Penn State blurted out its first game of the season at the end, it will show, via unfortunate thumbs and it turned sour.
A slightly wrong basket to win.
A lightly beaten enemy scored to lose him.
A game clock control resolution that makes your head shake so that everything continues.
But, interestingly, there’s a lot more basic in the surprising loss to Indiana, no matter what the first time those Nittany Lions played 10 months. Regardless, they brought in a new offensive coordinator.
Too much has been for a Top 10 team, which I shouldn’t even be able to lose in the end.
That’s the ultimate of themes now, this season truncated by a pandemic that’s only getting in trouble this week with the arrival in Ohio State, a playoff favorite.
One thing is that Lions are 0-2 marked for the first time in 8 years.
Another question is to ask when these unforeseen deficiencies will be corrected in order to allow the ourselves to be carried out close to their expected level.
Because if there’s one thing you can tell about Coach James Franklin’s teams, it’s that they rarely fight, they hardly ever lose when they have the merit of talent.
And yet, for Saturday’s first three quarters, his innermost and highest team at Penn State almost passed the momentum and result to the Hoosiers. One fundamental mistake after another.
From 10 consequences to 3 ball losses to one basket lost after another. From the time bullets fall to the ground until the receivers are knocked out.
“I don’t think our attention to detail has been excellent, adding myself,” said the All-American Pat Freiermuth end after the end. “We had smart chances, but we lost the ball too often.
“We can’t even use the excuse that this is a new crime
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At least one Penn State defense with three new supporters, and then wasting one of them, well justified. It allowed only 211 yards in total in 4 quarters and extra and solid time at all times.
Even when he won in the end, it was basically because of the sudden superlative game of Indiana Quarterback Michael Penix and his receivers. It’s not about them at all.
No, the special and attack groups have taken this team to the point where preparation is required, and the race that was once brilliant seems murky.
While Quarterback Sean Clifford nevertheless discovered his pace and brought his team back, he was forced to do much with his legs and absorb many more shots than expected. His 119 yards on the court have earned him 17 hauls, which this team seeks to avoid.
To make matters worse, the Lions have now not only not started the Journey Brown racer for the foreseeable future, but are also likely to miss replacement Noah Cain, who left Indiana’s game with an injury.
And so far, the moment Devyn Ford is the positive response: he gained only 69 yards in 20 hauls, adding 14 against a defense that begged him to score when he shouldn’t.
Worse, the special fell on themselves, an embarrassing progression for sophomore coordinator Joe Lorig.
Penn State was expected to build on its forged base race game and Clifford’s decision-making from start to finish.
Now it is curious that this team can repair its holes to redeem the kind of good fortune that is expected.
Ohio State is expected to surpass a set of ESPN College GameDay and a nearly empty Beaver Stadium.
On the contrary, the striker’s real difficulty is to face defeated matches at war that will require some kind of discipline, precision and invisible passing game for much of Saturday.
Forget about a 0-2 start.
The significance of this season will be decided through how temporarily this team will expand in the next seven weeks.
That was the case, actually.
It’s just that paintings never have to be so extensive and questionable to get there.