Jan 9 | Penn State

[Irish#1]

I can't find anything but highlights on PSU. I know nothing about them other than Abdul is apparently Micah Parsons 2.0. I've maybe seen 2 full halves all season. Their defense looked awesome and their QB seemed like a cocktail DBag. I have no idea if either of those are true. Their offensive and defensive numbers look really good, but so so competition.

Bonus points for “cocktail DBag”.

 

[T-Boone]

Pin and pull scheme on his side where the bad arm is... Sorry not sorry

Put Draykl Bowen in as a full back and run him at the bad arm.

 

[Irish#1]

Saw on X some PSU fan posted who had the advantage at each position. He gave PSU the advantage on every position except DB. Lol

 

[Fbolt]

 

[fightingirish26]

This Walt guy reeks!

 

[Free Manera]

They should be running right at Carter anyway regardless of injury. He’s not an elite run stopper. Beat him up in the run game as much as possible and keep him from chasing plays down from the weak side.

 

[BleedBlueGold]

I'm going off a gut instinct here, but based on the fact that ND can beat you in so many ways while also not really beating themselves has me almost too confident for this game.

 

[BleedBlueGold]

They should be running right at Carter anyway regardless of injury. He’s not an elite run stopper. Beat him up in the run game as much as possible and keep him from chasing plays down from the weak side.

Was it just me or was anyone else pissed about ND constantly running between the tackles even though Georgia was selling out and crashing the middle all night? They were so out of position, that anything on the outside was going for chunk yardage. I feel like Denbrock called it pretty conservative. I'll be curious to see how he calls this game. PSU's defense is closer to IU's statistically, right? Perhaps with more talent?

 

[T-Boone]

Saw on X some PSU fan posted who had the advantage at each position. He gave PSU the advantage on every position except DB. Lol

I don’t know there team at all. If they have better LBs than us then congratulations. If Love is 100% then we are surely better at RB/especially adding in Raps running. The other positions I don’t know they may well be marginally better.

 

[NDRock]

Was it just me or was anyone else pissed about ND constantly running between the tackles even though Georgia was selling out and crashing the middle all night? They were so out of position, that anything on the outside was going for chunk yardage. I feel like Denbrock called it pretty conservative. I'll be curious to see how he calls this game. PSU's defense is closer to IU's statistically, right? Perhaps with more talent?

Everyone talked about how we were more physical than Georgia. We were also faster getting to edges on both sides of the ball. Like you said, I think we could have run more on the edges. Either way, we were faster and more physical than the SEC champs. Life is good.

 

[T-Boone]

Penn State might be the first team we have played that is as good as us plus a good team/culture. That’s all I am “worried about”.

 

[BleedBlueGold]

Everyone talked about how we were more physical than Georgia. We were also faster getting to edges on both sides of the ball. Like you said, I think we could have run more on the edges. Either way, we were faster and more physical than the SEC champs. Life is good.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not shying away from running it right at Georgia. I just get antsy with such a thin margin of error. I love watching offenses get a defense on their heals. And it was just so obvious that Georgia was selling out up the middle.

 

[Irish2155]

Saw on X some PSU fan posted who had the advantage at each position. He gave PSU the advantage on every position except DB. Lol

I made the same position group comparison in the GA game thread by position group. Had ND + in all but special teams and DL. Some disagreed here, others agreed.

Boy, was I wrong on ST. They out scored GA’s O.

And, ND ran it on GA to kill the clock to close the game while our DL had heat all night. The other GA+ I had.

Haven’t look at PSU yet…

 

[Fbolt]

My impression is PSU does not have the edge speed ND possesses on their D.

 

[stpeteirish]

My impression is PSU does not have the edge speed ND possesses on their D.

Carter is a fantastic player when healthy. But he got hurt vs Boise and their pass rush suffered after he went out.
They tried to get him ok to get back in but couldn’t
Sounds like he’ll be limited vs us. Similar to our situation with J love. He’ll play but it doesn’t look like he’s anywhere close to 100%

 

[Dale]

My impression is PSU does not have the edge speed ND possesses on their D.

I’ll actually push back and disagree. Their DEs are nasty and have much more speed than ours. LBs are solid. Really like their LBs King and Rojas.

Our secondary is better, F7 more run stoppers, and we play much more advanced scheme

 

[IrishWayDomer]

ISD update - everyone at PSU expects Abdul Carter to play. Also expecting Dani Dennis-Sutton and Jaylen Reed to play.

 

[irishu]

 

[Dizzyphil]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not shying away from running it right at Georgia. I just get antsy with such a thin margin of error. I love watching offenses get a defense on their heals. And it was just so obvious that Georgia was selling out up the middle.

Well, I agree the Irish was constantly running up the middle the first three qtrs without much progress... But - in the 4th qtr, RL and JL hit the corners with success.

Denbrock probably saw that and made the adjustments in the 4th and it ran the clock out.

 

[INLaw]

I mean, if you can still support a football program after the disgusting institutional villainy they pulled with a comparatively light slap on the wrist, you can very likely overlook a lot of bullshit staring you in the face. Their fans are stupid and I have zero respect for them, football included and football aside.

Every fan every player every high school commit to that fucking school is a supporter and enabler of raping little boys. The fun thing is i spend a lot of time tweeting that at their fans and players and never once got a frowny face or any flack from elmo on X. Why because truth is always a damn defense to slander and libel. They are all gonna burn in hell for loving up one of the truly most vile sins. I hope we cripple everyone of their players

 

[Dizzyphil]

Play Irish ball.... And protect the 'rock'...

 

[GATTACA!]

ND has bullied mediocre teams all season. Penn State is worse than Georgia, USC, and A&M. They’re probably slightly better than Indiana. I think we cruise.

 

[Dale]

ND has bullied mediocre teams all season. Penn State is worse than Georgia, USC, and A&M. They’re probably slightly better than Indiana. I think we cruise.

PSU is better than all 3 (the versions we played), I’ll say significantly better than A&M

 

[ginman]

Every fan every player every high school commit to that fucking school is a supporter and enabler of raping little boys. The fun thing is i spend a lot of time tweeting that at their fans and players and never once got a frowny face or any flack from elmo on X. Why because truth is always a damn defense to slander and libel. They are all gonna burn in hell for loving up one of the truly most vile sins. I hope we cripple everyone of their players

What happened at Penn State was absolutely disgusting and there certainly were people that did not respond or protect the victims of the vile behavior that occurred. And beyond that I hope ND kicks ass and nobody is injured on either team. I expect most PSU supporters do not promote, support or advocate what happened in the past.

 

[NDFAN2008]

Allar had 3 INT against USC they could barely run on them and only got 1 sack against USC

 

[GATTACA!]

PSU is better than all 3 (the versions we played), I’ll say significantly better than A&M

They do nothing elite. Allar is JAG. Their defense is nice but significantly hampered by losing Carter. They played 2 real games this season and lost both. Their 3rd toughest game (USC) they also should have lost.

 

[ulukinatme]

 

[Irish2155]

PSU is better than all 3 (the versions we played), I’ll say significantly better than A&M

I disagree. Maybe on the pass rush, but that’s it. And their dude on the DL is hurt.

 

[DillonHall]

Penn State has gotten better throughout the season just like ND. This is the best they've been playing all season

 

[mrmcgrail]

Georgia is a toss up but they are better than the other 2