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Seriously, UA, what kind of house do you protect wearing spandex?
The unofficial news outlet for all things Penn State, Onward State, even uncovered the true origin...
I have a feeling that when Papa Reynolds reads this he will be most pleased and very proud.
That was a great read! I'll be watching Mook on a lot our defensive snaps this weekend.
Almost Cody Grimm type instincts. Bud is using Mook in a lot of the same ways except Mook is a lot longer. Those defenses were so good because Grimm allowed Bud to do most of the things mentioned in this piece. Tech has always been at its best on D when it gets production from that spot. That's why we hear Bud talking about "going back" to what he used to do coverage wise.
You can tell he's enjoying his job more than ever right now and keeps mentioning these guys are still green. Gotta love it. Thanks Mason
"Death Backer" is probably the most badass term for a defensive position
Saturday will be a good test on a high power offense
This get's a French Seal of Approval
Excellent read, Mason! And thank you to Bill for the behind the scenes work of grabbing all the clips on such short notice.
If y'all have a Facebook account, would you mind sharing this. Word of mouth (via social) is a tremendous boost for TKP.
Awesome write up Mason!
One additional point that the second video clip (vs BC jet sweep) displays perfectly is how the concept of spill and force makes the safeties job easier when the edge player executes it correctly. Mook has a spill call. How do I know? Watch the safety and mike linebacker; both immediately get wider than Mook. Mook comes up to the blocker squarely, and then (if you didn't know that the safety was waiting to the outside) he inexplicably bends his body inside. If he didn't know he had safety help, he would be losing contain. However, he has a spill call and wants to make the back go wide. The safety is predetermined to go wide. This is perfectly executed by Mook.
A big reason that the defense was so bad last year is that the edge players were too soft on force calls, or were very ineffective when asked to spill. They also busted assignments frequently, and too often when the assignments were correct, the alley player didn't tackle well. All of these elements look vastly improved, despite the occasional hick up versus Tennessee.
I would imagine having death backer Cody Grimm in Blacksburg has helped out Mook.
"Yeah, Cody (Grimm's) my guy. (He) had me watch his highlights a couple times. I look to Cody a lot, especially with my blitzes. I try to use my feet a lot, but I want to be able to destroy a block, get past the guy. Opened a lot of eyes with that. He's been teaching me a lot of techniques, a lot of skills I can use to help me take on running backs, tackles, guards, fullbacks, anybody. Cody (has) shown me little things. He had nine forced fumbles his senior or junior year. I'm just trusting the moves and everything he's teaching me."
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# | Despite Isaiah Ford's Daring End Zone Grab, Justin Fuente Hoping to Rein in Jerod Evans Against ECU Most disappointing thing (besides the fumbles) has been the drops by Bucky. He's got to improve his hands.
Wisconsin at Michigan State -5.5
Pittsburgh at North Carolina -7.5
Florida at Tennessee -6.5
Penn State at Michigan -19.5
Stanford -3.5 at UCLA
Arkansas vs. Texas A&M -5.5
I can't stand having a "white" out game on Military appreciation day. It's the color of surrender! We should use one of those awesome black or Hokie stone Jerseys for that game in addition to the high profile games we usually burn them on. That and the JMU loss was on a white out so it's pretty much always a negative for me.
Techsideline has been a good resource for me over the years
By my count, were allowing 0 over the last eleven days.
Always down for a pumpkin theme
ZIMA SUCKS
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# | Despite Isaiah Ford's Daring End Zone Grab, Justin Fuente Hoping to Rein in Jerod Evans Against ECU nice work.... that point average would be a lot higher if it weren't for those 5 fumbles!
Great article. Focusing on a single position really brings it all together. I hope the staff has time to do more of these at other positions as the season goes on. Even on more traditional positions to see how our new coaches and scheme is changing them, ideally for the better. GO HOKIES, BEAT ECU!
Big recruiting weekend for us too!!
5* WDE KJ Henry and 4* ATH Tre Turner are coming up for the game this weekend. VT will hopefully put on a show for these two
Edit: 3* RB Marcus Caldwell will be making the trip as well. Let's recruit some NC talent!!
I kept expecting the camera to round a corner and see Buzz getting after it on some machine.
Buzz would kick Mark Turgeron's ass.
See, that is easy for them to respond: "he's not around to defend himself" or "those reports wouldn't hold up" or "he did so much for the university".
I found the best way to shut them up is: "Which came first: We are Penn State or We are Marshall?". I have yet to find a fan who can answer it, nor do they have ANYTHING to say after that.
Leg for the research. I didn't realize the name had changed a few years ago, or that the games have been combined for that long too. Guess I stopped paying attention after graduation...oops
I'm glad proceeds went to Fisher House Foundation, they're great. That's something they easily could've added to the 5 Things To Know email/graphic.