I’m not really sure the goal was to put up big rushing numbers. I think Nevada played the run first based on last year’s tendencies AND the offense wanted to get into a rhythm with the new WRs. The OL has to play better but I’m not panicking yet. Hard to draw conclusions from one game. Plus, improvement is usually measured from game to game. We’ll see what happens next week.
What are your positives & negatives from game #1
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All positive but for;
1. Clifford drop would have been a big gain
2. LB's play is a cause for concern, especially against the run. Hope to see improvement from game 1 to game 2 as Coach Paterno liked to preach. Purdy kid looks like belongs athletically, though.
3. Big let down that the 2nd team allowed them to march down and score at the end.
I still believe that Penn State wins the National Championship.
Shalom
1. Clifford drop would have been a big gain
2. LB's play is a cause for concern, especially against the run. Hope to see improvement from game 1 to game 2 as Coach Paterno liked to preach. Purdy kid looks like belongs athletically, though.
3. Big let down that the 2nd team allowed them to march down and score at the end.
I still believe that Penn State wins the National Championship.
Shalom
Positives:
- Allar seemed decisive with his throws, mechanics looked very consistent.
- DDS played great, although the Nevada (Joe Moorehead) scheme of letting the D End run free or try to block with a TE was quite suspect
- Young DTs looked good Xavier, Enai, Blanding really pushed the Nevada Interior.
- Campbell (good name) looked solid, Rojas looked great on plays and missed a few.
- Pena is smooth. As Sade' would say- He's a smooth operator. Small but quick in space.
- Hudson was really good
- Grunk played well, 2nd string Rbs. looked very good
- Played at least 75 players.........
- No apparent injuries
- FG Kicking perfect - nice return by King Mack - fast.
Negatives:
- Running game not yet in synch
- thought that TJ Shanahan was lost a couple of times (OL)
- LBs ok maybe a step slow on QB Draws......
- Young DEs got some penetration but ran themselves out of plays too often. Strong inside slants.
- Snaps to Allar from Dawkins..... not consistent- cost us points
- Hard to judge secondary as QB without much time to throw. Did not see Belgrave Shorter do much. Lane made a nice play, Dixson played well (going to be special).
- Clifford plays hard, blocks well. is often a liability on the field. 3 new WRs caught passes and Denmark caught a few.....no other WR caught passes if I am remembering correctly. Was hoping to see Koby Howard get a ball.
- Punt team did not get much work (sarc.)
Overall clinical win against a team that played a lot of close games last year. Lost to SMU by 5, GA Southern by 3, Fresno State by 3. Nevada beat Troy, Oregon State last year. So not a great team by any measure, but an ok team that played hard, played most of their 1s and 2s right to the end against our 3s and 4s..............
- Allar seemed decisive with his throws, mechanics looked very consistent.
- DDS played great, although the Nevada (Joe Moorehead) scheme of letting the D End run free or try to block with a TE was quite suspect
- Young DTs looked good Xavier, Enai, Blanding really pushed the Nevada Interior.
- Campbell (good name) looked solid, Rojas looked great on plays and missed a few.
- Pena is smooth. As Sade' would say- He's a smooth operator. Small but quick in space.
- Hudson was really good
- Grunk played well, 2nd string Rbs. looked very good
- Played at least 75 players.........
- No apparent injuries
- FG Kicking perfect - nice return by King Mack - fast.
Negatives:
- Running game not yet in synch
- thought that TJ Shanahan was lost a couple of times (OL)
- LBs ok maybe a step slow on QB Draws......
- Young DEs got some penetration but ran themselves out of plays too often. Strong inside slants.
- Snaps to Allar from Dawkins..... not consistent- cost us points
- Hard to judge secondary as QB without much time to throw. Did not see Belgrave Shorter do much. Lane made a nice play, Dixson played well (going to be special).
- Clifford plays hard, blocks well. is often a liability on the field. 3 new WRs caught passes and Denmark caught a few.....no other WR caught passes if I am remembering correctly. Was hoping to see Koby Howard get a ball.
- Punt team did not get much work (sarc.)
Overall clinical win against a team that played a lot of close games last year. Lost to SMU by 5, GA Southern by 3, Fresno State by 3. Nevada beat Troy, Oregon State last year. So not a great team by any measure, but an ok team that played hard, played most of their 1s and 2s right to the end against our 3s and 4s..............
When playing blue hens games, I hope to see complete line of scrimmage domination. I loved it.
15 looked so sharp. Very happy.
15 looked so sharp. Very happy.
You know it’s going to be a special season when the bitching starts after a 35 point easy win.Well you win the prize for the most asinine post on the game. What a
I loved the warp pace offense used a few times where they obviously called two plays in the huddle and ran them back to back as soon as the ball was set.
Nevada had one of the worst ranked rushing defenses in FBS in 2024 giving up 193 yards per game on the ground. This was quite literally one of our OL’s worst run blocking performances in the post sanction era at PSU considering results and opponent. I am very concerned. Hopefully it is just a fluke and the rest of the season goes a lot better.
That was 2024, this is 2025. Teams do change from year to year. You’re basing your criticism on this year because of where our opponent was ranked last year? Now that’s really stretching. I would have liked to have seen better production from the run game as well, but who knows what the coaches were trying to work on and it’s the first game of the season. Not too many teams throughout the country looked very sharp.
WRs had 16 catches for 194 yards.
Essentially a team currently made up of low-level transfers and the last two recruiting class of youngsters (recruiting classes that, IIRC, ranked well into the triple digits nationwide - ie among the worst recruiting classes in the entire nation, even among the mid-majors).
The best player on their current roster was probably #5 - a DB who transferred in this spring from FCS Sacramento State.
There is a reason they were the largest underdog of any D1 team in the nation - and a much larger underdog than most FCS level teams playing payday games this week (even though week 1 is loaded with pay day sacrificial lambs).
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You definitely don't want to pound the rock and increase the % of getting people dinged. Also, Nevada "held the ball" snapping to shorten the game. Smart. However, I think it forced PSU to go up tempo more than they may have planned....in an effort to run as many offensive plays as possible.
The reality is, that PSU had no chance of beating Ohio State yesterday
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Even if special, I predict we deserve better. I saw several offensive analysts on the sidelines with shirts untucked. Also players with running burnt cork under their eyes and funky towel ties on their heads.I'm concerned that Sutton may
Suffer a hernia with his contractions during celebration. Don't know how I'll sleep nights.
Other than walloping an opponent they were supposed to wallop and the obvious (to any non-moron, at least) working on integrating the new receivers into the scheme, I'm not sure what more anyone could expect.
And no, you don't deserve better.
And no, you don't deserve better.
Read an article a couple years ago claiming that switching positions was part of the problem with PSU's OL. I understand the desire of having some flexibility, but if it is at the expense of consistent performance, I would stick with keeping them at their positions.
We have to trust Franklin and crew will get the best performing 5 out there.
Just look to Tallahassee for exhibit A. FSU was atrocious last season but handily beat a top 10 Bama team yesterday.
Early season games are a poor barometer. I’m not convinced we learned much from UT-OSU yesterday. We need at least a 3-4 game sample to draw conclusions.
Exactly. duhO$U's Offense was awful and certainly didn't look like an Offense of a #1 team (215 Total Offensive yards... 89 rushing yards on 31 carries...). That's well below average and really bad bottom of the barrel numbers regardless of who the opponent is.
They lost all those players from a team that was last in defense…sounds like addition through subtraction. And again, almost all of the teams that played a tomato can did not overly impress. I remember last year we were going to lose three or four games because we only beat Bowling Green by seven in game two. Overreaction after one or two games is normal.
While I can appreciate that to a degree, Nevada doesn’t go from being a terrible run defense to a competent one. There are major problems on the line, and maybe coach has done a bit too much reshuffling. I’m not exaggerating when I say it was historically a bad performance for PSU.
And Florida State will vault up the rankings because of it even if Bama ends being an 8-4 team. That’s the problem with early season rankings and not realizing teams change from year to year.
You’re exaggerating a tad. It wasn’t great, but then again, it didn’t need to be. Teams that have a great QB don’t usually worry too much about their running game being down once in a while.
Now you have me curious, I honestly didn’t watch the game that closely. I will rewatch.
Really? FSU went from 2-10 last year to beating the #8 team in the country yesterday.
Alabama was down last year...could be down again this year. Surprised DeBoer wasn't fired yet.
Nevada does not have the resources of FSU to replace all of their players with studs from the transfer portal. Totally different.
And the music in the stadium is awful. How anyone can think it should be a fun environment for the kids is beyond me.
That was more the 3rd team defense that gave up the TD and two point conversion.
Why…because I have an honest assessment and not drinking the Kool aid.Well you win the prize for the most asinine post on the game. What a
or did you forget that we played a recent football and did not complete a single pass to WR. And, oh btw, the WRs looked fine against substandard competition.
Hopefully you will still be laughing at season’s end. After 11 years of the same old, same old - it’s just not funny anymore.
You hate Franklin. Congrats. We get it. The schtick with some is getting very old.
NFL designed check downs? I saw nothing we did not see against weak competition with last year’s WRs. It all looks good against Villanova. Until a real team shows up.
I will believe it when I see better downfield passing against a team with a pulse.
I was at game. I have been at most games over last few decades. You should try it sometime. You can see much more than on TV.
WRs were struggling to get open. It will get harder when real season starts. Ineffective running by Singleton should not give anyone warm and fuzzies either.
OSU & UT both have excellent defenses. Couple that with two new starting QBs and the offensive expectations were low. I expected a low scoring game.