Clifford also sucks today. Refuses to throw to wide open RB’s in the flat
Official PSU - Villanova 2021 Game Thread!
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They've tried Effner as a sub for Wilson. Can Tengwall sub in at LG?
As somebody said, SC is looking deep every drop back.
As somebody said, SC is looking deep every drop back.
And we’re using multiple RB’s this game trying not to get anyone hurt. And we’re coming off a huge white out game and playing an FCS school. And we’re keeping it vanilla since we start conference play next week.
There will be several Conference losses if this sort of line play continues. Whatever happened to the days of our dominating offensive lines. Been a long time.
Team is flat. But totally what to expect after last weekend with a yawn opponent and noon kickoff. I think they’ll wake up for second half, make a respectable score margin, and move on. Hard to get the energy for Villanova after Auburn.
This is dumb, even for an in game thread post. Yep, if you take away one team's good plays, the other team usually would be in better shape.
A very good top 10 defense will give everyone trouble, which is why they’re top 10.
Franklin says the run game is fine. 3.8 average. Stats rule conclusion.
I worried about that when he opened with the TD bomb….I thought he might go back to his first year in mop up time when he was launching bombs.
That still doesn't excuse the complete lack of a running game. Considering the opponent, this is more than a minor concern.
Villanova getting a sack with a 3 man rush is not something I thought I'd see today.
I’m wondering - and please talk me off the ledge if I’m wrong - because Franklin emphasizes the “splash plays” so much, does it impact his players’ mentality towards the garden variety plays a team needs to make to sustain drives?
That was after the 1st qtr. The average at half is likely half that if you include the QB sacks
The GD RB is wide open in the flat. How does a 5th year QB not utilize the dump down?
This is where I would differ with Franklin. Stats can be skewed to show something that isn't true. I don't think our run game passes the eye test.
True. But this is a top quality run D playing its dream game against an O line that is going through the motions. I expect some changes at half and some yelling by the coaches to shake things up.
Could be that they don't count Clifford's runs and sacks. Maybe it's a sideline RB stat.
And we scored on three of our first four drives and the one we didn’t was a missed FG. Sorry it’s not 42-0….apparently we’re just a horrible football team.
He's feelin it is all a little too much (Which is Great for the most part-this is Explaining details of the statement BTW for some
...in the past he traditionally dumped to the RB in the flats remember. Might be reason MY jumped in his A$$ earlier.
Even without the sacks, what stats were given to Franklin were incorrect. They’re averaging 2.4 yards per run, not 3.8 like he was told.
Though I don't like that emphasis, that would not seem to me to be the root cause. Strength/technique and probably a good bit of missed blocking assignments.
