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Not-so-happy Valley

We ending up "watching" last week's game by hitting "refresh" at several intervals during the reception on the boxscore on my Blackberry. Accordingly, my impressions were mostly just of the statistics. Ones I liked: We scored a few more points this week (albeit 7 on defense). Clausen started off 12-16, so he must have been throwing fairly well. The defense looked promising, especially holding down the PSU rush yards in the first three quarters. Stats that stunk: Six sacks. Relatedly, another game with zero rushing yards. Ouch. 1 for 10 on third downs. 14 penalties for almost 100 yards. And, of course, the final score.

I can't offer much analysis of the above, not having seen it all, but the stats do speak for themselves, and the main thing they scream is: The offensive line is royally bad, and the mental mistakes and playcalling aren't helping much. I'll point y'all to Rob's recap at Rakes of Mallow and Mike's thoughts on recruiting and playcalling at BGS. Then, as we look toward Michigan week (how ugly could this one get?), here is JVan's preview at NDN. Even with UM reeling, he calls a (closer) loss for us. I hope he's wrong. . .

Full post as published by Irish Law on September 13, 2007 (boomark / email).