As far as I am concern, this will decide the game along with Special Teams, and that favors Penn State since Pitt missed 2 Kicks?
How Pitt Linebackers contain, cover, and tackle all the Lion's Weapons, hard to see how Pitt beats them? Even with great DLs play, breakdowns on LBs and DBs could lead to easy gains and TDs? McSorley can get the 1st Downs Hack Attack missed all of last year? Heck, Voytik did that a few years ago to beat VT with his runs for 1st Downs?
If Pitt Offense is still unsettled under OC Canada I cannot see Pitt outscoring Penn State. The Offensive Line play and Running Game with sparse Wideouts all still learning frightens me quite a bit from what I saw in Nova Game.
I hope to see some Bold Trick Plays for Orndoff and having Whitehead line up in Wildcat, Slot, Wideout, and Running Back would be nice, but he is badly needed to stay fresh on Defense? But Hope is not Game Day Plan Execution? If Peterman was tough enough to run and take some Big Hits I would really be confident! Still, the Pitt Offense looked so disorganized on the OL and Wideouts just OK?
If Pitt is having trouble with its Coaching Sideline Coaching Playcalling Sound System then get the Steelers to loan them what they use, I can't believe they can't figure that out after one year?
If Pitt Kicker had not been so bad, I would be very confident to win a close 3 points or less game. Low scores may favor Pitt now, but high scores could give the edge to PSU. They have improved their Special Teams from last 2 years.They have some of their own fast Returners they did not show in the Kent State Game? Polk can be brutal to cover. Shades of Shady McCoy could be in Sanders too?
Canada Offense is as new as Moorhead and they have New QB but Lions experienced and talented RBS and WRS. Pitt has the RBS but WRS still learning? The Penn State Defense is ready as far as LBs and DBs and that is more important than DLs in this game? Godwin and Hamilton can catch and run and hard to bring down.
I don't make excuses for Pitt, up to Pitt win this on their own and until I see it Pitt Coach Pat & Staff beat a more talented recruited Team, it is hard to make Pitt Is It right now for me. Iowa, UNC, Miami, ND and Navy all had more talent and experience than Pitt last year. Penn State's QB McSorley looks Confident and can take Big Hits, and his Back-Up too? PSU LBS are fast and furious and experienced and DBs are great cover and tacklers.
Still a Total Toss Up, but favoring Penn State right now.
After reading the Articles and I am getting that same feeling I had last year before the UNC, Miami, and Navy Games. Pitt should have won UNC & Miami last year if they had gotten and kept the lead. They didn't a few mistakes cost them games. Navy was a disaster from start to finish, I don't expect PSU will be that ready just yet, but enough to score 27 to 30 points. I am not sure the Panther's Offense can play "Ketchup" at Heinz without being burned in the Red Zones!
Injuries play a big role in Narduzzi's & Staff preparation but losing Zeise and Hendrix will hurt in my opinion.
Needs some insights and comments on why I am and will be wrong, right now I see a 27-25 Game for the Nittany Lions?
Excerpt:
This is not your father's — or even your oldest child's — Penn State team, with coach James Franklin installing an up-tempo offense that Joe Paterno might not recognize. Narduzzi knows enough about it, though, and he'll need the kind of size and speed Zeise, a 6-foot-2, 225-pound linebacker, and Hendrix, a 6-4, 260 defensive end, can bring to his defense. Narduzzi only allowed the two players' status is “day-to-day,” but he seemed confident replacements Seun Idowu and Rori Blair can fill their roles.................“We'll be really excited to play a fast-tempo offense,” Narduzzi said. “That gives them advantages of speeding up, but it also gives us advantages ... we're not one of those teams that when someone lines up fast on you, you keep it base. One of the beautiful things that we do is when someone wants to line up fast, we can do just about anything to counter.” But Penn State presents a difficult offensive scheme, one that Pitt typically has been unable to handle in previous seasons against various opponents.........But Barkley, above or below par, is not the only runner Pitt's banged-up defense must encounter. Trace McSorley is inexperienced, but he presents a running threat from the quarterback position — usually a plague on Pitt. “They've got quarterback runs and quarterback keepers now,” Narduzzi said after he watched video of McSorley running for 47 yards. “He's going to carry the ball, and in big games I'd imagine he's going to carry it even more...................
LINK:
http://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/11084578-74/narduzzi-pitt-state
How Pitt Linebackers contain, cover, and tackle all the Lion's Weapons, hard to see how Pitt beats them? Even with great DLs play, breakdowns on LBs and DBs could lead to easy gains and TDs? McSorley can get the 1st Downs Hack Attack missed all of last year? Heck, Voytik did that a few years ago to beat VT with his runs for 1st Downs?
If Pitt Offense is still unsettled under OC Canada I cannot see Pitt outscoring Penn State. The Offensive Line play and Running Game with sparse Wideouts all still learning frightens me quite a bit from what I saw in Nova Game.
I hope to see some Bold Trick Plays for Orndoff and having Whitehead line up in Wildcat, Slot, Wideout, and Running Back would be nice, but he is badly needed to stay fresh on Defense? But Hope is not Game Day Plan Execution? If Peterman was tough enough to run and take some Big Hits I would really be confident! Still, the Pitt Offense looked so disorganized on the OL and Wideouts just OK?
If Pitt is having trouble with its Coaching Sideline Coaching Playcalling Sound System then get the Steelers to loan them what they use, I can't believe they can't figure that out after one year?
If Pitt Kicker had not been so bad, I would be very confident to win a close 3 points or less game. Low scores may favor Pitt now, but high scores could give the edge to PSU. They have improved their Special Teams from last 2 years.They have some of their own fast Returners they did not show in the Kent State Game? Polk can be brutal to cover. Shades of Shady McCoy could be in Sanders too?
Canada Offense is as new as Moorhead and they have New QB but Lions experienced and talented RBS and WRS. Pitt has the RBS but WRS still learning? The Penn State Defense is ready as far as LBs and DBs and that is more important than DLs in this game? Godwin and Hamilton can catch and run and hard to bring down.
I don't make excuses for Pitt, up to Pitt win this on their own and until I see it Pitt Coach Pat & Staff beat a more talented recruited Team, it is hard to make Pitt Is It right now for me. Iowa, UNC, Miami, ND and Navy all had more talent and experience than Pitt last year. Penn State's QB McSorley looks Confident and can take Big Hits, and his Back-Up too? PSU LBS are fast and furious and experienced and DBs are great cover and tacklers.
Still a Total Toss Up, but favoring Penn State right now.
After reading the Articles and I am getting that same feeling I had last year before the UNC, Miami, and Navy Games. Pitt should have won UNC & Miami last year if they had gotten and kept the lead. They didn't a few mistakes cost them games. Navy was a disaster from start to finish, I don't expect PSU will be that ready just yet, but enough to score 27 to 30 points. I am not sure the Panther's Offense can play "Ketchup" at Heinz without being burned in the Red Zones!
Injuries play a big role in Narduzzi's & Staff preparation but losing Zeise and Hendrix will hurt in my opinion.
Needs some insights and comments on why I am and will be wrong, right now I see a 27-25 Game for the Nittany Lions?
Excerpt:
This is not your father's — or even your oldest child's — Penn State team, with coach James Franklin installing an up-tempo offense that Joe Paterno might not recognize. Narduzzi knows enough about it, though, and he'll need the kind of size and speed Zeise, a 6-foot-2, 225-pound linebacker, and Hendrix, a 6-4, 260 defensive end, can bring to his defense. Narduzzi only allowed the two players' status is “day-to-day,” but he seemed confident replacements Seun Idowu and Rori Blair can fill their roles.................“We'll be really excited to play a fast-tempo offense,” Narduzzi said. “That gives them advantages of speeding up, but it also gives us advantages ... we're not one of those teams that when someone lines up fast on you, you keep it base. One of the beautiful things that we do is when someone wants to line up fast, we can do just about anything to counter.” But Penn State presents a difficult offensive scheme, one that Pitt typically has been unable to handle in previous seasons against various opponents.........But Barkley, above or below par, is not the only runner Pitt's banged-up defense must encounter. Trace McSorley is inexperienced, but he presents a running threat from the quarterback position — usually a plague on Pitt. “They've got quarterback runs and quarterback keepers now,” Narduzzi said after he watched video of McSorley running for 47 yards. “He's going to carry the ball, and in big games I'd imagine he's going to carry it even more...................
LINK:
http://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/11084578-74/narduzzi-pitt-state
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