1. PSU won and to the best of my knowledge, no PSU player got hurt.
2. If the Auburn players had CMU’s coaching staff they would have made a better showing last week.
3. On paper- great game by Clifford. But he was really hot or really cold. He missed a few open receivers underneath. especially Katron Allen on the sideline. Clifford went deep when he did not have to. Sometimes I wonder if CJF pushes the analytics on the quarterback so that he feels pressured to have a big play when a smaller play would suffice. BTW , Allen was wide open on that play and probably would have had a big run after a short pass.
However, in Clifford’s defense, I think a few passes should have been caught. A 4th down pass to Tinsley comes to mind.
4. Glad Katron Allen decided not to be swayed by Singleton commmitting to PSU. He really shone yesterday.
5. PSU is 1-0 this week and 4-0 overall. Fifth time in six years PSU starts the season 4-0. As always it’s the rest of the season that creates the problem. Perhaps PSU should petition the conference to play OSU or Michigan in the first 1/3 of the season , moving forward.
6. On both offense and defense, the underneath area of the field is a problem. Offensively, Clifford does not look for receivers underneath, and defensively, the blueprint for attacking Diaz’s defense was drawn by Auburn and CMU studying it well. Auburn had running QBs to exploit the underneath, and CMU used their big WR or TE underneath. I think Diaz made an All American of their WR #2.
7. The CMU team that showed up at the Beav yesterday is better than the Auburn team at Jordan Hare last week. As a team. AU certainly had better talent, but CMU was far more focused and organized. They fought to the end.
8. Love the PSU Defensive Secondary.
9. Hard to believe the Defense could not get a sack until the very end - kudos to DDS.
10. I saw an interview with former PSU DL Jack Crawford - he said the season is like doing 12 sprints, and not a marathon. Thought that was a good way of putting it.
11. I think CMU will be show to be more of a challenge than Northwestern next week. I think the team has had their lull, and will now start to pick it up with NW and moving forward. How it pans out-not sure. But I also think NW is a very bad team.
12. Not sure if there was an OL injury. I think there was a #56 on the OL that was not listed on the roster I have from pre-season. It might have been JB Nelson, who is listed as #55 on the pre-season.
13. Some nice effort by Dominic Deluca yesterday. Also ytesterday was the first game I saw that Keon Wylie played - he may have played earlier, but did not notice him until yesterday.
14. No one WR has stepped up. A little disappointing. But the upside is it keeps Clifford locking in on one receiver like he did with Dotson. Or McSorely did with KJ Hamler.
15. In the long run, hope the squad learns from it.
FTG
2. If the Auburn players had CMU’s coaching staff they would have made a better showing last week.
3. On paper- great game by Clifford. But he was really hot or really cold. He missed a few open receivers underneath. especially Katron Allen on the sideline. Clifford went deep when he did not have to. Sometimes I wonder if CJF pushes the analytics on the quarterback so that he feels pressured to have a big play when a smaller play would suffice. BTW , Allen was wide open on that play and probably would have had a big run after a short pass.
However, in Clifford’s defense, I think a few passes should have been caught. A 4th down pass to Tinsley comes to mind.
4. Glad Katron Allen decided not to be swayed by Singleton commmitting to PSU. He really shone yesterday.
5. PSU is 1-0 this week and 4-0 overall. Fifth time in six years PSU starts the season 4-0. As always it’s the rest of the season that creates the problem. Perhaps PSU should petition the conference to play OSU or Michigan in the first 1/3 of the season , moving forward.
6. On both offense and defense, the underneath area of the field is a problem. Offensively, Clifford does not look for receivers underneath, and defensively, the blueprint for attacking Diaz’s defense was drawn by Auburn and CMU studying it well. Auburn had running QBs to exploit the underneath, and CMU used their big WR or TE underneath. I think Diaz made an All American of their WR #2.
7. The CMU team that showed up at the Beav yesterday is better than the Auburn team at Jordan Hare last week. As a team. AU certainly had better talent, but CMU was far more focused and organized. They fought to the end.
8. Love the PSU Defensive Secondary.
9. Hard to believe the Defense could not get a sack until the very end - kudos to DDS.
10. I saw an interview with former PSU DL Jack Crawford - he said the season is like doing 12 sprints, and not a marathon. Thought that was a good way of putting it.
11. I think CMU will be show to be more of a challenge than Northwestern next week. I think the team has had their lull, and will now start to pick it up with NW and moving forward. How it pans out-not sure. But I also think NW is a very bad team.
12. Not sure if there was an OL injury. I think there was a #56 on the OL that was not listed on the roster I have from pre-season. It might have been JB Nelson, who is listed as #55 on the pre-season.
13. Some nice effort by Dominic Deluca yesterday. Also ytesterday was the first game I saw that Keon Wylie played - he may have played earlier, but did not notice him until yesterday.
14. No one WR has stepped up. A little disappointing. But the upside is it keeps Clifford locking in on one receiver like he did with Dotson. Or McSorely did with KJ Hamler.
15. In the long run, hope the squad learns from it.
FTG
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