WWN PENN STATE POSTGAME #11

Posted by WFY on November 11, 2007; This entry is filed under Datelines, I Was There, Northeast Corridor, PSU Football 2007, Pennsylvania.
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#25 Penn State Nittany Lions 31 Temple Owls 0

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  • Boxscore (ESPN)
  • PHILADELPHIA — I expected a different final score than this one and had Temple not self destructed deep in Penn State territory three times, including on their first two possessions, it would have been a very different game.
  • Temple marched up and down the field on its first two possessions, picking the Nittany Lions apart and finding themselves in excellent position to score. The first time they shanked field goal from about 20 yards out. The second time, they dropped a pass in the endzone on a fake field goal right in front of our seats. The receiver had his back to us, so we though Temple scored. Temple also fumbled on a reverse. They just made so many crazy mistakes.
  • Anthony Morelli was pretty effective throwing the ball, especially into the corner of the endzone. Three TDs on teh same right corner fade pattern; two to Jordan Norwood, one to Deon Butler.
  • The bad Morelli news was his fumble at the Temple 1 and a simply horrible interception in the second half. Did he know we were wearing white?
  • Rodney Kinlaw had a great game, rushing for 168 yards to exceed 1,000 for the season. Who knew?
  • The defense allowed a few long drives, but held Temple to 4 net yards on the ground and no points of course. That being said, it was still a sloppy outing for them. They may not beat Michigan State if they play that way.
  • Dan Connor had some great take down tackles.
  • Sean Lee missed another interception. I think he has hooves instead of hands.
  • I was disappointed when Penn State only rushed nine with Temple punting out of their own end zone.
  • Derrick Williams had over 100 yards receiving. He has been playing better of late.
  • Penn State fans easily outnumbered Temple fans. It wasn’t even close. Total attendace: 69,029, a new record for a MAC team at home.
  • The video board briefly showed a bundled-up Bill Cosby, a Temple grad. RUN THE T-BONE!
  • Joe Paterno owns Temple — 24-0.
  • Good to see the Blue Band march during half time. They performed most of the pregame other than Rock N’ Roll.
  • Temple should be decent next year, perhaps even a winning team. They have improved a lot over last year although it wasn’t reflected in the score.
  • Back-up quarterbacks Daryl Clark and Pat Devlin alternated on every play late in the game. Translation: open competition for next year’s starting job.
  • I’ll have more to say about trip throughout the week.
    ©MMX William F. Yurasko
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    • 2 Comments

    1. avatar More on Penn State vs. Indiana at FedEx in 2010 | William World News June 17th, 2010 at 12:33 pm

      [...] exceed that by a wide margin, will they buy 84,000 more? Maybe, Temple sold 69,000 tickets to their 2007 game with Penn State at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field and that included forcing fans to buy a three game [...]

    2. avatar William World News » The Linc February 21st, 2011 at 11:26 am

      [...] – Saturday’s trip to Lincoln Financial Field was my fifth Nittany Lions road game (See: Penn State 31 Temple 0). It was the fourth different stadium in that group, joining Scott Stadium (Univ. of Virginia), [...]

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