Path to Victory: Three things Penn State football must do to beat Rutgers

[DavidEckert]

Path to Victory: Three things Penn State football must do to beat Rutgers

Penn State Nittany Lions football welcomes the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Saturday for the final game at Beaver Stadium this year.

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[dcf4psu]

Is it true several o-line starters have not practiced this week due to the flu?

 

[BobPSU92]

RUN. THREE. F*CKING. YARDS. .

 

[Mufasa94]

Score more points

 

[BrucePa]

Anyone carrying the ball cannot fall down when the closest defender says "Boo!"

Anyone on defense who intends to tackle someone with the ball, don't let him run through your arms for 15 YAC.

 

[Bvillebaron]

Anyone carrying the ball cannot fall down when the closest defender says "Boo!"

Anyone on defense who intends to tackle someone with the ball, don't let him run through your arms for 15 YAC.

Well said. The defense should also try TACKLING someone as in wrapping their arms around them rather than simply hitting them and hoping to knock them down.

 

[s1uggo72]

Block
Tackle
No penalties

 

[TheBigUglies]

Is it me or do we see a fundamental difference in defense? JoePa defense were always fundamentally solid in tackling? Franklin not so much? Maybe I am over thinking it but I always though pre Franklin PSU was always solid in the fundamentals of tackling.

 

[helixville]

Block
Tackle
No penalties

My 3 things are very similar it's what I said to my JH football's teams before every game for 27 years.

1. Run the ball.
2. Stop the run.
3. Win turnover battle.

 

[psu31trap]

Penn State has a profoundly bigger linemen on both sides of the ball. On offense they will run the ball at will. I see the Nittany Lion defense will pressure Vedral all game.

 

[BobPSU92]

Penn State has a profoundly bigger linemen on both sides of the ball. On offense they will run the ball at will. I see the Nittany Lion defense will pressure Vedral all game.

Penn State run the ball at will?

 

[psu31trap]

Both Rutgers DE’s average 240lbs. One DT is 255lbs and the other is 275lbs with limited depth. The Penn State Offensive line averages 300+ pounds. I would be surprised if Penn State, at home, doesn’t begin to wear down the Rutgers defense and run the ball effectively mid way through the 2nd qtr.

 

[delcoLion]

They couldn't block Villanova.

 

[TiogaLion]

It's rutgres people. We only have to do one thing and that's show up.

 

[Nohow]

RUN. THREE. F*CKING. YARDS. .

Start Lee at running back. He may not be great but he’s all we got.

 

[helixville]

I agree but Lee struggles in pass protection. Cain is our best pass blocker of the rbs.

 

[Nohow]

I agree but Lee struggles in pass protection. Cain is our best pass blocker of the rbs.

Silly me, I thought job 1 of a RUNNING BACK is running. Lee is probably second best in blocking and he hasn’t fumbled lately.

 

[Tom_PSU]

Silly me, I thought job 1 of a RUNNING BACK is running. Lee is probably second best in blocking and he hasn’t fumbled lately.

It’s a conundrum, normally I would agree with you. However after watching our line pass block most of the season playing Cain frequently is probably a humanitarian gesture by Franklin to keep Clifford out of the hospital.

 

[ManxomeLion]

Start Lee at running back. He may not be great but he’s all we got.

He may also be the better receiver out of all the RBs.

 

[Nitwit]

Penn State run the ball at will?

Will who?

 

[helixville]

Silly me, I thought job 1 of a RUNNING BACK is running. Lee is probably second best in blocking and he hasn’t fumbled lately.

True but if he’s a liability in pass protection it kind of tips the defense when he is in the game. At least he blocks better than Lovett.