Purdue Q&A With Hammer And Rails
by Chris Grovich on Oct 13, 2011 8:28 AM EDT
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PrintFor Purdue week, we exchanged some questions with Purdue's SB Nation blog, Hammer and Rails. You can find my answers to H&R's questions over at their site. Purdue-centric questions and answers below.
BSD: What's the current quarterback situation at Purdue? Is Robert Marve now relegated to mop-up duty?
H&R: Absurdity is the quarterback situation at Purdue. It seems like most everyone on the planet, including midgets, dwarves, woodsprites, people in mental health wards, those on the International Space Station, and people buried deep in the African bush know that Robert Marve is the best quarterback for this team. Caleb TerBush has played about as best as he possibly can. He is a good system kid, but Marve just has a little bit of those intangibles on his side.
It is an odd situation because coach Hope continued to site Marve as his guy. Going into camp this year. Then, when it seemed obvious his knee wasn’t ready to start the opener, he tossed him aside. Hope seems to be addicted to a two-quarterback system that obviously does not work. You guys know this. Against Notre Dame Marve had better results if you watch the game, yet Hope said that he did not play "within the system" and that TerBush played better. How ridiculous is that. A senior quarterback, especially a highly touted one who is trying to use his last chance at playing at the next level, should come up to the line and be able to read the defense and make the right call. Hope’s comments after the ND game showed this is discouraged with Purdue, and that should tell you all you need to know about this weekend.
BSD: Purdue used to be known as a pass-heavy offense. Has that changed recently?
H&R: It should. We have a plethora of backs and an offensive coordinator that refuses to commit to either the run or the pass. Guys like Ralph Bolden and Akeem Shavers can clearly move the ball on the ground, but we seem to be committed to the pass without doing anything other than random screens and short outs. We don’t throw deep and we don’t throw over the middle, yet we still throw more than we run. That makes the offense very easy to figure out.
BSD: Other than CB Ricardo Allen, who should Penn State be fearing on Purdue's defense?
H&R: No one. We don’t have a pass rush. Josh Johnson has been in position to break up a few passes and Joe Holland has a ton of tackles, but the defense is a basic as it can be. We rely on straight man coverage, and if you throw over the middle on third down it is an easy completion for a first down.
BSD: What is the current, general sentiment toward Danny Hope and his staff?
H&R: I have never played a down of football in my life and I can figure out our schemes. We lost to friggin’ Rice when we should have manned up and ran the ball down their throats, but they were not smart enough to do that. We do not play to our strengths, and we refuse to take advantage of a team’s weaknesses. What does that say about Saturday?
BSD: How many ACL's do you expect to be torn on Saturday?
H&R: We’ve avoided it so far, so I pray the curse has been passed on. I am more worried about protecting Robbie Hummel than anything. It’s Indiana. We love our basketball.
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Moye and Ricardo Allen..
Anybody know what’s up with Moye? I read he had an ankle last night.
And Ricardo Allen scares me, more-so if Moye is hurt, because Mac has a tendency to throw slow-developing out-routes. A good CB, like Allen, can jump those routes and take it to the house.
Now with Moye, I think he could pre-occupy Allen with deep routes, but now their assignments wil be more manageable.
#TeamRunningGame
After that game last week
I would be pleased if I never saw another pass – from either QB. I loved it when they gave to Dukes in 2nd and long and 3rd and long.
And I agree with Mac on those outs. He threw what looked like good balls to Brown on those outs, but an athletic defense will sit on those. I don’t want to see that Outback Bowl replayed.
Just run the damn ball and play defense. 1986 all over again!!!!!
It's funny because it's Pitt
by Spats on Oct 13, 2011 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Those slow developing out..
routes have been a staple of PSU’s passing game for ages. O$u has been victimizing PSU on those since the 90s. Florida did the same.
"I'll keep it short and sweet. Family. Religion. Friendship.
These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business."
"You don't want to analyze it...you want to admire it!" - Play by play guy on O.J. McDuffie TD catch against Ga. Tech.
by Esteban d' Amur on Oct 13, 2011 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Those routes are fine if...
1) The QB can put some zip on the ball
2) The QB throws it before the WR makes his break
Otherwise, when you stare down the WR with a slow pass, a good DB is going to read it the whole way
by Artiefufkin10 on Oct 13, 2011 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes and no...
O$U just sits on those routes and waits for PSU to throw them. PSU only runs about two other routes. QB14 had zip on his passes and still fell victim.
"I'll keep it short and sweet. Family. Religion. Friendship.
These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business."
"You don't want to analyze it...you want to admire it!" - Play by play guy on O.J. McDuffie TD catch against Ga. Tech.
by Esteban d' Amur on Oct 13, 2011 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions
QB14....
Made a career out of staring down WRs and throwing into multiple coverage. Something, unfortunately, Mac and Rob do with regularity. Couple that with lack of velocity, and Mac’s passes are especially dangerous.
I agree that the passing game lacks diversity, but like QB14, I don’t think the coaches trust the current QBs enough to let them throw in the middle of the field.
by Artiefufkin10 on Oct 13, 2011 10:34 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Cheerleaders
The one cheerleader appears to be really into the game in the photo above; more so than the normal bouncing around when something good happens like the others are doing.
by nuker77 on Oct 13, 2011 10:57 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
What’s with the pink pom-poms though?
by nuker77 on Oct 13, 2011 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nevermind
Answered my own question – probably breast cancer awareness
by nuker77 on Oct 13, 2011 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec's for the rare tripple self reply
I’m sorry, but blanket statements are proven false 99% of the time, and if you make a blanket statement about college football, there’s a good chance that one exception will be Joe Paterno. - AdamShell @ BSD
Also; Always carry a bottle opener and the beer will provide itself.
err...doubble reply
triple post.
also, I hate ALL words either WITH double letters in a row or the POTENTIAL for doubble letters.
See, trip(p)le, doub(b)le.
I’m sorry, but blanket statements are proven false 99% of the time, and if you make a blanket statement about college football, there’s a good chance that one exception will be Joe Paterno. - AdamShell @ BSD
Also; Always carry a bottle opener and the beer will provide itself.
maybe it isnt as rare as I thought.
I’m sorry, but blanket statements are proven false 99% of the time, and if you make a blanket statement about college football, there’s a good chance that one exception will be Joe Paterno. - AdamShell @ BSD
Also; Always carry a bottle opener and the beer will provide itself.
by bconway6 on Oct 13, 2011 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I thought the same thing, I like her
many of them don’t know when to cheer (cue photo of Song Girl cheering a Texas TD)
"Rabble rabble rabble; fire Joe; snarky meme; rude nickname; rabble rabble rabble
midgets, dwarves, woodsprites, people in mental health wards, those on the International Space Station, and people buried deep in the African bush
That’s a diverse fan base the Boilermakers are sporting.
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
by SubLime on Oct 13, 2011 2:52 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Maybe you folks are just shielding yourselves from disappointment
but after all the hue-and-cry about “pick a QB – ANY QB!”, I don’t understand all the handwringing about what McGloin MIGHT do. We know, given more reps, he will throw some silly passes; can’t be avoided unless we are prepared to suffer through another RoBo meltdown. But, assuming the rest of the offense truly does respond to him, he also has a chance to cure the scoring anemia.
Let’s be realistic about the game against Purdue:
(1) Allen is ONE player; even with Moye out, Allen can only cover one player or one section of the field at a time. While it’s possible McGloin decides to challenge Allen and throw his way once in a while, I don’t see that happening on every pass play. The WRs will kick his ass on the sideline if he does that.
(2) Purdue has ONE strong player on defense. The Penn State coaches should use the fourth quarter from last week’s game as a template for this week. Pound, pound, pound — maybe throw one pass one out of ten times.
(3) As noted, Purdue has not faced a defense like the Lions’. Given the lukewarm assessment of TerBush, our D should be able to hold Purdue in check. Negative rushing yards and 150 meaningless passing yards.
Have heard the weather will be wet and windy in Happy Valley this weekend, so am revising my prediction to 20 – 10. Purdue gets an early cheapie while the defense is still waking up (curse you, noon kick-offs!), and gets another score late in the 4th. Meanwhile, our scoring follows last week’s script, only without the penalty negating a TD.
WE ARE!
"Make haste to reassure us, I beg you, and tell us that our fellow citizens understand us, support us, and protect us as we ourselves are protecting the glory of the Empire.
"If it should be otherwise, if we should have to leave our bleached bones on these desert sands in vain, then beware the fury of the Legions."
If I read these stats correctly,
Purdue has allowed 14 sacks for a loss of 48 yards. I expect our D will collect a few.
"Make haste to reassure us, I beg you, and tell us that our fellow citizens understand us, support us, and protect us as we ourselves are protecting the glory of the Empire.
"If it should be otherwise, if we should have to leave our bleached bones on these desert sands in vain, then beware the fury of the Legions."
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