ADVERTISEMENT

Pennstating

J

JokePa

Sophomore
Dec 4, 2010
2,976
2,257
113
Suddenly the day just got better. Penn State just loses to Akron

And to boot it is 100% James Franklin’s fault they get the ball with a minute 30 leading in Indiana territory and they score a touchdown very quickly even though Indiana only had two timeouts leaving time for Indiana to tie the game
 
  • Like
Reactions: doubleAA's, PittFanDan17, columbus mike and 5 others
NNFAN said:
All is not lost today since Penn State blew it at Indiana.
Click to expand...

It really is even better knowing the circumstances. You just knew Franklin was thinking a 21 to 20 victory over Indiana just wouldn’t be good enough and he wanted to pad the victory like he has done so many times in the past. An intelligent coach would have instructed his players to get the first down take a knee make the clock keep running and then have the QB take a knee to win the game
 
  • Like
Reactions: doubleAA's, Upg bobcat, kma0043 and 2 others
JokePa said:
Suddenly the day just got better. Penn State just loses to Akron

And to boot it is 100% James Franklin’s fault they get the ball with a minute 30 leading in Indiana territory and they score a touchdown very quickly even though Indiana only had two timeouts leaving time for Indiana to tie the game
Click to expand...

wow! I went jogging thought the game was over. Well that does make it slightly better today
 
  • Like
Reactions: doubleAA's
My fradenscheude is not really kicking in too much, too down abour Pitt’s performance. I did watch the end, that two point play was amazingly close.

At another bar with a friend watching his Wolverines play at Minnesota.
 
JokePa said:
Suddenly the day just got better. Penn State just loses to Akron

And to boot it is 100% James Franklin’s fault they get the ball with a minute 30 leading in Indiana territory and they score a touchdown very quickly even though Indiana only had two timeouts leaving time for Indiana to tie the game
Click to expand...

Ah, who cares. We sucked, they suck. Doesn’t matter
 
  • Like
Reactions: PITT4UDAD and pbrad
He could have knelt down right off the bat. Indiana only had one timeout left. There was 1 :46 left on the clock so even with Indiana stopping it one time PSU could have burned out the remaining time. Clearly Indiana didn’t attempt to tackle the PSU running back. That’s a smart IU coach because letting them score was the only way he could have a chance to tie being down by 8. As for the PSU running back I wouldn’t blame him as it’s not natural to be thinking fall down when you are sprinting close to paydirt. I blame the arrogant PSU coach and the fact that their defense didn’t make a single play from that point on thru overtime.
 
  • Like
Reactions: JohnnyGossamer, PittMiamiRivalry, BFo8 and 3 others
bayardstreet said:
He could have knelt down right off the bat. Indiana only had one timeout left. There was 1 :46 left on the clock so even with Indiana stopping it one time PSU could have burned out the remaining time. Clearly Indiana didn’t attempt to tackle the PSU running back. That’s a smart IU coach because letting them score was the only way he could have a chance to tie being down by 8. As for the PSU running back I wouldn’t blame him as it’s not natural to be thinking fall down when you are sprinting close to paydirt. I blame the arrogant PSU coach and the fact that their defense didn’t make a single play from that point on thru overtime.
Click to expand...

Serious. That is karma
 
As we were leaving Heinz I looked at my phone one last time. Indiana had just thrown the incomplete pass on 4th down with 1:40 to go and I thought well, that's it, game over. It wasn't until I got home and looked at my phone again, and of course I thought, wait, what, that can't be right.
 
JokePa said:
It really is even better knowing the circumstances. You just knew Franklin was thinking a 21 to 20 victory over Indiana just wouldn’t be good enough and he wanted to pad the victory like he has done so many times in the past. An intelligent coach would have instructed his players to get the first down take a knee make the clock keep running and then have the QB take a knee to win the game
Click to expand...
It's amazing how he was so eager to get more points, yet he decided to kick the extra point. I would have gone for 2 to put it out of reach. They had all the momentum at that point.
 
Last edited:
I turned it off after the missed 4th down. I mean 1:40 at the IU 14 and one timeout. I saw the final about 30 minutes ago and couldn’t figure out how that was even possible
 
  • Like
Reactions: Cavalier Panther
JokePa said:
It really is even better knowing the circumstances. You just knew Franklin was thinking a 21 to 20 victory over Indiana just wouldn’t be good enough and he wanted to pad the victory like he has done so many times in the past. An intelligent coach would have instructed his players to get the first down take a knee make the clock keep running and then have the QB take a knee to win the game
Click to expand...
I can’t stand the guy, but I don’t think that was it. He was clearly trying to signal for the kid to go down as he was walking into the endzone. A little late at that point though, I’m guessing he forgot to mention that when the play call went in.

I mean if you’re right, we already know he’s an arrogant doosh so that’s cool with me. If what I suggested happened, he blew the game because he’s an idiot. So actually either way it’s pretty funny.
 
Pittx9 said:
I can’t stand the guy, but I don’t think that was it. He was clearly trying to signal for the kid to go down as he was walking into the endzone. A little late at that point though, I’m guessing he forgot to mention that when the play call went in.

I mean if you’re right, we already know he’s an arrogant doosh so that’s cool with me. If what I suggested happened, he blew the game because he’s an idiot. So actually either way it’s pretty funny.
Click to expand...

Just bad coaching. They should teach the kids that in practice
 
  • Like
Reactions: Pittx9 and TheSpecialSauce
doubleAA's said:
Just bad coaching. They should teach the kids that in practice
Click to expand...

Honestly this board blames coaching for drop passes and false starts. Calls Aria Ford stupid for accidentally grabbing a face mask.. So of course they will give Franklin a pass for not taking a knee to win a game.
 
JokePa said:
Well, yes that’s the obvious thing to do. It’s Franklin wanting to run up the score. He did that many times throughout the years
Click to expand...

It had absolutely zero to do with him wanting to run up the score. That is totally untrue. Supposedly he did tell the RB not to score, but apparently he didn’t do a good enough job of it.

When I first saw it I assumed Franklin was just stupid, but as soon as he went in it was obvious the RB knew he screwed up.
 
They’ve been trying for 30+ years to get to the next level. Just can’t get there.
 
BFo8 said:
It had absolutely zero to do with him wanting to run up the score. That is totally untrue. Supposedly he did tell the RB not to score, but apparently he didn’t do a good enough job of it.

When I first saw it I assumed Franklin was just stupid, but as soon as he went in it was obvious the RB knew he screwed up.
Click to expand...
YES!!! IT IS

If he was about winning, the qb would have kneeled on it 3 times and the game would be over. It’s 100% on Franklin
 
  • Like
Reactions: FireballZ
JokePa said:
YES!!! IT IS

If he was about winning, the qb would have kneeled on it 3 times and the game would be over. It’s 100% on Franklin
Click to expand...

Cmon man, you know that’s not true no matter how many times you say it is.
 
JokePa said:
Well, yes that’s the obvious thing to do. It’s Franklin wanting to run up the score. He did that many times throughout the years
Click to expand...
I don't know if he wanted to run up the score or not but regardless, you either tell all the players not to score or take a knee. Pretty sure taking a knee then kicking the fg puts the clock down under a minute
 
revampedpanthers said:
I don't know if he wanted to run up the score or not but regardless, you either tell all the players not to score or take a knee. Pretty sure taking a knee then kicking the fg puts the clock down under a minute
Click to expand...

He has mentioned margin of victory before when he threw long bombs up a ton.
 
Enabler U had the ball on IU's 14 yd line with 1:42 to go. Instead of taking the knee 3 times and kicking a field goal their RB scored on 1st down! This would have had the clock down to close to the end of the game with IU taking all 3 of their timeouts. That mistake allowed IU to tie the game with their timeouts not needed to be used up until this final drive.

I have to think that Jimmy's ego got in the way of his game mngt and probably was cheerleading on the sideline instead of managing the game.

Let's face it, we both have head coaches that are not good at game mngt....but Enabler U's can recruit a bunch more!
 
  • Like
Reactions: FireballZ, pbrad and PittFanDan17
At this point in the season, I would take Pitt going winless to see Enabler U go 0-9.

Did anyone else watch the game? They SUCK. Franklose will leave at the end of the year and they are going to go back to the dark "sanction years" (psttt they should've gotten the death penalty anyways). Suck to suck PSU!!!!
 
Penn state has a good defense they will hold the game closer than you think. But nice to see them go 0-2
 
It won't be the same atmosphere without 100,000 KKK members all clad in white cheering on their Lions.
Ohio State found their groove and Nebraska played well (on offense) for 30 minutes. I don't see a blowout but I do see a two to three TD win for Ohio State.
 
9nationalchampionships said:
Enabler U had the ball on IU's 14 yd line with 1:42 to go. Instead of taking the knee 3 times and kicking a field goal their RB scored on 1st down! This would have had the clock down to close to the end of the game with IU taking all 3 of their timeouts. That mistake allowed IU to tie the game with their timeouts not needed to be used up until this final drive.

I have to think that Jimmy's ego got in the way of his game mngt and probably was cheerleading on the sideline instead of managing the game.

Let's face it, we both have head coaches that are not good at game mngt....but Enabler U's can recruit a bunch more!
Click to expand...
 
garywpetersen said:
Indiana actually only had one timeout.
Click to expand...


I didn't see it since I was at the Pitt game, but I've seen people say one and others say two. If they only had one then Penn State could have run the clock out. If they had two then Penn State couldn't have run the clock out by kneeling on it three times. But since Indiana let them go all they would have had to have done was run to the first down line and then fall down, and then they could have run the clock out.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

TheWerewolfFromTwilight

Public Bathrooms Question

Replies
20
Views
1K
Football Board
ChiefJusticeMarshall
ChiefJusticeMarshall
MattP31

Pitt vs Work to Do Teams in Eye test

Replies
5
Views
462
Center Court at the Pete
chriscoz
C
S

PPG Day 1 thoughts

Replies
6
Views
489
Basketball Board
upj87
U
Chris Peak

Recruiting Update Three notable recruiting visitors on Monday

Replies
0
Views
1K
Between Fifth And Forbes
Chris Peak
Chris Peak
Chris Peak

Spring camp report: 4/11/2024 - The final practice in the South Side

Replies
34
Views
2K
Between Fifth And Forbes
pghsonj1325
pghsonj1325
ADVERTISEMENT

Latest posts

ADVERTISEMENT
Top Bottom
Back