2023 Penn State Football Thread

Post by **Sam's Drunk Dog** » Sun Sep 03, 2023 6:24 am

The defense is going to need to do some work on defending the run because a better team is going to gash them. I also thought that WVU should have stayed with the run more

Post by **mac5155** » Sun Sep 03, 2023 1:26 pm

Agreed, their inside linemen dominated

Post by **genoscoif** » Sun Sep 03, 2023 3:28 pm

Kind of a weird game.

Allar looks the part, which is pretty exciting. WRs looked better than I anticipated. TEs weren't really needed, which is a good sign IMO. RBs were good, and man are they dangerous. OLINE was okay, but not great.

Defense had flashes, but felt a bit off. The WVU QB was either way more elusive than they thought, or the D was just a bit over excited. Overall, though, they played fast and aggressive. Maybe too aggressive at times? WVU OLINE definitely pushed around the DLine quite a bit. Agreed with others that a team like Michigan might be licking their chops.

Special teams was a special kind of disaster. Yikes. Missed FGs, bad punt, fair catch at the 5. Lots of work to do there.

Overall...take the dub and get better.

Post by **genoscoif** » Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:39 am

So the Delaware game tomorrow is only on Peacock streaming? FFS.

Post by **count2infinity** » Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:07 am

I was offered tickets to the game... looked at the weather forecast: rain/thunderstorms. PASS.

Post by **RonnieFranchise** » Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:52 am

Get used to it, these games vs G5 or FCS teams are going to be increasingly streaming only IMO. I get Peacock "free" from Comcast and ESPN+ "free" through my Verizon plan.

Post by **mac5155** » Fri Sep 08, 2023 11:12 am

count2infinity wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:07 am I was offered tickets to the game... looked at the weather forecast: rain/thunderstorms. PASS.

Yeah we bought tickets last week and welp, it's gonna be a wet one. Ugh. At least we're in lot 18 which is reserved paved and a 2 minute walk to the gates.

Post by **Beveridge** » Fri Sep 08, 2023 11:44 am

RonnieFranchise wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:52 am Get used to it, these games vs G5 or FCS teams are going to be increasingly streaming only IMO. I get Peacock "free" from Comcast and ESPN+ "free" through my Verizon plan.

Might want to check that. Comcast dropped the whole free peacock. Unless something changed.

Post by **RonnieFranchise** » Fri Sep 08, 2023 12:07 pm

Beveridge wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 11:44 am
RonnieFranchise wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:52 am Get used to it, these games vs G5 or FCS teams are going to be increasingly streaming only IMO. I get Peacock "free" from Comcast and ESPN+ "free" through my Verizon plan.
Might want to check that. Comcast dropped the whole free peacock. Unless something changed.

My plan has Peacock Premium through 2025. I'm sure the $5.99 a month is baked in somehow.

Post by **count2infinity** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 3:28 pm

Decent televised practice today.

Post by **mac5155** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 3:35 pm

Feel bad for whoever turned down tix today based on weather. Doesn't get much better

Post by **count2infinity** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 3:44 pm

Meh… I went to the farmers market, got some great stuff, took my daughter to get her hair cut, made some enchilada sauce for dinner Monday, swept and mopped the house, mowed the grass, did the laundry and put fresh sheets on beds.

Getting all that done outweighs watching them whoop up on a 2nd tier college football team.

Post by **mac5155** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 5:44 pm

IT'S GON RAIN THO

Post by **mac5155** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 5:45 pm

Jk jk don't start saying Delaware sucks they sucked Thursday and you didn't wanna get wet

Post by **RonnieFranchise** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:06 pm

Not sure when the last PSU game I didn't watch a single down of was. Not due to Peacock, but my daughter had a soccer game at 12:30 and by the time that was done it was 56-7 and why bother?

I did listen to Steve and Jack for the first half.

Post by **count2infinity** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:12 pm

Yeah. I watched a few possessions while I was cooking. Didn’t feel it was necessary to watch much beyond that.

Post by **count2infinity** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:18 pm

mac5155 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 5:45 pm Jk jk don't start saying Delaware sucks they sucked Thursday and you didn't wanna get wet

Well compared to psu, they do suck. And it was pouring here at 5-5:30. Forgive me for being 5 hours off on rain 2 days ahead of the event. Lol

I’m glad it worked out for you though. Got to see a lot of offense.

Post by **Troy Loney** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:46 pm

So this is what goes on in the PSU thread

Post by **count2infinity** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:50 pm

Weather thread 2.0 my guy…

Post by **RonnieFranchise** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:02 pm

Troy Loney wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:46 pm So this is what goes on in the PSU thread

The team's been winning big, there's not really much to talk about.

Post by **Beveridge** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:44 pm

Troy Loney wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:46 pm So this is what goes on in the PSU thread

We don't start crapping the bed until October.

Post by **mac5155** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:59 pm

count2infinity wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:18 pm
mac5155 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 5:45 pm Jk jk don't start saying Delaware sucks they sucked Thursday and you didn't wanna get wet
Well compared to psu, they do suck. And it was pouring here at 5-5:30. Forgive me for being 5 hours off on rain 2 days ahead of the event. Lol

I’m glad it worked out for you though. Got to see a lot of offense.

it was 49-7 and my buddy insisted on staying. They scored again, I said dude, cmon, it's 56-7, let's gooooo. Was a beautiful day until 5, you're right. I was sitting at the Eisenhower deck while the Mrs and kid dropped a band at the creamery.

Post by **RonnieFranchise** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 12:51 pm

Illini defense proving a good test for Allar.

Post by **count2infinity** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 1:04 pm

This game is starting to make me question this team… hopefully they’re just young and trying to figure it out, but they’ve been giving up yardage on defense and the offense should be able to move the ball better than this.

A couple of easy interceptions has made this game tilt to Penn State, but you can’t expect those every week.

Post by **RonnieFranchise** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 1:28 pm

KLS gotta be smarter than that. Offense starting to move it then dumb penalty leads to blocked FG these kickers were never going to make anyway.