1994 Penn State vs Iowa (10 Minutes Or Less)

#6 Penn State annihilated a young, overmatched, Iowa squad 61-21 on a drizzly afternoon in Beaver Stadium. Just another Saturday at the office for the 1994 PSU team...

OFFENSE
QB Kerry Collins
FB Jon Witman
TB Ki-Jana Carter
FL Freddie Scott
SE Bobby Engram
TE Kyle Brady
LT Keith Conlin
LG Jeff Hartings
C Bucky Greeley
RG Marco Rivera
RT Andre Johnson

DEFENSE
LE Jeff Perry
LT Chris Mazyck
RT Vin Stewart
RE Todd Atkins
LOLB Willie Smith
MLB Brian Gelzheiser
ROLB Phil Yeboah-Kodie
LCB Brian Miller
RCB Tony Pittman
Hero Clint Holes
FS Cliff Dingle

K Brett Conway
P Darrell Kania

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[mongoose704]

@MVillani1985 I think the pass blocking will improve with the timing. That is so key is being generating the quickness off the snap needed for effective pass blocking.

[MVillani1985]

@mongoose704 Three things will be key for Penn State this year. A solid defense, a good punter, and winning the turnover battle. If those things come togehter, Penn State could finish with less than 200 yards of offense and still come away with the win. Biggest thing Penn State has to do is make sure that the quarterback doesn't have to win the game, at least until pass blocking improves.

[mongoose704]

@MVillani1985 We think alike (who says Hawks and Lions can't get along?) IMHO if your defense stays strong and your ground game continues its dominance, all you will need from your QB is to be a good leader and not make any serious mistakes. In that aspect I would favor Bolden. I've never been a fan of musical quarterbacks. Your offensive line needs consistent timing to get into a rhythm and that is hard for a developing offensive line to have to adjust to a different QB and the snap count.

[MVillani1985]

@mongoose704 John Schaffer was one who won games by being a game manager but was really good at what he did. He was no Kerry Collins or ToddBlackledge for that matter, but no Matt Senaca, either thankfully. One who was really underrated was Chuck Fusina, despite the NCG loss. I think the QB situation this year could be best described as Rashad Casey (Bolden) vs Mike McQueary (McGloin), the former having more potential and the latter having more spark but being more mistake prone.

[mongoose704]

@MVillani1985 BBDB is a common characteristic of a team with great linebackers and excellent tackling fundamentals. Every good Penn State defense shows excellent tackling fundamentals. Nothing really fancy. Just sound basic fundamentals and team defense. BTW your '86 team faced only one ranked team until Miami and that was #2 Alabama and if you are worried about QB this year not many outside of Penn State know who John Shaffer is! Did you build a statue in honor of Chip Lohmiller yet? LOL

[MVillani1985]

@mongoose704 Yeah, it was very BBDB (or as we call it, bend but don't suck), but I meant world class in a different way, not really on paper, but with as you said the smart way of bending and not breaking at just the right time. I think what's really amazing is that the same team that beat Miami very nearly could have been tied by (but not lose to since it was a 2 point try with no time on the clock after a TD as time expired) Maryland and escaped with a 17-15 win.

[mongoose704]

@MVillani1985 You know I don't call that '86 defense world class. I do call it the most timely and opportunistic defense in history and quite frankly they are THE STANDARD for bend dont break. How do you give up 450 yards to Miami with Michael Irvin, Testaverde, Brian Blades, Perriman, and Highsmith...and only give up 10 points? That's the epitome of bend don't break. 7 turnovers helps.

[MVillani1985]

@mongoose704 I'd say the 94 defense was great but not world class like the 86 defense. The 86 defense was almost impenetrable it seemed (it virtually shut down Miami). More what I call a blue collar defense. Kinda like the 05 team's defense (which allowed 427 from Northwestern and 401 from Michigan State) in that they had games where they weren't as effective and had others (like the wins over Ohio State and Minnesota, both years oddly enough) where the defense looked amazing.

[mongoose704]

@MVillani1985 I wouldn't have called your defense great. Illinois ran up 400 yards on you and they certainly weren't known as an offensive juggernaut. However if your defense was as horrid as some people say you would've been 8-4. It was a decent defense. Not as good as '93, but good.

[SuperSricky]

mdiggs, our coach is like a hundred and five years old. How do you think the last tens years have been? Though, we did win the Big Ten twice in that time.