All Pits No Peach For Penn State's Defense vs. Ole Miss | FTB Film Study

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Welcome to Season 4 of FTB Film Study! Caught in the middle of a Perfect Storm of Opt-Outs, Injuries, and Innovative Offensive Play-Calling from visor/fake Twitter account enthusiast Lane Kiffin, Penn State's defense looked like a shell of its normal self in the Peach Bowl. Coach Codutti shows how Manny Diaz's absence -- and a thinned-out depth chart -- resulted in a handful of costly blown assignments that we simply didn't see all season from the nation's No. 1 Defense.
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[@heathday7360]

Ole Miss fan here.We got the best seats we could get. We got seats in a PSU section. We had good interactions with the PSU fans. You guys travel well. Your team speed on defense was super fast. Sorry you guys had op-outs. It really hurt your defense. BTW, Tom Allen use to be a coach at Ole Miss and he is really well liked here. I think he will do a good job. He's a great motivator.

[@aaronrider4051]

Thanks for stopping in. Btw, I thought you guys got completely screwed against Alabama these last two years, especially in Oxford in '22. I wouldn't mind if Penn State and Ole Miss could set up a home and home series.

[@heathday7360]

@@aaronrider4051 that would be really cool! Home and Home! With all the alumini you have, it would be great. Everyone should enjoy the Grove once in their life.

[@aaronrider4051]

@@heathday7360 yeah, and I don't know if you have ever been to central Pennsylvania, but it's definitely not like anywhere else. Distinctly Northern, but very German, and very country. My Southern friends love it. Penn State football is a very big deal to us and we're proud of our Lions. State College becomes the 3rd largest city in the state for game days. Hopefully we meet again, I'd love to see it. Have a good season next year.

[@user-qb9fv3bf2d]

They had like 2 opt outs lol.

[@garyallen383]

As the man says....." Run it till they stop it "...

[@halcreel2173]

I appreciate the breakdown. Well done. I’m an Ole Miss fan and have been watching football all my life. And still don’t understand all of what happens on a play. It’s amazing how you see things the average fan never sees.

[@KJdatdude77]

Great content as always, a couple things from this game were very eye opening. 1. Lans Kiffin is a phenomenal play caller and has built a sneaky good team that may be a legit national title contender next season. 2. You saw how much wide receiver play matters in todays football, its alarming how bad ours are. 3. Im genuinely concerned that Allar does not have the mental toughness to be "the guy".

[@employeestyle]

Ready to see what Tom Allen can do with this defense next year...

[@ForTheBlogy]

Our Tom Allen intro Film Study should be released a week from today!

[@josephguyton1940]

Tom Allen is a good coach. You'll like having him as DC.

[@garyallen383]

He was Ole Miss LB coach for a few years until Indiana wanted him to come home and be HC.....Good Coach and a Good man.....he will be liked wherever he goes.

[@jeffacallaway]

Thanks for the analysis, from the Ole Miss side I think the worst decision Franklin made all day was throwing twice at the end of the 1st drive after running it down the field. I'm not a coach, but if your opponent can't stop something, I'd keep doing it until they could.

[@johncarlisle2569]

Was at the game to see this in person. Hurts to see it once again! LOL Thanks for the break down, Coach C.

[@PSU2024]

Not as concerned about defense with the starting corners out. But very concerned about Drew. Why does he so often go to bad footwork?

[@ForTheBlogy]

We plan to do a "Rebuilding Drew Allar" video this offseason. Top of list.

[@JasonT404]

​@@ForTheBlogysome part of this has to be the receivers right?

[@ForTheBlogy]

@@JasonT404 yeah there are healthy slices of the blame pie to go around for everyone, for sure.

[@KJdatdude77]

​@@ForTheBlogycan't wait for that video, very curious what you've seen on film and if Allar is fixable.

[@kevinchandler179]

The one thing I did like about Drew in this game, because I went back and watched some again, he was calm and did a very good job in his progression, just which is even scarier, receivers were absolutely once again not open!!! How many times did you see him eventually even it was a completion or not, go back to T. Warren? He also, I think in his mind on purpose was not using the check down to the running backs, because let's be honest, he and all the players hear everything about how we aren't explosive and he thinks checking down is what Yursich taught him, and he wanted to show he could create the big play, even if it wasn't there!!!! Frustrating, but it is his first year as a starter, hopefully the new offensive coordinator can fix this bullshit!!! Because, next season even a lot of Nittany nation will not be making excuses for young Drew!!! WE ARE

[@xmassan20906]

- It’s a little easy to say opt out alone hurt us. On offense, there were receiver problems all year. We went away from the run and didn’t target the receivers until the 4th quarter. On defense, we had a pass rush, it just came down to the corners where Miller’s been torched before. Dixon’s decision was known well in advance. - If Elliot Washington, Audavion Collins and Zion Tracy weren’t ready, why wasn’t someone ready to move over from safety [as back up]? All year, we were thin at corner with a lot of young backups. Played all year for a bowl game and weren’t ready when it came. We had to twist arms to get departing players back for one more game. - We went three-and-out three times in the third quarter. No half time adjustments. No adjustments or short, easy throws to get Allar on track. -Depending on Lambert-Smith and some other decisions, we're around 90 scholarships. Ford Jr. and Tengwall may be medicals. You don’t hover around the scholarship limit without knowing who’s coming and going even if it’s not announced publicly. Looking to 2024, there's not a lot of room for Fleming, Rogers Lucas or secondary help if they’re going to get under the limit.

[@jamescolborn5325]

New o c has a lot of work to do but seems quite capable

[@jamescolborn5325]

Would have loved to see if Manny was there if. Idk

[@xmassan20906]

@@jamescolborn5325 Allar's had Yurcich, Franklin, O'Brien, Howle, Seider and others in ear. Kids been coached to death. Not playing free like Pribula. We're in trouble if he's over thinking everything. He started the year well but really struggles at times.

[@jamescolborn5325]

@@xmassan20906 true I believe Andy has a better idea of how things work and how to make them work better like DiaZ on D

[@noneyourbidness7926]

That speed option play where the guy was too deep is bc he was trying to cover for the corners (I think it was 5) who were getting absolutely run by Tre Harris. Kiffin found the soft corner and kept going after him.

[@johnsongoat8131]

Man, what a title!

[@josephguyton1940]

Great honest analysis. Thank you. Good luck next year.

[@ForTheBlogy]

Thanks so much for watching Joseph. Appreciate the kind remarks.

[@ccaldwellre]

Well done. Thanks.

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We appreciate it. Thanks for watching

[@roylabella2434]

Ole Miss basically gave Yall 14 points......Lane took the foot off the gas, or the score would have been worse. Friends who attended the game had a great time... met a lot of State fans... all good people. Hopefully, we'll meet Yall on the field again one day.

[@lifeislikeaboxofchocolates5383]

And btw that second clip isn't a blown coverage it's a gd read and a gd play call it's clearly a disguised cover 3 look and Jaxson read it like a book the seams are always open against cover 3 especially if the safety is rotating over late. Plz watch lanes scheme vs every defense u will never see more guys running wide open lane is an elite offensive mind he will blow your coverages regardless. And the td to the rb they wanted to send 7 guys w only 6 blocking bc they expected the rb to pick up a blitzed but instead of sending him out to the flat which most likely would've been picked up they sent him up the middle which made it look like he's picking up the blitz but instead he's running directly past u it's fairly simple and it puts the blitzer who was tasked with picking up the rb in an impossible situation

[@bluejay3945]

Outstanding break down. Do u think giving up inside leverage is a result of Diaz’s design or a mistake by the CBs? Ohio State kills us every year on slant patterns and it seems like our corners consistently release to the inside where the middle is wide open. Extremely frustrating to watch. I appreciate u breaking down Allar. IMO he isn’t athletic enough to get his footwork down fast enough. He appears awkward like Big Ben from the Steelers. Always throwing off his back foot. I think Allar also holds the record for most passes batted down at the line. I’m not a Pribula fan bc running QBs are 1 hit away from destruction like the Florida State QB. After watching Texas, Ole Miss, and Washington play I’m pissed that we didn’t scheme the offense the way these teams did bc I think Allar would have thrived under the play book of these teams. So tired of the Big Ten dinosaur offenses and PSU blew it this year for not scheming for a pocket passer

[@jessecrosson6648]

Great breakdown. Confirmed a lot of what I thought I saw on Saturday. First, people going nuts over Lane Kiffin's genius are... well they are mis-guided. Kiffin was no doubt smart to take advantage of our opt outs; but, it was the *opt outs* who no doubt cost us. Second, Dex (IMO) showed why Franklin didn't go in-house with the DC hire. He was totally outmatched--did nothing to protect his young corners (though it didn't help that a noncommittal Kalen King stole practice reps and misled the coaching staff) and gave up fade after fade. I really did feel badly for the young corners, because you could see they just were not prepared, even though they are talented kids. Hopefully gives the defensive guys some hunger for the off-season.

[@realwickedbrew]

If your number 2 corners aren't prepared by game 13, I don't really know what to tell you. Opt outs or not, as you pointed out, there were fundamental problems with the DB scheme that may have been there all season (don't know, I'm an Ole Miss fan) that were papered over with the tremendous pressure from the front 7. We live under pressure all season with the Alabamas, Georgias, and LSUs (in a normal year) of the world. But they get pressure bringing 5, not 7 like Penn State did. Once we adjusted and sped up the routes and throws, it was going to be all over and it was.

[@lifeislikeaboxofchocolates5383]

I agree w u. I mean they are blaming this all on their corners but the corners were left in extremely difficult situations in complete man coverage w no help. Idk why they think the outcome would be different if they watched an ounce of film they'd realize that tre Harris's is one of the best 50/50 ball guys in the country

[@zacharyrogers1071]

​@@lifeislikeaboxofchocolates5383 Also their corners played pretty good. #5 gave up some players but his coverage was the best Harris faced all season

[@jhwilson00]

Hard for me to get into bowl games where key players opt out. Whats the point of playing these bowl games.

[@SuperJC1967]

I think Allar would be better suited in a pro style offense.

[@kjz8923]

after watching washington manhandled texas last night in the semi, I'm now completely hopeless with our offense...

[@YourTripleScorpio]

PSU ran that TE throwback to Dinkins all year?

[@user-ek1mv7do4q]

To the fans holding on to the Opt-Out theory, if you find comfort in saying opt-out was the reason for losing, so be it. In reality, the opt-outs are quitters and not teammates. What caused all of these opt-outs. Recommend looking at culture and leadership of your program. If the players were playing for each other = no opt-outs. I would look at the head coach decisions. Firing a coach in season with no plan b, great motivator for offensive players (not). This motivation carries over to defense. Proven by opt-outs. The surprise was the players opting out during the game. Were they tired of playing? Did they know the game wasn't going their way? No confidence in the coaching staff? The surprise is something to be concerned about. And, may be a big problem for 2024. Best wishe on the new year.

[@lewmyers293]

opts out i get. however, there are two sides of the ball. States offense is not very good. no WR whatsoever. OM adjusted to control the run cuz they were never afraid of the passing game. Again, why focus on opts out on defense when it’s on my part of the game. if you score against an average defense, the game might have been different……

[@lindencamelback2305]

So I'm confused- Is it the players or the coaches? It seems the coaching.

[@WoodsintheBurg94]

I don’t think Penn would have won if their opt outs played.

[@skipsterz]

Agreed. Most of the opt outs were on defense and the offense is complete trash with or without the opt outs. That game was over in the 3rd quarter because the defense was wiped from being on the field so long. Maybe if the defenders didn’t opt out,Ole Miss would’ve ran away a little bit later in the game. It was happening regardless.

[@Nooooahhh]

It may have hurt your defense having players opt out, but that’s not anyone else’s fault but penn states. Couldn’t keep their best guys engaged and make this bowl mean enough for them to play. Even if they didn’t have opt outs on D they still would’ve lost I think.

[@lifeislikeaboxofchocolates5383]

You can't blame their defensive struggles on opt outs. Look around the country PSU had less opt outs then almost every school. They had 3 to 4 guys out we had 3-4 guys out PSU was just out matched ole miss could've scored 50 on them but lane called the dogs off. Can't just blitz the whole defense every play and expect your corners no matter who they are to win every rep one on one against elite wr's. The last time tre Harris was left one on one he went for over 200 yds 😂. He's one of the best 50/50 ball guys in the country

[@taylorbrock4635]

Penn State was down 6 starters just on defense with an additional 2 defensemen playing limited snaps. There were 3 full opt outs on defense (2 NFL 1st/2nd rounders and an NFL late rounder) that didn't play a single snap, 2 partial opt outs (an NFL 1st rounder and an NFL 3rd/4th rounder) that played very few snaps in the 1st half and then sat the entire 2nd half, Abdul Carter (a huge impact LB) got injured in the 1st half and sat the 2nd half, and then you had the 2 starting DTs play limited snaps. Ole Miss was effectively playing against Penn State's 2nd string defense without their defensive coordinator lol. It was not even close to the same defense that played in the regular season. There were an additional 4 starters missing on offense (3 projected NFL draft picks and an injured player), but that of course wasn't Penn State's biggest problem on offense. I looked into it, and it looks like Ole Miss was only down 2 starters for the game: Cedric Johnson (NFL opt out) on defense and Micah Pattus (Inj) on offense. It sounds like you're either just making stuff up or you're comparing some of your depth players being out to our starters / NFL early draft picks being out. Anyway actually, yeah you can blame a lot of PSU's defensive struggles on opt outs.

[@lifeislikeaboxofchocolates5383]

@@taylorbrock4635 no Jordan Watkins our wr2 who has 800 yds on the season played like 3 snaps he had a sleeve on his leg don't know what was up w him but he essentially didn't play and then our rb2 didn't play in the second half at all he probably got injured in the first half. If u compare first half stats to second half stats ole miss scored more in the first half so the dudes u claimed sat the 2nd half made no difference. Every other PSU fan said yall had 3 defensive opt outs so idk what to believe at this point.

[@taylorbrock4635]

@@lifeislikeaboxofchocolates5383 There were players that sat out the entire 2nd half but at the same time only took very limited snaps in the 1st half. We only knew of 1 opt leading up to the game, then there were 3 more that we found out about right before the game. Then later we found out about the limited participation of many of the others (I guess people who pay super close attention to who's playing saw it right away). The "3" number you heard before might just be them referring to the 3 defensive opt outs we knew about at the time the game started, and to be fair those 3 were the biggest difference makers. But you can certainly believe me. I wouldn't just make this shit up out of nowhere. Here's a list of the players that either sat out fully or had limited participation: Chop Robinson (DE - NFL Opt Out) Kalen King (CB - NFL Opt Out) Johnny Dixon (CB - NFL Opt Out) Olu Fashanu (OT - NFL Opt Out) Adisa Isaac (DE - NFL Partial Opt Out) Curtis Jacobs (LB - NFL Partial Opt Out) Theo Johnson (TE - NFL Partial Opt Out) Caedan Wallace (OT - NFL Partial Opt Out) Abdul Carter (LB - Injured 1st Half) JB Nelson (RT - Injured - Took 1 Snap) Dvon Ellies (DT - Limited Snaps) Zane Durant (DT - Limited Snaps) Here's a link to the snap counts of each player: 247sports.com/college/penn-state/longformarticle/penn-state-snap-counts-ole-miss-peach-bowl-224296764/ You'll notice, for example, that Theo Johnson only took 12 snaps and Adisa Isaac only took 20 snaps.

[@lifeislikeaboxofchocolates5383]

@@taylorbrock4635 ole Miss was still scoring w the "partial opts" in the game they made no difference. Ole Miss could've easily made this game 45-17 but started running clock and playing prevent defense halfway through the 4th if u want to say ole miss doesn't score 38 then that's fair but PSU's offense was horrendous and I guarantee Lane scores more than 17 ole miss wins either way if both teams are full strength. We had a true freshman wr that got a starting role and did his job

[@lifeislikeaboxofchocolates5383]

@@taylorbrock4635 and on top of that the guy that replaced our top edge rusher/ best defensive player was a guy who was deemed ineligible all season and had taken 0 snaps on this team

[@averagebloke4474]

I blame the opt outs. We were a completely different team. I hate them.

[@skipsterz]

You’re forgetting the offense is complete trash so, the defense had to play the entire game. Maybe the opt out players would’ve kept the game from getting away from them as early but it was eventually going to happen. PSU was losing that game regardless of opt outs.

[@averagebloke4474]

@@skipsterz nah. 4 of our best players opted out 8 of them total didn't play much. Without the opt outs we would have won hands down.

[@na-vn5qy]

​@@averagebloke4474do you honestly not feel ridiculous saying 'we would have won hands down' when you lost so badly? obviously the game would have looked differently, but it wasn't even competitive (for long, anyway). i get coping to a degree - you have every right to - but wild assertions about 'hands down, *would* have' is.. well, just that, wild. lol.

[@jimmyt4821]

Ole Miss football had 6 starting opt outs as well its all about coaching and teaching team chemistry 🧪 stop complaining we whooped y'all ass period

[@brendankimbrough7253]

Riiiiiight..... Opt outs are the reason you lost. Opt outs are the reason Ole Miss put up 500 on you. Opt outs are the reason you couldn't score enough points. Sorry. You got beat handily by a better team.

[@juniorcarney16]

They have the most awesome defense in the nation 😂

[@eatonville0565]

Agreed. Also not having their offensive and defensive coordinators didn’t help

[@taylorbrock4635]

Having 6 players missing on defense (including 3 NFL projected 1st/2nd rounders, a projected 3rd rounder, and a projected late rounder), believe it or not, makes a pretty big difference. Ole Miss was effectively playing against Penn State's 2nd string defense and without their defensive coordinator. There were an additional 3 opt outs on offense, but no that was not the reason they couldn't put enough points on the board - certainly didn't help though.

[@jessecrosson6648]

Also, can we please stop putting freaking DEs in coverage?

[@williamkeene9032]

James Franklin, the worst big game coach ever.

[@4BIG_DEMOCRACY]

Your picking on penn state 3rd stringers alot

[@4BIG_DEMOCRACY]

Pick on those penn stste guys that screw their fans every year fir being so special they just let their team lose to chumps

[@juniorcarney16]

Yall sho did lose to those chumps, take the L and move on to losing to the bottom of the SEC next year, maybe Vandy will get a bowl game next year for yall to lose to;)

[@taylorbrock4635]

@@juniorcarney16 Hey, Ole Miss played pretty well against Penn State's 2nd string defense. Congrats.

[@jimmoore811]

I miss the days when Joepa would routinely smash the SEC in bowl games.....minus Bama

[@talltimbot]

These Funerals are payback for Sandusky and Blind Joe