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Arivacalion

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1. Dawkins has to go. I've seen enough. He has been a liability at center all season long and was destroyed last Saturday night. It will not look anything different come Northwestern, Iowa, Ohio State, Indiana and Nebraska for that matter. It's astonishing how far his play level has dropped in 3 years. Looks like a D2 lineman out there. Captain or not he has to go. Cousins, Vega, Shanahan, ANYONE frankly, needs to be our starter from here on out.

2. ELIMINATE the quick snap hurry up offense. They can't execute it and it's horrible. No more. At all. Ever again.

3. Take the audible away from Allar. He is constantly killing plays and freaking out pre snap. Good Lord can ANYONE GET THIS KID TO RELAX AND PLAY FOOTBALL? If he isn't freaking out he is running into the huddle and yelling 15 second super complicated bs plays off his wrist band. Enough. From now on Drew here are our 20 to 25 plays. That's it. No audibles, no freaking out, no hurry up.

4. YOU HAVE 4 PLAYERS ON OFFENSE. EVERY SINGLE PLAY is to end up with the ball in their hands: Allen, Reynolds, Pena, and Ross. That's it. No exceptions. You get the ball to the guys who can win you games against good defenses. No more lolly pops and gum drops and participation trophies or lifetime achievement awards. Nick came out this year and wasn't the same. No magic trick is going to fix that. He is third down specialty packages only from here on out. Hudson is Julian Fleming without the big catches against USC. His job now is as a blocker. 4 players. That's it.

5. The interior defensive line MUST play more than a 3 man rotation and that's regardless of how they look. Want to lose in overtime again? Keep playing only 3.

6. Special teams MUST BE SPECIAL FROM NOW ON. BLOCK A KICK OR A PUNT, NO MORE FAIR CATCHES, ROSS IS A WEAPON SO USE HIM.

7. Stop deferring the opening kickoff. Show some God damn confidence in your team and take the damn ball for a change.

8. The Rucci thing is over. Another liability. Play Donkoh at tackle and play either Shanahan or Cousins in that spot with the other at center.
 
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DaytonRickster

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Arivacalion said:
1. Dawkins has to go. I've seen enough. He has been a liability at center all season long and was destroyed last Saturday night. It will not look anything different come Northwestern, Iowa, Ohio State, Indiana and Nebraska for that matter. It's astonishing how far his play level has dropped in 3 years. Looks like a D2 lineman out there. Captain or not he has to go. Cousins, Vega, Shanahan, ANYONE frankly, needs to be our starter from here on out.

2. ELIMINATE the quick snap hurry up offense. They can't execute it and it's horrible. No more. At all. Ever again.

3. Take the audible away from Allar. He is constantly killing plays and freaking out pre snap. Good Lord can ANYONE GET THIS KID TO RELAX AND PLAY FOOTBALL? If he isn't freaking out he is running into the huddle and yelling 15 second super complicated bs plays off his wrist band. Enough. From now on Drew here are our 20 to 25 plays. That's it. No audibles, no freaking out, no hurry up.

4. YOU HAVE 4 PLAYERS ON OFFENSE. EVERY SINGLE PLAY is to end up with the ball in their hands: Allen, Reynolds, Pena, and Ross. That's it. No exceptions. You get the ball to the guys who can win you games against good defenses. No more lolly pops and gum drops and participation trophies or lifetime achievement awards. Nick came out this year and wasn't the same. No magic trick is going to fix that. He is third down specialty packages only from here on out. Hudson is Julian Fleming without the big catches against USC. His job now is as a blocker. 4 players. That's it.

5. The interior defensive line MUST play more than a 3 man rotation and that's regardless of how they look. Want to lose in overtime again? Keep playing only 3.

6. Special teams MUST BE SPECIAL FROM NOW ON. BLOCK A KICK OR A PUNT, NO MORE FAIR CATCHES, ROSS IS A WEAPON SO USE HIM.

7. Stop deferring the opening kickoff. Show some God damn confidence in your team and take the damn ball for a change.

8. The Rucci thing is over. Another liability. Play Donkoh at tackle and play either Shanahan or Cousins in that spot with the other at center.
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1) Agree, great guy but not cutting it. Insert Cousins or Shanahan.
2) Agree
3) Allar just seems so frantic. Not sure what his problem is?
4) Disagree. Hudson stays, so does Dinkins. The real problem w/receivers is the scheme routes. Too many flooded areas (receivers bunched) or long developing routes, and sideline routes. Too much of this helps the defenders.
5) Agree. You don't develop depth by sitting on the bench.
6) Disagree. Special teams has been a bright spot. Ross's PR return opportunities will come. Don't force them.
7) A change might help.
8) Agree. Donkoh back to starting RT.
 
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LMTLION

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Franklin is about as willing to sit senior starters as Paterno was - not at all. But I agree with you that Dawkins is the biggest liability on the line. Rucci is a close second. I would add “never play Liam Clifford”to the list. He gets no separation vs good or bad defenses.
 
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bwc

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2. I think it could work if they ran pass plays. Seems like it's always a run, seems like the line is unsure who to block and they miss assignments.

I'll add:

If you're going to run the wildcat, take Allar out and add an extra lineman.

I don't think they should always look for presnap adjustments. Great, you know who is coming, but now they know you know and just audible out of it. Have they drawn an offsides penalty this year? Probably because they know you're not snapping the ball.

More under center for Allar, especially when handing off to Singleton. Allen is good from meshpoint, Singleton needs to be moving when handed the ball. Wouldn't hurt to roll Drew out occasionally either.

DE's need a different move other than running the circle, getting hooked and held and ran behind the play, then jumping up and down about not getting the call.

Lastly, someone needs to get Nwosu to speed up on punts. He's slow getting the ball off and it's going to result in a block.
 
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BobPSU92

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Should we cheat? It served um well. Whatever we’re doing isn’t working. Why not pull out all the stops?

Never mind. We’d get the death penalty. WE ARE! 😞
 
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KingLando

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Arivacalion said:
1. Dawkins has to go. I've seen enough. He has been a liability at center all season long and was destroyed last Saturday night. It will not look anything different come Northwestern, Iowa, Ohio State, Indiana and Nebraska for that matter. It's astonishing how far his play level has dropped in 3 years. Looks like a D2 lineman out there. Captain or not he has to go. Cousins, Vega, Shanahan, ANYONE frankly, needs to be our starter from here on out.

2. ELIMINATE the quick snap hurry up offense. They can't execute it and it's horrible. No more. At all. Ever again.

3. Take the audible away from Allar. He is constantly killing plays and freaking out pre snap. Good Lord can ANYONE GET THIS KID TO RELAX AND PLAY FOOTBALL? If he isn't freaking out he is running into the huddle and yelling 15 second super complicated bs plays off his wrist band. Enough. From now on Drew here are our 20 to 25 plays. That's it. No audibles, no freaking out, no hurry up.

4. YOU HAVE 4 PLAYERS ON OFFENSE. EVERY SINGLE PLAY is to end up with the ball in their hands: Allen, Reynolds, Pena, and Ross. That's it. No exceptions. You get the ball to the guys who can win you games against good defenses. No more lolly pops and gum drops and participation trophies or lifetime achievement awards. Nick came out this year and wasn't the same. No magic trick is going to fix that. He is third down specialty packages only from here on out. Hudson is Julian Fleming without the big catches against USC. His job now is as a blocker. 4 players. That's it.

5. The interior defensive line MUST play more than a 3 man rotation and that's regardless of how they look. Want to lose in overtime again? Keep playing only 3.

6. Special teams MUST BE SPECIAL FROM NOW ON. BLOCK A KICK OR A PUNT, NO MORE FAIR CATCHES, ROSS IS A WEAPON SO USE HIM.

7. Stop deferring the opening kickoff. Show some God damn confidence in your team and take the damn ball for a change.

8. The Rucci thing is over. Another liability. Play Donkoh at tackle and play either Shanahan or Cousins in that spot with the other at center.
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To make the playoff nothing needs to change. To win in the playoff is a different story. And we'd be best if Allar called all the plays.
 
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pendal1

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BobPSU92 said:
Should we cheat? It served um well. Whatever we’re doing isn’t working. Why not pull out all the stops?

Never mind. We’d get the death penalty. WE ARE! 😞
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I would be up for some cheating. We tried to play by the rules and not run up the score and actually graduate players and we were treated like Frankenstein.
Can we break into OSU's computer systems or give their team a very weak strain of COVID the week of the game. I'm open to options.
 
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