Let's try and pull ourselves together, people...

i used to be insufferable when psu loses. I just have a different perspective now a days. PSU has in the past just been awful on the road, and the staff just cant seem to get the boys ready to play on the highway. This one goes squarely on the staff. Congrats to Iowa for doing what they had to do to win. Besides…..florida looks soooo scary. just kidding. None of us expected this kinda run. psu coaches need to find a way to win on the road or this will happen every single year…

not jobbed.

There were too many lapses to reasonably say we deserved to win this game. Key lapses must be assessed to Scirrotto (blown coverage on TD, key interference call which was completely unnecessary), Clark (inability to call TO at key moment- equal blame to coaching staff on that one- very tough that we could possibly be undefeated yet save for one small mental error). Other lapses include terrible hands by various receivers, lousy punting when it really mattered, inability to stop a short passing game, and a couple of key holding calls on the O line.

PSU just didn’t rise to the challenge this time. I thought we were going to when we bulled across that 2nd quarter TD, but I’ve got to give credit to iowa for toughing this one out.

….beat us today. They outplayed us. DWill and Odrick were studs and Royster played very well.

I dont understand why they switched Ornberger and Wiz, but that really hurt us.

I thought Clark looked like he was in a fog all game long. Quarless was absolutely horrible and should not see the field again as a Lion. Maybin just was a non-factor and Hull is completely overmatched as a Big Ten LB.

I kept thinking that he looked like he was still in his concussion.
I was hoping they would have pulled him for a series or 2 and given Devlin a shot.
It’s not like we were taking advantage of Clark’s running ability.

That’s a cop out. The team played poorly and paid dearly for it. In college football, you have to be perfect every week, and if you’re not, then you need as much luck as possible to win out.

Penn State was neither yesterday.

They are still a good football team (Clark included), and the especially stinging part of all of this is that each person who said “PSU doesn’t deserve it” now has the ammunition they need. That’s what sucks the most for the fans.

Can’t be on a roller coaster with his emotions. A great leader needs to stay even keel. I don’t care if he threw 10 TDs or 10 picks, he needs to keep his emotions in check. I know he took the blame for the loss, but it wasn’t a one man effort. You could point to a couple of different plays. The opening drive play calling, Clark’s INT, Quarless’ dropped pass, pass protection. It doesn’t matter at this point. What matters is regrouping and recapturing the magic that was the Spread HD from early in the season. Ever since the weather has changed we have had 3 sub par offenses proformances in 4 games. We need to get this thing corrected.

And calling for our backup QB is not an option. Clark gives us the best chance to win. If he didn’t, he wouldn’t play.

Joe stuck with Morelli because he was loyal and Morelli had the type of mindset that if you pulled him from the game beacuse of a performance, he would never recover. DC is the exact same as QB 14 in the aspect. He is highly emotional and would be destroyed if he was yanked from a game because of his performance. Morelli was what he was…a very streaky QB who didn’t show up in big games (Tennesse bowl game is the exception). He could throw a ball through a brick wall, but the mental aspect wasn’t there. We could argue all day how many more games we would have won with DC at QB (i would say at least 2, Ilinios and Michigan State) but 2007 is history and we are 2 games from a BCS Bowl game…

I have no problem with getting Devlin some looks, but in a close game, do you really think that is the right time to start changing QBs? It’s not like Devlin is a 4.4 forty running QB, he is a Athletic QB who is an advanced passer and can run the ball if need be.

DC’s stats and performance has gone down every week, but until the Iowa game, we have been able to pull out the victory.

Still too early in Clark’s career to know what he really is. A number of players failed to show up on Saturday, and it was evident as early as warmups. Also, nearly every QB in the top 25 (including Tebow, Sanchez, McCoy) has sucked in a meaningful game this year.
We learn more about this team in the next 2 weeks than we have YTD. PSU has benefited from a largely easy schedule, however, that does not mean they aren’t capable of beating anyone in the country. Either this team goes the way of 99, then those in the media that doubted them are right, but it’s up to the team, not the media, for PSU to win out, whip USC in the Rose, and write their own story

Saturday We will know what kind of team we truly have.
They can go through the motions and win by 10 points or less ( Possibly lose) or they can stand up , make the plays and beat these guys by 4 touchdowns.

Personally I expect the latter. I think Joe motivates this team to go on and crush IU. That sets up next week’s game with the Spartans. The Big Ten Championship is on the line. We need to WIN that Championship. I don’t care who represents the PAC 10 . Let’s win the games and relax until Pasadena

If Penn State and OSU win out; do they “share” the Big Ten title or does the result of their game break the tie?

I agree “sharing” the Big Ten title with OSU when Penn State beat them in THEIR building is insulting. I guess that means we all have to root for the Illini and ( Heaven Forbid) the Wolverines to knock them off.

that makes me so goddamn angry. twice this decade we win and both times these a-holes limp up behind us: (in retarded voice) “hey, we’re co-champs man. hehe we’re co-champs”

It wouldn’t be so bad if THEY DIDN’T WIN IT STRAIGHT OUT EVERY OTHER YEAR

damn it damn it damn it. I hate it. It makes me sick. I am rooting for michigan so hard next week…

then again, maybe we’ll choke it up next week and then this rant will be irrelevant.