The Lions' Pride

Agree with most of it. Bama was better on the sidelines and at the skill spots IMO. There DB's owned PSU's WR's...absolutely owned them. Moye must have felt like he was in prison on Saturday. The fake punt and fumble hurt, but the better team won IMO. I just think the score is a bit off, but when you consider the turnover ratio...it wasn't that bad. I had 27-13 going into the game, although I though PSU would keep it closer in the first half (they should have really). I wasn't shocked by this and was encouraged a ittle bit by it. I agree Rob looked like he finally wanted to compete and try to win a game. If anything that was the highlight for me. He made some dumb throws, but now just keep him on the field and he will only get better IMO.

Good stuff cool.

Agree with 90% of this, but disagree with your criticism of Sukay. If I'm thinking of the same play you are - the 3rd down play - he was GREAT in that coverage, but you need to give a heck of a lot of credit to McCarron and the receiver. Big Time throw, from a Big Time talent. Same is true with the TD on that same drive. We had perfect coverage and he slipped it through a tiny crack.

But again, for the most I agree. I think we're bringing in a lot of talent, but we're obviously not developing these kids/instilling confidence in them like Bama does.

Definitely agree with this, Boulder. I hope that from this point on Rob is our starting QB and we see that type of play from him for the duration of his career here. On that TD drive, RB showed a lot of grit, moxie, and determination. The staff needs to realize that running an offense like what we saw on that drive is most effective for this offense and will allow us to reach our full potential on the offensive side of the ball. It seems like something finally clicked for Rob on that drive and he was making things happen with his legs and arm. I know how Joe works though and I'm sure he will tell Rob not to run as much (which IMO is part of the problem) but hopefully after seeing him be so successful running the football vs. that Bama defense, that will open up some new offensive schemes.

Those crossing patterns are tough to defend against. Especially when you're a PSU DB, who's more used to defending the vertical than the horizontal. But for the most part the boys on D held up well.

On the fake punt, even though we were out of timeouts and couldn't throw the challenge flag, can't the replay judge still stop the play to review it? If the spot was as questionable as some people say it was, why didn't the replay judge review it himself?

On your point #5, we are going to be favored to win our next seven games. That doesn't guarantee we will go 7-0, but this team has an excellent opportunity to gain momentum and become a pretty good team by the time Nebraska comes to town on November 12.

I know on one drag route, it was Lynn as we blitzed more than one LB, meaning he had to follow. If this is the one you are talking about.

Guys, regarding the last drive, it should be pointed out that Bama had completely backed off and was in full prevent mode. Or, as we call it in PSU... our regular defensive set.

Now, I will say, it's not so much what he accomplished on the drive, but how he looked doing it. There is where I will agree. He looked decisive and in charge, especially on the plays he took off running with it. We haven't seen that out of him yet. I hope it's the beginning of something. I just wouldn't put too much stock into how well they operated on the drive.

LOL! I knew someone would say that, even though it's not true.

Disagree with that. I think there is a wide talent gap. It's noticeable in the second team. There is little difference in talent between Bama's first and second team. There is a pretty significant difference in many areas between PSU's first and second team.

It happened late in the Utah-USC game Saturday. An official review and they correctly overturned the call on the field.

I stand corrected, still believe that's mostly on the coaches for wasting all the TOs. Bradley himself said he would have challenged it if he had any TOs.

I would love to be a fly on the wall in this week's coaching meetings, because I think Scrap must be furious.

What part isn't true? I was joking about PSU's defense. I assume you're referring to Bama not being in a prevent? Go back and watch the film. The DBs are playing way off the receivers on the last drive. I should avoid the term "prevent" because I think it gets mis-used. But, they were absolutely giving PSU the underneath stuff.