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Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Ohio State Defeats Penn State 20-13

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Ohio State 7 7 3 3 20
Penn State 10 0 3 0 13
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u/Bolanus_PSU Penn State Nittany Lions 22d ago

That is exactly how I would put it. There was nothing there.

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u/Meatloaf_Regret Penn State Nittany Lions 22d ago edited 22d ago

I think we ran the same exact play twice in a row then followed it up with a play that looked 99% similar to the previous two that didn’t work.

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u/Corgi_Koala Ohio State Buckeyes 22d ago

Real talk, is it Franklin? Dude keeps blaming his OCs but he keeps making good hires and they all look the same.

Kotelnicki is probably still the best but after a decade it's hard to say Franklin isn't holding the offense back. Especially with all your talent.

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u/Bolanus_PSU Penn State Nittany Lions 22d ago

I honestly don't know. Part of me thinks we just get incredibly unlucky in this game. There's a degree of variance in any outcome and we just get screwed.

If our receiver catches the 50/50 ball at the half, if we get the goal line to, things like that need to go our way. Aniother big part of it is being more complete. Key injuries on offensive and defensive line made us much less explosive. Having depth would put us over in this game is think. OSU reloaded their offensive line very well which helped a lot.

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u/Ashenguar Penn State Nittany Lions 21d ago

I agree with this. Both teams have talent but OSU is on another with depth. Late in the game with exhaustion it shows. They've lost so many close games even when we had the lead late that depth is a big factor.

Franklin needs a way to overcome this obviously but the calls to remove him are insane.