Official ‘26 PSU - Temple game thread

[AtlantaLion]

Nice hurdle. Peoples to join track team.

 

[KingLando]

I'm not understanding the play calling here at all--if we get points I guess I'm just wrong though

 

[CyphaPSU]

Nice to see the Barkleap on this field.

 

[AtlantaLion]

Do they know how much time is left?

Hopefully. Can't take those TO with you to the second half.

 

[Knickslions69]

Wasted a ton of time on this drive.

 

[cntblvitsbutter]

Wasted a ton of time on this drive.

That's an understatement! Like they're trying to leave Temple with no time???

 

[cntblvitsbutter]

WTF?????

 

[AvgUser]

WTF

They got lucky on the time

 

[leinbacker]

I don't get it, don't those players see the yellow line on the field?

 

[AtlantaLion]

About time we hit pay dirt.

 

[psuno1]

No one has said "Fire MC" as of yet--well maybe Marshall

Not yet

 

[WestSideLion]

Terrific hurry-up drive there. Great execution!

 

[AvgUser]

Great PAT recovery

 

[KingLando]

Okay--great throw on the TD--that was horrible clock management

 

[Erial_Lion]

Poor clock management, but it worked out thankfully.

 

[FK3JM]

Still some weird clock management by Campbell. It worked out but got lucky.

 

[cntblvitsbutter]

Okay--great throw on the TD--that was horrible clock management

Dare I say Franklinesque?

 

[psuno1]

That was a nice 2 min drive. keep it going in the second half.

 

[AvgUser]

Okay--great throw on the TD--that was horrible clock management

All i can think of is that they knew they would take a shot and didn;t want any time left for TU

 

[KingLando]

Becht is 10/13 138 1/0
Might be one of the most misleading stat lines ever

 

[WaffleShopper]

Dare I say Franklinesque?

Reminiscent of early Franklin at Penn State. He did get better.

 

[s1uggo72]

looks to me PSU has having a let down after Marshall

 

[KingLando]

All i can think of is that they knew they would take a shot and didn;t want any time left for TU

Maybe? I got nothing here--I'm utterly lost but that's better than anything I got

 

[cntblvitsbutter]

As bad as they've played, they really should be up 27-3.

 

[KingLando]

I do truly believe HCs should hire 16 year olds that play Madden 18 hours a day to do their clock management

 

[cntblvitsbutter]

Maybe? I got nothing here--I'm utterly lost but that's better than anything I got

Maybe? I got nothing here--I'm utterly lost but that's better than anything I got

Temple is not Miami though. I think it's just bad clock management.

 

[Ludd]

Watch all of his games--the good and the bad
Next you'll tell me he's the first good/great back to have a game with less than 50
See if fight for that first down? Probably not

His games last year were about half good and half bad and I really don’t care how he did last year, it matters how he does this year.

 

[BobPSU92]

But are we still good at posting on the Internet?

Like you have to ask. Look at all the knowledge here. It’s an embarrassment of riches.

 

[BCS PSU]

As bad as they've played, they really should be up 27-3.

They can throw all day on this team; they obviously got too conservative on the two first quarter drives.

 

[BobPSU92]

Take me out of the equation and the rest of you guys absolutely rock.

There’s no taking you out of an equation.

 

[Erial_Lion]

looks to me PSU has having a let down after Marshall

The difference really were those two early red zone drives. We come away with 10 points there instead of 0, and everything feels differently. We didn't execute on those few plays and it cost us. (and the over-pursuit on the long Smolik run where we didn't account for him and it flipped the field)

 

[AtlantaLion]

Dare I say Franklinesque?

Almost, but we wouldn't have scored with Franklin.

 

[BobPSU92]

Terrific hurry-up drive there. Great execution!

With this team, I’m all for execution.

 

[cntblvitsbutter]

I do truly believe HCs should hire 16 year olds that play Madden 18 hours a day to do their clock management

I do wonder how much time is spent during practices at managing time, or thinking through situations, or reviewing game management decisions, etc. Is the head coach solely responsible for calling TOs?

 

[G3624]

Looking like a 7-5 team.

Back when we hired Campbell, I said 6-5 first year.

 

[LionJim]

There’s no taking you out of an equation.

Attaboy.

 

[bdgan]

Back when we hired Campbell, I said 6-5 first year.

You're going to be wrong

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Well, we have the lead at the half. But most of our good plays were followed by really frustrating plays. Lots of verbal frustration from the large PSU group of fans at the game, though a nice celebration at the end of the 1st half after the TD. My quick report from the stands at Lincoln Financial Field.

 

[bwc]

Becht is 10/13 138 1/0
Might be one of the most misleading stat lines ever

It'd look even better if Sowell would've held on to that TD throw. He's fine, Temple is playing over their heads. I expect PSU to run away with it in the 2nd half. Can't believe people are crying, but here we are.

 

[BCS PSU]

Back when we hired Campbell, I said 6-5 first year.

Well, today, Michigan is playing like a NC contender, which I predicted. Let’s say how this team develops. Two seasons ago, they almost lost at home to BG and made it to the Final Four. In 2023, they played a terrible game against Northwestern and finished 10-3.