Nobody has to prove you're wrong. You do it to yourself all the time.
Official '26 PSU - USC game thread
- Thread starter Tom McAndrew
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Because Franklin was fired in October and Campbell wasn't hired until Dec 5th, top-tier, non-Iowa State portal prospects had already established weeks of communication with other programs. When Campbell arrived, he had no personal staff infrastructure in place to build the relationships required to land elite national transfers.
Meanwhile Franklin at VT and Knowles at Tenn had a golden opportunity to poach their former players from Penn State.
Campbell and Hoodjer had to frame the bulk of their 2026 NIL budget on internal roster retention rather than open-market bidding for transfers.
How would you have done in that position, Coach? Tell us how you would have handled it with your vast experience.
Who cares what he did in the Big XII…he hasn’t shown it here.
By "things" I assume you mean a lack of defense. Maiava already has 210 yds passing.
Our DL is bad. We can't create pressure without blitzing and when we do there are big gaps in the D. 3rd and 10 used to be a down where we could tee off on the QB. Now we're only 50-50 on applying any pressure and forcing a punt. USC only punted once in the first half.
One good thing is that Kemajou got some pressure on a play or two. Good to see because he might be our future at DE.
Blackledge didn't "explain it" - he criticized it (twit boy is fos as per usual). Blackledge said that he noticed reviewing film that they were throwing short of the line-to-gain repeatedly.... and they're still doing it tonight.... and he doesn't understand it. Said it needs to be fixed by the staff.... he said they can't keep throwing short of the stucks on 3rd down making it easy for defense.
I was just about to suggest we pull random students from the stands to conduct in-game RB tryouts when Hansen makes his first move of the season.
Happy to have the lead, but would love to see the offense get 7 on that sequence.
It’s maddening how PSU insists on throwing short of the sticks on 3rd down.
I have never rooted for a team to regularly calls third down plays that don’t reach the sticks.
On third down, you have to reach the first down marker. That’s how you get a first down in football. Mouser?
On third down, you have to reach the first down marker. That’s how you get a first down in football. Mouser?
Keep some sort of moving pocket! Becht cannot just drop back, stare down a receiver and not expect the pass to be batted down.
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