run? How many game films have you broken down? Why not explain the actual adjustments that Day made at halftime...I for one would like to know, my gosh, maybe you should be coaching in the Big Ten!...moron...

How many Big 10 games have you coached? Are you Ryan Day or Jim Harbaugh? Maybe you’re James Franklin, the lesser Jimmie.

 

[Nits1989]

Law of averages. When their Jimmy and Joes are better than your Jimmy and Joes, sooner or later over time the better Jimmy and Joes will make the plays. It's almost a math thing.

Think of his this way with the same rosters we play them 10 times, who wins more? OSU wins probably 8 out of 10 with their more talented Jimmys/Joes.

I don’t think it’s the Jimmies and Joes…it’s just the Jimmie who’s leading the team.

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

Well well I state my opinion on what I see and you need to name call and spout off about about coaching credentials let me guess your a want to be coach ..... or Franklin’s agent get a life.

So answer the questions moron….describe the actual adjustments that were made. And tell us at what level you have actually coached? And what adjustments would you have made to counter what you said OSU did. Perhaps you should be calling the new AD and let him know you are available!!! We

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

Well well I state my opinion on what I see and you need to name call and spout off about about coaching credentials let me guess your a want to be coach ..... or Franklin’s agent get a life.

Btw… opinions are like ********… everyone has one. On to ignore moron

 

[No Name All Game]

So answer the questions moron….describe the actual adjustments that were made. And tell us at what level you have actually coached? And what adjustments would you have made to counter what you said OSU did. Perhaps you should be calling the new AD and let him know you are available!!! We

if Franklin had your passion coaching this team we would have won the game today .....lol

 

[JWB389]

Ok, but I would prefer winning

But could JH win here? You have to admit it’s easier to win at Michigan.