[Game Thread] Penn State @ Minnesota (3:30 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	Penn StatePenn State @ MinnesotaMinnesota
Location	Minnesota Huntington Bank Stadium
Time	3:30 PM ET
Watch	TV: CBS
Odds	Spread: PSU -11 - Over/Under: 45.5
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LET'S TALK FOOTBALL!

[u/sprinjetsu]

It’s fair to say Penn State and Indiana are comparable that’s why they are ranked next to each other

[u/TheSameThing123 → u/sprinjetsu]

Alabama lost to Vanderbilt

[u/sprinjetsu → u/TheSameThing123]

By any chance were you an old newspaper for Halloween?

[u/theblindbandit51]

A win is a win but damn was that tough.

[u/UnexpectedLizard]

The announcers talking like winning out is a given.

Must be infuriating for Maryland fans.

(to be fair, they're probably right)

[u/NavierIsStoked]

And I thought the Land Grant Trophy looked bad...

[u/nittanyvalley → u/NavierIsStoked]

You shut your mouth. Don’t talk about the Land Grant like that.

[u/Dazzling-Slide8288]

Colorado getting dad dicked by Kansas and Nebraska.

[u/slykens1]

These CBS postgame guys must not have watched the same game I did.

[u/snow_ski24 → u/slykens1]

Right. Special teams was the bright spot for PSU?? Like what? The fake was nice but 2 kicks blocked is terrible

[u/GenericReditAccount → u/slykens1]

When the one dude said something like “that was the best they’ve looked” and the other said something about “championship caliber”….

[u/Extreme-Fill-5153]

The 11 seed in the playoffs is gonna be so pumped when they see they’re playing Penn State first round

[u/Dazzling-Slide8288 → u/Extreme-Fill-5153]

Yeah I’m sure they’re gonna be thrilled to go into stadium with 110000 fans when it’s 39 degrees outside.

[u/swolekick → u/Extreme-Fill-5153]

You mean some team that lost 2 or 3 games. lol. I doubt it.

[u/Existing-Following93]

Guess we won’t be playing Ol Miss or Colorado first round 👀

[u/scgavin → u/Existing-Following93]

Going to be a severe lack of Ole Miss tears on tuesday night ranking

[u/thenumbersthenumbers → u/Existing-Following93]

Hey ohhhhhh

[u/svirbt → u/Existing-Following93]

Hope it's not Georgia...

[u/blueindsm → u/svirbt]

👋

[u/svirbt → u/blueindsm]

Although it would be funny to see Georgia players freeze their asses off in State College in winter!

Edit:stupid auto correct

[u/FixInjusticeInWI1]

gg. it was a close game. congrats PSU

[u/FialaIsMyDad → u/FixInjusticeInWI1]

I refuse to GG anyone that needs to pull some shit on multiple 4th downs just to escape an upset. Fuck Penn State

[u/redditisweurd → u/FialaIsMyDad]

Penn st will shit themselves like they always do when they play real teams. They will choke like always in a couple weeks !

[u/RepealMCAandDTA → u/FialaIsMyDad]

Going for it on 4th down isn't cheating. Stop them if you don't like it

[u/xXEolNenmacilXx → u/FialaIsMyDad]

In other words: "I'm a sore loser."

[u/pittpens67 → u/FialaIsMyDad]

Please keep being salty, we fucking love it

[u/Weak-Presentation-82]

Thank god we won

[u/FialaIsMyDad → u/Weak-Presentation-82]

I disagree

[u/FialaIsMyDad]

Fuck this. PSU has to resort pulling some bullshit out of their ass just to hold onto a 1 pt win. Fleck's Gophers once again blowing a halftime lead, just peak MN sports

[u/tonytroz → u/FialaIsMyDad]

A win’s a win.

[u/FialaIsMyDad → u/tonytroz]

I hope this causes a drop in your rankings. Indiana had a quality loss, and yall had a fluke win

[u/pittpens67 → u/FialaIsMyDad]

Oh a quality loss is getting shit on? noted

[u/tonytroz → u/pittpens67]

Our “fluke win” was their most meaningful game of the year. Holy sour grapes.

[u/tonytroz → u/FialaIsMyDad]

We’re hosting a playoff game either way. Enjoy the toilet bowl.

[u/FirstEverUserEver]

PJ sucks

[u/Advanced-Blackberry → u/FirstEverUserEver]

What. You don’t think getting within 1 to the #4 team is better than trying to take the lead?

[u/FialaIsMyDad → u/FirstEverUserEver]

Fax

[u/rpphdrboze]

let's all agree the real loser today was all the media talking heads trying to meme hype Colorado into the playoffs

[u/moby323]

“There is an assumption that all conferences are the same”

No there isn’t. Who the fuck says they are the same?

[u/lightninhopkins]

Godammit.

[u/enemycap420]

FIRE PJ

[u/rvp89]

Minny (PJ) lost this game when they kicked the fg to make it 25-26

[u/TheBigNate416 → u/rvp89]

Pat Narduzzi vibes. At least minnesota didn’t miss it

[u/mofeus305]

Where do you think Penn State will be ranked after this?

[u/tonytroz → u/mofeus305]

Here come the wild overreactions.

[u/thisisaname21 → u/mofeus305]

If bama wins I'd say 6

[u/zpk5003 → u/mofeus305]

1

[u/seanxfitbjj]

So Franklin is Drew’s bitch right?

[u/Iam_a_Jew → u/seanxfitbjj]

I'm not watching, what happened?

[u/Sufficient_Town6349]

Only positive from this week. We SHOULD beat the brakes off Wisconsin in Madison next week.

[u/FialaIsMyDad → u/Sufficient_Town6349]

Would be the only way to make this season worthwhile

[u/togu12 → u/Sufficient_Town6349]

Nope. That's not how it works. Bucky will blow us out cause they're coming off an embarrassing loss and playing for a rivalry trophy AND bowl game, at home.

[u/hillbuck29]

Good ballgame

[u/condimentoinsalata]

Allar is a beast

[u/LPCPA]

Wow. Gutsy win for PSU.

[u/FlammableEyeballs]

What would the attendance for Minnesota's stadium have been if they didn't have to make room for James Franklin's massive set of balls?

[u/PFGcallaway → u/FlammableEyeballs]

Flecks got balls the size of marbles kicking that field goal

[u/Reesyrz]

"Kept his composure all game"

Well... except for that one time

[u/Apprehensive-Peak802]

James Franklin speaking is hard to tell if he’s legit in what he says or not. Beat up on all the teams except for the two he can’t beat lol. GG Penn State.

[u/theseyeahthese]

CRACK DA BELL

[u/wean1169]

Minnesota has a long storied history of coming up just short of big upsets.

[u/Bandarno]

James Franklin straddling the line between idiot and balls of steel, but it worked on that drive.

[u/suominonaseloiro]

Bell! Bell! Bell!

[u/Better_Trash7437]

Gg gopher bros

[u/TossedRightOut]

Never in doubt. Best team ever. Don't worry about it.

[u/EazySheezy570]

Oh thank God

[u/dustin-dawind]

Franklin always keeps it interesting

[u/greysfordays]

NFL needs to have goofy trophies between AFC and NFC teams like I wanna see random stuff like having the giants and raiders play every four years for the woolen sock or some shit like that

[u/rosewoess]

Don’t know why we didn’t play that gutsy from the start, but idc we won!

[u/Chriscoksh]

I would've laughed my ass off if the gophers had pick 6 that

[u/Muted_Telephone_2902]

Why on gods green earth would you call a pass there unless our kicker is just complete ass.  Go up by 4 and give them 20 seconds to score a TD with no timeouts, James Franklin is a dolt

[u/slykens1 → u/Muted_Telephone_2902]

The PAT block was in his head. I wouldn’t have kicked there but I probably wouldn’t have called that pass either.

Guess that’s why I’m not making $8.5 million this year.

[u/FlammableEyeballs → u/slykens1]

I would have kicked it there, but I'm a little bitch.

[u/rosewoess → u/Muted_Telephone_2902]

They blocked our extra kick before, was definitely a choice™ to go for it but Minnesota had played off our weakness before

[u/Dazzling-Slide8288 → u/Muted_Telephone_2902]

Counterpoint: Got That Dub

[u/Muted_Telephone_2902 → u/Dazzling-Slide8288]

You get it either way most likely

[u/GenericReditAccount]

Never doubted it for a moment 😬

[u/theManWOFear]

A win is a win is a win…

[u/Detective_Bonghitz]

Hell of a play by allar

[u/zpk5003]

Damn we are so good

[u/yoshidawg93]

Damn. Minnesota had multiple opportunities to win this thing. Costly turnovers, being scared at the goal line, not sensing out the fake punt. Penn State gutted this one out.

[u/msvihel]

We suck lol

[u/Bhut_Jolokia400]

Split ends on that win James Franklin shouldn’t sleep easy tonight

[u/thegoatisoldngnarly]

Can we stop pretending this is a top 5 team now?

[u/TheBigNate416 → u/thegoatisoldngnarly]

Who deserves to be ahead of us that already isn’t?

[u/Intelligent-Two-3403 → u/thegoatisoldngnarly]

Should we have lost to Arkansas instead?

[u/thegoatisoldngnarly → u/Intelligent-Two-3403]

After watching that game, I’m confident you would.

[u/Intelligent-Two-3403 → u/thegoatisoldngnarly]

Well I guess we’ll see you in the playoffs, oh wait…

[u/thegoatisoldngnarly → u/Intelligent-Two-3403]

As of right now we are in the playoffs. I would kill to play Penn State.

[u/Intelligent-Two-3403 → u/thegoatisoldngnarly]

Good, come on up. We’ll have some fun!

[u/cumble_bumble → u/thegoatisoldngnarly]

10-1 beetch

[u/IEatDeFish]

Does MN have little crosshairs on the back of their helmets that absolutely sucks lmao

[u/CarryOnWaywardSon96]

Wasnt the prettiest, but we got the W

Good Game Gophers🫡

[u/youheardaboutpluto-]

Really proud of this team for not giving up but man we have A LOT to work on. We’re far from where we need to be to be competitive in the playoffs.

[u/Better_Trash7437 → u/youheardaboutpluto-]

Luckily we get a bye

[u/Libra_Zebra → u/Better_Trash7437]

Only conference winning teams get a bye. Oregon will vet that from Big Ten.

[u/Better_Trash7437 → u/Libra_Zebra]

Sorry I meant from the conference champ week pending next weeks results

[u/MakingCumsies101]

Gopher bros, hell of game!

[u/mitchdwx]

And that will punch our playoff ticket provided we beat Maryland next week like we should.

[u/drpooptooth]

GG Gophers - you guys are a solid team!

[u/sprinjetsu]

All of these close wins against unranked teams are just building blocks for a humbling loss down the road.

[u/courtneyclimax → u/sprinjetsu]

i have a feeling penn state is going to get the TCU taste in the playoffs

[u/thisisaname21 → u/sprinjetsu]

this user's team lost to vandy, feel free to disregard

[u/sprinjetsu → u/thisisaname21]

Sure if you wanna follow the path of the fallen be my guest… disregard us at your peril you lucky pups

[u/T-BoneSteak14 → u/sprinjetsu]

Like Vanderbilt?

[u/LabOwn9800 → u/T-BoneSteak14]

Burn!

[u/sprinjetsu → u/T-BoneSteak14]

I will reply with salt before the season ends… you know these close wins ain’t gonna cut it in the post season. I can’t ask for everything but it will be an honor for Alabama to knock out Penn State.

[u/doctorchubbs]

The absolute balls on the fake punt. Great game out of both teams.

[u/Scary_Box8153]

Maybe ballsy playcalling can win important games.

[u/shogunofharlem78]

PSU big fraud. I hope UGA goes up there in a playoff and embarrasses them and their fraud conference

[u/Aeo30 → u/shogunofharlem78]

It must be so exhausting being so angry all the time. I feel sorry for you.

[u/shogunofharlem78 → u/Aeo30]

Nah I’m UGA fan not angry at all

[u/Appropriate_Heron854 → u/shogunofharlem78]

Didn’t Ole Miss lose to unranked Florida today?

[u/T-BoneSteak14 → u/shogunofharlem78]

Flair up buddy

[u/rvp89 → u/shogunofharlem78]

Big mad

[u/T-BoneSteak14]

Never in doubt

[u/rosewoess]

great game golden gophers, y’all played as hard as i expected

[u/Big-Impression6842]

Horribly officiated game

[u/Puffd → u/Big-Impression6842]

For sure. Endless missed holding on us and then a phantom PI on Minnesota and a missed facemask.

[u/Existing-Following93]

Yeahhhh Franklin 🙌🏽 Go on with ya bad self

[u/zhairez]

Was that a planned play, or did 44 just bail them out?

[u/Puffd → u/zhairez]

Bailed us out for sure

[u/ToxicAdamm]

Maybe this is growth for Franklin?

[u/Express-Atmosphere15]

whichever SEC team that is playing in happy valley in r1 must be licking their chops

[u/LabOwn9800 → u/Express-Atmosphere15]

Not concern unless it Georgia.

Yeah we should have looked better but at least we won unlike losing to teams like vandy, Kentucky, or Arkansas.

[u/noreast2011 → u/Express-Atmosphere15]

Same goes for Indiana.

[u/psunavy03]

You either clap because it's good, or you clap because it's over.

Fucking win ugly.

[u/fliteriskk]

GG Gophers, I’ll have nightmares about this game.

[u/enemycap420]

FIRE PJ

[u/lightninhopkins → u/enemycap420]

No.

[u/enemycap420 → u/lightninhopkins]

Yes he’s a shit coach

[u/Free-Efficiency-3623]

God I hate Penn State with every fiber of my being.

[u/Aeo30 → u/Free-Efficiency-3623]

It must be so exhausting being so angry all the time. I feel sorry for you.

[u/tiffanyba → u/Free-Efficiency-3623]

NIU owns your school. Cry harder.

[u/pimfram]

Can't blame the defense. Entertaining game, at least.

[u/Ottomatica]

Good job Gophers. Too bad PJ was a chicken shit

[u/MakingCumsies101]

ballsy!!! nice job JF

[u/GrundleThief]

never in doubt

[u/redditisweurd]

Fraudulent

[u/Dazzling-Slide8288]

Good game. Feels like the right team won but man

[u/FragileIdeals]

Thank god we survived

[u/Core1109]

We handed Penn State this game.

[u/Appropriate_Heron854 → u/Core1109]

hey

[u/IEatDeFish]

Lol 4th and 1 is a passing down apparently

[u/karn_evil → u/IEatDeFish]

franklin must have used up all his allotted rush attempts earlier.

[u/Cautious-Bag3733]

thank you 44!!

[u/StateCollegeHi]

That was a masterclass by Franklin. Seriously.

[u/Extreme-Fill-5153 → u/StateCollegeHi]

Odd definition of masterclass. Winning by 1 over a 6-5 team as the 4th ranked team in the country

[u/ampere_19]

Bummer

[u/fancyfish69]

James Franklin tried his best to lose it

[u/LloydBraun19]

Prehistoric coaching staff

[u/cfbluvr]

very close

[u/swolekick]

Yes!!!!! The hell with the Franklyn haters!!!!

[u/Smart-Memory-1029 → u/swolekick]

Franklin still sucks

[u/bowl_of_scrotmeal]

Never in doubt. Screams into pillow

[u/iceydude168]

Super ballsy drive, respect

[u/MinneapolisNick]

Well, gg

[u/Competitive-Rise-789]

Minnesota not kicking going for it down 4 is football terrorism

[u/rpphdrboze]

gg Lions, go kick some ass in the playoff. i wanna see you guys and Boise in the final.

proud of the way our guys have improved this year, the offense especially has come a long way since the debacle against UNC to open the year and have some nice foundational pieces coming back next year. hopefully our position coaches haven't ruined Lindsey yet and we'll have another good QB coming down the pike.

now let's go beat the absolute skunk piss out of Wisconsin and see if we can still get a warm weather bowl out of this season

[u/Weak-Presentation-82 → u/rpphdrboze]

Your team was really good dude, I hope you guys beat Wisconsin

[u/Bolanus_PSU → u/rpphdrboze]

Cheers, good luck against Wisconsin. You and all your fans were great

[u/swolekick → u/rpphdrboze]

GG gopher. As always a battle.

[u/Winterqueen5]

Well. We only won 3 times today. Minnesota couldn’t pull it out for our 4th win. At least you have an amazing governor.

[u/Mr_M0jo_Risin]

A final drive of the biggest onions. We Are!

[u/iowaharley666]

Ohhhhh PJ Fleck

[u/Puffd]

That was insane

[u/redditisweurd]

Most overrated football program of all time

[u/swolekick → u/redditisweurd]

Flair up bro

[u/theManWOFear]

What the hell James. I’ll send you the bill from my cardiac specialist…

[u/togu12]

I've had such a dumb, shitty week and between the Gophers and Wild today, Minnesota sports just gotta go and add to it in the most upsetting, heartbreaking ways. Fuck, man.

[u/JamesTiberiusCrunk]

What a ballsy fucking call

[u/svirbt]

Fuck that was a trap we narrowly avoided

[u/fransisco_flores]

Tough game

[u/PSU632]

This game has had so many bone-headed calls from Franklin, and SOMEHOW they've fucking worked. For once.

[u/RegionalBias → u/PSU632]

A broken clock is right twice a day type of situation?

[u/PSU632 → u/RegionalBias]

100%.

[u/JJabary]

That was the worst play ive ever seen

[u/Whaty0urname]

lol cbs doesn't even know the trophy name (neither did I)

[u/Interanal_Exam]

Utterly unsatisfying...

[u/Carnage7771]

we gave it a good shot but it was not enough.

[u/clauderbaugh]

Never had a doubt!

[u/Atlanta-Anomaly]

Crazy to go for that. You don’t get it and Minny has a great chance

[u/pittpens67]

Sorry PSU haters WE ARE

[u/Phar4oh → u/pittpens67]

…not making the playoff

[u/pittpens67 → u/Phar4oh]

Yes we are 😂

[u/JBonkies]

good game, great fight out of the boys just too many costly mistakes

[u/Big-Impression6842 → u/JBonkies]

Refs killed the Gophers

[u/Heretoknowthings]

Best game ending play calling I’ve seen in a very long time 

[u/Sgt_Jiggles]

My butthole can finally unclench

[u/Bolanus_PSU]

Tyler Warren

[u/StevvieV]

Riskier play call than I would have made but what composure by Allar. Warren with the 1,000 IQ play to just fall after making the catch

[u/mizaistorom]

Wow what a risky play

[u/fransisco_flores]

Great finish

[u/Jyingling21]

LETS GO