PSU wasn’t really tested until recently and faltered a little, then lost the big one. Pitt turned out to be mediocre. Iowa, Michigan and Minny have sown doubts.
Going into Saturday, PSU had given up only 70 points. The last 2, Iowa and Michigan, put up 33 of them. Minny added to their woes. Can Franklin hold them together in the face of our game being followed by Ohio State?
They have a newbie soph QB who now has to suffer his first criticism from the Happy 110,000, and play under that pressure for the first time. He also runs the ball as much as their starting RB. He’s a Ramsey who runs 10 times a game. Then they have a committee of RBs. Cain is 1. Brown, Ford and Slade have been 1A.
I don’t think they are as good as they were last year.
But they have big thick guys everywhere. No pencil necks. We’ll have to play really well.
But we still seem to be getting better, despite the ins and outs of Penix. I think the Deboer, Ramsey, Whop, Scott quadraplex is pretty solid. Scott has over 100 carries, but the bye weeks have been well-timed for us. Can anybody shut down Whop? I don’t think so, but if they do, Hendershot, Hale and Westbrook one-on-one all day ain’t a bad option.
My fear is US staying focused. 7 wins. Ranking. Happy happy happy instead of focus focus focus.
Interesting stat:
We have outscored opponents 83-27 in the first quarter. Prior to the Minny game, PSU had a 76-3 advantage. Now it’s 86-17.
We can do this. We may be too young and not Hickory enough to know we’re not supposed to.
Going into Saturday, PSU had given up only 70 points. The last 2, Iowa and Michigan, put up 33 of them. Minny added to their woes. Can Franklin hold them together in the face of our game being followed by Ohio State?
They have a newbie soph QB who now has to suffer his first criticism from the Happy 110,000, and play under that pressure for the first time. He also runs the ball as much as their starting RB. He’s a Ramsey who runs 10 times a game. Then they have a committee of RBs. Cain is 1. Brown, Ford and Slade have been 1A.
I don’t think they are as good as they were last year.
But they have big thick guys everywhere. No pencil necks. We’ll have to play really well.
But we still seem to be getting better, despite the ins and outs of Penix. I think the Deboer, Ramsey, Whop, Scott quadraplex is pretty solid. Scott has over 100 carries, but the bye weeks have been well-timed for us. Can anybody shut down Whop? I don’t think so, but if they do, Hendershot, Hale and Westbrook one-on-one all day ain’t a bad option.
My fear is US staying focused. 7 wins. Ranking. Happy happy happy instead of focus focus focus.
Interesting stat:
We have outscored opponents 83-27 in the first quarter. Prior to the Minny game, PSU had a 76-3 advantage. Now it’s 86-17.
We can do this. We may be too young and not Hickory enough to know we’re not supposed to.