Official PSU - UCLA '25 Game thread

[Lil Nicky Scarfo]

He was in so clean I’d thought he’d just plow into the punter before he kicked it

 

[Big_O]

Scoop and score. Just as Franklin drew it up on the blackboard, lol. Sometimes better to be lucky than good.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

1st blocked punt returned for a TD by PSU since 2012 against tOSU

 

[Paws057]

Franklin’s coaching them up!

Dreamer

 

[Nittering Nabob]

Scoop and score. Just as Franklin drew it up on the blackboard, lol. Sometimes better to be lucky than good.

It's unusual for the ball to take a nice hop in favor of PSU.

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

No thanks. Anyone who owns a G wagon is a natural douche.

G wagons are actually very capable adventure vehicles. Are they driven to flex on u most of the time? Yep

 

[BobPSU92]

Dreamer

I’m nothing but one.

 

[LB99]

I'd bench Allar and start Grunk. The entire team might respond. The majority of the team might have deep seated resentment over Allar's NIL compensation.

I actually wondered something similar last week when I saw Dawkins with a half hearted effort on a block. I’m wondering if there is a riff amongst the players that we don’t know about.

 

[Nittering Nabob]

1st blocked punt returned for a TD by PSU since 2012 against tOSU

A mere 13 years ago?

 

[AvgUser]

Great tackle in open field

 

[Paws057]

Another third down miracle….amazing

 

[LMTLION]

Still no qb spy plan from dumb f Knowles

 

[Psu00]

Was there any doubt the D was going to give up the 3rd and long? Unreal.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

3rd & 8 (I think), and then NI scampers, and picks up the 1st down and a lot more. I think (not certain) that DeLuca was spying, and he blew past him. A 50+ yard run.

 

[Calabrin]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand right back to embarrassing.

 

[bdgan]

Didn't I say put a spy on Nico? Why can't anybody else think of that?

 

[ChandlerPearce58]

Our DEs need to stop crashing for a sack and CONTAIN!

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

After we win today does class09 still have to apologize? Hmmmmmm yo

 

[LB99]

Didn't I say put a spy on Nico? Why can't anybody else think of that?

Can’t do it with DeLuca either.

 

[LMTLION]

Run the 4-3 Franklin.

 

[SkiSkiSki]

I’m nothing but one.

 

[bdgan]

Now offsides

 

[Psu00]

Now offsides

No discipline.

 

[BiochemPSU]

Run the 4-3 Franklin.

They don’t have the LBs. This 4-2 was trying to hide it.

 

[SkiSkiSki]

Didn't I say put a spy on Nico? Why can't anybody else think of that?

C'mon now. You need an 11 million dollar a year coach to figure that out. Reach into those wallets and dig deep.

 

[LMTLION]

Nico is tougher than our D.

 

[Lil Nicky Scarfo]

Good coaching. Let the clock run down as an underdog before running the play. Franklin would be running plays with 15 left on the clock

 

[LB99]

They don’t have the LBs. This 4-2 was trying to hide it.

The 4-2-5 is Knowles scheme, along with many other defenses these days.

 

[bdgan]

They don’t have the LBs. This 4-2 was trying to hide it.

Tasch
Speca
Wylie
Arrington

Can they be any worse?

 

[Calabrin]

Nico plays absolutely fearlessly-- the exact opposite of the way Drew plays.

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

For years I have moaned that Franklin does not go out and get big, slow, 320lb, 3-star defensive lineman to do one thing… plug the A@B gaps.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

1st & goal for UCLA

1st down: incomplete, but offsides by PSU (DDS)
1st down: run to the 1
2nd down: NI keeps it and gets the TD

UCLA is going for 2

false start by UCLA moves them back 5 yards

Now they're going for the PAT

The PAT is good.

34-21, UCLA, with 2:55 left in the 3rd qtr

 

[BiochemPSU]

The 4-2 is Knowles scheme.

I know, but if he had 3 1st round picks at LB he would have changed it. We have no depth or quality at the position, so stick with 4-2 and hide the problem.

 

[jmorovich]

Clap em up James!! Clap em up

 

[WestSideLion]

This D just lacks difference makers this year. 33 is a nice player, but not at Carter’s level.

When push comes to shove, there isn’t a player who can step up and take over a game.

 

[ZouaveLion]

Now offsides

Is any defensive unit that has had more offsides in last few years than PSU?

 

[bdgan]

The 4-2-5 is Knowles scheme, along with many other defenses these days.

Sometimes you have to make adjustments.

 

[LB99]

I know, but if he had 3 1st round picks at LB he would have changed it. We have no depth or quality at the position, so stick with 4-2 and hide the problem.

But, the scheme isn’t an attempt to hide the LB depth. It’s his base defense.

 

[LMTLION]

They don’t have the LBs. This 4-2 was trying to hide it.

At this point the scheme is really hurting us without Rojas. A 2 lb scheme works at osu where the depth is there. I think we need to put an athlete like Arrington in there to be the spy. It literally cannot go worse than this.

 

[bdgan]

We have to score TD on every possession