tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30714045.post8387025888771787673..comments2024-01-17T18:25:28.869-05:00Comments on The Nittany Line: That was funGalenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17068113556245153541noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30714045.post-73678376961201650592007-09-24T15:55:00.000-04:002007-09-24T15:55:00.000-04:00Mike, I would MUCH rather he take the sack instead...Mike, <BR/><BR/>I would MUCH rather he take the sack instead of heaving a prayer downfield that could turn into a<BR/>-intentional grounding call<BR/>-interception<BR/>-incomplete pass<BR/>out of those three options only 1 is good, take the sack in that instance.Galenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068113556245153541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30714045.post-8820892114859419532007-09-24T13:55:00.000-04:002007-09-24T13:55:00.000-04:00"but he had no chance to run or throw it away"Run,..."but he had no chance to run or throw it away"<BR/><BR/>Run, no. Throw it away? He has the rocket-arm, remember? Throw it fifty yards downfield. Problem solved.M1EKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12041791804881707751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30714045.post-41642037545319567452007-09-24T13:14:00.001-04:002007-09-24T13:14:00.001-04:00I'll give you that he should have secured the ball...I'll give you that he should have secured the ball more, you're right about that but he had no chance to run or throw it away. He should have taken the sack and lived to fight another down.Galenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068113556245153541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30714045.post-67453779026935065962007-09-24T13:14:00.000-04:002007-09-24T13:14:00.000-04:00Sigh,Psych 101 time here. We want to lose to M. ...Sigh,<BR/><BR/>Psych 101 time here. We want to lose to M. How else to explain the key turnovers at the worst possible spots and times in the game? Game just started and we're on our own 10? Guess I'll just wave this ball around out here while the pocket collapses. Offense finally driving well and in M's redzone? Guess that featherduster brush pops it out. Secretly, in their heart of hearts, they must want to lose. I say this half tongue in cheek, but I really do believe on some level that this team has officially got a mental block regarding M that prevents them from believing they can win.<BR/><BR/>What to do? Fire Jay (never happen), bench Scott & Morelli, and start whoever of Clark and Devlin had the higher SAT score.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30714045.post-44426244100970314862007-09-24T12:18:00.000-04:002007-09-24T12:18:00.000-04:00What he was supposed to do on the fumble was not h...What he was supposed to do on the fumble was not hold the ball out there like a loaf of bread. Jebus. Even with good coaching, broken plays happen, and a senior is supposed to know not to run around with the ball exposed like that in a collapsing pocket at his own 10 yard line.<BR/><BR/>Ask yourself: What would have John Shaffer have done? IE, noodle-armed-but-mentally-there quarterback? Thrown it away? Maybe. Run out of bounds? Sure. Fall down and protect the ball? OK. Many options better than "here you go, have seven points".<BR/><BR/>Much worse than what Austin Scott did, and I don't think he should see the field again except in mop-up duty.M1EKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12041791804881707751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30714045.post-893357089232422852007-09-24T11:40:00.000-04:002007-09-24T11:40:00.000-04:00I'm not sure what Morelli was supposed to do on th...I'm not sure what Morelli was supposed to do on that fumble, he hiked the ball and there was a guy in his face. Now later he held on way too long but as for the fumble it was piss poor coaching and shitty playcalling. Call Anthony what you want but Jay's fingerprints are all over this disaster.Galenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068113556245153541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30714045.post-16475243847063512512007-09-24T11:18:00.000-04:002007-09-24T11:18:00.000-04:00You let Morelli off WAY too easy - his fumble was ...You let Morelli off WAY too easy - his fumble was freshman-caliber football. Mallett behind our line would have won this game. That's partly the fault of coaching, of course, since Morelli didn't develop, but we also need to face the facts: those (like me) who basically labelled him a long time ago as a rocket-armed drooling idiot were right, and we'd better come up with plans to win with the rest of the guys. Tennesee was an outlier (and, honestly, not a great day anyways), not the new rule.M1EKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12041791804881707751noreply@blogger.com