Good night boys. Don't let tonight ruin what was a good season. I know it doesn't feel like it right now but we took another step forward this year and even tonight. WE ARE!
Official CFB Semifinal, PSU - Notre Dame, Orange Bowl, game thread
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Notre Dame will get blown out by Ohio St next week. And the only thing that gives me solace is that PSU may have too with the way Ohio St is playing.
It's really weird why we can't recruit wide receivers and defensive tackles.
This is where having not one serviceable WR that can get separation hurts Allar. It was pretty evident that ND ran a similar style of defense to OSU and had the talent at corner to be able to lock up our wideouts. The fact that we've gone 2 seasons with terrible wideouts really stunts the growth of your QB.
Sloppiness and lack of discipline bit them in the azz. To much celebrating a simple tackle. They just can’t help themselves. Hand to the face, no discipline. It cost them. The Lions have lots of great athletes. Football players, not so many.
41,000 yards passing in the NFL.
100% spot on. To me, back up QB Steve Angeli saved the game for ND. He had the defense on their heels and even though they only scored 3 he gave them reason to believe.
Yep. Was furious only a half hour or so ago. I don’t miss the days of fury after tough losses. If I was still like that at my age, I’d probably have a lot of unnecessary health complications. I really want to see State get back to the top, but the sport is so different now, it’s really hard to tell if I’d enjoy it as much as I used to. It’s a lot closer to watching pro ball now than it used to be, so while im sure winning a NC would be fun, it probably wouldn’t be as fun as ‘86.
II have this feeling that this loss is going to sting BGJ and PSU football more than just the final score. I think both BGJ and Allar are going to be major head cases in 2025.
Let's look at the schedule shall we....
| April 26 | Blue-White Game | Beaver Stadium |
| Aug. 30 | vs. Nevada | Beaver Stadium |
| Sept. 6 | vs. FIU | Beaver Stadium |
| Sept. 13 | vs. Villanova | Beaver Stadium |
| Sept. 27 | vs. Oregon | Beaver Stadium |
| Oct. 4 | at UCLA | Rose Bowl |
| Oct. 11 | vs. Northwestern | Beaver Stadium |
| Oct. 18 | at Iowa | Kinnick Stadium |
| Nov. 1 | at Ohio State | Ohio Stadium |
| Nov. 8 | vs. Indiana | Beaver Stadium |
| Nov. 15 | at Michigan State | Spartan Stadium |
| Nov. 22 | vs. Nebraska | Beaver Stadium |
| Nov. 29 | at Rutgers | SHI Stadium |
Like most young athletes today and especially qbs and star basketball players they are treated like royalty and fine China. No grit, little tuffness and no emotional IQ.
Whats worse you try and break them down they transfer before you can build them u a d make them men the players they want to be. It's ashame today's therapeutic society in which most adults have created these past two decades.
This game was SO SO winnable.
WE have met the enemy and the enemy is ourself!
WE have met the enemy and the enemy is ourself!
That’s another playoff berth schedule right there.
Haven't read the whole thread. So forgive me if I repeat. Disappointed, but not destroyed. Couple key factors and that's all it takes in a close game.
Lost the middle 8, badly
Came out flat after halftime, recovered, but if we win the 2 first 2 series, it's game over
Love the way Drew Allar plays, but please learn the check down.
Didn't understand not going back to Singleton in the flat or the wheel route
2 good passes and it's at least one TD and a really long gain
Love Kobe King, but you can't expect your MLB to guard running backs and tight ends 20-30 yards downfield.
Wide receiver! Everything's been said. No catches. Tough to establish anything.
I'm not a "Fire the Position Coach" guy. But, something needs to change. Technique, players or scheme
The drive before the last interception was a killer. really thought we'd grind out a 5-minute game winner.
Never will understand rolling a right-handed QB to his left, especially when it's the short side of the field, on 3rd down.
Positive - offensive line is not an issue anymore
Positive - I've been critical of Thompson. He punted well the last 2 games.
Positive - Sheer joy watching Abdul Carter play
Positive - Sheer joy watching Tyler Warren play
So, we'll see who goes, who stays, and who comes in.
And, I'll be rooting just as hard next year when Nevada comes to town.
Lost the middle 8, badly
Came out flat after halftime, recovered, but if we win the 2 first 2 series, it's game over
Love the way Drew Allar plays, but please learn the check down.
Didn't understand not going back to Singleton in the flat or the wheel route
2 good passes and it's at least one TD and a really long gain
Love Kobe King, but you can't expect your MLB to guard running backs and tight ends 20-30 yards downfield.
Wide receiver! Everything's been said. No catches. Tough to establish anything.
I'm not a "Fire the Position Coach" guy. But, something needs to change. Technique, players or scheme
The drive before the last interception was a killer. really thought we'd grind out a 5-minute game winner.
Never will understand rolling a right-handed QB to his left, especially when it's the short side of the field, on 3rd down.
Positive - offensive line is not an issue anymore
Positive - I've been critical of Thompson. He punted well the last 2 games.
Positive - Sheer joy watching Abdul Carter play
Positive - Sheer joy watching Tyler Warren play
So, we'll see who goes, who stays, and who comes in.
And, I'll be rooting just as hard next year when Nevada comes to town.
And even then you still had a chance to take it to OT instead …that I might put on Franklin after the defense saves you you have a chance to reset in OT
I didn't think this team would get this far, I'm O.K. with that, anytime you're playing in January
is a good thing.
Beau bailing out on the team was costly, but i couldn't see him taking the reins in this game
either. Drew failed the last 3 games in his check downs, Riley outperformed Drew and hit passes
that Drew was hitting in the early season.
Worst receiver room since the mid seventies, no separation, no hands, no speed.
is a good thing.
Beau bailing out on the team was costly, but i couldn't see him taking the reins in this game
either. Drew failed the last 3 games in his check downs, Riley outperformed Drew and hit passes
that Drew was hitting in the early season.
Worst receiver room since the mid seventies, no separation, no hands, no speed.
Poor pass to 10 hurt. Slow to adjust to 3rd quarter momentum hurt. DB falling down giving them a cakewalk TD hurt. And of course, the untimeliest of int’s hurt. Put it all together and somehow ND used duct tape and superglue to manufacture another unlikely W. So much head scratching.
Which would have been even worse for PSU and Franklin long term
There's one particular position coach that hasn't changed...
Try to keep up. I simply suggested moving Terry Smith from DB coach to WR coach...a position he played at PSU.
I'm not going to get on Drew and everyone wants to blame Franklin, but Drew hasn't played well against Ohio State, Michigan and tonight. He balled out against USC but your QB has to play well against your best opponents in big games if you're going to win.
Need to keep shopping the portal. Should be an under appreciated kid out there willing to take a shot on a team who made the final four.
That play had only one destination -- Warren was going to run a rub route that got him into the left flat for the first down. ND read it like a book and blanketed Warren on 3rd down like a good defensive team should do and they bumped him all over the place so he couldn't get open. Once Warren was locked up, there was nowhere else for Allar to go because that play was designed for one option. Against every other team except OSU & ND, that's probably a quick completion and we've got the first down.
Spot on. Hard to tell if he can improve this part of his game…he’s got all of the physical tools to be great, but that mental part is tricky. Sure doesn’t help that he doesn’t have any WRs. Not making excuses, but also don’t want to give up on the kid.
Tis true. PSU's recruiting has seemingly benefitted from the Final Four appearance,
Franklin's closing sales line to prospective recruits should be "We got close, but we need you to hoist the NC trophy".
Hard to blame the wr room when it is rare they even get a target.....unfortunately Justin Shorter was correct when he said PSU can't develop a wr. Did Clifford get any targets?
We’re pretty conditioned to blame the coach around here, but I put this one on the players. You’re absolutely right that it was a very poor decision to attempt that throw, but I have no problem with them playing for the win.
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No, he didn’t. However, as a highly paid head coach don’t you have to tell your QB, above all else, not to do exactly what he did. I understand trying to move the ball into field goal position there, but you have to make sure that the worst thing that happens is you go to OT. He should have been told, no risky throws. If it isn’t there throw it away or take the sack. I blame the coach more than Allar.
Most teams who win or play for a NC dedicate to returning that extra year forgoing the NFL draft.
It's been a long 16 game season, and it's evident PS needs help in the wr room.
It's been a long 16 game season, and it's evident PS needs help in the wr room.
He's beyond learning the QB position at this point.
He either needs to portal or go Pro
I’d say 4th. Warren took a couple of snaps, was going to throw a pass - made a GOOD decision to pull it down when it wasn’t there, and ran for 9….. better decision making than what we saw at the end….
Goal line O cost us tOSU game and the ND game.
A shame a fudging shame.
A shame a fudging shame.