Welcome back into the Penn State Pulse.

Welcome back into the Penn State Pulse.

I'm your host, Dylan Dawson. Hell of an opening game from the boys as they topped West Virginia in Morgantown by the score of thirty four to twelve. Let's get right into it with a few things that stood out to me. First thing up, a matured Drew Aller. Drew looked poised, he looked in control, and he was very aggressive on Saturday. He made some NFL throws, he ran some guys over, and.

I'm your host, Dylan Dawson. Hell of an opening game from the boys as they topped West Virginia in Morgantown by the score of thirty four to twelve. Let's get right into it with a few things that stood out to me. First thing up, a matured Drew Aller. Drew looked poised, he looked in control, and he was very aggressive on Saturday. He made some NFL throws, he ran some guys over, and.

He talked a little shit in between. He only threw.

He talked a little shit in between. He only threw.

Seventeen passes on the day, but that's all they needed from him. I've discussed this before, Andy KOTTNICKI isn't gonna go away from what's working. Drew did complete eleven of those seventeen pass attempts for two hundred and sixteen yards and three touchdowns, and once again another zero turnover game from QB one one. Both Drew and the offense still need to show that they can take things up a notch against.

Seventeen passes on the day, but that's all they needed from him. I've discussed this before, Andy KOTTNICKI isn't gonna go away from what's working. Drew did complete eleven of those seventeen pass attempts for two hundred and sixteen yards and three touchdowns, and once again another zero turnover game from QB one one. Both Drew and the offense still need to show that they can take things up a notch against.

Those elite defenses.

Those elite defenses.

But they handled business against West Virginia and did exactly what they were supposed to do and then some We'll make that judgment when the time comes, but so far, so good from Drew Roler and that Penn State offense. Next up, Trey Wallace breakout. I've been saying it all off season. Some of you took my word for it, some didn't and now probably will in the future, hopefully will in the future. But I'll say it again now that we're a game end of the season with some evidence to back it up. Trey Wallace is the twenty twenty four Penn State football team's wide receiver one. Five catches, one hundred and seventeen yards and two touchdowns on the day for Trey, all coming in the.

But they handled business against West Virginia and did exactly what they were supposed to do and then some We'll make that judgment when the time comes, but so far, so good from Drew Roler and that Penn State offense. Next up, Trey Wallace breakout. I've been saying it all off season. Some of you took my word for it, some didn't and now probably will in the future, hopefully will in the future. But I'll say it again now that we're a game end of the season with some evidence to back it up. Trey Wallace is the twenty twenty four Penn State football team's wide receiver one. Five catches, one hundred and seventeen yards and two touchdowns on the day for Trey, all coming in the.

First half of that football game.

First half of that football game.

We probably could have padded the stats a bit, but PSU threw it like three times in the entire second half.

We probably could have padded the stats a bit, but PSU threw it like three times in the entire second half.

They just didn't really need to.

They just didn't really need to.

That second half was more about milking the clock, leaning on West Virginia, and getting out of there with.

That second half was more about milking the clock, leaning on West Virginia, and getting out of there with.

No injuries, which they did three for three.

No injuries, which they did three for three.

Back to Wallace, though, you saw the top end speed on that fifty yard touchdown catch down the scene, and then his ball skills and athleticism on the second touchdown catch right before halftime. That drive was awesome. By the way, we've seen in year's pass where Penn State just kind of kneels in that situation. They had the ball on their own twenty with like twenty seconds left after the run to start the drive, and then ak opts to chuck it deep to Amari Evans, who makes a play on the ball, maybe a little push off.

Back to Wallace, though, you saw the top end speed on that fifty yard touchdown catch down the scene, and then his ball skills and athleticism on the second touchdown catch right before halftime. That drive was awesome. By the way, we've seen in year's pass where Penn State just kind of kneels in that situation. They had the ball on their own twenty with like twenty seconds left after the run to start the drive, and then ak opts to chuck it deep to Amari Evans, who makes a play on the ball, maybe a little push off.

The next play an absolute rope from Drew.

The next play an absolute rope from Drew.

Aller to Trey back shoulder throw in the corner of the end zone.

Aller to Trey back shoulder throw in the corner of the end zone.

Just beautiful ball, beautiful catch.

Just beautiful ball, beautiful catch.

Didn't really have it last year, so that was very encouraging to see it's all there for Trey Wallace and we finally saw it on display against the Mountaineers.

Didn't really have it last year, so that was very encouraging to see it's all there for Trey Wallace and we finally saw it on display against the Mountaineers.

Next is Phil trout Win's OH line.

Next is Phil trout Win's OH line.

The final point I'm gonna hit on for the offense is this offensive line. If you talk to me at all before the game, you'd probably know that I wasn't expecting a super clean game from this group right off the bat, but that's pretty much exactly what they gave us was a super clean game. I was expecting maybe four or five sacks given up, just because it's game one. They need to figure their stuff out, get the blocking schemes down, communicate, but everything went really well. Penn State went for two hundred and twenty two yards on the ground at five point three yards of pop and Drew Aller was not sacked once. Now, West Virginia isn't an elite defense, they don't have an elite front, but they have some dudes to do that on the road in game one is impressive. Hats off to Phil trout Wine and hats off to that.

The final point I'm gonna hit on for the offense is this offensive line. If you talk to me at all before the game, you'd probably know that I wasn't expecting a super clean game from this group right off the bat, but that's pretty much exactly what they gave us was a super clean game. I was expecting maybe four or five sacks given up, just because it's game one. They need to figure their stuff out, get the blocking schemes down, communicate, but everything went really well. Penn State went for two hundred and twenty two yards on the ground at five point three yards of pop and Drew Aller was not sacked once. Now, West Virginia isn't an elite defense, they don't have an elite front, but they have some dudes to do that on the road in game one is impressive. Hats off to Phil trout Wine and hats off to that.

O line unit. Big day from Jalen Reed and the safeties.

O line unit. Big day from Jalen Reed and the safeties.

Moving on to the defense, you can't discuss this game without mentioning Penn State's safety play and Jalen Reed in particular. This unit is very deep this offseason, excuse me, this season and the four two five is just an absolutely perfect way to showcase that Jalen Reid in particular got a ton of snaps in that new line position where he was just flying all over the field. Reid finished with nine total tackles, two passes defense, one fumble recovery, one tackle for loss, and a handful of big hits. He's always been great playing down in the box. I believe he did it a bunch in high school at MLA MLKA High out there in Detroit. So this really is a perfect marriage between red and that line position and Tom Allen's defense. So reads nine tackles were actually second on the team for the game and first with twelve total. You guessed it was indeed another safety, kJ Winston Junior, who also handed out a few boomsticks himself, finished with twelve tackles and a forced fumble of his own. Just a huge game from the safeties.

Moving on to the defense, you can't discuss this game without mentioning Penn State's safety play and Jalen Reed in particular. This unit is very deep this offseason, excuse me, this season and the four two five is just an absolutely perfect way to showcase that Jalen Reid in particular got a ton of snaps in that new line position where he was just flying all over the field. Reid finished with nine total tackles, two passes defense, one fumble recovery, one tackle for loss, and a handful of big hits. He's always been great playing down in the box. I believe he did it a bunch in high school at MLA MLKA High out there in Detroit. So this really is a perfect marriage between red and that line position and Tom Allen's defense. So reads nine tackles were actually second on the team for the game and first with twelve total. You guessed it was indeed another safety, kJ Winston Junior, who also handed out a few boomsticks himself, finished with twelve tackles and a forced fumble of his own. Just a huge game from the safeties.

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Next up the big guys up front on defense. So I went one for three on my pregame predictions and the one I did hit on was the Penn State holding West Virginia under one hundred total rush yards. So that front seven saved me from striking out on those predictions. So hat tip and thank you to the big fellas. West Virginia tried PSU with thirty seven rushing attempts but only average two point three yards eclip for eighty five total yards on the ground. Zane Durant, Tony Rojas, Alonso Ford, and we'll go Smith Wilbert. That's all guys that really stood out to me as well. And there's more, but I can't really high I laid every guy on. The defense was just kind of one of those games where everyone had a day. I just really liked what I saw from the defense as a whole. I think this transition from Many Diaz to Tom Allen could actually look pretty seamless on the field this year, which is saying a lot.

Next up the big guys up front on defense. So I went one for three on my pregame predictions and the one I did hit on was the Penn State holding West Virginia under one hundred total rush yards. So that front seven saved me from striking out on those predictions. So hat tip and thank you to the big fellas. West Virginia tried PSU with thirty seven rushing attempts but only average two point three yards eclip for eighty five total yards on the ground. Zane Durant, Tony Rojas, Alonso Ford, and we'll go Smith Wilbert. That's all guys that really stood out to me as well. And there's more, but I can't really high I laid every guy on. The defense was just kind of one of those games where everyone had a day. I just really liked what I saw from the defense as a whole. I think this transition from Many Diaz to Tom Allen could actually look pretty seamless on the field this year, which is saying a lot.

Moving on, I.

Moving on, I.

Want to talk about a few areas for improvement for Penn State. So I did say before the game that I expected it to be a bit sloppy for both teams, which it was for about one quarter. Then PSU started to figure things out and just left West Virginia in the dust. But regardless, even though it was only game one and some of these things are a given for every team, there are spots that Penn State needs to clean up by the time they're playing teams like Wisconsin, USC and Ohio State. So The biggest problem that I think could bite PSU down the line if not fixed is the field goal kicking. Sanders Sahitak was the starter to open the season, and he hooked his one attempt on the day wide right on a forty six yarder. I believe it was he had the power that's never been an issue with him, his kicking power. He didn't have the accuracy, which is where Sander has struggled. If you can remember back to the West Virginia game last season, he went oh for two in the first half of that one on field goals before he was pulled for Alex Falcons, who ended up holding onto the starting job and making a pretty good season out of it.

Want to talk about a few areas for improvement for Penn State. So I did say before the game that I expected it to be a bit sloppy for both teams, which it was for about one quarter. Then PSU started to figure things out and just left West Virginia in the dust. But regardless, even though it was only game one and some of these things are a given for every team, there are spots that Penn State needs to clean up by the time they're playing teams like Wisconsin, USC and Ohio State. So The biggest problem that I think could bite PSU down the line if not fixed is the field goal kicking. Sanders Sahitak was the starter to open the season, and he hooked his one attempt on the day wide right on a forty six yarder. I believe it was he had the power that's never been an issue with him, his kicking power. He didn't have the accuracy, which is where Sander has struggled. If you can remember back to the West Virginia game last season, he went oh for two in the first half of that one on field goals before he was pulled for Alex Falcons, who ended up holding onto the starting job and making a pretty good season out of it.

Han sa Haydak, excuse me, had his.

Han sa Haydak, excuse me, had his.

Chance at redemption last Saturday, and he unfortunately failed to take advantage.

Chance at redemption last Saturday, and he unfortunately failed to take advantage.

Yet again.

Yet again.

He did go four for four on extra points, but just that is not going to cut it in close games where you kind of just need every point you can get. I stated earlier in the off season, excuse me, that I thought walk on Ryan Barker could possibly win the job, and he didn't even dress against West Virginia, so I'm not sure if there's an injury.

He did go four for four on extra points, but just that is not going to cut it in close games where you kind of just need every point you can get. I stated earlier in the off season, excuse me, that I thought walk on Ryan Barker could possibly win the job, and he didn't even dress against West Virginia, so I'm not sure if there's an injury.

Or what's up with that, but I will update y'all when I can.

Or what's up with that, but I will update y'all when I can.

Bottom line, though, I'm not sure sa Haydak is the guy for that kicking job right now, and that needs to.

Bottom line, though, I'm not sure sa Haydak is the guy for that kicking job right now, and that needs to.

Be settled asap. Next up, how deep can the wide receivers go?

Be settled asap. Next up, how deep can the wide receivers go?

The next thing I want to address is that exactly, and I'm not referring to their route running. We saw Trey Wallace go over one hundred yards and two touchdown woman day Amari Evans had a nice day with two catches for fifty five yards, but outside of those two guys, not a single PSU wide receiver recorded to catch.

The next thing I want to address is that exactly, and I'm not referring to their route running. We saw Trey Wallace go over one hundred yards and two touchdown woman day Amari Evans had a nice day with two catches for fifty five yards, but outside of those two guys, not a single PSU wide receiver recorded to catch.

So I want to know how deep can that wide receiver room actually go. Now, I wouldn't label this a problem just yet.

So I want to know how deep can that wide receiver room actually go. Now, I wouldn't label this a problem just yet.

It's just more just something I'll be monitoring over the next few weeks. Haven say, passed the ball seventeen times all game. I think it's more of a matter of they just didn't have to air it out much. Liam Clifford played a lot less than I expected, and I did hear some rumblings of him being a bit banged up, which would make sense. But a healthy Liam Clifford will be more involved, so we'll guys like Julian Fleming. I seer Denmark, Cayden Saunders, maybe Ivy and Johnson. I want to see it on the field though so not officially an issue yet, but wide receiver depth, keep an eye on it. Finally, I wanted to hit on the interior run blocking. I'm probably confusing a few of y'all because I was just praising the offensive line. I do think they had an awesome game overall, but this is the area where they left me wanting more. Singleton was able to break a few of those long runs up the middle, but outside of that, PSU didn't have much success at all running between the tackles. I wanted to see them generate more push in the middle, and it just never really came to fruition all game. Again, though, let me reiterate this, Penn State's offensive line, from top to bottom is ahead of where I thought they'd be right now by a considerable margin. All right, let's wrap things up. I really don't have any complaints overall. That was an awesome way to start the season, and I'm so glad I made the trip. I got to meet a ton of you guys. Shout out to the weather delay for making a lot of those interactions a possibility. Next up for Penn State is the Lion's home opener this Saturday, as Bowling Green comes.

It's just more just something I'll be monitoring over the next few weeks. Haven say, passed the ball seventeen times all game. I think it's more of a matter of they just didn't have to air it out much. Liam Clifford played a lot less than I expected, and I did hear some rumblings of him being a bit banged up, which would make sense. But a healthy Liam Clifford will be more involved, so we'll guys like Julian Fleming. I seer Denmark, Cayden Saunders, maybe Ivy and Johnson. I want to see it on the field though so not officially an issue yet, but wide receiver depth, keep an eye on it. Finally, I wanted to hit on the interior run blocking. I'm probably confusing a few of y'all because I was just praising the offensive line. I do think they had an awesome game overall, but this is the area where they left me wanting more. Singleton was able to break a few of those long runs up the middle, but outside of that, PSU didn't have much success at all running between the tackles. I wanted to see them generate more push in the middle, and it just never really came to fruition all game. Again, though, let me reiterate this, Penn State's offensive line, from top to bottom is ahead of where I thought they'd be right now by a considerable margin. All right, let's wrap things up. I really don't have any complaints overall. That was an awesome way to start the season, and I'm so glad I made the trip. I got to meet a ton of you guys. Shout out to the weather delay for making a lot of those interactions a possibility. Next up for Penn State is the Lion's home opener this Saturday, as Bowling Green comes.

To Happy Valley.

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Because you opened as thirty one and a half point favorites on Fandel, I think that's a little low. I already threw some money on that, but that's gonna do it for today's episode. Thank you guys so much for tuning in. Let's keep the winds rolling. This has been the Penn State Pulse with Dylan Dawson

Because you opened as thirty one and a half point favorites on Fandel, I think that's a little low. I already threw some money on that, but that's gonna do it for today's episode. Thank you guys so much for tuning in. Let's keep the winds rolling. This has been the Penn State Pulse with Dylan Dawson