Penn State looked solid in the 2nd half against Youngstown State. The opening kickoff return of the 3rd qtr really broke the Penguins' backs. Bolden looked pretty solid for a 1st time starter with his only INT really caused by a reciever falling down. A big negative for me was PSU's O-line. They were very unimpressive as I expected them to push Youngstown State's D around a bit more and open up holes for Royster.
The PSU D pretty much stayed vanilla in a base formation the whole game. I can only suspect that because when they went nickel early on YGST burned them for an 80 yard TD. If they try and stay with 3 LB's the entire game against Bama they could be in trouble, because as good as PSU's LB units are, linebackers can't cover wideouts for an entire game.
Alabama was almost flawless in its win over SJSU. Outside of 2 busted plays given up, one from poor angles and bad tackling on a long run and the other a blown assignment on the pass, the Tide's D did what you wanted. They stuffed the run and shut down the pass as they should against a team like SJSU.
The Tide offense pretty much move the ball at will through the air or on the ground. The spartans had zero answers for any of the running backs Alabama ran at them. We already knew what Trent Richardson was cable of, but you also saw flashes of speed and brilliance from Lacy and Goode, despite the early Lacy fumble.
Solid playing time for 2 Bama QBS. The passing game looked good and was highlighted with a spectacular Julio Jones over the shoulder one handed TD grab.
Also was impressed by Alabama's special teams play. Solid kickoff covereage, excellent kicking and punting by two first time starters.
Of course, how good was SJSU? Either way, Alabama did what they had to. Bring on the Nittany Lions.
The PSU D pretty much stayed vanilla in a base formation the whole game. I can only suspect that because when they went nickel early on YGST burned them for an 80 yard TD. If they try and stay with 3 LB's the entire game against Bama they could be in trouble, because as good as PSU's LB units are, linebackers can't cover wideouts for an entire game.
Alabama was almost flawless in its win over SJSU. Outside of 2 busted plays given up, one from poor angles and bad tackling on a long run and the other a blown assignment on the pass, the Tide's D did what you wanted. They stuffed the run and shut down the pass as they should against a team like SJSU.
The Tide offense pretty much move the ball at will through the air or on the ground. The spartans had zero answers for any of the running backs Alabama ran at them. We already knew what Trent Richardson was cable of, but you also saw flashes of speed and brilliance from Lacy and Goode, despite the early Lacy fumble.
Solid playing time for 2 Bama QBS. The passing game looked good and was highlighted with a spectacular Julio Jones over the shoulder one handed TD grab.
Also was impressed by Alabama's special teams play. Solid kickoff covereage, excellent kicking and punting by two first time starters.
Of course, how good was SJSU? Either way, Alabama did what they had to. Bring on the Nittany Lions.
