He calls down to our sideline, we have multiple guys that signal the plays in to the quarterback whether it’s a formation signal and play signal or whether it’s a number signal on his wristband, whatever it may be. In our opinion, PSU’s struggles aren’t related to poor play calling or lack of variety but rather heavy limitations as they attempt to move the football behind a weak o-line.
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Penn State head football coach James Franklin. “He’s very mature. He’s leading very well”.
And numerous players have been suspended or kicked off the team for other incidents. “But I think the people that know our program, I don’t believe they have that perception”. Given the threat posed by Grant, Haley’s return ” would be huge for us this week”, Franklin said. The athletic department lately has been playing up the idea and marketing campaign of “Unrivaled” and perhaps they really are without one. “We’re not getting that right now”.
There was no immediate announcement on who would coach the Scarlet Knights in Saturday’s contest against Penn State.
Barkley, a freshman running back who scored his first career touchdown hours earlier against Buffalo when he rushed for 115 yards and hurdled a defender in the process, just wanted to eat some buffalo chicken pizza while catching up with his mom. Not only is he a solid corner, he is considered to be the fastest player on the team. “Didn’t have as good of a camp as I thought he wanted to him or we wanted him to have”. Hopefully a few sacks from the defense lead to Penn State punting from deep in their own territory and Chris Laviano will only have to go 25 yards or so to get into scoring position for Kyle Federico. The Nittany Lions won 13-10 last season in Piscataway. His facial expression never really kind of changed. I don’t know if he was in shock. “But I’m happy for him”.
Penn State’s 27-14 win over Buffalo didn’t exactly inspire confidence coming off the ugly loss to Temple, but it should be smooth sailing for a while with four straight home games.
Penn State answered with a 12-play, 51-yard field goal drive to the Buffalo 4-yard line with 25 seconds remaining in the third quarter. The junior, who is on numerous award watch lists, including for the Heisman Trophy, has totaled just 231 passing yards in the Nittany Lions first two games. September 5 was one of the ugliest days of his career as he was sacked a whopping 10 times in a loss to Temple at Lincoln Financial Field. Opportunities could be there against a depleted Rutgers secondary on Saturday, though.
Line shuffling: Even before Nelson went down, the Lions were moving pieces around up front. Defensively, Rutgers yields 338.5 yards in passing and 39.0 yards in rushing. Joe Rossi, their defensive coordinator, doing a nice job for them. His strength is using his hands to disengage from blockers and he has the speed and quickness to track down ball carriers all over the field.
Trailing in the all-time series, 5-0-1, Rutgers looks for its first ever win against the Hawkeyes.
One antidote is running the ball. He’s a persistent rusher off the edge who has added weight to improve against the run. He has made 11 tackles, including a pair for loss, and is being used as a blitzer more often this season.
According to Franklin’s comments this week combined with the depth chart, Andrew Nelson could be back at left tackle after what many feared was a devastating injury in week two.
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With a 1-1 record, the importance of the rematch with the Nittany Lions cannot be overstated. Rutgers’ junior return specialist has three return touchdowns in two games, including on on a 100-yard kickoff against Washington State.
