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Official ‘24 PSU - Minnesota game thread
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Sounds like the long snapper had the green light to call the fake if Minny sent out the punt return team. Big balls on the long snapper . I guess that's why they have to spread their feet so wide.......
Penn State repped this fake punt since the preseason and even gave Rulli the green light to call it about a half dozen times this season, Franklin said. However, the Nittany Lions never got the right look to run it until Saturday when Penn State spent the entire afternoon on upset alert. Franklin expected P.J. Fleck’s team to line up guarding against a fake, but when the Gophers ran their punt return team out instead, Rulli recognized it and make the right check----the Athletic
Penn State repped this fake punt since the preseason and even gave Rulli the green light to call it about a half dozen times this season, Franklin said. However, the Nittany Lions never got the right look to run it until Saturday when Penn State spent the entire afternoon on upset alert. Franklin expected P.J. Fleck’s team to line up guarding against a fake, but when the Gophers ran their punt return team out instead, Rulli recognized it and make the right check----the Athletic
Great win on the road against a scrappy team, on a weekend when all the SEC homers were dying to see us lose (watching Bama, Ole Miss, and A&M lose to bad teams made it so much sweeter!). One problem I usually av w with Franklin is his inconsistency with being aggressive - he set the tone early that it would be the case last night and stuck with it. Left some points on the filed on the fourth down when he could have made a FG, but made up for it. Having Luke Reynolds run the fake punt was genius - he’s the next Warren.
Only Maryland left - CFP rankings this week will be very, very interesting….
Only Maryland left - CFP rankings this week will be very, very interesting….
PP's are coached to never give ground. I've seen them block their own punts with their backpeddling asses. So the PP was backing up and funneling the rushers to the right. Yet the punter didn't adjust.
This is what it is all about at the end of the day. Good friends watching the kids play. Well done boys!
The guys on CBS said it was a great win, championship stuff, right after the game. They actually watched it. Later some guy on another network criticized, prolly w/o watching the game and advocated for PSU to drop back. But how, everything behind them is a real mess. The politics of it is disgusting.
Not the long snapper. He’s part of the shield wall and makes the snap call. Better view from there.
It’s the difference between playing the SEC champ or the ACC champ in the quarter, and I think that’s a pretty big disparity.
Yes . #52 had a very key block too. Further clarification deets ......
Unsung hero Dominic Rulli makes the right call on fake punt in Penn State’s 26-25 win at Minnesota
No. 4 Penn State ran a fake punt to help seal its 26-25 win at Minnesota on Saturday. After the game, James Franklin credited walk-on Dominic Rulli with playing a key role in the play.
247sports.com
My wife, whose football knowledge comes from watching football with me for the past 13 years, complains at times when we struggle against teams like Minnesota (i.e. unranked, not a great record). I try to make her understand that good teams don't always blow out the bad teams like last week when Oregon beat Wisconsin by 3 and other "good" teams lose to lower ranked/unranked teams, see Alabama, BYU, Colorado, Texas A&M, etc. I would love to win by 50 every game (I really would), but that isn't realistic. The bottom line is that we are 10-1, and I will take a win any way we can get one.
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