Official PSU - SMU 1st Round CFB Playoff Thread

[Midnighter]

As I said yesterday, going from 4 teams to 12 teams was a bit ambitious for the NCAA. SMU is completely and thoroughly outmatched on both sides of the ball, how they came back on Clemson is a head scratcher. If Coach Franklin keeps his foot on the pedal and runs the score up to sixty something to nothing I have to believe changes will be made next year. JMHO

I say keep it. Winning matters. Bama would be in if they beat Vanderbilt and/or Oklahoma. Remove as many subjective criteria as possible.

 

[PSUQbKeeper]

not sure why everyone is up in arms with the first round of playoff games' scores

there have been lots of blowouts in the 4 team playoffs as well

 

[Alphalion75]

I hope Dennis-Sutton returns. DL is a little lean for 2025.

 

[Bones80]

Just think, SMU is one fg away from a first round bye

 

[PSUAVLNC]

Keep the pedal down!!! Defense. Defense. Defense

 

[Tom McAndrew]

SMU to receive to start the 2nd half

 

[LB99]

not sure why everyone is up in arms with the first round of playoff games' scores

there have been lots of blowouts in the 4 team playoffs as well

Very true. O$U got blasted 31-0 by Clemson in 2016 when they got in over us.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

oof, good kick return. The kick was a line drive to the 6. PSU whiffed on a tackle at the 25, and he returned it to the SMU 47

 

[LB99]

These refs effing blow.

 

[AvgUser]

More like offsetting hands to the face

 

[Tom McAndrew]

PF, hands to the face, against PSU. The LT had his hands on Vilbert's face, and Vilbert has his hands on the LT's face. What a terrible call

 

[WVilleLion23]

And they missed SMU player grabbing 15s facemask on same play…brilliant

 

[LB99]

15 yard gift by the refs. LT had 15 by the face mask also.

 

[Nits1989]

SMU lineman had hands to face too. Joke.

 

[Psu00]

Greg McElroy was awful last night. You’d have thought he went to ND with all the love he was professing.

Sean McDonough (sp?) took the cake last night. Because Indiana lost to ND (even though ND was supposed to win as the higher seed playing at home) he used that to declare the committee needs to stop considering the Big Ten better than the ACC or Big 12.

 

[Paws057]

Carter getting mauled

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Carter gets tackled, and then shoved after the whistle; no call

 

[Player2BNamedL8r]

Refs are just bad at all levels of football!!

 

[WVilleLion23]

If one of our players did what was just done to Carter, no doubt there would be a flag.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

students cause a false start by SMU!!!

 

[Tom McAndrew]

another false start by SMU on 3rd & 6.

 

[Grant Green]

These refs effing blow.

Probably the same crew that helped the eagles beat the steelers.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

SMU with a 28-yard FG attempt

it's good

28-3, PSU, with 10:59 left in the 3rd qtr

 

[Player2BNamedL8r]

We are sooo inside their QB’s head!! He’s bailing the pocket with even the smallest amount of pressure.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Nittany1865Farmer]

They get 3, we go and get another 7. That's the game plan for the second half

 

[WVilleLion23]

Good job D! F these ****** *** refs

 

[EricStratton-RushChairman]

Sean McDonough (sp?) took the cake last night. Because Indiana lost to ND (even though ND was supposed to win as the higher seed playing at home) he used that to declare the committee needs to stop considering the Big Ten better than the ACC or Big 12.

Sean also subscribes to the other magazine

 

[harjeff]

what's the point of a FG there...Hope SMU coach gets hammered for that just like IU coach di last night over the punt on 4th and 11 from mid field. Still down 4 scores.

 

[OUIrPSU]

Just think, SMU is one fg away from a first round bye

If Duke had beaten them, they wouldn’t even be playing now.

 

[Nittering Nabob]

Sean McDonough (sp?) took the cake last night. Because Indiana lost to ND (even though ND was supposed to win as the higher seed playing at home) he used that to declare the committee needs to stop considering the Big Ten better than the ACC or Big 12.

He's a Sorrycuse grad.

 

[Bones80]

Run the ball. Grind the clock. Safe passes.

 

[Nittering Nabob]

what's the point of a FG there...Hope SMU coach gets hammered for that just like IU coach di last night over the punt on 4th and 11 from mid field. Still down 4 scores.

Moral, shut-out avoiding victory.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

SMU with an onside kick.

PSU recovers (Anthony Ivey) at the SMU 48

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Allar has got to be smarter about throwing the ball away when pressure is coming

 

[Player2BNamedL8r]

WHY go up tempo?!!?

 

[CoolBean]

Allar sucks in the cold

 

[Nittany1865Farmer]

Who put the statue in our backfield at QB?

 

[FTLPSU]

Simple optics to

what's the point of a FG there...Hope SMU coach gets hammered for that just like IU coach di last night over the punt on 4th and 11 from mid field. Still down 4 scores.

Simple optics to make sure they don’t get shutout, and a little feel good confidence builder for his offensive unit..he probably figures they won’t get back there too

 

[step.eng69]

WTF