Official PSU - tOSU '25 game thread

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LMAO, no Targetting so he doesn't miss time next week. Laughable that they're trying to claim the initial contact wasn't blatantly to the head and neck area. Beyond laughable. They also went to Clifford's head earlier in the game while he was catching a ball - no flag on that one at all.
 

Tom McAndrew

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PSU goes for it on 4th & goal, and tOSU has 2 defenders covering the receiver, and tOSU with an INT.

i do question the play design. Two receivers were in the general area (corner of the endzone), and I believe the defender that was on the receiver it wasn't thrown to dropped off and made the INT

 

Calabrin

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Oct 16, 2022
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Grunkmeyer drops back to pass... he's looking directly into the eyes of the defender... but he's gonna go ahead and throw it right to him, anyway...

Yeah. That's the way the day has gone.
 

KingLando

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LMAO, no Targetting so he doesn't miss time next week. Laughable that they're trying to claim the initial contact wasn't blatantly to the head and neck area. Beyond laughable. They also went to Clifford's head earlier in the game while he was catching a ball - no flag on that one at all.
They play Purdye next week...no one was concerned about him missing a half vs them
 

Calabrin

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Oct 16, 2022
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Welp. We all knew 3-6 was all but guaranteed.

Indiana might hang 70 on us.

And honestly... how can you expect this team to prevail over Rutgers, or Michigan State? They're definitely not beating Nebraska.
 

Arivacalion

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The 1st time in college football history, a team ranked in the top 2 at the beginning of the season lost 5 games in a row. Make it 6 next week.
 

NOYDB

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Be glad when this **** show is over! Everything has been so freaking hard this whole season.. Can’t do basic things other decent teams can do in their sleep.
 

pendal1

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Nice, we set a record today. Ranked 2at the start of the season has lost 5 straight! Thanks Jimmy!
Agreed. This dumpster fire should be like a **** stain on Franklin's career forever. Defense sucks and we hired his coordinator for 3 million. Not a single impact player on defense.
The offense is a joke. We literally can't throw the ball and it's a disgrace and I guess big game James would have fired another OC. The offense is devoid of talent outside of Allen.
Everything Franklin did this year was bad and we wasted millions and millions of dollars listening to that loser.
This program is in rough, rough shape thanks to James. We have no confidence or credibility when it comes to winning any meaningful games. Again, disgraceful.
 
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KingLando

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Agreed. This dumpster fire should be like a **** stain on Franklin's career forever. Defense sucks and we hired his coordinator for 3 million. Not a single impact player on defense.
The offense is a joke. We literally can't throw the ball and it's a disgrace and I guess big game James would have fired another OC. The offense is devoid of talent outside of Allen.
Everything Franklin did this year was bad and we wasted millions and millions of dollars listening to that loser.
This program is in rough, rough shape thanks to James. We have no confidence or credibility when it comes to winning any meaningful games. Again, disgraceful.
No one on this staff should be retained.
 
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Calabrin

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I'm genuinely sitting here trying to imagine how Pat Kraft is going to justify not firing Andy Kotelnicki after today.

I mean... MAYBE he just figures, "Eh. What difference does it make at this point? He's gone at the end of the season, anyway." But his playcalling is a weekly embarrassment.
 
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PSU4U

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Real simple. The problem is Knowles. With a decent defensive coordinator, we are still undefeated. Knowles sucks.
Knowls is a good coach. His problem is his unwillingness to adapt and change some things up to better suit the ability of his players is the big issue. Honestly almost all coordinators fall to that weakness.
 

Psu00

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At this point there needs to be a complete overhaul of the program. All of the coaches should be gone. No one really expected them to beat OSU but they play large segments of games where they literally look like a bad high school team.
 
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One thing I notice. PSU players never seem to be upset or pissed about losing. There laughing, carrying on etc... Hey, they are making money, NIL. Fans are more upset then the players. Maybe we are the fools. I think so.
I get more upset playing pick up basketball against a bunch of guys in their fifties. Where is the pride and self-respect? Do you care about suffering a beatdown in front of the whole country?
 

Bvillebaron

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I wonder what Jim Knowles does all week? Does he just not care? He got his check, and now he lives in a hammock listening to Margaritaville on repeat?
My guess is he wasn’t coaching his DBs to repeatedly get 5 or more yards behind them on long passes.