Official PSU - Michigan game thread

WestSideLion

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Sorry friends, the Sean Clifford era needs to end today. This should be Allars team going forward even if it means a few more losses. The head coach needs an intervention regarding how B1G football is played. The team has no ability to impose its will on the opposition from an offensive standpoint and therefore the defense suffers. I guess it's also time for Elsdon and Sutherland to be benched and go with Jacobs or King in the middle.
The Franklin era needs to end as well. Most major programs would have made a change by now, but Sandy nuked our program with a 10-year albatross of an extension.

We’re stuck in purgatory.
 

Lion4ever

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This game is so telling of our program. Not close to being a top ten team. Poor tackling, weak front 7, over matched OL, 6th year qb with no feel for the game, overrated young talent….endless negatives. I have lost hope for PSU football. 2020/21 weren’t apparitions. This is who we are.. ****!
 

Big_O

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UM is going to have >400 yards running on this defense. Any team with a pulse on offense is now going to run, run, run on the PSU defense after watching game film from this debacle.
 

BrucePa

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Cael Sanderson knows how to recruit and how to win championships. Why can't Penn State football have that too?
 

PSU12046

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Sorry friends, the Sean Clifford era needs to end today. This should be Allars team going forward even if it means a few more losses. The head coach needs an intervention regarding how B1G football is played. The team has no ability to impose its will on the opposition from an offensive standpoint and therefore the defense suffers. I guess it's also time for Elsdon and Sutherland to be benched and go with Jacobs or King in the middle.
Yeah, but Sean is concentrating on his NIL Corporation! Yay!
 

Nits74

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Another second half collapse. Two or three more losses a certainty. This is the worst defensive performance in a long long time.
 

ManxomeLion

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Score is deceiving. Major breakdowns on both sides of the ball.
Afraid not much will change until Franklin realizes that fundamentals like blocking and tackling are as important as explosive plays. The product on field just doesn't match the talent he's been recruiting
 
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SouthHalls410

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These coaches also “fall in love” w certain players and they play and play and play despite mistakes and lapses.
 
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psu0408

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I think Franklin is hellbent on running his offensive system, because it got him this far. Piss poor blocking and no running game since Journey Brown retired. In practice, defense looks better than it is because it’s practicing against a mediocre line. If he gets rid of Yurcich, he needs to let the new OC do his thing without meddling.
 

SouthHalls410

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We have not had a line blowing people 3-4 yards off the line in ages. I also agree that Franklin like Tomlin controls too much. Especially play calling
 

Nits1989

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Jones and Ham, on the radio broadcast, are convinced that the offensive PI call against PSU on the play where Singleton got a 1st down was a blown call.
I hate to admit but I don’t understand the call. What did Ham say?
 

Nitt1300

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Another second half collapse. Two or three more losses a certainty. This is the worst defensive performance in a long long time.
This team will go 10-2, Mich will go 11-1, and tOSU will go 12-0
 

Ram20

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Is it time to really really question MY in big games? Our offense really just does not score a lot of points week in and week out. I know everyone hates Cliff, but I just don't think MY calls good games against good competition.
 

CDLionFL

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Jones and Ham, on the radio broadcast, are convinced that the offensive PI call against PSU on the play where Singleton got a 1st down was a blown call.
It would have been a blown call had Cliff hit Singleton right away rather than waiting, which allowed Singleton to get downfield. Singleton catches it at or behind the LOS, it's fair game.
 
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