Official PSU - Indiana '25 game thread

MacNit

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Exactly. That's why they came back with 17 unanswered to take the lead late in the game after being down to the #2 team in the nation ... because of Franklin, and of their "institutionalized" fear.

MacNit should be institutionalized.
I missed the end…did we win? Have a chance to win the game in 3rd and 8? Did we throw for sticks? With nothing to lose? Just as I said - mortified. Learned at the knee of BGJ!
 

Moogy

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Which of my above facts are untrue. Franklin’s historic record speaks for itself - bad.
I responded to your assertion that Smith never played this way, and, thus, this softness must have been institutionalized by Franklin.

It's a ridiculous unsupportable assertion that you use for shock value purposes, regardless of its truth (which you can't prove, of course).

You have such a hatred for anything non-Paterno, it's VERY unhealthy. It's cultish. You're the problem.
 

Moogy

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Did I say that the design of the deep routes is good?

No. No, I did not.

And nothing you said contradicted what I said, so...

Ah, so saying not going downfield was the problem, and going downfield is the problem ... don't contradict each other.

On your next episode of "WTactualF" ...
 

Moogy

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Then what happened?
Ah, so the institutionalized fear allows them to mount huge, improbably comebacks after disastrous plays (2 of them, actually), but doesn't allow them to win.

That makes total sense. In some alternate universe where reality is flipped on its head.
 

Moogy

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I missed the end…did we win? Have a chance to win the game in 3rd and 8? Did we throw for sticks? With nothing to lose? Just as I said - mortified. Learned at the knee of BGJ!

Ah, so "institutionalized fear" means a team, who has had a horrible run of losses, and is at home and commits two huge turnovers that puts them in a big hole against the #2 team in the nation ... so that everyone would think they'd just give up, pack it in and move on ... especially after last week, when they hung tough for awhile against the #1 team, but then eventually just lost their grasp on the game ... institutionalized fear means that they sack up and mount a completely improbable comeback to take the lead late in the game. Because they eventually lost.

Got it. That's brilliant. PSU should be stripped of its accreditation if you're a graduate.
 

Chumboshifko1

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I responded to your assertion that Smith never played this way, and, thus, this softness must have been institutionalized by Franklin.

It's a ridiculous unsupportable assertion that you use for shock value purposes, regardless of its truth (which you can't prove, of course).

You have such a hatred for anything non-Paterno, it's VERY unhealthy. It's cultish. You're the problem.
🤣
 

Chumboshifko1

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Ah, so "institutionalized fear" means a team, who has had a horrible run of losses, and is at home and commits two huge turnovers that puts them in a big hole against the #2 team in the nation ... so that everyone would think they'd just give up, pack it in and move on ... especially after last week, when they hung tough for awhile against the #1 team, but then eventually just lost their grasp on the game ... institutionalized fear means that they sack up and mount a completely improbable comeback to take the lead late in the game. Because they eventually lost.

Got it. That's brilliant. PSU should be stripped of its accreditation if you're a graduate.

"If you are a graduate"…..self admission of someone not from Penn State...ie.... troll.
 

PSUcup

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Whole ***-load of arrogant sh*t - asked before the game about Indiana never winning in Beaver Stadium he said ‘this team hasn’t played here yet.’

unimpressed michael keaton GIF
Personally I loved that answer.
It was honest and showed he believed him his team !
 

Moogy

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"If you are a graduate"…..self admission of someone not from Penn State...ie.... troll.

Your insinuation makes no sense. That's why you only made it to community college, John Jumba.

I'm a proud PSU grad (University Scholars ... now Schreyer), and I earned a varsity letter. So, kindly, or unkindly, STFU.
 
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Chumboshifko1

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Your insinuation makes no sense. That's why you only made it to community college, John Jumba.

I'm a proud PSU grad (University Scholars ... now Schreyer), and I earned a varsity letter. So, kindly, or unkindly, STFU.
Your insinuation makes no sense. That's why you only made it to community college, John Jumba.

I'm a proud PSU grad (University Scholars ... now Schreyer), and I earned a varsity letter. So, kindly, or unkindly, STFU.

This is Cruising Route 66 funny!!!!
 

Moogy

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This is Cruising Route 66 funny!!!!
I don't know who that is, but I'm PSU class of summer of 1996. Stayed an extra semester because I transferred in after my frosh year, and some of those credits didn't transfer in, or transferred in as not fulfilling any specific requirements because PSU didn't have an equivalent class ... and I took advantage of being able to take a lot of grad-level courses as part of the University Scholars experience. I did get my JD and MBA elsewhere, however.

If you had progressed beyond community college, they teach you how to post without quoting people twice when you get a 4-year degree.
 
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Chumboshifko1

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I don't know who that is, but I'm PSU class of summer of 1996. Stayed an extra semester because I transferred in after my frosh year, and some of those credits didn't transfer in, or transferred in as not fulfilling any specific requirements because PSU didn't have an equivalent class ... and I took advantage of being able to take a lot of grad-level courses as part of the University Scholars experience. I did get my JD and MBA elsewhere, however.

If you had progressed beyond community college, they teach you how to post without quoting people twice when you get a 4-year degree.

Prove it.
 

Calabrin

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Point is don’t hand off. Have the QB handle it. He’s the brains of the offense. With 1:47 left in the 4th QTR and on Indiana’s 14, and with Indiana having only 1 TO, they could have knelt three straight times and kicked a FG with about three seconds left. This isn’t hard. Sure - Ford taking a knee at the one doesn’t seem hard either but play the smart play.
Or just, you know... throw the ball over the middle of the field and get a first down because you're 3-5 and why TF are you playing conservatively? What's the worst that's going to happen? You're gonna lose the game?

Wait, lemme check what the result of playing conservatively turned to be...
 

Calabrin

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Ah, so saying not going downfield was the problem, and going downfield is the problem ... don't contradict each other.

On your next episode of "WTactualF" ...
Premise 1: Teams that rely primarily on the run and fail to develop an effective downfield passing attack become predictable and easier for strong opponents to defend against.
Premise 2: Penn State relies primarily on the run and has failed to develop an effective downfield passing attack during Franklin's tenure.
Conclusion: Therefore, Penn State is predictable and easy to defend against, which causes their offensive struggles against good teams.

Which part of "tHeY rUn bAd rOuTeS!" contradicts my syllogism?
 
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