Snowflakes Thread: Defense Vs. Penn State

Submitted by LSAClassOf2000 on

Here is the thread for snowflakes and hot takes for the defense and defensive playcalling for the game against Penn State.

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alum96

November 21st, 2015 at 3:40 PM ^

D did great outside of that 1 huge run early.  Keeping PSU to 3 instead of 7 often.

red zone D was great.  refs gave PSU 5 1st downs UM D only 8 I believe.  

 

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ND Sux

November 21st, 2015 at 3:41 PM ^

DOMINANT in the red zone.  A nice comeback after the Indiana fiasco.  The D won this game for us by forcing all those FGs in the red zone. 

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LSAClassOf2000

November 21st, 2015 at 5:53 PM ^

Even better, 207 yards on 54 plays, or only 3.83 yards per play on average allowed. That's a little more like it, I would say. Buried in there are only 70 rushing yards on 22 attempts for Penn State, or 3.18 yards per carry allowed. That's definitely a little more like it. 

 

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thethirdcoast

November 21st, 2015 at 3:49 PM ^

...the D was outstanding to hold PSU to that little yardage in light of all the help they got from the refs. Yes, there were a few blips and bloops, but the overall performance was excellent, especially their mental and emotional toughness when it was clear the refs were out to screw Michigan. 

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Stu Daco

November 21st, 2015 at 3:55 PM ^

PSU had 14 first downs, and 6 of them were on penalties, with 4 coming from Willie Henry alone.

Take even a few of those away, and this wasn't even a contest.

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treetown

November 21st, 2015 at 3:55 PM ^

Huge discrepancy in the flags and calls.

Great stops deep to force FGs - have to wonder about Penn State's decision to go for GF on last deep drive.

And this is what the Harbaugh group can do with players he inherited. If they had more time to coach up a full team - it can only get better - yes, better than 9 wins.

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Atrained

November 21st, 2015 at 3:55 PM ^

Jarrod Wilson made a HUGE play on Penn State's last red zone drive making a tackle in space against a speedy PSU player.

Dline overwhelmed an inferior opponent.

CBs still give up the occasional frustrating big plays, but really good overall

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CalJr3000

November 21st, 2015 at 4:03 PM ^

Saquon Barkley @OSU:  26 carries, 194 yds (7.5 YPA)
Saquon Barkley vs. UM:  15 carries, 68 yards (4.5 YPA)

Take out his 56-yard run and he's at 14 carries for 12 yards.  Quality of competition and OL and all, but that's a nice bounceback after Indiana last week.

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SteelBrad

November 21st, 2015 at 4:28 PM ^

That was the closest beat down I've ever witnessed. Some questionable calls, bad penalties, and a couple big plays kept Penn St. In that game.

That being said, it was AWESOME to see the defense put the exclamation point on the win with that 4 and out.



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