Official PSU - Illinois 2024 game thread

[LB99]

Cooper Cousins at RG. Vega back to LG.

 

[LB99]

Allar has to air that out more. He underthrows deep balls a lot.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

PI against the Illini on a bomb to Omari Evans. The DB ran right into his back before the ball got to Evans. (A better pass by Allar, and Evans has a TD)

 

[Calabrin]

First deep pass of the game comes with 11:45 in Q4.

 

[LB99]

Cousins opens the hole for a big run.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Per Ham, PSU has over 210 yards rushing tonight

 

[BiochemPSU]

Lack of true #1 WR kills us. Just no real threat out there.

 

[Phlebitis]

Kick fg please!

 

[Nittany1865Farmer]

That was a very poor 3rd down call.

 

[CDLionFL]

3rd and 7, why get cute with Warren taking the snap?? Illinois knows he's not going to pass it!!

 

[LB99]

Why? Why? Why?

 

[Tom McAndrew]

3rd & 7

Warren in at QB, and Allar split wide

Singleton with the run for only a few yards

PSU to try a 41-yard FG

Sander misses the kick ... wide right

 

[Phlebitis]

Jesus

 

[LionsAndBears]

Ugh!

 

[CDLionFL]

Sam Ficken 2.0

 

[Midnighter]

 

[LB99]

Kick fg please!

No. Please don’t

 

[Nittany1865Farmer]

Time to go on campus to hold try-outs for a FG kicker. Maybe even one of the men's soccer players can kick a FG...

 

[Big_O]

Time to let the other kicker try.

 

[Nitt1300]

no reason to kick there- the kid doesn't have it

 

[CDLionFL]

Hang around, hang around. This loss is gonna be on Kotelnicki if it happens. And I can see Illinois driving here, scoring, and going for the go-ahead 2.

 

[Phlebitis]

No. Please don’t

I assumed they could make one of them.

 

[Nits74]

This is how games are lost.

 

[Wlawnlion]

Our 3rd down play calls last two drives absolutely horrible

 

[Nitt1300]

Time to go on campus to hold try-outs for a FG kicker. Maybe even one of the men's soccer players can kick a FG...

or women

 

[Nittering Nabob]

This is how a team loses close games. Two drives should have resulted in at least 3 + 3 pts end up as a goose eggs for PSU.

The FG kicker thingy is all on Franklin.

 

[BVSt.Paul]

Time to go on campus to hold try-outs for a FG kicker. Maybe even one of the men's soccer players can kick a FG...

Is there a Bahr in the house.

 

[ManxomeLion]

Kicking will cost Penn State a game this season, hopefully it won't be this one.

 

[Nitt1300]

This is how a team loses close games. Two drives should have resulted in at least 3 + 3 pts ends up as a goose egg for PSU.

The FG kicker thingy is all on Franklin.

was he kicking?

 

[Phlebitis]

This team will lose several games if they can’t kick a fg.

 

[Alphalion75]

I was slammed on here for criticizing our kicking. I stand by my previous posts.

 

[Calabrin]

Playing exactly the same way we played Michigan and Ohio State last year.

Afraid to throw over the middle of the field.
Afraid to throw anything beyond 5 yards.

This agonizingly conservative play is why we don't beat tough opponents.

 

[Nittering Nabob]

Playing exactly the same way we played Michigan and Ohio State last year.

Afraid to throw over the middle of the field.
Afraid to throw anything beyond 5 yards.

This agonizingly conservative play is why we don't beat tough opponents.

Bingo

 

[Tom McAndrew]

PSU gives up 4 extra yards trying to rip the ball out of the hands of the WR, instead of just tackling him

 

[WVilleLion23]

This is how a team loses close games. Two drives should have resulted in at least 3 + 3 pts end up as a goose eggs for PSU.

The FG kicker thingy is all on Franklin.

Your trolling is as weak as our FG kicking

 

[LB99]

4 needs some help.

 

[Nittering Nabob]

was he kicking?

Yes, figuratively. Franklin knew of the issues after Game #1.

 

[Alphalion75]

I was slammed on here for criticizing our kicking. I stand by my previous posts

 

[Midnighter]

Wow. Disastrous call by Illinois on third.

 

[Nitt1300]

fu k