Official CFB Semifinal, PSU - Notre Dame, Orange Bowl, game thread

[CDLionFL]

Good Lord, and people think Allar is ready for the NFL now? YOU CAN'T MISS THAT PASS

 

[CoolBean]

Damn

 

[SouthHalls410]

Red zone pucker up special. Ughhhh

 

[step.eng69]

Singleton wide open, but Allar with a bad pass, incomplete. Ugh, he had a TD there with a decent pass.

Soft pass, we score unfortunately Nick too much
Next coming back anyway

 

[FTLPSU]

Rushed the throw…go for it and put pressure on ND

 

[Alphalion75]

Allar is way off tonight!@

 

[step.eng69]

Good, good good good

 

[Phlebitis]

Dominating their way to a 3-0 lead.

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

Wuts 94 wearing?

 

[AvgUser]

Allar is again deer in headlights against good competition.

 

[Shadow99]

The play to Singleton worked as designed...the corresponding throw just wasn't executed.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

****, go for it. If you don’t get it you got them on their own two TD line!

 

[Tom McAndrew]

PSU is going to attempt a 21-yard FG

ND calls TO (why?)

Barker's kick is good.

3-0, PSU, with 14:52 left in the 2nd qtr.

A very long drive, where PSU held the ball for 10+ minutes, but somewhat frustrating that they only came away with 3

 

[SleepyLion]

Now for the defense to keep to a short possession.

 

[Phlebitis]

Allar is way off tonight!@

Sure is. He goes hot and cold, so on to the next drive...

 

[Paws057]

3 is better than nothing but it would have been nice to get 7

 

[s1uggo72]

They’ll give it right back to us!

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Smith Vilbert with a tackle behind the LOS on 1st down. ND lost 4 yards on the play

 

[84lion]

Settling for a FG a disappointment after an awesome drive

 

[ILLINOISLION]

What conference are the refs from?

Big 12 same crew that did ND - Georgia.

 

[jp3272]

That was a hold

 

[Tom McAndrew]

ND"s LT is down after Leonard picks up the 1st down on a keeper.

 

[step.eng69]

Defense defense defense, they’re gonna win this game the defensive

 

[Nittering Nabob]

And those misses get you beat in these games.

They do. Let's see if 4 points plays a role later on.

 

[Nittering Nabob]

Defense defense defense, they’re gonna win this game the defensive

Yes. Showing blitz and then backing out

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Wheatley!!!!

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Fudge the FG they needed to get the TD or keep them pinned.

That could come back and cost PSU the game.

 

[84lion]

Great tackle by no 6

 

[Calabrin]

Good Lord, and people think Allar is ready for the NFL now? YOU CAN'T MISS THAT PASS

Yeah, it's ridiculous. Just another narrative pushed by the media, and fans can't properly analyze the game on their own to understand his deficiencies, so they parrot the popular punditry.

Allar's throwing mechanics are horrendous. That's why he's so inaccurate.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Zane Durant hustles and tackles on the screen on 3rd & 10. ND to punt

 

[CoolBean]

Good Defense, force a punt

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Well at least the FC was at the 10 yd line not the 2 yd line.

 

[step.eng69]

Nine minutes in the second quarter I think we really have to score now with a TD touchdown to keep Notre Dame at bay

 

[CDLionFL]

Fudge the FG they needed to get the TD or keep them pinned.

That could come back and cost PSU the game.

I'm good with it. How many teams have we watched this season get aggressive, not score on 4th down, and then later in the game wish they had those 3 points from earlier? Never a layup, of course, but in a defensive game like this, you go after the points that are in front of you.

 

[harjeff]

Nice stop, Now Offense needs at least a couple first downs here.

 

[Paws057]

He was open too! Come on Drew!

 

[Nittering Nabob]

I don't know about y'all but I'm stressing.

 

[Phlebitis]

Allar terrible so far

 

[LionsAndBears]

Allar needs to settle down.

 

[CDLionFL]

That's 3 horrific passes on wide open guys by Allar.