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Targeting is still the best intentions/worst call in the game

Boiler Up!!!

Backyard brawl not disappointing at all.

We're watching PSU Purdue here. It's more interesting than the game here. 

Someone explain to me why Purdue didn't run a draw play just to force a timeout. 

Penn St drew a tough opener, and they got the W.  Good on them.


But what Purdue did on offense to end the game could be problematic going forward.  I think the announcers said they had the worst ypc average in the country last year?  2.8 ypc?  Okay.....what do you think the coaches have been saying to the offensive linemen all off-seasaon.  Every tough workout, every long practice, ever goal line drill, etc.....
"we're gonna need you guys"
"we're gonna have to earn the tough yards"
and on 
and on
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In crunch time, with the lead, with 5 min left, what did the coaches do?  Pass.  Pass.  Pass.  Pass.  Evidence that they didn't trust any improvement in their OL.  Didn't even give them the chance.  THAT is the problem.  Maybe those OL were amped up to put a game away on the ground.  Wanted to see that defeated look across the LOS.....but they weren't even given the chance.

Maybe I'm being melodramatic, but if I'm a Purdue OL, I'm pissed at my OC.  

This will seem like 2nd-guessing, but yeah, from about 5:30 left in the game to now, I'm yelling at the TV that it's not a 7-on-7 drill when you have the lead and the ball late.  Whoever is calling their plays.....pfffft......Purdue fans should feel like Nebraska fans on that onside kick the other day.
Not only calling nothing but passes, but O'Connell is almost solely throwing to tightly-covered guys and then that lob that the TE almost had......WTF?!???  Run the ball.  Run the ball. 

In the last 6 minutes of this game, Purdue did everything they could to lose it. 

This strikes me as an interesting dance. Penn State is going to have an extra guy in the box, and they’re going to play press across. Would have liked to see a few more crossers, but coverage is going to probably be tight.

So the thing is, when you generate those two-yard runs into a crowded box, you’ll be battered on these bird for turtling. Whether it be on 1st and or 2nd and 9 (maybe 2nd and 4 escapes that, maybe). Purdue took avoiding that to the extreme, clearly. But if you go three and out after two runs set up 3rd and 7, th flack they catch isn’t much different.

Jeff Brohm's performance down the stretch was borderline malpractice. OAM, it would have been better to run 3 dive plays, force PSU to burn their timeouts, and punt than do what Purdue did on their last drive with the lead. 

I'm no great fan of PSU, but I'm fine with Purdue out of the division race, and seizing defeat from the has of victory in the process.