First off I was proud of the SU representation at this game. I was with my GF who is a Penn State alum and the crowd was closer to 60-40 for Penn State which isn't bad for SU considering Penn State has more alums.
Second, Scott Shafer and his defensive coaches did a great job. I don't know the exact stats since I was the game, but Penn State only converted 1 3rd down and 2 4th downs one on a fake punt. Tremendous job by the defense and they weren't gassed at the end. That kid from Penn State the WR made some plays, but our defense is well above nationally.
Third, the offense was scary IMO. Jerome Smith was solid and I thought overall the running game was decent, but we were too damn predictable on offense. We ran the ball every play on first down it seemed until we went down 13-3 and then the offense wasn't always run, run, pass, but the play calling was 2005 esque for the first half. I thought Allen showed he has the tools, but he doesn't have chemistry with the WRs. Which brings me to my main concern it seemed like the WRs were scary bad and below average for a BCS program. Broyld showed he can be a slot receiver and has potential, but besides him Kobena had problems getting open outside of that deep pass he caught. Kobena, Clark, West need to raise their games or we are in trouble. I wish Allen looked at Wales more he seemed open but Allen had happy and didn't look his way much.
Overall, while we lost we showed potential that if we can get the offense rolling to just average that our defense will win us a lot of games, and we should be a bowl team.Proud to be Orange and Shafer showed that he and his coaching staff can coach defense we just need some playmakers and I think we can be a top 25 team in the future.
Second, Scott Shafer and his defensive coaches did a great job. I don't know the exact stats since I was the game, but Penn State only converted 1 3rd down and 2 4th downs one on a fake punt. Tremendous job by the defense and they weren't gassed at the end. That kid from Penn State the WR made some plays, but our defense is well above nationally.
Third, the offense was scary IMO. Jerome Smith was solid and I thought overall the running game was decent, but we were too damn predictable on offense. We ran the ball every play on first down it seemed until we went down 13-3 and then the offense wasn't always run, run, pass, but the play calling was 2005 esque for the first half. I thought Allen showed he has the tools, but he doesn't have chemistry with the WRs. Which brings me to my main concern it seemed like the WRs were scary bad and below average for a BCS program. Broyld showed he can be a slot receiver and has potential, but besides him Kobena had problems getting open outside of that deep pass he caught. Kobena, Clark, West need to raise their games or we are in trouble. I wish Allen looked at Wales more he seemed open but Allen had happy and didn't look his way much.
Overall, while we lost we showed potential that if we can get the offense rolling to just average that our defense will win us a lot of games, and we should be a bowl team.Proud to be Orange and Shafer showed that he and his coaching staff can coach defense we just need some playmakers and I think we can be a top 25 team in the future.
