Hopefully he keeps getting healthier and turns it all the way around.
Noah Cain enters portal
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Hopefully, because where he started was 8 TD his rookie season.If he turned it all they way around, wouldn't he end up where he started?
I'll be rooting for Cain to have success no matter where he goes, more so than most players of our that transfer out. It's a shame he could never find what he seemed to have in 2019 after injury.
To your question: No. I have not.
I call it as I see it. Coward stands in my eyes. You clearly have a different opinion and probably come from a softer background than me. This is fine with me but you don’t get to factor into or deem allowable on what I call my own opinion. Thanks for your input though. Cain:coward
A coward is someone who calls someone a coward behind his keyboard and has no knowledge of the situation.
Wow, you're a real winner. What would constitute a softer background? Are we talking Charmin-soft or Posturepedic-soft? Maybe it's Downy-soft?
I'm not surprised that Cain bolted as Lee was getting the majority of the touches in the last 3-4 games of the year. But I also think this is an indictment of the way he was used. He's the best back they had to catch swing passes or set up screen passes. Get him in the open field and he was dangerous. But with Franklin's infatuation with 'splash plays', Clifford always looked downfield instead of taking the simple checkdown with Cain on the sideline that could get 8-10 yards and maybe more if Cain broke the tackle. Unfortunately, the injuries that Cain sustained caused the RB rotation to occur and the combination of a bad o-line with lack of opportunities after his freshman year has led to this. Hopefully his landing spot gets him a lot more chances and he can stay healthy for a full season (provided it's not a Big Ten team...and then, he can get stopped for losses all the time but still stay healthy).
A little bit of revisionist history there. If you look at when he was healthy, he became a yardage machine pretty quickly considering he was being rotated. ln fact, there was a stat his first year that was pretty telling -- his drives resulted in nearly 80 percent of the points scored in the games he played and the offensive yardage obviously picked up including thru the air. Why? Because ironically enough he wasn't going down on first contact and they were moving the sticks. Similar to when Derrick Henry is healthy - the offense simply works better. From what I'm hearing his lisfranc injury may take another year to heal or it may never heal. Sorry to see him go. Hopefully, he rebounds.
In 2019 Cain was third among the four running backs in yards per carry at 5.3 On a team that went 11-2. That was his best season. In the time he was at Penn State he was the slowest scholarship back. That is not revisionist history. Take a look at his high school highlights and you will see him being caught from behind repeatedly. I wish him well. I hope he overcomes his injury and does well at his next stop. I just never understood why so many fans rushed to anoint him as the chosen one. Watching him run and then watching Journey Brown should have been enlightening.
I think it is because he ran hard, always fell forward, and really helped us clinch a big victory in Iowa in 2019. He clearly has not looked the same since his injuries. I really hope he finds what he is looking for and succeeds wherever he goes because from all reports I've seen, including his humble interactions with fans, he's a great kid.
You must be looking for a fight in Champs parking lot with that comment.
Noah wrote a great parting note. Certainly sounds like a good young man. All the best to him.
The kid gave us his best for 3 years. When he was healthy, he closed out Iowa. He did the right thing and got his degree. Nothing but best wishes for Cain.
Good luck Noah. Maybe someday you can be a real man like SurgeOne. Dare to dream.
The talent of any back Penn State has had over the last couple of years or so cannot fairly be judged. No back could run behind those disgraceful OLs. They could not even compete along the line with Villanova's defense. I continue to wonder how this program would be had Munchak, if interested, would have been hired as head coach.
Still, JB was a generational back in his own right, better than Miles. Imagine being #2 to Journey Brown, a great place to be.
LSU is a good team for Noah , schedule is favorable, and he will get tv exposure. Good Luck Noah.
He's getting his degree from PSU. He's been here for 3 years. He's going to a comparable program in a tougher conference. And he's going back to his home state. He left with class, showing nothing but respect for the institution and the people here. Nothing about this says "coward."
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