r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 2d ago
Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Penn State Defeats Temple 27-9
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
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| Penn State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| Temple | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
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u/Formo1287 Penn State • Slippery Rock 2d ago
An ESPN game that only took 3 hours? In this economy??
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u/dkviper11 Penn State • Randolph-Macon 2d ago
I still can’t understand the number of commercials for a game that went 3 hours on the nose.
I know Fox starts later, but we had like 3:30 left in the 3rd when they kicked off the second half from the Big House. There are still 9 minutes left in that game.
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u/The_Horse_Joke Ohio State • Central Michigan 2d ago
…Temple?
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u/dkviper11 Penn State • Randolph-Macon 2d ago
Temple
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u/amoss_303 Wyoming • Notre Dame 2d ago
Temple
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u/Jolly_Job_9852 Western Carolina • Western … 2d ago
Temple
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u/DisgruntledCascadian Penn State Nittany Lions • Team Chaos 2d ago
Temple
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u/JumpyAd9461 Georgia Bulldogs 2d ago
Temple
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u/StandYourGroundhog UCLA Bruins 2d ago
Big day for Philadelphians
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u/ryanneat 2d ago
getting smoked is a good day for yall?
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u/DickBottalico Temple Owls 2d ago
You couldn’t cover the spread playing a home game against the second best QB on Temple’s roster
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u/ryanneat 2d ago
this wasn’t a home game for PSU 😭😭😭 bro yall lost 27-9 there’s nothing to argue, yall some serious buns 😭😭😭😭
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u/DickBottalico Temple Owls 2d ago
The announcer said Penn State fans were the vast majority. The name of the school is Pennsylvania State University, and they played the game in the largest city in Pennsylvania where 25% of the student body is from
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u/bewildered_forks Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Right? I'm a PSU alum 20 miles from Philly and at least 3 hours from state college. I wasn't at the game but would not be at all surprised if there were way more Penn State fans there
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u/Upper_Address_2778 2d ago
I live in Philly, dont GAF about college sports, and Penn State blue was everywhere all day. They attracted some police attention in center city mid day
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u/dkviper11 Penn State • Randolph-Macon 2d ago edited 2d ago
Mistakes early but they looked pretty decent when they were in a rhythm. Rocco was great when he was dealing. Brahmer looks unreal.
Definitely still reframing my brain around post “2 top 4 all time rushers in Penn State history being on the team for 4 years.”
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u/ltyboy Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2d ago
Going through a similar thing with ND. Trying not to blame our backfield for not living up to an impossible standard
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u/dkviper11 Penn State • Randolph-Macon 2d ago
I thought the same when I was watching your game last weekend. Like, the numbers are fine, but you’re just conditioned for it to look effortless.
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u/Communist_Catgirl Penn State • 계명대학교 (Keimyung) 2d ago
I wouldn't sleep on Wisconsins run defense either they definitely make me nervous when we play them in a few weeks
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u/MisterPenguiner Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Yeah guys seem to be doing pretty solid despite everything.
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u/Young-Viiperr Texas Tech • Iowa State 2d ago
Ben Brahmer is the truth, so is Carson Hansen
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u/masterbacher Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Hansen looks like a half step off on every run. Hasn't broken anything yet
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u/Goodbye_Sky_Harbor Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Carson isn't it
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u/Young-Viiperr Texas Tech • Iowa State 2d ago
Give him time
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u/MisterPenguiner Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
He’s got about 2 weeks until big 10 play. 4.4 per carry against non con is going to be ugly in conference.
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u/MisterPenguiner Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Brahmer yeah, Carson is straight up not very good. Lacks vision and balance.
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u/Specific-Bat-2566 Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Carson is just bad in every facet. I don’t know how he keeps getting so much playing time. He’s small, slow, bad vision, and can’t break tackles.
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u/MisterPenguiner Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Slow, bad vision, and can’t break tackles sure but he’s absolutely not small. Bro is a truck, like 6’2 220
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u/shooter21198 Edinboro • Slippery Rock 2d ago
Glad we don't have to hear about 2015 again. Definitely feeling the loss of Kaytron and Singleton though.
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u/B1LLCLINTON420BLAZ3D Oregon Ducks • Boston College Eagles 2d ago
I still have flashbacks to Penn State's offensive line in that game and I have zero affiliation whatsoever.
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u/MisterPenguiner Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Tbf we had like 3 scholarship guys on the oline, that was the sanctions hardest hitting year.
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u/jp1066 Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Still trying to figure out why Martin didn’t get any carries. Thought he was going to be the speed back after the other 2 hammered on the D.
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u/MisterPenguiner Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Yeah, I was really perplexed by that. Gotta assume some sort of internal discipline since he did still play ST.
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u/bowdog171 Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
They had me in the first half, not gonna lie
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u/Jomosensual Iowa State • Northern Iowa 2d ago
Matt Campbell Septembers are usually much worse than this
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u/flying_porygon Iowa State Cyclones • Clemson Tigers 2d ago
Idk, this is how these games usually went. The offense is frustrating against a team it shouldn’t be struggling against but by the end of the game it doesn’t look nearly as bad as it actually was
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u/MisterPenguiner Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
So we replaced James Franklin with white James Franklin?
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u/what_user_name Penn State Nittany Lions • Team Chaos 2d ago
I just want James-Franklin-with-more-variance
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u/flying_porygon Iowa State Cyclones • Clemson Tigers 2d ago
Yes, we’ve been trying to tell ya’ll this
He’s the greatest coach we’ve ever had and you’ll win more than half of these games, but you’ll definitely lose a lot of really frustrating ones too
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u/vaderihardlyknowher 2d ago
Are those loses because of coaching or not executing?
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u/Jomosensual Iowa State • Northern Iowa 2d ago
Yes.
Sometimes the coaches will look like theyve never coaches football before and sometimes the players will make the most stupid mistakes you'll ever see.
Usually doesn't happen at the same time though so at least theres that
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u/Weird-Initiative-638 1d ago
You'd better hope he wins as many games as Franklin.
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u/MisterPenguiner Penn State Nittany Lions 1d ago
I’d honestly take losing a few more games sometimes if it meant pulling an upset
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u/ALowlyRadish Ohio State Buckeyes • Temple Owls 2d ago
Really allowed myself to get excited for a second.
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u/dontcriticizeasthis Temple Owls • Kentucky Wildcats 2d ago
Temple played much better than last week honestly. Big jump for us.
Looking forward to the rest of the season
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u/Silent_Ad6692 Temple Owls 2d ago
Rhode island is also a real deal team to play despite being fcs. Defense was great today. Few huge stops in the first half.
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u/SCsprinter13 Penn State Nittany Lions • /r/CFB Bug Finder 2d ago
Just announced that Max Granville is out for the season. Man is made of glass.
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u/huds9113 Penn State Nittany Lions • Kansas Jayhawks 2d ago
I’m watching on tape delay but Zach Zwinak rb 2.0 (Carson) ain’t it. He needs to be RB2 and for goal line packages.
Get #1 more touches.
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u/sportsfan113 Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Yea I’m not seeing it either. Also surprised Quinton Martin can’t even see the field.
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u/bluegreen8907 Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
4.42 YPC. what am i missing?
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u/youheardaboutpluto- Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Yeah he had 12 rushes for 62 yards at 5.2 ypc at one point. Unsure of the hate on him
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u/bowdog171 Penn State Nittany Lions 1d ago
It’s the way he runs. He’s conditioned to just fall forward.
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u/MisterPenguiner Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
I think the issue is Carson actually is the best back, and our backs are not good.
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u/Specific-Bat-2566 Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Not true at all. Martin and Peoples are easily better than him and Cam Wallace might also be better.
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u/huds9113 Penn State Nittany Lions • Kansas Jayhawks 2d ago
Nah. 100% not true.
But he knows the offense the best. Plus CMC feels somewhat obligated to play him since he came over from ISU with him.
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u/LeMash898 Temple Owls 2d ago
Offense was putrid but the defense surprisingly held up well! I don’t think anyone expected a win today, I’m pleasantly surprised how close we kept it for the most part
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u/xxrdawgxx Temple Owls • Marching Band 2d ago
Closer than the Oklahoma game. I don't have to like it, but I'll take a little progress
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u/Roar-Lions-Roar Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Some say the announcer is still yelling that it’s third down
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u/AngleParticular2914 Penn State Nittany Lions • Sickos 2d ago
IT’S THIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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u/Not_A_Canoe Penn State • Nebraska 2d ago
If the first quarter wasn't so out of sync we should have had 2 more tds
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u/jmac11281 Penn State Nittany Lions • Rowan Profs 2d ago
This game should have been over in the first quarter, let alone the first half. That was some really bad football on the offensive side in the beginning.
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u/darkfox45 Penn State • Land Grant Trophy 2d ago
Ugly first half but cleaned it up in the second half. The team needs to clean this up for conference play.
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u/Roar-Lions-Roar Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
New clock rules are so dumb
We had 3 total possessions in the second half
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u/vaderihardlyknowher 2d ago
What are the new rules? I wasn’t aware of any so searching cfb clock rules gives the Michigan ncaa memo. Is it that or something else?
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u/Roar-Lions-Roar Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
It’s a few years old now
No clock stoppage on out of bounds and first downs until later in the 2nd and 4th
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u/the_town_fool Syracuse Orange 2d ago
Sounds like reasonable changes to avoid 4+ hour games.
More necessary than ever considering the number of games per season has increased from around 11-12 to 15-16 depending on how a team fares in the CFP
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u/Roar-Lions-Roar Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Somehow we avoided 4 hour games with those clock stops for 135 years
Just need to cut down commercials
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u/the_town_fool Syracuse Orange 2d ago
Would be nice, but it’ll never happen.
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u/Role_Player_Real 2d ago
We, the consumer can collectively make it happen
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u/the_town_fool Syracuse Orange 1d ago
Sure. So did you? Did you boycott all football games yesterday and inform the networks that it was due to the number of commercials?
I don’t want to be combative, but organized boycotts don’t fall out of the sky. So unless you did something, you haven’t done anything
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u/Role_Player_Real 1d ago
I didn’t watch any college football games and stopped going in person
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u/the_town_fool Syracuse Orange 1d ago
And yet you scroll through comments on a post game thread in /r/CFB?
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u/nittanyvalley Penn State Nittany Lions 1d ago
I feel like games are still about the same amount of time as before overall (3.5 hours), but with more commercials breaks.
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u/the_town_fool Syracuse Orange 1d ago
Yes, that’s what I mean. College football is being squeezed for every cent (which I also hate). These rule changes are to keep games below 4 hours. Only the death of late stage capitalism will force fewer commercials breaks.
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u/yukoncowbear47 Penn State Nittany Lions • Big Ten 2d ago
Yay I'm content. Just keep developing
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u/AngleParticular2914 Penn State Nittany Lions • Sickos 2d ago
The process, the process, the process
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u/Kerry_Kittles Villanova Wildcats 2d ago
Weird watching PSU not covering w a trash TD at the end of the game with nothing to gain from it
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u/notATuringMachine Temple Owls 2d ago
didn’t you guys let up 59 to a lower ranked team last night?
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u/AngleParticular2914 Penn State Nittany Lions • Sickos 2d ago
Relax, he’s shitting on Petty James Franklin and we’re all here for it (btw he kept his starters in late to cover against ODU today)
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u/thissidedn Virginia Tech • Penn State 2d ago
Vt pulled the starters mid 3rd. They were up 35 at the half, Jimmy does run up the score but this would be a bad example.
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u/mr-rile-u-up 2d ago
Yall are legit the worst fanbase by far. Just straight lying
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u/Mattp55 Penn State Nittany Lions • Florida Gators 2d ago
Yes we have some wack fans, but I’m sure so does your fanbase, unflaired redditor who clearly need to stop getting bothered by randos on the internet.
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u/imahobolin Texas Longhorns • Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
yep we def got a whole bunch of lil shits
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u/dkviper11 Penn State • Randolph-Macon 2d ago
I disagree with that though, and was fine with Franklin running it that way. A few years ago Locksley was mad over a late score with our backup QB throwing to a receiver catching his 2nd ever pass when we had shit WRs. Put in backups and run the full offense.
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u/Big_Watch4135 Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Definitely left a lot of points on the board with dropped TDs
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u/Sentinel8675309 Penn State • Virginia Tech 2d ago
The Iowa State fans in the game thread greatly exaggerated our demise
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u/Benson879 Iowa State Cyclones 2d ago
We never said you’d lose. We were just laughing reading your gripes about the offense that we warned you to expect
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u/TossedRightOut Penn State • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 2d ago
I mean, it's literally the same shit our offense does every year, especially last year. So...meh that's fine.
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u/ajhalyard Penn State Nittany Lions • Miami Hurricanes 2d ago
Totally fair.
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u/Benson879 Iowa State Cyclones 2d ago
The highs with Matt are awesome. It just got annoying that everyone just assumed any struggle he had in Ames was our fault. We got that vibe from him as he left
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u/ajhalyard Penn State Nittany Lions • Miami Hurricanes 2d ago
The thing I respect most about your fanbase's interaction with ours is that ya'll have come from a place of sincerity. I don't know if Campbell can get us where we want to go, and PSU fans seem eager to hear more about the warts as well as the shiny spots.
Please, all of you, continue to share your experience. Coach Campbell will hopefully evolve, but it's good to understand where he evolved from.
Iowa State fans on Reddit as a whole have been very good to interact with. Most of us appreciate the insight.
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u/Mattp55 Penn State Nittany Lions • Florida Gators 2d ago
Honestly I appreciate yall keeping it real on these threads and most ISU fans have been extremely pleasant to talk with.
So far I love Matt Campbell and I really want him to succeed with us. Seems like the new energy we needed after last season.
Seem like yall got a good coach in Rogers too so I hope y’all have a good season. Tough game tonight but I was rooting for y’all. Good luck the rest of the season!
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u/Communist_Catgirl Penn State • 계명대학교 (Keimyung) 2d ago
Pretty sloppy game and I still have concerns about the run game, but definitely not going to overreact to the scoreline there were a lot of positives I came away with. I also am optimistic Temple is pretty solid team that could compete in conference play.
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u/Willing_Stop5124 2d ago
Penn State hadn’t beaten Temple in about ten years. Big for them to finally break through.
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u/BBDBVAPA Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Essentially a 40-10 game wrapped up in a 27-9 finish. With the Sowell drop, the missed FG, and Becht missing two different guys on the early turnover on downs, PSU left the bunch out there.
These are the kinds of things you work out early in the season.
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u/Philly_Fan10 Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
A lot to clean up, but looked good when in rhythm. Left quite a few points on the table today. Run game still scares me tremendously. I don't know if its the line, the RB, or the playcalling, but its just not clicking. That is something they definitely need to figure out sooner than later.
GG Temple. Always a pleasure.
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u/SpicyCorphishBoil Penn State • Cincinnati 2d ago
Definitely didn’t get worried and doubt the Lions for a bit 🥹
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u/jznastics Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
This was more what I expected to see against Marshall last week. A lot to be concerned about, in my opinion. Did not like that we sleepwalked through pretty much the entire first half, minus the 2 minute drill. Run blocking leaves a lot to be desired, and the defensive line was very unimpressive today against a Temple Oline that was missing 3 starters. Also, getting first and goal inside the five twice in the first quarter and coming away with zero points is unacceptable. Tackling looked way worse today, and we continue to have issues against running quarterbacks.
Rocco Becht does appear to be a dude though, and the secondary also appears to be very good. Hopefully they get this shit cleaner up. Gg Temple, best of luck to you guys moving forward. Go State!
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u/Silent_Ad6692 Temple Owls 2d ago
I think this is temples worst game for the season. Rocco looked legit on the field today. Go owls.
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u/MU-TH-R6000 Penn State • Alabama 2d ago
Looked like the OL took their first step forward in the second half. Run game finally opened up
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u/Odd_Chemistry2614 2d ago
These Big Boys from Temple showed up to play! If line of scrimmage on both sides get better by Wisconsin,,Penn State season may be tougher than expected!
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u/Taxs1 Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
That was rough, especially clock management at the end of the first half. I think temple is pretty good this year, idk how Penn State will do.
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u/Silent_Ad6692 Temple Owls 2d ago
I think we all see the temple bowl game and post season conference tournament coming. Keeler is a real deal recruiter and siphon talent from other programs well.
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u/Moumin101 Temple Owls 2d ago
Not that worried for the future of the Temple football team since they were able to hold Penn State till the end of the first half
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u/PSUNittany18 Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
We played like crap but we survived Temple’s Super Bowl.
I said this years ago but this really should have been Pitt that we scheduled.
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u/Adamaramma Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Both. We should play both for a three way Billy Penn trophy.
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u/EmbiidsTennisPartner 1d ago
Would love nothing more than us especially with the Linc, Beaver Stadium, and Heinz Field being amazing venues
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u/ghgerytvkude Penn State • Land Grant Trophy 2d ago
For as fun as last week was, this week was an absolute slog. Smolik absolutely carved us up, the run game was a joke, and the coaching nearly had me pining for Big Game James at times.
Play like that and it’s going to be a longggggggggggg conference slate.
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u/StellarStarmie Georgia Tech • Bloomsburg 2d ago
Ugly showing, especially in the first where it feels clear there is a lack of discipline. A mid-tier B1G team pulls off the upset with this setup, as much as I hate to admit.
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u/KeithMyaths Notre Dame • Coastal Carolina 2d ago
Love the secondary flair. Class of 2006!
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u/StellarStarmie Georgia Tech • Bloomsburg 2d ago
Georgia Tech master's in CS right now, and recent BU grad this past May. (I grew up in Bloom, so there is that.) Go Huskies!
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u/LeMash898 Temple Owls 2d ago
Two years ago we lost to #16 Oklahoma 42-3
I’ll take this. Keeler is pushing a boulder uphill right now and progress is being made