That's it for me. I can never again defend an in-game coaching decision of Franklin. He does not know what he is doing.
Official 2023 PSU - Ohio State game thread
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PSU going for an onside kick
and it takes a high bounce right to the tOSU player. Kind of a summary of the game for PSU
and it takes a high bounce right to the tOSU player. Kind of a summary of the game for PSU
It didn't matter in the end but that decision to go for 2 defies all logic. Just mystifying.
tOSU takes a knee, and the clock will run out.
Final: 20-12, tOSU
Great D by both teams.
Sufficient O by tOSU, and terrible O by PSU
Another frustrating game against tOSU
Final: 20-12, tOSU
Great D by both teams.
Sufficient O by tOSU, and terrible O by PSU
Another frustrating game against tOSU
the defense would be, if that touchdown return wasn’t called off for no reason, that last touchdown was the game winning play.
that being said, Franklin sucks
Perhaps the execution comes into play also? Throwing behind guys, dropped passes, stupid penalties.
Multiple unnecessary chances in the 2nd half hurt us. Gotta punt earlier and let the D try to keep it a 1 score game.
Yurcich goes for the failed trick play after a couple momentum changes. Big pass play - failed trick play. Get the ball back after a punt turnover - failed trick play. No confidence in the offense? Apparently.
LOL and double the efforts to get a top OT from the portal also...
Definitely great for a wish list each year...
LOL. Penn State does not recruit itself as we all imagine...PSU is at a higher level of talent than it would be without Franklin...but it is still significantly less than OSU, Georgia and Alabama. This particular group has some over-achievers playing beyond their rating, which is why some of us thought that we had a chance this year. For example, Fashanu and Abdul Carter would likely be 5-stars if their level of play had been accurately projected. But otherwise, there are still a very few teams who have 5-star busts that you never hear about because there is another 5-star who steps in. It is what it is, and good luck finding a coach that elevates recruiting beyond CJF's level.
Changes have to be made. This is not a very good Ohio State team and it was our best chance to beat them for the foreseeable future.
Exactly. But don't tell that to all the bridge jumpers on here. The key to every offense is the line but everyone pays attention to the shiny objects.
I'd like to see another view of that PI call. It looked like the two players collided and the PSU player was facing the ball direction, which should give him equal rights.
PSU….is quite happy to pay him….in return….for 2 loss years and a bowl game. IMO
Unless ALL the miscommunication was on the WRs, it wouldn't have mattered. This game was WAY too big for Allar. Obviously it's hindsight, but we should have run the ball 80% of the time. Allar was shell-shocked.
Love CJF. But that’s it for me. Time for a change. That wasn’t even competitive.
Why should he care with that kind of guaranteed income?
point being a lot of folks saying joe lost it his last 10 years that would mean 2002 and on
2005 was quite a special team
with 2008 and 2009 also being pretty good teams
They did not have three of there best players and still hammered PSU
Excuses excuses excuses. He makes $10M a year and doesn’t care.LOL and double the efforts to get a top OT from the portal also...
Definitely great for a wish list each year...
LOL. Penn State does not recruit itself as we all imagine...PSU is at a higher level of talent than it would be without Franklin...but it is still significantly less than OSU, Georgia and Alabama. This particular group has some over-achievers playing beyond their rating, which is why some of us thought that we had a chance this year. For example, Fashanu and Abdul Carter would likely be 5-stars if their level of play had been accurately projected. But otherwise, there are still a very few teams who have 5-star busts that you never hear about because there is another 5-star who steps in. It is what it is, and good luck finding a coach that elevates recruiting beyond CJF's level.
The one that assumes that a QB can at least occassionally throw an accurate pass. There was not enough pressure to justify the surprising degree of inaccuracy. That only compounds the "lack of separation" WR issues, when you can't even pick the low hanging fruit (complete the passes that ARE available as he has done all year up to this point).
The biggest point I am seeing that you’re making is the old man Adjusted!
This game once again shows us how bad of an in-game coach both Franklin and Yurcich are. You get two big runs out of Singleton and you're in business and then decide to go completely away from it. You have a running QB sitting on your bench that you allegedly have a package for and who could come in for a series and potentially change things up with his running ability but nope, we're gonna keep trying to jam a passing game down the defense's throat with WR who can't get open. The line hasn't been all that great this year, masked by the fact that the defenses they've played have been pretty awful (Trautwein should be on watch still), so let's keep calling pass plays that take forever to develop. When Allar finally got time on the last drive, we saw what he was able to do, prevent defense be damned. He gets desperate and goes for it on 4th down from minus territory when there's still 6+ minutes left in a one-score game where his defense was kicking ***. He still hasn't learned that lesson. Then the coup d'grace is playing that stupid analytics game that I've only ever seen work once in the NFL and go for 2. All that does is force you to go for 2 if there's a next time in the case of a miss, which if anyone on that sideline understood how the game flow was going, was pretty likely.
But hey, he can take those helicopters to watch recruits on nights before road games so all is well.
But hey, he can take those helicopters to watch recruits on nights before road games so all is well.
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