Recap of Penn State's 21-7 win over Illinois with Bob Flounders and Johnny McGonigal

[@georgesealy4706]

That is the best the OL has played in many games. They worked together as a team and the timing was great. They opened some nice holes for the RBs. The OL has greatly improved.

[@surrogatemarker]

I feel there were a few too many gadget plays by PSU offense when a 3 yard run off right tackle would have been easy for a first down

[@georgesealy4706]

Sahaydak kicks powerful straight balls that fly high and far but misses right or left. It seems his pre-kick alignment is off rather than mechanics. I have a feeling he is going to be kicking a lot of balls this week.

[@kevinchandler179]

The defense had 7 sacks 13 tackles for loss, and gave up 1.1 yard per rush!!! Amazing, offensive line and running backs played amazing, Drew didn't have to do anything big!!! WE ARE 🏈 Unrivaled

[@RighteousJudgement911]

Penn State beat them worse than the score. They need to fix the kicker and penalties.

[@jaynsilentboom]

Penn state HAS to have a kicker…special teams is critical

[@RSeaker]

Wisky DL ran out of gas in the 4th Qtr vs. USC. That will not appear to be a problem for PSU as long as they keep players fresh. PSU's running game looks good, but needs to get the RB to the edge faster. Passing game needs work. Allar needs quick slants, quick screens, and should commit to running earlier because he gets panicky at times. Faster execution of plays, in general, as was seen in the UGA-Bama game.

[@plumberphil5321]

Tyler Warren for place kicker

[@kylemason883]

Heisman top 10!

[@N4divers]

Drew Allar’s numbers look decent but he played terrible. Missed key throws and just didn’t look confident. Played like a game manager.

[@sbrown4556]

I agree not his best game -- he knew it. But I wouldn't call it 'terrible'. Key first down runs, and was instrumental in rallying the O-line at halftime (read quotes in paper).

[@glennpittman7325]

Hope they can find their kicker a job he can handle.

[@dougzecher9781]

Why does PSU always get off to such a slow start. ?

[@bluejay3945]

I blame the crappy food in centre county. It takes us a good 5 days to recover after going to a game. They need to Uber in some quality food on game day to avoid that sheetz MTO bloat

[@justinbrosious6601]

@@bluejay3945That’s funny. I blame the coaching

[@bluejay3945]

@@justinbrosious6601 I think ur right. They seem to be flat or unprepared at the get go and then need to make adjustments. Watching a few games yesterday and even Indiana had an aggressive start.

[@TheDissidentTherapist]

They scored on the first drive and on the third drive missed a FG.

[@sbrown4556]

Letting the opponent take the bait

[@kylemason883]

Same Drew vs OSU n Mich last year. Looked scared at times

[@sbrown4556]

Beau, please stop posting under other accounts

[@robertseip210]

I miss Dave Jones' game recaps, except for his worship of Luke Altmeyer.

[@kentate1304]

This will never happen due to the unglamouros' nature of tight ends, but Tyler Warren's versatility and profound impacts on production should put him in the Heisman talks. It just won't ever happen!

[@KirkDavis-zf2zv]

Bob always has trouble keeping his cap in position. When I saw he had glasses perched on the brim, I knew it would be an annoying repetitive exercise for him to reposition his cap.

[@larrybarberio2777]

I miss Jonesy.

[@sammalone6714]

You might one of the few that does.

[@PatHeagey]

I miss how he was literally the only beat guy who was willing to call Franklin out and ask the ? No one else would. College media loves the softball questions.

[@PatHeagey]

Get him on a podcast.

[@leschlandsurveyingpllc7981]

@@PatHeageyget him as a guest!

[@jimi1234567]

Yeah me too man.

[@justinbrosious6601]

The defense made too many mistakes too

[@kathierogers4796]

So you guys are talking about the last quarter but…up till then Penn State was in trouble!

[@sbrown4556]

Yeah, I was so scared with those DOZENS of yards Illinois was producing

[@grundy333]

The crowd was the difference maker. Illinois coach: keep PSU whiteout out of your fing mouth! Drew and his wide receivers need to step up. This wasn’t pretty.

[@sbrown4556]

I disagree. I loved that game. Illinois is a good team that is well prepared. They made mistakes too.

[@chaseschneier1076]

Are they ready for OSU or even Oregon? Next week against The Bruins might be interesting as well.

[@PatHeagey]

Good thing they aren’t playing Oregon unless it’s the CFP

UCLA sux

[@sbrown4556]

Not yet against O$U -- nobody is. But I'm not impressed with Oregon.

[@jonanderson470]

@@chaseschneier1076 UCLA is terrible

[@jonanderson470]

Fr they are easily the worst team in the big ten

[@justinbrosious6601]

Yea but there were too many misses on offense

[@sbrown4556]

Agree. Part of the cost of more offensive plays and formations is that you will have more dud plays, too.

[@jonanderson470]

Yea people with half a brain knew Penn State wouldn't cover considering they were favored by more points than Illinois gives up a game

[@sbrown4556]

Even if Illinois gets the field goal at the end of the half, if Penn State doesn't miss their FGs, and they get 3 points instead of going for it on 4th, the final score is 30 - 10. That covers the 19-1/2. It amazes me how accurate Las Vegas can be.

[@Growinggolfing]

You guys got out coached. The difference was simply Illinois doesn’t have the horses… YET. enjoy just missing out on the playoffs.

[@connorjackson7995]

Dang, your cool man.

[@seanthomson5578]

Disagree. Illinois couldn’t move the ball in the second half so obviously Penn St made adjustments that Illinois couldn’t handle. Penn States offense moved the ball consistently but unfortunately are having kicking problems. If Penn State had a reliable kicker, they win by three touchdowns. Illinois also got away with numerous holding penalties in the first half. Once they started calling them, the Illinois offensive line got absolutely destroyed

[@willd780]

Out gained 374 to 219. Less efficient on 3rd down. Only forced 1 punt and only scored 7 pts. Hell of a coaching job 😂😂😂

[@tomboyer5608]

It wasn't pretty for PSU but, funny thing is, if PSU had a field goal kicker, they would have beat the spread. IL is a well coached team and Bielema gets the most out of them. But PSU's a well coached team too. This was a high quality game, a fitting Big Ten opener for PSU.

[@whofan1967]

Cry harder.