Welcome back into the Penn State Pulse. I'm your host, Dylan Dawson. Penn State did beat Bowling Green Saturday, but it was not the type of game that most people expected at all. Defense, in particular for Penn State looked rough in the first half, and the offense slowed down and struggled a lot in the second half. Outside of a few explosive plays. The game went thirty four to twenty seven final, and if you were unable to watch, PSU was actually down by four at the break. So let's jump into this thing with some positive things that stood out to me. First up, as Tyler Warren. He went off on Saturday. He actually set the record for receiving yards in a single game by a Penn State tight end. He caught eight balls for one hundred and forty six yards and that comes out to eighteen point three yards per catch. That is explosive, especially for a tight end. With the wide receivers kind of struggling with consistencies so far in the season. Tyler Warren being there as a safety blanket for Drew is so so big for this passing offense this season. So slick for Tyler Warren to keep making plays, keep being consistent. That'll go a long way this year. Next up, Sanders sa Haydak. He had a bounce back game. He missed that first field goal the season against West Virginia, but was able to go two for two on Saturday against Bowling Green, hitting comfortably from both forty three and twenty eight yards out. He was able to earn a shout out from James Franklin in coaches postgame opening statement, and I'm sure that performance was a huge confidence booster moving forward for Sander. Hopefully we see a Sam Ficken like turnaround for sa Haydak. I don't think the start that he got off to was quite as bad as facing, but yeah, hopefully he can parlay this into a really solaid season.

Welcome back into the Penn State Pulse. I'm your host, Dylan Dawson. Penn State did beat Bowling Green Saturday, but it was not the type of game that most people expected at all. Defense, in particular for Penn State looked rough in the first half, and the offense slowed down and struggled a lot in the second half. Outside of a few explosive plays. The game went thirty four to twenty seven final, and if you were unable to watch, PSU was actually down by four at the break. So let's jump into this thing with some positive things that stood out to me. First up, as Tyler Warren. He went off on Saturday. He actually set the record for receiving yards in a single game by a Penn State tight end. He caught eight balls for one hundred and forty six yards and that comes out to eighteen point three yards per catch. That is explosive, especially for a tight end. With the wide receivers kind of struggling with consistencies so far in the season. Tyler Warren being there as a safety blanket for Drew is so so big for this passing offense this season. So slick for Tyler Warren to keep making plays, keep being consistent. That'll go a long way this year. Next up, Sanders sa Haydak. He had a bounce back game. He missed that first field goal the season against West Virginia, but was able to go two for two on Saturday against Bowling Green, hitting comfortably from both forty three and twenty eight yards out. He was able to earn a shout out from James Franklin in coaches postgame opening statement, and I'm sure that performance was a huge confidence booster moving forward for Sander. Hopefully we see a Sam Ficken like turnaround for sa Haydak. I don't think the start that he got off to was quite as bad as facing, but yeah, hopefully he can parlay this into a really solaid season.

Next up. I really liked what I saw from the Penn State run game.

Next up. I really liked what I saw from the Penn State run game.

I said after the West Virginia game, I wanted to see them block better, especially on the interior, and I think they did.

I said after the West Virginia game, I wanted to see them block better, especially on the interior, and I think they did.

The run game looked very good for Penn State.

The run game looked very good for Penn State.

It was certainly one of the few areas we actually saw improvement from game one to game two. Nick Singleton ran thirteen times for one hundred and nineteen yards in a touchdown and k Tron went fourteen for one hundred and one yards. You guys can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that was just the second game that both Allen and Singleton each went over one hundred yards, with the first being Michigan State last year. Again, correct me if I'm wrong, but I did my brief research on that. I'm pretty sure that is just the second one. But those boys had room to run between the tackles, and they each broke a handful of explosive runs as well. It was a very promising day for PSU's run game, and then next Drew Aller continues to ascend. The stats may not have reflected it, but Drew Aller once again showed us that he's taking a step up from last season to this one. Outside of that, excuse me, outside of that interception on a miscommunication with Trey Wallace, Drew was on point all day long.

It was certainly one of the few areas we actually saw improvement from game one to game two. Nick Singleton ran thirteen times for one hundred and nineteen yards in a touchdown and k Tron went fourteen for one hundred and one yards. You guys can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that was just the second game that both Allen and Singleton each went over one hundred yards, with the first being Michigan State last year. Again, correct me if I'm wrong, but I did my brief research on that. I'm pretty sure that is just the second one. But those boys had room to run between the tackles, and they each broke a handful of explosive runs as well. It was a very promising day for PSU's run game, and then next Drew Aller continues to ascend. The stats may not have reflected it, but Drew Aller once again showed us that he's taking a step up from last season to this one. Outside of that, excuse me, outside of that interception on a miscommunication with Trey Wallace, Drew was on point all day long.

He was actually under a.

He was actually under a.

Good bit of pressure at different points in the game, but he stayed calm, maneuvered in the pocket, and delivered good balls downfield. His deep balls were accurate, but a lot of those players have just been a hair off, just one little thing goes wrong, like the Amari Evans pass interference. I guess you could have called it PI, but it was kind of sketchy, or the deep one to trade in the second half where it was a perfect ball, but he could have pushed that ball a little further left to sustain the separation from the dB kind of lead tray toward the sideline.

Good bit of pressure at different points in the game, but he stayed calm, maneuvered in the pocket, and delivered good balls downfield. His deep balls were accurate, but a lot of those players have just been a hair off, just one little thing goes wrong, like the Amari Evans pass interference. I guess you could have called it PI, but it was kind of sketchy, or the deep one to trade in the second half where it was a perfect ball, but he could have pushed that ball a little further left to sustain the separation from the dB kind of lead tray toward the sideline.

He probably could have called it in stride for a touchdown.

He probably could have called it in stride for a touchdown.

It was on the money regardless, but little things like that leading someone away from the defender that can be the difference between a long catch or a breakup in that situation and maybe a touchdown. It does appear like drewis putting it together, though, and I am personally very excited to see where he's at by the.

It was on the money regardless, but little things like that leading someone away from the defender that can be the difference between a long catch or a breakup in that situation and maybe a touchdown. It does appear like drewis putting it together, though, and I am personally very excited to see where he's at by the.

End of the season.

End of the season.

And then finally MAC team or not, adversity was overcome. I know it was bowling green, but adversity is adversity. This is D one college football, regardless of the opponent. It's not easy to do in college for you guys saw it all over the country this past weekend. Number five Notre Dame lost at home to Northern Illinois. Oregon struggled with Boise State, Oklahoma struggled with Houston. Alabama was beating USF by five with like six and a half minutes left in the game. That was before they went nuclear and scored twenty one points in like three minutes, and then LSU struggled with Nickels State. So it was all over the country people were struggling. I'm not saying that's an excuse Penn State played poorly, but it happens, especially early in the season, regardless of opponent. This Penn State team faced real adversity and they responded on both sides of the ball, which is very encouraging to see. It's what you want to see early on in the season when faced with adversity. So this game overall will bring this team closer together and they should learn a ton from it.

And then finally MAC team or not, adversity was overcome. I know it was bowling green, but adversity is adversity. This is D one college football, regardless of the opponent. It's not easy to do in college for you guys saw it all over the country this past weekend. Number five Notre Dame lost at home to Northern Illinois. Oregon struggled with Boise State, Oklahoma struggled with Houston. Alabama was beating USF by five with like six and a half minutes left in the game. That was before they went nuclear and scored twenty one points in like three minutes, and then LSU struggled with Nickels State. So it was all over the country people were struggling. I'm not saying that's an excuse Penn State played poorly, but it happens, especially early in the season, regardless of opponent. This Penn State team faced real adversity and they responded on both sides of the ball, which is very encouraging to see. It's what you want to see early on in the season when faced with adversity. So this game overall will bring this team closer together and they should learn a ton from it.

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Next up, I want to discuss some areas for improvement. They've now won two games, they have two games under their belt and they will head into their first bye week. So first up, the defensive line getting home. I asked for you, guys. I asked you guys for your opinion. Excuse me on this one. Still on the fence about it, whether it's a real problem yet or not. Penn State has two sacks total through their first two games. Both of those sacks came against West Virginia and they did not have any against Bowling Green. I think I'm leaning toward this not being as big of a problem as the stat indicates, but it is certainly something to keep an eye on. When you look at the game plan for both the Penn State's opponents, it was to clearly get the ball out as soon as possible, especially Bowling Green, as they averaged like two and a half seconds between the snap and the throw on Saturday. If teams want to keep the quick pass method against this Penn State defense, they will adjust now that it's happened multiple times. After that point, those defensive ends will have more time to get home, and they're just gonna need.

Next up, I want to discuss some areas for improvement. They've now won two games, they have two games under their belt and they will head into their first bye week. So first up, the defensive line getting home. I asked for you, guys. I asked you guys for your opinion. Excuse me on this one. Still on the fence about it, whether it's a real problem yet or not. Penn State has two sacks total through their first two games. Both of those sacks came against West Virginia and they did not have any against Bowling Green. I think I'm leaning toward this not being as big of a problem as the stat indicates, but it is certainly something to keep an eye on. When you look at the game plan for both the Penn State's opponents, it was to clearly get the ball out as soon as possible, especially Bowling Green, as they averaged like two and a half seconds between the snap and the throw on Saturday. If teams want to keep the quick pass method against this Penn State defense, they will adjust now that it's happened multiple times. After that point, those defensive ends will have more time to get home, and they're just gonna need.

To be able to do that.

To be able to do that.

They need to get to the quarterback if they're gonna have a little more time to do so. If you end up letting a guy like Miller Moss or maybe Will Howard sit in the pocket and just dissect your secondary, those will be some very very long games for Penn State. Next up is the Penn State wide receivers you guys probably saw it coming, was hoping I wouldn't be talking about it still, but here we are. The wide receiver room is still a concern. Through two weeks of football. You pretty much have two guys that have flashed so far in Trey Wallace and then Amari Evans, but nothing at all behind them. Julian Fleming has one catch for three yards through two games. No catches for anyone else outside of those three guys, so that wide receiver room has now combined for ten total catches through two games. That is a problem, and they absolutely need a third and preferably a fourth and fifth guy to step up in ever. The next thing I want to discuss is pass pro. The offensive line progressed a bit as far as pass pro from Week one to Week two.

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They didn't give a.

They didn't give a.

Ton of sacks up to Bowling Green, just two, but there was a good bit of pressure on Drew Aler, who.

Ton of sacks up to Bowling Green, just two, but there was a good bit of pressure on Drew Aler, who.

Was able to escape a lot of it.

Was able to escape a lot of it.

The Falcons, like I said, did get home for two sacks. I don't think it's a big issue and it's something that they can absolutely patch up as the season progresses.

The Falcons, like I said, did get home for two sacks. I don't think it's a big issue and it's something that they can absolutely patch up as the season progresses.

I thought it was a.

I thought it was a.

Pretty rough game from Drew Shelton that left tackle in particular, he struggled on a lot of his pass pro reps.

Pretty rough game from Drew Shelton that left tackle in particular, he struggled on a lot of his pass pro reps.

I saw him put in Nolan Rucci.

I saw him put in Nolan Rucci.

He got a lot of reps at left tackle, which caught my eye considering he was training on the right side for the majority of the offseason. So maybe Rouchie could push Shelton for that position. Donco seems to have right tackle lockdown. He's gonna be very good for Penn State. So maybe Phil trout one as a new starting five come conference play with Rouccie over shehell, we'll have to keep an eye on that one. So that's gonna do it for today's episode. Thank you guys so much for tuning in, and State will now head into their first bye week of two as they look to mend a few minor injuries guys like kJ Winston a little banged up, and then clean up on some of those issues. So I'm your host still and Dawson signing off. H

He got a lot of reps at left tackle, which caught my eye considering he was training on the right side for the majority of the offseason. So maybe Rouchie could push Shelton for that position. Donco seems to have right tackle lockdown. He's gonna be very good for Penn State. So maybe Phil trout one as a new starting five come conference play with Rouccie over shehell, we'll have to keep an eye on that one. So that's gonna do it for today's episode. Thank you guys so much for tuning in, and State will now head into their first bye week of two as they look to mend a few minor injuries guys like kJ Winston a little banged up, and then clean up on some of those issues. So I'm your host still and Dawson signing off. H