yesterday’s 3rd down conversion rate was the worst by a ranked team in a decade with at least 15 attempts. Last out of 1224 occurrences. Mind boggling.
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And the most alarming part of this is that penn state has been prepping an offensive game plan for OSU since August. More recently, we had UMass and a bye week....so this was the offensive plan hatched by our coaches after the perfect schedule to commit time and refinement to the plan. It was mostly garbage with a few high school level flea flicker and WR passes baked in. Just perplexing
or maybe that schedule is exactly the problemYep. There has never been a more perfect schedule set up for Ohio State than this year.
After Northwestern, they had a bye weekend, then UMass, then a week to OSU. Basically 3 weeks to prepare for Ohio St and that was the offensive game plan they put together.
- 18/42 passing for 191 yards.
- 26 rushes for 49 yards.
- 1/16 in 3rd down conversions
- 9 punts/ 2 turnover on downs (14 possessions).
I agree about the OOC scheduling and it only gets worse over the next few years IIRC. We actually have Temple as our 1 home/away series soon. 😳or maybe that schedule is exactly the problem
this year's out of conference schedule was shockingly weak and maybe the team was simply unprepared for playing competition anywhere close to this level
I still don't like it, even if it was not a factor. Let's say we had played Miami or Notre Dame instead of Delaware, and we only won one out of two between that game and Ohio State. Then you could say this team still has a shot at the playoff, and mean it. As is, we can just say that but know that it's a long shot. playing Delaware and UMass in the same season is ridiculousI agree about the OOC scheduling and it only gets worse over the next few years IIRC. We actually have Temple as our 1 home/away series soon. 😳
I might agree that it contributed to the loss except- new year, same result. It’s not like he’s had better success when we played OSU after tougher opponents earlier.
I still don't like it, even if it was not a factor. Let's say we had played Miami or Notre Dame instead of Delaware, and we only won one out of two between that game and Ohio State. Then you could say this team still has a shot at the playoff, and mean it. As is, we can just say that but know that it's a long shot. playing Delaware and UMass in the same season is ridiculous
not to mention that this type of schedule creates a situation where your only path is going undefeated, which hardly ever happens anymoreThere should never be a home/ home with Temple. Villanova/ UMass/ Delaware games serve no real purpose.
Yep. I heard Herbstreit yesterday saying as we head into an expanded playoff that teams should get credit for playing big OOC games.not to mention that this type of schedule creates a situation where your only path is going undefeated, which hardly ever happens anymore
well that almost goes without sayingYep. I heard Herbstreit yesterday saying as we head into an expanded playoff that teams should get credit for playing big OOC games.
So what? It's not the most significant stat. The way the game played out we could have just as easily won with the same conversion rate.yesterday’s 3rd down conversion rate was the worst by a ranked team in a decade with at least 15 attempts. Last out of 1224 occurrences. Mind boggling.
Perplexing or alarming?!And the most alarming part of this is that penn state has been prepping an offensive game plan for OSU since August. More recently, we had UMass and a bye week....so this was the offensive plan hatched by our coaches after the perfect schedule to commit time and refinement to the plan. It was mostly garbage with a few high school level flea flicker and WR passes baked in. Just perplexing
So what? It's not the most significant stat. The way the game played out we could have just as easily won with the same conversion rate.
Then how would you validate every other previous seasons failures with different schedules? Here’s a hint…it has nothing to do with scheduling….its between the ears of the “CEO” and his OC. Nothing more and nothing less.or maybe that schedule is exactly the problem
this year's out of conference schedule was shockingly weak and maybe the team was simply unprepared for playing competition anywhere close to this level