As I sit here watching the Auburn- Miss. St. game which is currently tied late in the second quarter at guess what? Yeah, 0. Welcome to SEC ball!! Where #2 Georgia needed two late turnovers in the red zone by the Gamecocks (who lost to Vandy last week) to win the game by the astounding pounding of 14-7! Wow that's some real speed and offensive power you got there Mr. SEC! Better keep it under tight wraps...because I think PSU took a wrinkle from ya... The speed + the points = Spread HD!!! And Penn State found yet another way to demolish a helpless BCS conference opponent. This week's victim? The Syracuse Orange. The game started out with a PSU fumble, and ended with three PSU QB's having at least 1 TD pass. Yeah it was that kind of day for PSU. Since JoePa doesn't give helmet stickers, I won't. We'll call them the "Hell I thought you played a good game today" bumper sticker that goes on your imaginary Facebook page. Sounds like a good compromise no?
Every PSU QB that played a snap, but especially Daryl Clark- 10-21, 163 yds, 2 TD: This man is the starter...aside from his opening fumble, which a la Morelli reminded us PSU fans how our quarterbacks played on the road recently, his amazing ability to turn the next possession into gold by finding Norwood for a 55 yard beauty, made us forget all about that and put the Morelli road factor in the past. Where it belongs. After all, who could overlook Clark's amazing performance on 3rd down...a down a certain QB we put in the past couldn't convert to save his life...or the drive...
The Wide Receiving Corp, but especially Deon Butler- 7 catches for 110 yards, 2 TD, and Jordan Norwood- 5 catches for 113 yards, 2 TD: Jordan Norwood has already proven to be Clark's favorite target, but I like Butler. Butler was Morelli's favorite target, but none of that mattered. For once, the running game, namely Royster, was pretty much there to rack up yardage and burn time...but these receivers did the scoring today, and the majority of the damage.
That nasty defense, which was a complete team effort as usual: This defense never let up. Don't let those 13 points fool you. This defense was stingy up the middle, over the top, and in the backfield. Completely amazing, although they could have gotten to the quarterback a bit more...although with half of your defensive line missing for one reason or another, who can complain with such a performance?
Next Week's Matchup:
Temple (1-2) @ # TBD Penn State (3-0)
12:00 Noon EST, Sept. 20th, 2008
Beaver Stadium, State College, PA
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