Iowa/Penn State
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A jury of his peers were given much more detailed accounts of his conduct in this situation than we have been given and judged that he's been defamed, he wasn't tried for obstruction of justice or being an accomplice to the crime, he hasn't been sued for negligence when the burden of proof is so low by any of the victims and lost... I'm not sure how you can judge him as as guilty as Sandusky or Paterno when there are many more people with more of a grudge against McQueary than you do haven't been able to prove that he was guilty.
Would you or I have done something differently than he did in that situation? Yeah. People would have believed him, eventually, if he went public. Is the guy a saint, nope. But I can't say that he deserves to be in prison because the burden of proof hasn't been met, and nobody has convicted him.
FanOHawk
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Interesting points
- Penn State defensive end Danny Joseph and Iowa defensive end Faith Ekakitie are brothers.
- Iowa wide receivers coach Bobby Kennedy was a graduate assistant at Penn State in 1992, where he worked with the tight ends.
- Penn State offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead and Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz were both graduate assistants at Pitt. Ferentz was on staff in 1980 and Moorhead in 1998-99.
HawkGold
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There are a couple of things missing in the judgement of McQueary,
1. When explaining things, he never once said he saw more than quick glances and sounds. In his mind he said he was sure. However in a legal situation where he could get sued or counter charged, he could not say he was completely sure due to seeing only glimpses and sounds. This was serious business and he would have been in a worse situation than Bartman at a Cubs game.
2. Victims of sexual abuse almost always know the abuser. Victims are groomed. That inner voice inside the victim that they are worthless is carried into adulthood. McQueary has testified and even before this blew up at disclosed that he was a sexual abuse victim as a child. Abused kids as adults have a whole lot of self doubt and really struggle with self esteem. Abusers are master manipulators. Eventually McQueary was fired.
HawkPrdatr40
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[QUOTE KF seems to play well against PSU.
+7 hasn't moved much, but it feels like a close loss for Iowa.[/QUOTE]
When PSU was coached by JoePa that's a true statement.
+7 hasn't moved much, but it feels like a close loss for Iowa.[/QUOTE]
When PSU was coached by JoePa that's a true statement.
STILLBUSTER
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Oh, they will. However, like most people when they try new things that they're not very skilled at, nor willing to do, they'll do it fearfully and with expectation of failure. Here's how this will go down ...
Look for a jet sweep with Jonathan Parker (a rarely used player) and / or a double reverse with him and Wadley (a player with limited experience in the slot).
In either instance, it'll be somewhere around mid-field on 3rd down and 7+ to go. Ultimately, the ball carrier will be running toward the short side because, well, because these guys just can't help themselves but to call plays with inherently higher degree of difficulty to execute (i.e. a play that requires space to maximize success is run into the jammed-up space.) Due to limited experience by both players, they'll take slightly deep approaches to the ball, causing the play to take a bit longer to develop, allowing PSU to recover, defensively. Either play would get stopped for a maximum gain of 5 yards, resulting in 4th and short.
Another potential "exotic" will be a roll-back to the 2002 - 2004 glory days -- the ol' jail-break screen.
Given the rumors of Wadley in the slot, this play makes a lot of sense and could be very effective using Wadley's juking ability and speed. Unfortunately, Wadley in the slot will turn out to be a ruse. I still expect the play to be called 2 or 3 times, unfortunately, derKirkFeravis will attempt it to McCarron - a far less agile target - or Smith, a less than precision route runner with poor hands.
As with the sweeps, field position, down and distance will create an inherently more difficult situation in which to run this -- best case is to run this on 2nd and less than 4 from inside the opponents 40. Look for derKirkFeravis to run it on 3rd and 5+, out of trips to the short side. Again, let's complicate a quick-hitting, "precision" play by jamming up the space with more traffic.
But, hey, at least Gary can spew his post-game quip that, "You can't say he didn't try." meanwhile, derKirkFeravis will immediately abandon attempts to "open things up" because the plays weren't successful and aren't worth the "risk". (Even tho they failed, in large part, due to his mistimed ineptitude and personnel mismanagement.)
83Hawk
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I couldn't have said it better myself. I might add that any "exotic" will come at the most inopportune time.
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seepig
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Hell they can't even tell a kid who applies for a medical redshirt if he gets in 12 months. Why would we think they can get off their butts and do anything efficiently.
seepig
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He'll get over 100 yds but it will be like Clement at Wisconsin it will take him 30+ carries. Our offense is truly offensive so we won't score more than 10-13 points today so I'll call for the big L yet again this week despite a game effort by Phil's defense.
We haven't seen a back like Barkley yet.. Not even close.. Plus he can catch the ball, and they gave a qb that can run very well, and throw. Not good for our defense. I would guess PSU has better athletes at nearly every position as well. They lead the league in sacks, and have a stout D-line. CJ will be running for his life all night, as our red rivers won't get open once again.
HomerChampless
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When PSU was coached by JoePa that's a true statement.[/QUOTE]
Yes. This PSU offense is a spread offense. Judging from past defensive performances against spread offenses by this season's Iowa defense, Iowa will have to score at least 28 points to win. Do you think Iowa will score 28 points? I don't.
