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LMTLION said:
I’m not sure if both teams are pretty good or both teams are pretty bad. NW did have a big win last week. Indiana played nobody before this game, kind of like our schedule.
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NW wearing Indiana out with passing to their TE, transfer from a D2 school. The TE was leading receiver in D2 last year. Running free open routes against Indiana defense. NW will be a tough game, especially with short week to prepare and them opening their new stadium next Friday evening.
 
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Alas, they went for 2 and couldn't convert (2X, as there was a defensive penalty the 1st attempt)

15-13, Indy
 
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G3624 said:
I think our schedule just got harder, after last night.
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Northwestern was never going to be an easy win this year. I still don't have a ton of faith in Chiles but Kelly did a nice job calling plays in the second half yesterday. Not having Howard is what worries me the most--Northwestern's biggest weakness are their CBs.
 
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G3624 said:
I think our schedule just got harder, after last night.
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Agreed. It will be a challenge. However, If close losses were wins, PSU 2025 would have been in the playoffs. Here's the key, Indiana's 3rd string tailback rushed for 200 yards. This after #2 went out with an injury already (1first quarter) with 9 carries for 68. #1 Khobie Martin is currently injured as well.
PSU needs to lean on its running game to win.
 
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LMTLION

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G3624 said:
I think our schedule just got harder, after last night.
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The coaching staff is going to earn their money over the next several games. I was already worried about that game before the season started considering it’s a short week and first game in their new stadium. After beating Colorado and taking Indiana to the brink, I think it’s safe to say they’re pretty good. That is going to be a very tough game for us.
 
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LMTLION

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Efejle said:
Need to put a spy on Chiles or else he goes full UCLA on us next Friday.
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3 (Wisconsin, NW, and UM) of our next 4 opponents have dual threat quarterbacks. If I am Lynn, Rojas is my spy for those games.
 
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LaJollaCreek said:
Now now. James Franklin’s number one fan had NW on the road as an easy W. This notion anymore that you can look at a schedule in the NIL/PORTAL era and think you know what a team has is pretty much over.
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I know we've had our disagreements, but on this topic I agree 100%. It's absurd for anyone to draw conclusions about the strength of our Conference Schedule before anyone has played a Conference Game - this is especially true in today's Absolute and Unlimited Free Agency marketplace (people acting like this is traditional CFB is laughable - this is not CFB or amateur sport in any regard. CFP is a Professional Sport at this point with zero guardrails regarding Free Agency). Impossible to say how good any of these teams are at this point - Indiana has proved that in this era of Professional CFB the last 2 years. Nobody has a clue how good USC and UCLA are, but they probably have quite a bit of talent given their locations, profiles and talent acquisition budgets.

Absurd to be yammering about PSU's Conference SOS at this point of season.
 
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All depends on which Chiles shows up. First half Chiles or second half Chiles. I’ve never seen him have a complete game, so PS will need to take advantage of his bad plays and survive his good plays.
 
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Marshall2323 said:
When you walk into the football office, they have 3 Heisman Trophies on display
Doc Blanchard, Glenn Davis and Pete Dawkins. If you are a football guy of my generation, you have an urge to kneel.
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The same urge that you get when you walk past a picture of James Franklin.
 
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olelion said:
Call NW anything you want but know that getting out of there with a win next week will be anything but easy
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From watching last night, Chiles is either God awful or really good. Nothing in between.
They have what looks like a very good TE and WR.
NW is a dirty team late hits, leg twists...maybe ask Drew about that.
Their defense can be had in both run and pass.
 
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LMTLION said:
The coaching staff is going to earn their money over the next several games. I was already worried about that game before the season started considering it’s a short week and first game in their new stadium. After beating Colorado and taking Indiana to the brink, I think it’s safe to say they’re pretty good. That is going to be a very tough game for us.
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They very well could be but I wouldn't use CO as any kind of benchmark other than they stink.
 
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bbrown said:
They very well could be but I wouldn't use CO as any kind of benchmark other than they stink.
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Well, they are a P4 team and NW beat them 41 - 7. Regardless, the point remains that this will be a tough away game versus a good opponent.
 
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