Still crying after this loss

your best video ever!

What’s going to get lost in the narrative and good vibes here is that it never should have gotten to this point. Minnesota is 6-5, and they outplayed Penn State on both sides of the ball. PSU played yet another smoke-and-mirrors, ultra conservative offensive scheme. The two best parts of the game on offense for Penn State where when they threw deep to Evans for a TD, and when they dropped all the mindless shifting (that fools absolute no one!) in the 3rd quarter and just called standard plays and moved the ball down the field and scored. The fact that the fake punt was needed to preserve a 1-point lead over a weak opponent who was a double-digit underdog is pretty disgraceful. Another game, another spread that failed to be covered.

Googled the bbq rubs on ur post and it directed me to a massage parlor outside of Philipsburg. Great content. I’d love to know what JF said to Allar on the sidelines

Well done video! Yea... PSU wasn't ready to play, or play hard, and Minnesota treated it like their Superbowl with 100% effort. That was not the team that lost to Rutgers.

Hey Blogy man excellent analysis & commentary. Mine included to many expletives to share with the general public. Congrats to Nittany Nation!

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The beginning of this video I honestly thought my alarm clock was going off. I even got up and checked. Then looked out the window to see if a car alarm was going off.

Love the opening. That was definitely all of us. (Maybe a little faster even). Somebody get @JomboyMedia on the lip reading. Overall, great win!

Fuck Penn State..

If Illinois is going to be the only competent team you beat, do you plan on losing to Minnesota? We beat Illinois.

Saying we’d be 7-5 is lazy, stupid and wrong.

IDK what kevin is talking about. we weren't in a position to "salt the game" away in 2019 (not to mention we ran the ball very well), and shelton didn't even play the minny game because it was the week before that he spit at a player. Plus the weird beef with on3. Happy to listen to the other guys.

If Allar comes back he will be a first round draft choice and his parents will have a new house.

PSU rolls the ground hogs, 31-6

If we can’t win out we deserve to be kicked out. Stop the pessimism! Even Kent state has more optimism. Take a deep breath and believe…for once… that the sun does shine in Centre county

We don't have a very good QB. We have a good QB, but not elite. How about target your other receivers and not lock into one guy. A good QB can throw the ball to spots allow their receivers to make plays. Drew needs to anticipate when the receivers breaks on routes.

Yinz perfectly encapsulated my sick feelings about Penn State playing Minnesota. We (husband & I) were at that 1999 game, my first semester at University Park as a sophomore. I will never forget the feeling of walking home from that game. And the 2019 game? Scars, forever. Prolonged by the subsequent hiring of Ciarrocca as the disaster of an assistant. Minnesota played “1999” in the stadium after the 2019 game. Epic trolling. They knew what they did.

PSU 28 Minnesota 14

I know that Kevin isn't a Philly fan, but as a Philly fan I feel we are kindred spirits because we have the same sort of impenetrable sports pessimism that can only be forged by years and years of disappointment and suffering

34-20 🦁 s

For those old enough to realize life sometimes kicks us in the nuts at the most unexpected time, this saying will ring a bell - *It's the hope that kills* I am with Kevin and Chris. Hoping for a win but scarred by the past and a Franklin masterclass. That being said, i am ready to be disappointed again but till then, i think it will be 28-17.

24-16 Penn State. I just don't think Minnesota can score enough without a defensive or special teams TD

Destroy the Golden Gophers (like the 2022 Penn State Whiteout Game)!

I look forward to this every week. You guys do a great job.

27-3 good guys

Negative ninnies are the same people responsible for trumps win.

Hey guys, should the BIG and or the NCAA, really look into just playing all 12 games in the conference? The SEC, ACC, Big 12, etc playing all of their games in their respected conferences, also. No one could then piss and moan about about this team playing Youngstown State or that team is playing Mercer.... 31-13 this weekend.

Do we somehow appreciate stupid people’s opinions.

I have seen Jamar Chase drop wide open passes.

The idiot seems to think that psu commits should somehow be immune to mishaps.

He didn't even make the Biletnikoff semifinalist list, whereas Fannin did. There's no way he enters the Heisman conversation.

My questions/takeaways: 1.) PSU runs an option offense with a pro style qb 2.) Franklin said Pribula didn’t get it done in practice to warrant a start vs osu 3.) Pribula (run) , grunk (quick release) are better decision makers for this O 4.) Allar kept running on an injured knee. Couldn’t Pribula have done this? 5.) Pribula should have played vs OSU 6.) O-Line is solid but not against good teams 7.) if you can’t win line of scrimmage, then use the gimmicks. Where were the gimmicks vs. osu? 8.) PSU has beaten nobody this year

Given what we know about Warren, why haven't most defenses rotated more coverages over to him and made Allar beat them using the wideouts? If PSU makes the playoffs, the level of defense is going to be higher.

The receiver room is not bad, listen me out, it's frustrating because they are not consistent!!! And, I know what people are going to say, is that is the definition of bad!!! Nope, I think they are going to step up and make crucial catches soon!!!! WE ARE!!!

Coach, I love this breakdown as always. This is clearly a unicorn offense. How is an offense that doesn't throw to the WRs 5th in the FBS in yards per play - over 7? Seems like equal parts Warren, Allar and Kotelnicki. If Singleton ever gets back to 100%, I shudder to think what this offense could become.

oh - meant to say - the best cat&mouse was the goaline stand -- have a vid i may upload on the details of how this played out... p1-ref blocking the quick snap - p2-allen almost broke it - p3 same exact scheme!! - p4 the No Man's Land D by Knowles - great schemes + PSU going 100% w/ tendency

Great Cat&Mouse as you say - agreed - but every game will have this. I will say that Day/Kelly and Allen are experienced play callers so yes - this sets up for some fun breakdowns. But at this point there are definitely more innovative and more importantly, more effective Schemers out there in the college game. Chip's no longer at the top and I don't just blame this on Ryan Day. I think they are in agreeance with what they are doing and I definitely don't think it's maximizing the potetial OSU has on that side of the ball. Knowles is excellent btw - just ran up against the incredibly underrated Will Stein of Oregon. Kotelnicki is a good one and finally Franklin is letting one of his OCs have some autonomy (first since Moorhead), but not in Goaline Situations. There's no way I blame that play-calling at the goaline on Coach K, because we've seen this many times over from Franklin teams. Even going back to Vandy. Scared at crunch time. I actually like Franklin. Think he's done a great job with a tough situation at PSU -- but he's stalling at the top. I'm not sure he can get better recruiting than he has and his operations are sound -- so it comes down to scheme and the overall culture. There's hope for you PSU fans as we see he can actually let a talented OC do his thing - but still - at crunch time - you have to take the gloves off.. easy for us to say from the cheap seats...

Play 11 - NOW this looks like the coverage #9 thought was happening in Play 10! This looks like a C2 Match Up -- 2 High with a CB(#9)+S and one S dropping as a Robber into a Tampa2 look. #1 and #13 are slow to the crossers, thus both of these guys are open if they settle in the window as you say. Allen is a tough DC to follow. He does some cool stuff, but sometimes there's just not enough variety - other times he really mixes up his looks, but the players struggle with it. Plus - match coverage is better than Match Up Zone for the most part. Match Up Zone is good for variety not as the base coverage, imo. BTW, the 21 yr old CFB QB is not adept enough in his reads to be finding these secondary guys open in windows - that's ok - but again, the question - are Day/Kelly with their pro-style nonsense doing what's best for this QB and these skill guys on Offense. OSU is winning as long as they don't face a top OC like Stein who can burn our great Defense. Lastly - I agree - maybe not technically - but cmon! - that was a fumble. This coming from a Buckeye fan.

Play 10 - You didn't clarify what PSU is running here? Looks like a Qtrs pre-snap rolled into C3 MatchUp Zone. #5 needs to pass off the wheel route to #9 - but #9 is playing like a Qtrs safety Technique looking for a crosser or dig route?? This isn't hard -- there's more complicated coverages. I know some of these DBs are new, but this is terrible and has nothing to do with some genius play-call by CKelly. Mesh is a Man-Beater more than a Zone-Beater. Talk to Kurt Warner - he hates the mesh exactly because he feels it's so bad vs zone. So Allen - like Chip - has shown so little Variety up until now, that by breaking tendency and dropping out of Man Qtrs into C3 MatchUp Zone he burned OAU - and the players screwed it all up. IF these guys executed correctly - the whole mesh + the wheel is accounted for and the blitz has Howard in trouble.

Play 9 - JJ stopped running because Tate underneath was so open on the crosser! Freshman mistake, but the blame is on the 21 yr old College QB that's not in the pros. (haha) Just take what the D gives you. Let the Brady's of the world make other worldly decisions. Tate was too wide open to pass up. BUT... that 21 yr old also gave a great play-fake that both LBs bit horribly on! That's why Tate was so open underneath. The LBs didn't drop. Again - conservative Scheme by chip (yes you nailed it - just a WC Pro Spread thing), but great timing of the call and great teaching to Will who's been excellent at his ball handling! Which begs the question --- WHY NOT MORE POWER SPREAD FROM CHIP WITH A PS QB!@!??

Play 8 - great example of front 6 over compensating for Stagnant Schemes. In other words - when the Schemes don't have Aggressive Variety, then the players start compensating with overaggressiveness and over variety. What does Over Variety mean? Running around out of your assignment doing the assignments of others - this is dangerous times vs a talented team. Also, Chip may not be Chip of old, but he's experienced enough to take advantage of over-aggression. Fake Read Option Speed Option is one nice wrinkle that works.

Play 7 - Yes - that Dscheme vs Read Option comes back to haunt you. But a good play by DeLuca #0 on this one. He also played desperate and left his responsibilities late in the game. But he's a good one. PSU has good D talent. Allen is a decent DC. But it's just not great vs great talent and/or great DCs. You think you had trouble vs CKelly - try Will Stein or DeBoer - these guys would eat Allen for lunch.

Play 5 & 6 - Great Analysis. An example of Chip NOT breaking tendency. Cat & Mouse yada yada - it's the overall concept of Aggression with Variety. Chip's lost his Chops. Good execution by Rojas on play 5! So he wasn't all bad. Then Ellis #99 - compare this to the last drive - you will see a different Ellis. He is important because #28 doesn't have the sand in his pants. Ellis is a crusher. But he needs to be emotionally driven like he is here. Not depressed the way he played that last drive. The one OSU fans and Day think they proved their toughness vs a depressed, desperate Defense.

Play 4 - yes I agree - best scheme of this vid. Great timing of the call after some conservative under center or pistol runs. Again, breaking tendency. Chip did this same set up vs Oregon - tons of conservative runs/passes then mis-direction play action - similar to McVay. Almost want to say Shanahan as well, but Shanahan is more creative. Either way - Chip - the PS King - is now a Pro guy...ugh... Allen doesn't have enough variety in the modern age. MatchUp Zone or m2m. Sometimes Match coverage but not enough. There's a reason everyone started copying Saban's match schemes. This actually looks like a Match coverage and #11 should have had the crosser. But looking at the film you see #5 hitting #41 determining who has who. So you are correct it's m2m. #41 had the RB - got out late. More importantly #5 had the crosser and simply doesn't seem to know. SO .. first off - horrible exectuion - guys don't even know who their man is.. secondly - not good enough in Gameplanning and Scheming by Allen. Of course if you are going MatchUp Zone or M2M repeatedly, an experienced OC is going to burn you. Add in OSU talent and this is a problem. Said it in my podcast at start of year - losing Diaz outweighs gaining Kotelnicki... Diaz was the best DC under Franklin and it shows.

Play 3 - Again, too much credit given to Chip. Teams run 4 and 5 eligibles to one side of the field now.. even the nfl every once and a while! Nothing that innovative except for the timing of the play call. He did this vs oregon as well. Lulled the D to sleep with a lot of conservative schemes and play calling, then do something slightly exotic and suddenly Breaking Tendency becomes HUGE. This is very Pro Style... Chip post-NFL. Screwup by PSU in scheme and execution. First off - it WAS speed option - but PSU was so ill prepared that the keeper was non-existant. Both Rojas and the DE jumped on the QB - terrible. Maybe Allen wasn't prepared for this unbalanced set. Chip has kept it under wraps as osu has been very conservative this yr. Still - you either have to have the DE prepared to drop out with a LB blitz -- then the LB has the QB and DE the pitch. In this case it looked very conventional from Allen. Therefore - the LB (who actually pointed to his man) had the RB - THUS, he needed to wide IMMEDIATELY! Instead he blitzed! Terrible execution and teaching/gameplanning during the week.

Play2 - It's tricky to pick out the fake ROs and RPOs because there's a lot of different types of reads. I believe you are correct about this being a fake RO or straight up Inside Zone - however you like. Durant's a bit light in the pants and can be mauled, which creates LBs losing gap integrity. The last drive saw horrible gap integrity by Psu, but they were distraught, panicked a bit - a lot of emotion happening as they blew another big game - mainly because of the offense. OSU fans thinking they were something special on that last drive, but really it was just Timing Situational. But yes - i agree with some of the psu fans here - bad gap integrity - and again, Allen doing nothing special this play schemewise. Everyone does the gap exchange thing now. Now you could say that the fake RO by Chip was cool - but not when you do this - a lot - every week. Chip's an experienced gameplanner and playcaller - but his schemes are far from the innovative ones we saw when he was at Oregon. He's still creative - but his overall concepts are now bland - fine for NFL - but I expected more from him this year. College is where you can experiment - have fun!

I just don't understand why we break out these brilliant plays against Purdue. We should destroy them with base stuff and save that for the playoff

Ok, but really….. Heisman Trophy for PSU player let alone a TE? It’d be sweet but don’t see it happening.

An underrated asset for Tyler is between his ears: kid is clearly super smart, with elite info processing. Danielson can be a goon, but he said during the USC game "when do they have time to learn all this stuff!?" The answer is that most players could not handle all that extra prep.