It would have been a totally different season without Clifford and Mustipher’s injuries.
"No other way to slice it"?
Yup, an average running game was all that was needed. You can blame coaches, injuries, officials, whatever but the bottom line was play calling is limited when you can't run it some and leaves your qb vulnerable to teams teeing off on the pass. Couldn't keep the offense on the field in short yardage situations leading to the defense getting worn down and giving up late scores. We had a really good team otherwise, but couldn't hide the run game being so bad.
I know that you don't want to and probably won't hear this but every loss that we had was by less than 10 points, the worst was Ohio St which was only 9 and we only lost to playoff team Michigan by 4. There are no teams who are at the level of Alabama and Georgia on a consistent basis. Ohio St is the closest and then maybe Clemson but other than that we are all right in the same boat
See a pysch..
I watched.. 2 are clearly better. We're pretty even with Michigan. We're a better program than Cincy. Cincy's success is the result of having a ton of experience and a coach that brought it all together. Lightning in a bottle. Like UCF or previous group of 5 teams. 2 of 22 with sophomore eligibility in their starting offense and defense. Everyone else jr, sr or graduate transfers. One 3rd year player on defense, everyone else 4th or 5th. Bama and Georgia have great players all over the field. Bama's heisman qb made multiple mistakes but they make up for them by the talent around him on offense or the defense making big stops. Lot easier to coach guys and depend on them when they're better than the guy they're going up against. Bottom line is you need elite talent to win. They make the coaches look good. Our back 7 on defense was probably comparable to Georgia and Bama. Our d-line is not. Our o-line is not. Our qb is maybe comparable to Stetson Bennett.. good enough to win with elite talent but not a qb that can win games on his own. Our wrs/te's have been very good. Step down from Bama's recent studs but good enough to hold their own. Our rbs had been elite. Journey would've been the next guy after Barkley and Sanders. Hopefully that's rectified with this year's class. Get the d-line back to where it historically has been and fix that o-line. Then we'll have a chance vs the truly elite. If you don't have the players, you aren't going to out scheme teams that do.
The season ended over a month ago. Good morning, Rip Van Winkle. How was your nap?
And that qualifies as a 3rd straight disappointment season. No worries though, Marshall 28 is predicting 2-10 so he can bow down to Franklin when that 7-5 comes in again.
A glass half full for sure. I counter with PSU hasn’t beat a good ranked team in 3 years. Seven wins this year, all came against mediocre teams with a loss against a terrible team.
What Big game has Franklin won since he has been at PSU? ONE Game maybe two and that year PSU lost 3 games.
Bull$hit. Every prediction I saw had 9-3 at worst or 8-4 as the cellar.
Once again he is AWOL. He knows Franklin and his style is not tough enough to win. It is inescapable now. But he will NEVER admit he is wrong because he once coached some Class AA Team.
Give us Rhule. He will restore toughness and is a much better fit in CFB.
omg.. yes it is.
