CFP - Semis/Final

[TDToomer]

I see I am not the only one who saw Daniel Jones when I watched Drew Aller yesterday. A QB who can't seem to find his wide receivers and makes poor decisions in big spots.

[Rosehill Jimmy]

Besides the poor throw that @Bob In PA mentioned, he made another horrible decision on the pass to Warren that was intercepted in the ez.  DPI saved him but there were 3 ND players in the neighborhood

[DaveBrown74]

I see I am not the only one who saw Daniel Jones when I watched Drew Aller yesterday. A QB who can't seem to find his wide receivers and makes poor decisions in big spots.

I remember PSU QB Christian Hackenberg from a decade or so ago. People fell in love with him because he "looked the part", "had all the tools", and "was a tough kid."

All of those descriptors may have been true, but there was one problem: he simply wasn't very good. He ended up on the Jets and was out of the league in a few years.

I certainly think Allar is better than Hackenberg, but the way fans seem to take to him reminds me a little bit of Hackenberg.

[Philosophers]

OSU vs Texas is a good one.

TreVeon Henderson is the truly modern NFL RB with his ability to catch passes then run with it.

Texas finally gets on board on a great RB pass route then Henderson breaks Texas back a minute later with a huge TD.  Momentum going into the half - OSU

[Jclayton92]

Ewers is not a guy. I thought they should have started Arch the past couple games.

[files58]

Terrible call by Sarkesian on 2nd down. Run the ball straight ahead from the 1. What happened to leaping over the LOS? Not quite equivalent to Pete Carrol not giving it to Beast Mode, but it's on the list.

[Bob In PA]

I see I am not the only one who saw Daniel Jones when I watched Drew Aller yesterday. A QB who can't seem to find his wide receivers and makes poor decisions in big spots.

TD: Of the 12 teams that made the tournament, Penn State's WR's (as a group) are by far the least talented. If you add their high-first-round TE into the equation, they had "enough" ammo to compete, which they did, and as a group they did ok. But as you know, it's easy to take one guy away. That's all Penn State had, and Notre Dame took him away. None of the WR's was able to step up. In that sense, it reminded me of what the Giants did to the Vikings in their one-and-only recent victorious playoff game. Bob

[andrew_nyGiants]

Jack Sawyer!!

Would look great in Giants Blue. Round 2?


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[nb587]

I see I am not the only one who saw Daniel Jones when I watched Drew Aller yesterday. A QB who can't seem to find his wide receivers and makes poor decisions in big spots.

[Philosophers]

Jack Sawyer!!

Would look great in Giants Blue. Round 2?


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OSU's DL players have all been heralded however Jack Sawyer is the one who for the past 3 games has shown up to make play after play.  I am with you on him as a mid-round pick.  I lime his motor.  Will be curious how he tests at the Combine.

[nb587]

I see I am not the only one who saw Daniel Jones when I watched Drew Aller yesterday. A QB who can't seem to find his wide receivers and makes poor decisions in big spots.

Aller is 20 years old and did not have quality WRs.  That said, I saw Eli play with scrubs at Ole Miss & do some damage against far better teams.  One would hope that Aller would get far better coaching going forward.  And, hopefully, he wouldn't get stuck with a Garrett (no thanks to the nonmeddling Mara) to coach the risk taking out of him.

[DaveBrown74]

Aller is 20 years old and did not have quality WRs.  That said, I saw Eli play with scrubs at Ole Miss & do some damage against far better teams.  One would hope that Aller would get far better coaching going forward.  And, hopefully, he wouldn't get stuck with a Garrett (no thanks to the nonmeddling Mara) to coach the risk taking out of him.

Allar's overall performance in 2024 was better than 2023, so that is a positive. Maybe he can raise his game again next year and end up a bona fide top 3 overall type prospect.

Fair point that he's still just 20. Big difference between that and someone like Kenny Pickett who played for five years, came out in his mid 20s, and was a non-entity his entire college career until his final season, when he was 2-4 years older than most kids he was playing against.

We'll see how he does next year.

[Bob In PA]

Allar's overall performance in 2024 was better than 2023, so that is a positive. Maybe he can raise his game again next year and end up a bona fide top 3 overall type prospect.

Fair point that he's still just 20. Big difference between that and someone like Kenny Pickett who played for five years, came out in his mid 20s, and was a non-entity his entire college career until his final season, when he was 2-4 years older than most kids he was playing against.

We'll see how he does next year.

DB: Even more worthy of note is the fact that he "came to be" a QB a lot later in life than guys like the Mannings (for example) almost all of whom started from their pee-wee days playing QB. He still doesn't have the mindset.

Importantly, he's well aware of his shortcomings. That is why he elected to come back. There's no need to "convince" him that he hasn't reached his achievable full college potential. He already knows it, and he added a piece to his "education" against Notre Dame. I'm hoping Penn State can grab a WR from the portal, because what they have currently in the way of returning WR's is crap, and they're losing the tight end to the NFL, so they're basically desperate.

If Allar can take what Penn State will have remaining at the skill positions and mold it next year into a winning team, it will be a miracle.

Bob