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We have a noon kickoff with the game being shown nationally on FS1. PSU is coming off of a blow win against Pitt last week and what should've been a loss to App St the first week of the season. Next week they play Illinois so I doubt we catch them looking ahead. I hope we can keep it close and make the 4th qtr interesting or blow them out of their own stadium.

I have all the confidence in the world that Coach Lewis & company will have our guys prepared and focused. I think we can hang for a half but eventually it will come down to PSU having way more depth and fresh legs than us. 45-21 PSU in a game that is competitive thru 3 quarters.

20 minutes until kickoff

Well that first drive hurt defense needs to figure out fast how to stop that deep throw.

Stupid penalties will be this team’s undoing. Stop PSU on the first drive and give the ball back on a POINTLESS roughing penalty. Not even close to blocking the punt.

Sean Lewis is fearless.

Barrett can launch that ball through the air. Great td catch and pass to tie the game at 7-7

HOLY ON SIDE KICK!!!

Missed tackles and a weak penalty put PSU up 14-7

PENALTIES!

Good to see Antwan Dixon playing again!

Our kicking game is not even of high school standards.

Agree that special teams has been a big negative the first 3 games of the season. Only way to fix it is to have more starters play instead of having the backups out there. Until this team has actual depth it will continue to be issue.

Our punter being injured all season has led to a lot of problems which are just amplified vs a team line PSU.

Huge step backward today. Hard to believe this Penn State team should have lost in week one to Appy State.

They did the same thing to Pitt last week so ut isn't too much of a surprise. But that doesn't make it any better either.

Huge talent gap on the lines. Both sides of the ball. Doesn’t excuse the horrible penalties.

(09-15-2018 01:33 PM)JimJoyce Wrote:  Huge step backward today. Hard to believe this Penn State team should have lost in week one to Appy State.

Crazy things can happen in Week 1. Replay that game in Week 8 and it's not even close.

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Holding and pass interference can happen when you're fatigued. There is no excuse for unsportsmanlike conduct and roughing the kicker though.

From this game, I do not think we can tell how good PSU is or how bad KSU is. We are still playing with effort and that is a great improvement. PSU may in fact be a top 10 team. Wait and see.