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Penn state football story newsletter1/19/2023 ![]() Seeing as though he didn’t enter the Indiana game until there was five and half minutes left, it makes sense that all Penn State did was run the ball at that point with a 24-point lead to keep the clock moving, which is exactly why Roberson should have gotten into the game earlier. He only attempted a combined seven passes between those three games, including zero attempts against Indiana. Ta’Quan Roberson could have gotten seven or eight more drives than he did between the Ball State, Villanova, and Indiana games. ![]() In each of these three games, many of the backups could have and should have gotten in the game much sooner than they did.Īs a convenient example, and also because it’s the most important position on the field, let’s look at quarterback. The first team defense once again took the field with 10 and a half minutes remaining in the game, followed by the first team offense yet again with about nine minutes remaining.Īfter a field goal extended the lead to 24 with just over eight minutes left to play, almost all of the defensive starters once again took the field. After a blocked field goal, Sean Clifford and the offensive starters once again took the field with just over a minute remaining in the third quarter and a three-touchdown cushion. ![]() ![]() It was not until there was 13 minutes remaining and a 35-point Penn State lead that the starters were pulled from the game.įinally, against Indiana the following week, the Nittany Lions had a 21-point advantage fresh off a Jahan Dotson touchdown when the first team defense took the field with four minutes to play in the third quarter. With a 28-point lead and less than two minutes remaining in the third quarter, the first team defense took the field.įollowing a stop, the first team offense once again took the field with a four-touchdown advantage and less than a minute remaining in the third quarter. If that’s not enough, surely a touchdown on that possession would warrant the starters to be pulled from the game. Two weeks later when Villanova came to town, Penn State Football had a 21-point lead with five minutes remaining in the third quarter when an offensive possession began with all of the starters still in the game. Jahan Dotson had nothing left to prove, so why was he still out there at that point risking injury? Furthermore, with the level of inexperience that they had in the quarterback room behind Sean Clifford, why was he still in there and not Ta’Quan Roberson? Sure, there was a lot of football yet to be played, but with a 25-point lead over Ball State, you should be able to begin mixing and matching some more backups in with the starters.Īfter a field goal extended the lead to 28 points, Penn State’s next possession began with 30 seconds remaining in the third quarter, at which point most of the starters were still in the game, including Jahan Dotson and Sean Clifford. The same was true on Penn State’s next offensive possession that began with less than five minutes remining in the third quarter. On the following Ball State possession, most of Penn State’s defensive starters remained in the game. Let’s take a look at three examples from the 2021 season.įollowing Jesse Luketa’s pick six against Ball State, the Nittany Lions had a 31-6 lead with less than six minutes remaining in the third quarter. To elaborate further, James Franklin needs to do a better job of pulling some of his starters earlier than he has been, which in turn will allow for some young and inexperienced players to gain some valuable reps. ![]() In it, I mentioned that one of those changes that needs to be made is building depth through experience. Way back in January, I wrote about a handful of changes that need to be made in order for Penn State to get back to their winning ways (find that article here). There have been many complaints about some decisions that James Franklin has made over the years, but there’s one that gets somewhat overlooked and it seems that he may finally be adjusting.ĭuring Franklin’s time with Penn State Football, there have been plenty of games in which the Nittany Lions had a comfortable lead in the second half, but the starters remained in the game. By Nick Kreiser 2 months ago Follow Tweet ![]()
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