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Should've known that Houston's 385 pass attempts would screw up the thread schedule.
Second half adjustments anyone?

Wanna make a final statement for the job Tom?

he already lost it
One good adjustment would be to injsert the '94 OL.
Maybe this is all part of a ploy to convince Munchak to be the HC
I blame everything on

Drake and McGloin

OMG a Penn State add that didn't appologize!
Hey look, a new commercial!

Can they stop putting President Lackey in them?

Baby steps...

As the person above noted there was no apology…THANK GOD!!

they actually had commercials where they apologized?
Did you miss every PSU comercil after IT happened until the the end of the season?

It was just Erickson reading some stupid statement along the lines of ’we’re sorry"

Dan Hawkins

looks kind of like Joe Don Baker.

Staffordshire, near Stoke-on-Trent

Family on Dad’s side orginated in Southeast England.

That’s one part of the country I haven’t been to yet – I hope to see it soon. :)

Warwick and S-o-T are both in the Midlands, just different extremes – Warwick is further south.

We were there in 2000.

Volvo Trucks sent me there. Family and I did London in two days; they traveled around Warwick while I went to meetings for 2.5 days. Then back here to North Carolina. Would really enjoy a month in the UK . . .

I have to say I really enjoy living here. :) London, of course, is wonderful, but I don’t get down there very often. Yes, to see what there is to see here, you need a while…

I actually went to Wake Forest for my freshman year – are you anywhere near Winston-Salem?

About 40 miles southeast.

About 18 miles due south of Greensboro.

Can you be my Colman’s mustard hook-up? I got addicted to that and Walker shortbread cookies during my visit.

Wow, if Moo-Moo could have held on . . . .

I’m not sure you would want to pay the postage for that, but, if you were serious, we could try to work something out.

I remember Greensboro – saw a few concerts there during my year in NC.

We can find it once in a while --

the dry more so than the ready-made. We survive . . .

I love Tom, but...

I am so ready to change up the defense and that isn’t gonna happen if he got the job.

The defense isn't the problem.
Bingo.

Need an offense that can stay on the field.

Slightly disagree.

Shouldn’t have great stops on 1 and 2 down, then give up a long 3rd for big yardage/score.

In other news, San Fran's OC is the new rumor of the day
I'm ready for Coach Fox Soldier to take the reigns
Need better play from both lines.

Plus the DBs need to check the WRs at the line, to disrupt their timing.

This game can be won, but the defense needs to get to Keenum EVERY play. The offense looks rusty — hopefully operates better in the second half.

Offense looks the same as it has all year
Meh.

It seems we come close to a huge breakout, then the offense draws back — almost like they are afraid of success.

oh god that shirt and tie
Oh Nelly!
Please tell me I'm not the only one totally sick of that song.

Of course, I was sick of it the first time I heard it.

It reminds me of TBS's baseball playoff coverage

Shoving some shitty song down my throat every commercial break.

I've never heard it before

but yeah it sucks

we have straight up taken away the right side of the field under 15 yards

hey we are doing something?

It's important to note...

That if Houston can hang 70 on us they will. They won’t bench Keenam, they will not stop.

Penn State is generally good at making adjustments.

Let’s see if that is true in this game.

Alright, time for the O to do something
Bill Belton for QB
That was a pretty slick run
Alright Wild cat QB time
Keep Belton at QB all game.
Lol @ "Belton all season long"

Ok, brah. Glad you watched so much film to prep for this one.

And a drop by Devon
ugh, that was a good play

Devon just can’t hold on to a ball. All though in fairness he was rocked.

Bill Belton is more poised in the pocket than Bolden.
Oh yeah. That's some good football, there. Great hit.

Pretty sure Goodell is going to fine Houston’s safety for that.

Bill Belton = MRob 2.0?
So I've gotta be at work in 3.5 hours.

I got up early to watch the game, but AFN isn’t showing it. That’s fine I think, I’ll just get on the internet. Well, I couldn’t connect because the internet here blows. When I finally do connect, it’s the 2nd quarter and we’re losing 17-0 and we have a grand total of 22 yards.

The good news is that we get the ball at the beginning of the 2nd half and the defense usually plays better in the 2nd half.

Kinda happy that AFN isn't showing this, and it is a replay at 0830 tomorrow here in Germany

…everyone will be at work trying to catch up after the holidays and I may get in and out without one snide remark about this shellacking

Yeah, i'm pretty glad there not showing either now.
Alright, Step doing work
Bolden at center = handoff

Where’d this running game come from?

Alright, well, that would've been bad if he picked that
and there you go. ugh!!
Like that one?

Crap.

He's hitting people in the hands on his throws....
Houston DB's and LB's doin' work

keepin me in the game for under

And Bolden is picked off
LOLden
Can we stop with the dumb nicknames.

We went over this with McDerp/McPick/Boldin.

He is still a Penn State football player.

i suppose.

its just a joke though.

Bolden is just straight horrible

but at least it was a good arm punt down to their 4

I'm done...

Be back for the new coach discussions!

Well, I guess that was just like a good punt
Moye needs to put up a better fight for the ball there.
Bolden can't read simple coverage

as in, he doesn’t understand that you shouldn’t throw to a receiver that’s being covered by two white jerseys

Hey atleast we get Houston Starting a drive in their own territory
It's best for everyone involved that Bolden transfer
wildcat from her on out? i see no other viable option
I'm not even lying, I think we should do it
yup, why not? they have nothing to lose at this point.
Go Go Safety?
safety by Still here and we're down two scores

#FALSEHOPEFEELSGOOD

Keep fightin' the good fight
Bolden

Good luck at Western Michigan County Community College next fall.

can we revoke Bolden's scholarship?

this is a serious question

Just dont let Bolden touch the football anymore
That pick is on Moye

He has to get in between and go up and get that ball. Moye has been the biggest disapointment of all to me this year.

not being a Bolden apologist

I felt the same way after looking at replay

can't throw arm punts up into double coverage
It was tripple.
McGloin can.

But seriously it somehow works for him

It appears Bolden is locking on one receiver

and the Houston D is tracking that. Can he not turn his head once in a while?

I feel bad for the fans who spent hard earned money on this game

There aren’t a lot of them but to go all that way to see a game like this? I didn’t expect a win, but PSU isn’t THIS bad.

With the benefit of hindsight

we should have let him go to Michigan

Well, Drew is at CB
Jesus they're out to the 40 already
Need a trunover here.
Michigan fans routing against all Big Ten teams

In Ann Arbor.

Hey, I have something in common with them.

So, we're going to start recruiting on Wednesday? Okay
The utter lack...

of talent on the O-Line and QB position is just beyond belief.

Well, is it lack of talent or lack of development?

Or both?

both.

though I suspect the o-line’s talent is under developed.

There's athletic talent there

Just little development

might agree with you at OL

not QB…they stink…McG and Bolden both. Not good.

you would know with respect...

to the o-line, which until the early 2000s was very good at PSU. Don’t know what happened.

we hid some problems at OL well

in ’94 with incredible talent, and after that with incredible backs (Harris, Enis, Johnson)

2 future all-pro linemen

Can hide a lot if problems

yup, 4 drafted in all off that starting line
What do you say to a recruit?

COME TO PENN STATE!!!!!!!

We still have so many positives to offer

that I hope kids believe in the long-term strength of the program.

Nebraska...

just gave up a hail mary.

And MSU just gave up 2 TDs in about 2 minutes

YAY B1G!

Belton is going to fumble
Hush yo' mouth, Jim.
He looks a little careless
that wasn't belton?
He just did.
If Bradley et al manage to salvage this recruiting class, with all this uncertainty,

they deserve statues beside Joe’s outside the stadium.

well michign state is down 16 - 0
wow

our offensive line coach has been here for 34 years

and in 34 years how many O linemen have gone to the NFL? I can only think of about five

I think you might be surprised at the actual number.
Probably 5 this decade.
er, in the last 10 years would be a better wayto put that.
Complain about the recent past,

the less recent past we were pretty successful.

Two mishandled snaps by Bolden
lol they basically just said Bolden can't even do the basics
I liked the line earlier by the pbp announcer:

Rob Bolden is not a good passing quarterback

ain’t that the truf

This is going to be an ugly day for the Big Ten

All teams losing right now.

Not a B1G fan,

esp. after some teams allegedly said we should be kicked out of the conference. Screw them all.

Whoah, where did this rumor come from?
Don't know if I can source it, IceIce.

Saw it here on BSD a couple days after the bomb blew up. Allegedly some other teams said we were a disgrace and should be thrown out.

It doesn’t have to be true for me to hate on the conference — I’ve never been a B1G fan . . .

the Big Ten was set up to fail this bowl season
michigan state,

ohio state, and northwestern have failed to carry the conference’s water for much of the decade.

This conference flat-out blows

Not a coincidence we went 9-3 with an offense this inept

When are we going to get a deflection of the ref for a big gain?
That means Szczerba has to be in the game.

SHUDDER!!

Bolden's pocket presence is actually improved.
Unfortunately his ability to read a defense and make an accurate throw has not.
When Bolden recognizes that he's actually in the pocket

His pocket presence has improved

Where's Moye?

Is he even playing now?

Bolden has gotten to his 2nd progression

by not looking at his first

where is Fera
OH YEAH? Well can TicketCity replace my terrible QB?

HUH? Can you, ticketcity?

Concussed drunk McGloin > Sober healthy Bolden
Kimberly and Case Keenum?

Really???

I wonder if Kimberly's middle name starts with the letter K

her initials would be KKK

Kimberly Katherine Keenum?
watch this, it will make you feel better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=zuDtACzKGRs
I'm sure the Keenums will get a new place

Thanks to the 800 yds he passes for in this game

He got a loan

from Cam Newton.

How can you run a completely pass-oriented offense

and still the defense has ZERO answer

because our staff REFUSES to play man up

ZONE WILL WORK!!!! STAY THE COURSE!!!!!

PJ

Paul Jones has done a huge dis-service to himself by not being academically eligible. The QB position is RIGHT there for the taking.

Except that he has been practicing.

And the reports are that he’s been worse than Bolden and McGloin.

he was running Houstons offense in practice though against the 1st team D with Scout teamers
I get that.

But these weren’t reports of, you know, he’s struggling. These were, he can’t throw the football.

True...

But there were also reports of Bolden having great practices and him being ready to take on this challenge. Doesn’t look like it at all. Maybe the opposite works for PJ? :)

I kid , I kid. Thanks for the clarification!

I get the desire to have a good QB on this team.

And I wish someone were that guy. It just doesn’t sounds like he’s on the team right now.

I heard Bolden was running UH offense in practice

The defense thought they were good to go since pseudo-keenum threw every pass at the receiver’s feet

^THIS^

Kid doesn’t realize the oppurtunity was right there. Priorities just weren’t right.

I don't like that the Houston players

are carrying multiple Lion tacklers for extra yards or that our tacklers are sliding off the ball-carrier.

Each one of the Houston players seem to have morphed into a 2010 version of

Trent Richardson. Our players too have morphed themselves into their 2010 versions.

LITERALLY 10 yards off the receiver
If you're Houston,

do you have any fear whatsoever that our offense will come back from this? Of course you try the FG! Who cares if you miss? No way we’re scoring enough points to catch up.

"E'ERY TIME, YOU CALL ME THE CHAMP!!!"
OF THE WORLD
LET'S HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME

aaaaaaaaaaa, mami!

That Geico Pig might have a shot at qb today for us.
He is overqualified
Looks more mobile
Triple Bacon Option
Why not?

Our O is extra-crispy today.

If our offense is extra crispy bacon today

I’ll take the fruit salad…and I HATE the fruit salad

Penn State needs a TD here to stay in the game.

Moderately long drive, to give the D a breather, but not one that bleeds the clock dry.

This team is a lot like the Colts

Gaping hole at QB is overshadowing deeper problems.

Welcome to the hell that has been this football season for me.
anyone else feel that powell has turned into a decent kick returner?
Agree.

Although he still holds the ball too far away from his body.

Wow, Bolden and blockers, just wow.

ah good call... any chance him or green catch on NFL team as special team-ers?
Think Green has a better shot.

More versatility, and with a 45-man roster teams look for that.

South Carolina fan making

Child rape jokes behind me. Go cocks indeed.

Ah, so Klassy
We should have nuked South Carolina back in 1864.
Bolden....... facepalm
How do we not have the #1 qb recruit locked up right now?

Practically guaranteed to start 4 years.

That wasn't Bolden's fault.

That is what happens when they have absolutely no respect for our passing game.

Send Bambi Back To His Daddy!
JUSTIN FUCKING BROWN
NEW FAVORITE PLAYER
Brown delivers!!!!!!!!
Finally.

I’ve been waiting for him for two years.

Wow, great throw and catch!
Poise!
FTFY.

Poise Moxie.

WHAT was that?

What? You didn’t see that coming?

Um, no. ;-)
Keep battling! Keep battling!

Still a lot of time and Houston has no ability to work the clock.

Yes! This!!!!!
Finally

targeted someone other than the smallest guy on the field! Great job!

Great catch by Brown.
Rob Bolden is 3/14 for 140 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT

those are Tebow numbers right there

And let that comparison end RIGHT there with the stats!
NFL Tebow

not college TOUCHDOWN JESUS Tebow

Maybe Bolden is the second coming?
to be fair, there have been some bad drops.

He hasn’t exactly been good, but he should be closer to 50% completion%

Let's Hope Justin Brown comes back next year.
Where would he go?
Onside kick here?
NONONONONONONONONO
I'm tellin' ya, they should have.
Does anyone else notice that Bolden looks like GLAM-O from the glam factory?

DISCLAIMER – In exchange for football-watching time, i have to watch this crap

that was a horrible kickoff
For as good as Fera was all year

He is unimpressive today

Somebody on D make a play
can we just play man to man please?
A quick turnover would be huge here.
This just means Keenum will get to throw more

I predict 650 yards

still playing our CBs 10 yards off the line
Our DL REALLY sucks today.
Get a turnover and get back in this game!
WHY can't we tackle better?
poor coaching
They have not been this bad all year.
D is tired, very tired
get them some 5 hour energy
NO, they need some Street King
yeah, even stronger would be appropriate
Cougar ball-carriers were dragging our guys from the opening snap.
Well, the linebackers first step is backwards, instead of forwards like it usualy is

creates a different feel, we’re playing the pass

also, the Cougs do have good RB’s

As someone just noted, Houston has great team speed.

SSSSSSEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCC speed. We are back on our heels every play.

Momentum is a huge thing.

Houstons guys are running downfield and not juking much. That means unless we are tackling dead on, we aren’t likely to stand them up. Factor in that most of their short throws are slants that help deflect the angle of attack and it becomes hard to stop someone in their tracks.

Our guys are usually quicker in making "square-up" adjustments

which helps them center up and tackle more cleanly. Not seeing that today.

Signature Step Morris hit stick tackle
They just snap the ball so fast.

How do you even get set on D? This team is far better than I gave them credit for.

Houston throws quick passes . . plays 10 yards of LOS you cant explain that
PENN STATE TOUCHDOWN!!!

12 seconds later: Houston touchdown +10-point conversion

This is gut wrenching...!

Truly high- octane offense. We in the big ten are so used to 3 yards and a cloud of dust, 2 commercial breaks and a few snapshots of the fat cheer leaders for 3 minutes after a TD.

Are we purposely not kicking the ball deep on kickoffs?

Just giving them great field position to start everytime

Drake was Fera's hook-up for Cruzan.

No Drake = no Cruzan. No Cruzan = no deep kicks.

Sure sign that we're having a shitty game:

I’m paying far more attention to this thread than to the actual game.

I'm paying more attention to the wrestling thread than either...
This I'd my coping mechanism.

I need this support group.

i was just googling kimberly keenum to find out if her middle name really does start with a k
Kelly? Kathleen? Karen?
I couldnt find the answer. Total failure of a day.
Houston's players piss and whine after avery play.

Unless it’s a good play, than it’s jazz hands.

Kliff Kingsbury:

“that’s what I like about these college girls, man….I get older, they stay the same age…..”

Ah, the old "disconcerting signals" call.
What the hell is that?
It's certainly disconcerting, to say the least.
Disconcerting signals? Really?
Don't Blame Bolden

This offense has been, as it always has been when it is bad, predictable, and terrible

Blame the coaches.

Blame the church.

Bolden is the best chance PSU has? ……Really?

Bolden is behind the short throws

and late/short on the long throws. This is brutal.

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