Trending
Donald Moskowitz
Londonderry, NH
To James Franklin and your coaching staff: your game plan was miserable against Ohio State. You did not account for the running of the OSU quarterback, and you relied too much on running up the middle against the OSU defense. A key penalty gave OSU the opportunity to continue a drive, and a dropped pass in the end zone were critical. However, the most astonishing part of the whole game was the lack of creativity on defense and offense. Penn State was on the OSU three-yard line with first and goal to go; and ran three running plays up the middle with negligible gain. This was long after it was evident Penn State could not run up the middle against the OSU defense.
You and your coaching staff did not have a viable and creative game plan and you lost the game for Penn State.
Furthermore, you and your coaching staff are not well versed in the psychology of Ryan Day and his coaching staff. Did it ever occur to you (it did to me) that OSU intentionally let Nebraska run up the middle against it because OSU wanted Penn State to think there was weakness in the OSU run defense? OSU even publicized their fictitious concern with their defensive line, and you guys fell for it.