Official '26 PSU - USC game thread
- Thread starter Tom McAndrew
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So now we are celebrating improved performance and moral victories?
Why, you didn't like the defense rushing only 3 on most third downs despite the graphic showing yje USC QB completes 73% without pressure vs. 39% with pressure?
Which part? #4 Barney Fife shooting us in the foot or the defensive penalty on 2nd to last play? This team has found new and different ways to lose, but you can always see it coming with the defense playing like a sieve and the way our offense plays in the redzone (i.e., awful). Nobody is better at trading FGs for opponent TDs than us.
That last TO Campbell took was incredibly stupid. USC was in a horrible formation with the punter as a WR. No way were they going to snap the ball. And Campbell panicked.
Nice to see Campbell embrace his ex-isu/now-usc player postgame with a big smile. 
Congrats on winning the ACC with that stellar 9-5 record. Duke football history: 561-566-32. Never been anything. Never will be anything.
Really? I could have sworn that Kraft told us he was going to bring "Excellence" and "Championship Football" to PSU?
Read an article last week. Kraft really does need to be fired. How he let a critical decision go so long without any consideration of the timing of managing a roster is criminal.
Bob Chesney says hello.
I have been to past games, how about you? Are you a Penn State grad? I am so I can bash my alumni if I want. They always play horrible in these White Outs.
keep coming up with excuses for why they loss all these White Out games. Penn State shouldn’t have these prime time games until they prove they can win more than half of them.
I’m not even a Duke football fan but I can recognize that their football program has been better the last two seasons. That is pretty embarrassing as a Penn State grad
But they don’t “lose all these white out games”, that’s the point numbnuts.
Ding Ding. Ding. Why, you didn't like the defense rushing only 3 on most third downs despite the graphic showing the USC QB completes 73% without pressure vs. 39% with pressure? It was a death by a thousand paper cuts defense.
Wow! 2 whole seasons and this one isn't over yet! Duke was not better in 2024, so you are looking at 2025 and 2026. Check back in a couple of years after Campbell has been in place for full recruiting and transfer periods and see where the teams are at. I bet Duke won't be better.
Honest question: how do you improve the team headed into next year when you are likely losing all conference games this year, didn’t have a recruiting class last year, and you refuse to bring hired guns unless they fit a very specific culture criteria? I just don’t see what’s attractive about the program right now to recruits or transfers. “We’re building something special” rings pretty hollow when you go 0-9 in conference play.
You knew it was over after USC drove straight down the field and scored a TD to take the lead on their first 2nd Half possession in response to our FG off the 2nd Half KO. Only made more certain when PSU kicked another FG after driving into the RZ to only cut into USC's lead - you knew USC was just going to march down the field again and score another TD........
After USC scored the TD on their first 2nd Half possession to take the lead..... you knew it was over unfortunately.
There is more to life than football.
THIS WARRANTS THE PROPER USE OF A TIMEOUT TO AVOID TOO MANY ON THE BEACH....
$$$$$$$$ is why they have them. If Duke can fill a 100K+ stadium charging a couple hundred dollars a seat and $ 130.00 for a parking pass, then have at it
I asked AI to figure out the gross take from ticket sales tonight and this is what it came back with:
Even if assuming a more conservative blended average of $150–$200 to account for standard student tickets and late secondary market drops, the gross take from ticket distribution sits comfortably between $17 million and $23 million.
00:00 – Penn State Falls to USC: Instant Reaction
00:42 – A Frustrating Loss Despite the Best Performance in Weeks
01:20 – No Running Game, No Pass Rush: A Hard Look in the Mirror
02:29 – Searching for Positives at 3-3 Heading Into the Bye
03:24 – Revisiting “How Bad Could This Get?”
04:19 – Chase Sowell’s Big Game and Offensive Rhythm
04:40 – USC’s Talent Shows Up in Three-Man Pressure Looks
05:23 – Campbell’s Postgame Comments on Game Management
05:58 – Locker Room Leadership and Team Chemistry Questions
07:13 – Final Thoughts and a Look Ahead to Michigan
08:43 – Sign-Off and BWI Sale Reminder
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T Frank wants us to know that Lynn is doing the right thing rushing only 3. He also wants you to know that he is refusing to name names when it comes to talent deficiency....so remember HALF OFF our sale price so we can watch a company man be an apologist.
I think that’s a pretty unfair depiction.
Whenever BWI is running a discount price on subscriptions, they are very consistent about mentioning it in any of their social media pieces. And I believe the recent discount expired at midnight Saturday, so he would be remiss in not mentioning it.
Next, T Frank was very candid in his analyses after the NW game in indicating specific players, as well as specific positions, where PSU had talent deficiencies. I was somewhat surprised how explicit he was about the deficiencies certain players had.
The post-game show isn’t designed to get into those type of analyses. He does that in the days following a game, when he watches the film, and breaks down why or why not a play worked. Those in-depth analyses contain film to see what he’s identifying, and he gets pretty detailed about the strengths and the weaknesses of various PSU players. Those following day(s) analyses are only available to subscribers, so there is a lot of merit in his mentioning the discounted subscription price.
Here are some thoughts from the girl who loves PSU football….
Excuses have to stop…No Koby? Figure it out then and make it work.
There had been warnings for years that if we didn’t get talent on the lines and at LB, swhtf. The fan is full of crap now.
Kraft needs to go.
We all knew this was a rebuild year. THEN EFFING REBUILD. IU went from automatic homecoming win to a legit playoff team. PSU should never ever be a bottom feeder EVER.
OK that’s it. I need to cleanse my soul and get ready to go to mass.
Excuses have to stop…No Koby? Figure it out then and make it work.
There had been warnings for years that if we didn’t get talent on the lines and at LB, swhtf. The fan is full of crap now.
Kraft needs to go.
We all knew this was a rebuild year. THEN EFFING REBUILD. IU went from automatic homecoming win to a legit playoff team. PSU should never ever be a bottom feeder EVER.
OK that’s it. I need to cleanse my soul and get ready to go to mass.
Who said celebrate? We just shouldn't be acting like idiots or pretending this team is good. We know better.
T Frank should spend more time painting and cleaning up his parent's basement.
True but it seems like some of the most important ones got away. I am thinking of last year Oregon, 2018 OSU, 2024 OSU,
Based on those prices they raked in another $1.9 million alone on the temporary bleachers.
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And they will show up in Ann Arbor just in time to turn scUM into an offensive juggernaut.
You know it's embarrassing when the other coach laughs.
Yep. Starting with Toledo game of 2000, that was where it seemed PSU had the biggest drop in talent without any significant changes to coaching staff. This year the drop in talent is pretty bad, but I'd expect that with the coaching changes made over the past year.
I don't know if this has bee discussed, but did you notice how Riley completely picked the pocket of Campbell's last time-out? Not that it mattered in the end. Did MC really think USC would go for it on 4th and 10 deep in their own territory? Did you see the smiling, smirking face of Riley as MC called time-out?
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