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How To Save Penn State's 2007 Season | 10 comments (10 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

roaring back (#1)
by cernig on Sun Sep 23 2007 at 11:47 PM EST

the run game is inefficient regardless who plays because of the o-line.
clark at qb is certainly not the answer. the answer lies in the future will devlin. not clark. and morelli is no tebow and clark is no leak i can guarentee that.
ill talk more of "letting loose" in a bit
seargent did commit a foul on that play that was clear when he pushed off to get in position.
the offense has enough weapons you said it yourself. king is a first round draft pick THIS YEAR in the nfl... he is going no where on offense.

back to letting loose... here is the thing all penn state fans need to remember: this is big ten football. the big ten is NOT the SEC god damnit. we are not about speed or big plays. we are about defense (which penn state has) and a hard gritty run game which is obviously suspect thus far in state college this year. the game yesterday was a typical big ten game. thats how it is. no one in the big ten has changed their philosophy its just not gonna happen, sorry. its the reason why the big ten suffers so badly in the big games vs other confrences cause they refuse to change their ways for the ways that have revolutionized college football. but its unique. its the big ten. its not changing anytime soon. deal with it.

run the table penn state. go state go!

We were.... (#2)
by alexferguson60 on Mon Sep 24 2007 at 6:36 AM EST

I saw the game, and here were my comments about 24 hours after the game. Imagine what I was like one hour after it!

Right - the defence was fucking great. You can't stop Mike Hart all the time and that Morelli fumble was sympomatic with what happens when we play those b***s. Needless to say, I was also furious at Austin Scott for THAT error.

As for the offence, it ABSOLUTELY sucked. Morelli couldn't hit anyone - but even when he did, the running backs certainly didn't **ing help out, did they? Kinlaw had one monster break, but that was about it. It was a pity that JoePa decided to bring out Scott because I thought he was causing some real problems out.

Michigan weren't that good (apart from Mike Hart and to some extent Mario Manningham), but our 'O' was just awful. I'm still ***ing furious about the game.

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: reply... (#4)
by Blue and White on Mon Sep 24 2007 at 3:47 PM EST

the defense is amazing. i mean considering hart had what? 43 carries? 43 carries against an average defense and hart racks up about 300 easy i tink. there isnt much more to say about scott, he is really getting on my nerves. maybe he should call up tom coughlin. he helped tiki, why cant he help scott? yeah michigan wasnt that great but either was our offense, so it really offset. i just want them to open the play book a little, i think it could do alot.

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reply... (#3)
by Blue and White on Mon Sep 24 2007 at 3:44 PM EST

i understand the big ten is different than other conferences. as i said, im all for line em up, run it down your throat style football. i would rather all of college football be that way, its better, but as you said its hard to compete with the wide open offenses of other conferences. i dont know about you but i hate losing and sometimes change is needed, no matter how hard it may be. i dont want them to stop running like they do but they need to do something differently to compete.

also clark would be tewbo and morelli would be leak.

and finally, i understand your postion on the sargeant play but i still believe that it was clean, yes he did push his way into position but on the other hand the michigan reciever also pulled him down from the jersey, correct? so if it wasnt clean, they should have at least offset the penalties.

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: no seriously (#5)
by cernig on Mon Sep 24 2007 at 9:27 PM EST

the offense is what it is. and they WILL compete with that offense.
i know what your comparisons to the qbs were.. what i was saying is clark isnt anywhere close to the quality qb tewbo is and morelli obviously doesnt have what it takes to be leak.
watch the replay of the play, push-offs on the offensive side happen all the time. good players know how to do it. just watch shockey do it hes always been one of the best even back when he played at thug U. watch it and try to tell me sargeant didnt first hold him then push back.

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