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Penn State vs Ohio State: Key Takeaways from the Big Game
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11/3/2024
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at some of the headlines when it comes to the Penn State versus Ohio State game.
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So a big perspective that I want to gauge from you on that one because a lot
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of people are calling for you know some accountability from the head coach for
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Penn State but more importantly Ohio State's kind of had their number in the
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last couple of matchups that they have had and we haven't seen the strongest
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performance out of Ohio State last week. I remember that was kind of a weaker
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point for them but overall just what did you make of this matchup and like what
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does it say when it comes to the head coaching conversation? Yeah it's a great
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question and that was one of the things I was looking at more than anything else
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beyond the player matchups and there were some great ones. We'll see a lot of
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these kids on Penn State and Ohio State playing on Sundays for many many years.
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These are two outstanding rosters but for me this came down to coaching. Cam
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and I talked about it on the air this was a tie game going into halftime or
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maybe a four-point game going I think it was 14-10 Ohio State going into
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halftime. Coaching adjustments was going to be huge for both James Franklin and
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Ryan Day. Massive game for both of these coaches. Neither has done particularly
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well in these kinds of spots especially James Franklin. I thought everything
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lined up perfectly for Penn State. Ohio State didn't look great last weekend
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couldn't run the ball against Nebraska. Penn State tons of mojo coming off to
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back-to-back wins. USC comeback win. Wisconsin without Drew Aller. Game is
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at home. I thought everything lined up perfectly and again they just they
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dropped the ball. The drives late. The inability to punch it in and the red
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zone late. I think that falls on the players and the coaches and for Penn
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State this is gonna be a tough one to overcome. James Franklin now 1-13
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against top five opponents. Top five of opponents are very good. There aren't
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many coaches that are over 500 in those games but 1-13 is a blinking red
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flag that something is wrong here. Now I'm in no way suggesting that Penn
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State should be considering a coaching change but it's been almost a decade and
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he has not been able to get this program over the hump and it's gonna be a tough
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November. They still might be a playoff team. Certainly can get in with one loss
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possibly with two losses but until you can prove you can win these big games I
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think Penn State is stuck in being a very good football team but just not a
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great one. This was a lost opportunity today. Yeah and that's actually a great
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way to put that because for somebody like me who's been gauging the season
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from week one and not trying to compare Penn State to last year's results but
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kind of focusing forward on this season I kind of thought okay maybe they're
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just a team that holds in there in the first half and then really packs the
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punch in the second half but then you're kind of starting to see that might not
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be their pattern. Their pattern might be just you know not the right play calls
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coming into the second half showing up a little too late to their matchups and
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they tried to reverse that today. I will give them a little bit of credibility
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for that picking up 10 points in the first quarter. Seeming like they were
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gonna kind of try to find an up-tempo nice fast and early but I mean no
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presence in the second quarter, late presence in the third quarter and then
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the fourth quarter was all Ohio State resulting in a 20 to 13 loss for the
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Nittany Lions over the Buckeyes.
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