Penn State - Indiana Stat Comparison
by BSD on Nov 13, 2008 9:37 AM EST
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There were running a buy-one-get-one-free special on Penn State logos this week so I bought some extras. Actually, I wanted to start pointing out areas where one team had a huge advantage, so anywhere you see one team ranked in the top 25 and the other team is ranked below 80 you will see it emphasized with two logos.
Indiana couldn't come at a better time for Penn State. After two straight games of struggling on offense the Nittany Lions need a game like this to get their mojo back. Indiana is bad on offense and bad on defense. But the stat that bothers me is the number of sacks they record per game. They are a very good pass rushing team and Daryll Clark has not been good at handling pressure in the past two games. Penn State has to dominate the run on first and second down to get third and short situations and keep Indiana guessing. They also need to mix in play action on first and second down which I don't recall seeing much of in Iowa at all. Indiana's pass defense is terrible, which is understandable considering the injuries they have suffered.
Defensively this is a team we should handle easily. They don't have many weapons, and Tom Bradley won't be waking up in a cold sweat this week with visions of James Hardy leaping overtop our defensive backs. I don't see too much to get scared about here, but then I thought the same thing last week.
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I don't know if there is much Clark can do
with some of the pressure he’s gotten. The o-line has really whiffed (Re-watch the second play of the Iowa game, where Orhnberger is standing around while Clark goes down) on some blocks, and the receivers have trouble getting open vs. better teams.
by PSU Mudder on Nov 13, 2008 10:20 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Afraid to touch this one with a 10-foot pole
If I remember correctly, last week’s comparison chart looked eerily similar.
I bleed Blue and White.
by Horse N Buggy on Nov 13, 2008 12:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Not really
We had a lot of advantages over Iowa, but there was really nothing Iowa did poorly. In categories where we were ranked in the top 20 they were ranked in the top 40. There are several areas where Indiana is just terrible.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Nov 13, 2008 4:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
My thoughts
This game looks more like what happened after our first lost in 05 (we dropped 63 on UI) that what happened in 1999.
63-10. Penn State.
"Red, it took me sixteen years to get here. You play me, and I'll give ya the best I got."
by Touchdown on Nov 13, 2008 1:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Weather Factor
Its supposed to be crap on Saturday.
by letsgopsu on Nov 13, 2008 4:58 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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