Official PSU - Maryland Game Thread

[Erial_Lion]

Yeah then fire his *** because he should know the rules after all these focking years. Right?

They were both dead ball penalties…he does know the rules, and got the enforcement correct.

 

[PSUwolf]

Franklin looks real happy. Perhaps he doesn't realize we were playing Maryland?

At this point in the season, it's just win and advance. There were a ton of upsets and close calls today. I'm happy with the win

 

[leinbacker]

Tagovailola passed for 371 yards so I wouldn't call it an A$$ beating.

Doug Flutie passed for more than 500 yards against and got an a$$ beating

 

[bdgan]

Doug Flutie passed for more than 500 yards against and got an a$$ beating

52-17

BC passed for 605 yards that game but not all of them were Flutie. Warner rushed for 183 yards. Can you imagine that? All of the RBs together struggle to get that in 2 games this year.

 

[Nitt1300]

Classic come from behind win coming for Maryland, 2 years in a row to these guys. Pathetic. I can't imagine LSU or USC could want anything to do with this coaching staff.

And I can't imagine any coach wanting to coach for this pathetic loser fan base.

 

[bdgan]

Interesting stats. Penn State had more yardage than MD (not by much), beat them in TOP (not much but I'll take it), but actually got fewer 1st downs than MD.

Matchup
1st Downs	23	29
3rd down efficiency	10-18	4-15
4th down efficiency	0-1	1-2
Total Yards	456	419
Passing	363	371
Comp-Att	27-47	41-58
Yards per pass	7.7	6.4
Interceptions thrown	0	1
Rushing	93	48
Rushing Attempts	33	27
Yards per rush	2.8	1.8
Penalties	7-54	4-25
Turnovers	0	2
Fumbles lost	0	1
Interceptions thrown	0	1
Possession	31:33	28:27

Fewer first downs is because PSU's offense depends on big passing plays to Dotson. The offense scored 3 TDs, all long breakaways to Dotson.

 

[Ram20]

And I can't imagine any coach wanting to coach for this pathetic loser fan base.

Total outburst by me and uncalled for. I am usually supportive of Franklin and reserve my negative opinions until after the game. Poor showing by me in a moment of frustration to be sure.

 

[bdgan]

And I can't imagine any coach wanting to coach for this pathetic loser fan base.

110,000 strong says PSU is far from a pathetic loser fanbase. The fact is PSU fans are among the best in the country and they aren't happy with 5 loss seasons.

 

[Nitt1300]

110,000 strong says PSU is far from a pathetic loser fanbase. The fact is PSU fans are among the best in the country and they aren't happy with 5 loss seasons.

yeah, we've had so many 5 loss seasons to whine about

 

[Shadow99]

The secondary is very good.
The LBs are average. I expected more from Smith this year.
The DL is above average with Mustipher & Luketta (today) but below average without them.

MD marched the length of the field but we were lucky to recover a bad snap. They easily drove it in for a TD on their next possession. They they got a 2 pt conversion. Remember, PSU lost a 14 pt lead vs Illinois. I think the lack of depth on defense causes them to get tired by halftime. I'm also not too impressed with Pry. He's too blitz happy and we keep getting burned. I liked the 3 man rush vs OSU. He finally went back to that in the 4th qtr today and it was effective again. The late penalties by Porter could have cost us but we got the pick 6 which effectively ended the game.

Perhaps there would be more favorable responses to the blitzing if the blitzes got home more often...could be wrong, but it seems that most of the sacks this season have been due to someone like Ebiketie just beating his man one-on-one as opposed to it being a result of a blitz.

 

[bdgan]

yeah, we've had so many 5 loss seasons to whine about

Last year
Possibly this year

Next year appears to be a rebuilding year. Impact players Clifford, Dotson, Mustipher, Ebiketie, Brisker, Fields, Luketta, Brooks, & Stout are likely gone along with a few others. Looking forward to Allar and Singleton joining the team next year but they will be true freshmen.

I give Franklin a pass on his first two seasons. He did a good job recruiting and finishing in the top 10 three times. But you've got to admit that the trend isn't good right now. I think the frustration is exacerbated by Franklin's refusal to respond to fan concerns about his possible interest in the USC job.