Official '26 PSU - Minnesota game thread
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You're watching Va Tech rght now, correct?
Stanford put up 34 against Elon and have 40 tonight
Va Tech's defense is a mess--it's more about them than us
We also scored 42 today--we'd score more about Va Tech--Grunk would spot us at least 2 short fields
MSU has won one big 10 game, and it was Michigan. They were not competitive in that game.
We have a mediocre QB, one decent receiver (who didn’t have a catch today), and two average RB’s…we’re not scoring 50.
Good solid win tonight! SMH at all of these posters looking for the negative. And it's the usual characters. Take some pleasure in a decisive win. We are not a great team but have improved ,
Maybe we play 6-4 LSU! Funny PSU has the same record
And Stanford has elite players everywhere?
Doss Cal? How about Pitt?
How many did we put up today against a defense which is much better than Va Tech?
Join me in reality instead of just hating on guys because they played at Iowa State
This season has been a rollercoaster but it really does feel like Campbell has this rolling rolling now. 3 straight wins and 2 against pretty decent BIG10 competition. Hansen looks absolutely legit after being a (I said this) so called bum for 6 weeks. Now we’re looking down 5 straight dubs to end the season.
Howard has me baffled. Is he gone? Is it even worth trying to retain him?
IMO, work to retain the entire starting OL (they’ve gelled recently) and Rojas and the entire secondary.
Howard has me baffled. Is he gone? Is it even worth trying to retain him?
IMO, work to retain the entire starting OL (they’ve gelled recently) and Rojas and the entire secondary.
I thought Cam Smith played well at LB and on ST.
I would move Cam Smith over and play him over Ebel but that won’t happen. He is a much more decisive backer and looks more natural in that limited action vs conference competition.
Well it’s really about half as many as it appears to be since many of them are the same person using different handles.
Plus most of them are on the wrong side of most ‘arguments’
It is...again Stanford just put up 40...we put up 42 today....I know you want to pretend we're worse than we are but we're significantly better than Stanford and VA Tech. We'd roll over them.
That's a bit extreme but the reality is we're a lot closer to Wisconsin, Illinois, and Nebraska than we are to an elite team. I wasn't that long ago when we were upset that we were #3 in the BiG but couldn't get past OSU & Michigan. Now we're middle of the conference.
Campbell would give up at least 42 in the second half.
Seneca was handcuffed by Joe’s super conservative offense. He’s now a very good head coach at Easton. A good guy who doesn’t deserve all the criticism he got.
Hansen can come back next year? Is that because of 5 for 5? So that applies to everyone? Since HS is still 4 years that is really going to put the squeeze on high school players coming in. It's messing with the natural order of things. But welcome to minor league football in the 21st century.
Nothing against Seneca--I've never said anything remotely negative about him as a person. He just wasn't a successful QB--which could absolutely be Joe's fault.
Yes, if Hansen wants to play and we still want him he'd be eligible
This is way better than what it has been with guys playing 7 years or limiting a freshman to 4 games so he could get a 5th year
Once upon a time, freshman never played--it's really just returning things to how they used to be and kids shouldn't be playing before they're ready
Actually Minnesota's defense was without their two starting DTs. Still it was a great PSU first half.
It’s been the minor league since the 1980s, with the only difference being that they’re paid now. But yes, Hansen can come back. He was already a great blocker back there on pass plays, and now that he can actually run the ball in this conference, I think he will be an asset for next year.
100% agree. Money needs to spent on DEs, LBs and a QB (most likely )
the RB group is more than serviceable IMO now that they are clicking
Minny and U-dub are not very good teams - they both have losing records in b1g (3-4). Purdue is 2-5 in conference play. Our two remaining games are against MD and Rutgers teams that are 2-5 and 1-6 in Conference play. We've lost 4 b1g games to teams with a combined Conference record of 13-15! The only reason PSU is currently 6-4 and likely to finish 8-4 is that we're playing the easiest schedule PSU has played in 60 years by a country mile. The best team we've played is USC and they're nothing better than a fringe Top 25 team. The 2nd best team we've played is 6-4 (3-4 in b1g) and could very easily wind up with a sub-.500 conference record. We lost to a putrid scUM team that is currently 2-5 in b1g play whose only other Conference win is vs Rutgers!
The only thing that is going to allow an 8-4 record is the easiest schedule PSU has ever played in the b1g and quite possibly in their entire history.
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We aren't middle of the pack - the only reason we're likely to finish with a middle of the pack 5-4 b1g record is because we played the weakest Conference schedule by a country mile! Our 5 Conference wins will have come against Purdue, U-dub, Minny, Rutgers and Maryland -- 5 teams with a current combined b1g record of 9-23! We will be the worst 5-4 b1g team by a country mile who only wound up 5-4 in Conference because we played a ridiculously easy Conference schedule and still managed to lose to a really bad scUM team who is currently 2-5 in conference play, a bad Wisconsin team who just lost to MD yesterday and USC, NW teams who are mediocre at best and far from great teams.
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