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Where’s the Beef?

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Defense Absent In Defeat of Illini

You all know the final score.  #9 Penn State (4-0, 1-0) woke up midway through the third quarter to defeat the Big Ten bottom-feeders from Illinois (2-2, 0-1) 63-24 after a lackluster first half and even surrendering the lead briefly in the second half. While Miles Sanders had another career day running for 200 yards, the porous PSU defense offset that accomplishment by surrendering 411 total yards, 245 of which were on the ground.

No One Got It Right

I’ll give the Mythical Nittany Turkey Premier Prognostication Award (MNTPPA) to Jackstand this week because he was the only one of you who had the balls to admit the crapitude of the front seven. His 48-21 prediction missed the top end, but hell… someone needed to make a statement about the defense, and Jackstand (Mike) did it.

Not Ready for Prime Time

Unless they’re sandbagging, this defense is in no way ready for the likes of Haskins, Dobbins, Campbell, & Co. Furthermore, the lack of disciplined play reflected by eight penalties for 72 yards plus two turnovers does not portend well for the upset over tOSU many of you assume is a possibility. I’ll be commenting more on this later in the week.

 

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  1. K. John says

    Personally, I am in no way assuming an upset this weekend. I think it would take something out of the ordinary to knock of this particular Ohio State team. With that said, this game made me think we are in for some tough outings the next few weeks. Kind of like the game against Pitt where they self destructed, it took a few Illini mistakes for us to pull ahead which took them out of their gameplan. Had they not make them, who knows. I am happy for the win but this one very easily could have gone down to the wire.

    • The Nittany Turkey says

      I have the same queasy feeling going into this stretch. The absence of Nick Bosa isn’t enough to tip the scales in PSU’s favor, especially when the Nittany Lions haven’t reached the stage of the season where they’re playing fundamentally sound football.

      —TNT