My positive from the game..

[Lions8286]

I haven't taken the time to read all the posts, but wasn't it refreshing to get some decent punt returns for a change, rather than making the fair catch or letting the roll?

 

[danvillenit]

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I haven't taken the time to read all the posts, but wasn't it refreshing to get some decent punt returns for a change, rather than making the fair catch or letting the roll?

Special teams were better everywhere. Allen and Farmer both look like upgrades and Julius was very solid. Punting still an issue but unlike the OL did seem slightly better than last year.

 

[PSU Mike]

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Special teams were better everywhere. Allen and Farmer both look like upgrades and Julius was very solid. Punting still an issue but unlike the OL did seem slightly better than last year.

Haley looked good at the beginning of last year, but we were back to below average later in the year.

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

Farmer absolutely destroyed one Temple player on a return. He looked fast and decisive - definitely one of the very few bright spots on Saturday.

 

[flameshockey26]

I think the defense looked very good until the injuries started and then fatigue from being on the field constantly. Our D-line and LB's controlled the first quarter and a half until Bell and Wartman-White went down. Wartman is going to be hard to replace, and Bell was a monster until he went down. I don't think those 2 would have saved us from what happened in the second half, but wouldn't have hurt to have. Not many positives to take away but a few.

 

[psuro]

The weather was nice. And it only took me 20 minutes to get home.

 

[BBrown]

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Special teams were better everywhere. Allen and Farmer both look like upgrades and Julius was very solid. Punting still an issue but unlike the OL did seem slightly better than last year.

I didn't see any improvement in punting at all. Its still wildly inconsistent.

 

[kgilbert78]

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Special teams were better everywhere. Allen and Farmer both look like upgrades and Julius was very solid. Punting still an issue but unlike the OL did seem slightly better than last year.

One of the expected impacts of having more scholarship players due to the lifted sanctions is that the special teams should be better, simply by having more bodies and more talented ones at that. it is where one would expect to see an upgrade right away, as opposed to line players, which can take some time to develop.

 

[joeparules]

One of the expected impacts of having more scholarship players due to the lifted sanctions is that the special teams should be better, simply by having more bodies and more talented ones at that. it is where one would expect to see an upgrade right away, as opposed to line players, which can take some time to develop.

Of course having Wartman-White also play special teams could end up being the biggest negative impact for the entire season.

 

[psuro]

How about this - it was nice to see the uniforms without the names. Again.

 

[Ranger Dan]

The game only lasted 60 minutes?
We didn't allow 11 sacks?
None of the OL got whiplash watching the DL and LBs run past them?
We weren't playing Pitt?
There are only 11 more games left in the season?
WVB is ranked number 1?
The men's basketball team won't be the worst sport on campus this year?

 

[Obliviax]

How about this - it was nice to see the uniforms without the names. Again.

I am told that the seniors have now requested that they remove the numbers too.

 

[psuro]

I am told that the seniors have now requested that they remove the numbers too.

It should not just be the seniors.

 

[Obliviax]

 

[PSU_Chicago]

The weather was nice. And it only took me 20 minutes to get home.

Me too!

 

[Obliviax]

It should not just be the seniors.

Also note that they are opting out of the old facemasks, not even going grey, but this:

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