August 25, 2024 • 16 mins
DISRUPTU PSU Presents The Penn State Pulse With Dylan Dawson and Dylan provides his predictions for the 2024 Penn State football depth chart and the team's win-loss totals. He goes position by position, discussing the projected starters and potential impact players. Dawson also gives his game-by-game record predictions for the season, highlighting key matchups and possible outcomes. He predicts Penn State will have a strong season, potentially making the college football playoffs. Penn State could end the season 12-0, but 10-2 seems more likely this year!
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Speaker 1 (00:13):
Welcome back into the Penn State Pulse. I'm your host,
Dylan Dawson. The long awaited season preview episode is finally here. Today.
I'm going to dive into my predictions for the twenty
twenty four Penn State football depth chart as well as
the teams win lost totals. So I'm not gonna waste
any time here. Let's dive right into it, beginning with
(00:34):
my preseason depth chart productions as we close in on
Game one at West Virginia. So at quarterback, this is
a pretty easy one to start us off. Drew Aler
will return as a second year starter in his junior season.
I have Bo Pabula backing him up and true freshman
(00:55):
Ethan Grunkemeyer at third string who is reportedly having a
very nice offseason. Wide receiver Trey Wallace will start on
the outside and will likely be the Lions wide receiver
one this season, assuming he can stay healthy in the slot.
And my projected wide receiver two is Liam Clifford. He
appears to have turned a corner this all season and
(01:16):
we should see a very productive season from cliff Junior
cliff Number two whatever you want to call him. Sehan
Clifford's younger brother is ready to step up and leave
his own reputation here in State College, and I'm just
gonna throw this out there as well. He'll likely line
up in the slot in majority, but he'll play the
boundary as well. Andy Kottlemickey is going to have all
(01:37):
the receivers moving all over the field with pre stat motion,
so it won't matter too much where they line up,
at least on players where they have motion, which will
be a lot. Then at wide receiver three, I think
that's a position that's still up for grabs as we
enter the ten day mark, as I'm recording this before
(01:57):
the season. As of right now, I have Amari Evans
beating out Julian Fleming to begin the season at wide
receiver three, which will probably surprise a lot of people.
A lot of you expected Julian Fleming to kind of
come in and be the surefire wide receiver one. It's
not gonna be the case. He is gonna have a
tremendous impact on this room. He was brought in to
(02:19):
be a leader of the room, which he reportedly has
been and will be. He's a very good blocker. I
believe he graded out as Ohio State's top run blocker
last season, above all of the linemen on the team,
so he'll be great blocking on the boundary. Downfield. He's
gonna contribute, it's just not going to be the big
play guy that's scoring a touchdown or two every game.
(02:41):
And he may work his way into the starting rotation,
but it's not looking like he's gonna start at West Virginia.
He'll still contribute quite a bit though. He'll still play
a ton of snaps, and so will others like Kyden Saunders, Tyser, Denmark,
probably Anthony Ivy Penn. State's also going to have the
running backs and tight ends heavily involved in that past game,
a bunch of different in creative ways under Ak. Speaking
(03:03):
of those running backs I have for the third year
in a row. Now crazy to think they're juniors, but
Nick Singleton and Khron Allen I have them once again
splitting the starting reps at running back three. That's been
a spot that's been actually up for grabs all all season.
I think Cam Wallace is able to hold that down,
but true freshman Quinton Martin will also get some snaps
(03:25):
and potentially burn red shirt he came in. I think
at about one hundred and ninety pounds, which is pretty
light at six one and a half six to two,
so he's filled out. I think he's up over two
hundred now close, so he should be big enough to play.
Whether he burns his red shirt or not, I don't
know for sure, but I think he's kind of a
yellow light guy right now where he has the potential to,
(03:47):
but it's not a sure thing. Moving on to tight end,
it's clearly gonna be Tyler Warren at that top spot
who could be primed for an All American caliber season.
Khalil Dinkins had some younger guys nip at his heels,
but I think he holds onto that second spot. He
should be a very nice threat in the receiving game
this year. Then at three and four would be those
(04:08):
said younger guys, Andrew Rapplier and true freshman Luke Reynolds,
who are both future stars in the making. In my opinion,
PSU just continues to progress toward a tight end factory
pretty much as the years pass, and this season will
be another strong example of that. Moving on to the
O line, I'm just gonna go from left to right
(04:28):
and list my five projected starters, So we have Drew
Shelton at left tackle, Benga Joanne, the Washington native at
left guard. I think Nick Dawkins wins the center job,
Sal Wormley at right guard, and then Anthony Dunko beats
out Nolan Rocchie at right tackle. Other guys that will
play solid reps include Nolan Roucci and true freshman Egan
(04:49):
Boyer at tackle, Cooper Cousins probably at all three interior spots,
and then guys like Javin Williams and Jami Nelson will
probably play as swing guys where they can play as
tackle or move inside the guard. Now, as we approach
the defense, we will start on the D line with
defensive end. The two starters will be ab Dul Carter
(05:09):
denied in the Sutton. That's been the expectation since pretty
much at the beginning of the offseason. Backing them up
will likely be a Mean Vanover who has quietly had
a very nice offseason and Smith Vilbert. Speaking of Vilbert
a little bit, he has put on some extra weight
and the plan right now is to work him inside
(05:30):
at three tech as well, but he'll also get his
fair share of reps on the edge. He's now up
to about six six and a half six seven and
two hundred and ninety pounds. By the way, that is
a very big human. He should be a fun one
to watch this year. Another name that has generated a
lot of buzz this offseason is true freshman Max Granville,
(05:50):
and he actually graduated high school a year early and
reclassified for those of you they might have missed that a
little info nugget. So he's what seventeen or eighteen, and
he seems to be primed for some legitimate reps already,
so that should be a very exciting one to watch.
He's a little bit smaller for DN. He's came in
about six three two twenty five. I think he's gained
(06:11):
a little bit of way since then. He's very twitched up.
He's very quick off the edge. Already drawn comparisons to
Chop Robinson, which can be dangerous to project someone to
do that well. But if you're getting this projections, it's
a good sign, especially that early in your college career.
So I don't know if he'll spoil that red shirt,
but expect to see number eighteen out there for some
(06:32):
meaningful snaps in twenty twenty four. Moving into the interior,
of the D line at the tackle. Penn State believes
they once again have four guys who are starter quality,
and I expect them to play all four quite a bit.
It's pretty much that same four corps last year, Core four,
four corep whatever you want to call it. As far
(06:52):
as the two names who we see trot onto the
field for that first defensive possession against West Virginia, I
have Zane Durant and then the Von J Thomas. A
lot of you know him as Devon Eli's. He actually
changed his last name. I'm pretty sure he did a
short interview on that if you want to look into why.
(07:12):
And then the other two are Kaziah Izard and then
HIKEM Beeman. Moving back to linebacker. We should see a
lot of the four TOWO five formation from Tom Allen
this season, so there will only be two linebackers on
the field. A lot of the time. Have rising star
Tony Rojas lining up next to Kobe King, who will
play in the box as two starters. If they run
(07:34):
a fourth ree set, I have Dom de Luca as
the third guy out there, and I've heard in that
situation they'll likely slide Tony over to play the will
spot and then insert Dom at the sam and then
Tamir Robinson has had a very nice offseason and I
fully expect that Pittsburgh native to be the fourth guy
up in that room. I think will probably suits him
(07:56):
the best, so he would be relieving either Tony Rohas
or maybe Don Dirugo. Next up, we have corner and
a top guy appears to be emerging in that highly
competitive room, and that is Georgia transfer and true sophomore
aj Harris. Cam Miller has stepped up as well both
(08:16):
on and off the field as a leader in recent months,
and I have him penciled in as the second starter.
And then I believe the two deep is rounded out
by Florida transferred Jalen Kimber and then all Davey and
Collins the four to three guy who transferred in from
Mississippi State two years ago. Now. Also look for at
Zion Tracy and Elliott Washington to see meaningful reps this season.
(08:38):
They pretty much can go three deep that corner. They
have six guys that they think can play legitimate reps.
They can throw them in against pretty much any team,
any group of receivers, and feel at least fairly confident
about it. So that is a very deep and very
talented room. Another unit that is absolutely loaded is the safeties,
where I have kJ Winston Jr. And Zachy Wheatley leading
(09:01):
the way. Jalen Reid will also be pretty much starter
as they'll play a lot of three safety sets in
that four two five. I think we'll see him play
down in the box a lot, and he's always been
a very smart and physical player, so the staff really
likes read in that hybrid box roll where he can
play a little bit of linebacker, a little bit of safety,
just kind of wherever they need him on a play
(09:22):
by play basis. So there you have it, my educated
guests as to who you'll see take the field first
in Week one against the West Virginia Mountaineers. So now
let's shift toward my game by game record predictions.
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Speaker 1 (10:15):
Of course, starting with that August thirty first matchup in
Morgantown that is now approaching us very very quickly, so
I think West Virginia gives Penn State some trouble early
in that game, maybe a one score game or a
tie game at halftime, but PSU is able to close
it out. Don't see it being a very clean game
from Penn State, as they are breaking in three new
(10:37):
coordinators who are implementing different schemes. But PSU does get
out of there with a win in my opinion, maybe
by ten points fourteen points, and then moving on, Penn
State's home opener is against Bowling Green September seventh, I believe,
where they'll probably be thirty plus point favorites. Not too
(10:57):
much to be said about this one. It should be
a comfortable win, and then Penn State gets an early
bye week after that, and then they go on to
play Kent State in Beaver. It should be another snooze fest,
but hopefully another game to learn more about some of
the younger guys and the roster depth. And PSU closes
out their non conference schedule with another comfortable win, and then,
(11:21):
for the first time in eight nine years, the Nite
Lions actually opened their conference play at home, where they'll
be playing Illinois. We all know what happened last time
Illinois came to Beaver Stadium, and I'd rather not suffer
through something like that again. I'm sure the players and
staff feel the same way, and PSU wins by two
(11:42):
or three scores. Right Penn State closes out their streak
of four home games in a row with their first
game against a new conference member, and that is the
UCLA Bruins. I think this would be a very interesting
and pretty fun game to watch. UCLA should have an
explosive offense. I think they have a really underrated quarterback
(12:03):
in Ethan Gabers, but I don't see that UCLA defense
making a quick enough turnaround to hang with a team
like Penn State. In twenty twenty four, I think UCLA
shows up ready to go, but PC gets to win
in fairly comfortable style, and then the first game of
a pretty brutal three game stretch is at usc A
(12:28):
lot of people are very concerned about this matchup, but
I think Andy Cottle Nicky will have the Penn State
offense rolling. By this point in the season. Two things
travel very well in college football, and that is defense
and the run game. Penn State should be pretty strong
in both categories and USC's defense won't be able to
keep up. I think this one's somewhat of a excuse me,
(12:49):
somewhat of a blowout, and Penn State makes it through
the first half of the season undefeated at six to zero.
Next after bye week number two, the Nitty Lions go
to Madison to play Wisconsin on the road. I personally
have this one. Peg does their second toughest game of
the season. I think we start to see improvement from
(13:10):
Luke Fickles offense, and this is probably a prime time
kickoff in Camp Randall. It's not pretty, but Penn State
gets out of there with a very close win, something
like twenty three to twenty, twenty four to twenty, but
they get it done. After that, PSU then has to
close this three game stretch with a matchup against potentially
(13:31):
the top team in college football this season, which will
be the Ohio State buck guys in Beaver Stadium. There's
a path to a Penn State win here, but I
think OSU's offensive, offensive firepower excuse me, is too much
to keep up with, and PSU drops their first game
of the season to move to seven to one, but
(13:51):
still squarely in the playoff picture. Penn State next will
battle Washington in a November white out in Beaver. I
think PSU will play this game with a lot of intention.
It will play aggressively, and it's not very close from
the beginning. I think something similar to last year's whiteout
game against Iowa. That's what I see playing out. I
(14:13):
think the Nittney Lions used that momentum to prompel themselves
into a strong finish to the season in which they
play at Purdue, at Minnesota, and at home versus Maryland
to close it out. I think those are all three
pretty comfortable wins and they're able to finish the season
at eleven and one. I was very close through predicting
(14:33):
ten and two with a loss at Wisconsin, which probably
still would result in a Penn State playoff birth under
James Franklin. But regardless, I do have PC making the
twelve team college football playoff in a pretty strong season.
Came down either ten or two, ten and two or
eleven and one. I don't really see any other possibilities.
(14:54):
I mean, maybe they'd slip up and lose a third,
but probably not twelve and zero. But I'd say ten
and two or eleven and one is very likely. I
think they make the playoff. I'm pretty sure we'll see
the offense take a step forward this season to where
they look competent against the elaitue defenses. I think the defense
probably takes a small step back, but it's still more
(15:16):
than enough to keep this team in every game they play.
That defense last year lost a ton of talent as
well as maybe the best coordinator that this program has
ever seen, in Many Diaz. He had them as a
top five defense last year and most major categories, and
that was just a ton of fun to watch. It's
pretty hard to keep that up. I think Tom Allen
(15:38):
will put out a great product, but probably not quite
that caliber, at least in year one. So that is
all I have for y'all today. I really hope you
enjoyed your watch or enjoyed your Listen. Let's hope for
eleven to one Penn State and India Lions in twenty
twenty four. Maybe twelve and zero, probably not, but let's hope.
So the season is just around the corner, so buckle in.
(15:58):
I appreciate all of you and your support. Until next time,
I'm your host, Dylan Dawson. Have a good one. H
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Welcome back into the Penn State Pulse. I'm your host,
Dylan Dawson. The long awaited season preview episode is finally here. Today.
I'm going to dive into my predictions for the twenty
twenty four Penn State football depth chart as well as
the teams win lost totals. So I'm not gonna waste
any time here. Let's dive right into it, beginning with
(00:34):
my preseason depth chart productions as we close in on
Game one at West Virginia. So at quarterback, this is
a pretty easy one to start us off. Drew Aler
will return as a second year starter in his junior season.
I have Bo Pabula backing him up and true freshman
(00:55):
Ethan Grunkemeyer at third string who is reportedly having a
very nice offseason. Wide receiver Trey Wallace will start on
the outside and will likely be the Lions wide receiver
one this season, assuming he can stay healthy in the slot.
And my projected wide receiver two is Liam Clifford. He
appears to have turned a corner this all season and
(01:16):
we should see a very productive season from cliff Junior
cliff Number two whatever you want to call him. Sehan
Clifford's younger brother is ready to step up and leave
his own reputation here in State College, and I'm just
gonna throw this out there as well. He'll likely line
up in the slot in majority, but he'll play the
boundary as well. Andy Kottlemickey is going to have all
(01:37):
the receivers moving all over the field with pre stat motion,
so it won't matter too much where they line up,
at least on players where they have motion, which will
be a lot. Then at wide receiver three, I think
that's a position that's still up for grabs as we
enter the ten day mark, as I'm recording this before
(01:57):
the season. As of right now, I have Amari Evans
beating out Julian Fleming to begin the season at wide
receiver three, which will probably surprise a lot of people.
A lot of you expected Julian Fleming to kind of
come in and be the surefire wide receiver one. It's
not gonna be the case. He is gonna have a
tremendous impact on this room. He was brought in to
(02:19):
be a leader of the room, which he reportedly has
been and will be. He's a very good blocker. I
believe he graded out as Ohio State's top run blocker
last season, above all of the linemen on the team,
so he'll be great blocking on the boundary. Downfield. He's
gonna contribute, it's just not going to be the big
play guy that's scoring a touchdown or two every game.
(02:41):
And he may work his way into the starting rotation,
but it's not looking like he's gonna start at West Virginia.
He'll still contribute quite a bit though. He'll still play
a ton of snaps, and so will others like Kyden Saunders, Tyser, Denmark,
probably Anthony Ivy Penn. State's also going to have the
running backs and tight ends heavily involved in that past game,
a bunch of different in creative ways under Ak. Speaking
(03:03):
of those running backs I have for the third year
in a row. Now crazy to think they're juniors, but
Nick Singleton and Khron Allen I have them once again
splitting the starting reps at running back three. That's been
a spot that's been actually up for grabs all all season.
I think Cam Wallace is able to hold that down,
but true freshman Quinton Martin will also get some snaps
(03:25):
and potentially burn red shirt he came in. I think
at about one hundred and ninety pounds, which is pretty
light at six one and a half six to two,
so he's filled out. I think he's up over two
hundred now close, so he should be big enough to play.
Whether he burns his red shirt or not, I don't
know for sure, but I think he's kind of a
yellow light guy right now where he has the potential to,
(03:47):
but it's not a sure thing. Moving on to tight end,
it's clearly gonna be Tyler Warren at that top spot
who could be primed for an All American caliber season.
Khalil Dinkins had some younger guys nip at his heels,
but I think he holds onto that second spot. He
should be a very nice threat in the receiving game
this year. Then at three and four would be those
(04:08):
said younger guys, Andrew Rapplier and true freshman Luke Reynolds,
who are both future stars in the making. In my opinion,
PSU just continues to progress toward a tight end factory
pretty much as the years pass, and this season will
be another strong example of that. Moving on to the
O line, I'm just gonna go from left to right
(04:28):
and list my five projected starters, So we have Drew
Shelton at left tackle, Benga Joanne, the Washington native at
left guard. I think Nick Dawkins wins the center job,
Sal Wormley at right guard, and then Anthony Dunko beats
out Nolan Rocchie at right tackle. Other guys that will
play solid reps include Nolan Roucci and true freshman Egan
(04:49):
Boyer at tackle, Cooper Cousins probably at all three interior spots,
and then guys like Javin Williams and Jami Nelson will
probably play as swing guys where they can play as
tackle or move inside the guard. Now, as we approach
the defense, we will start on the D line with
defensive end. The two starters will be ab Dul Carter
(05:09):
denied in the Sutton. That's been the expectation since pretty
much at the beginning of the offseason. Backing them up
will likely be a Mean Vanover who has quietly had
a very nice offseason and Smith Vilbert. Speaking of Vilbert
a little bit, he has put on some extra weight
and the plan right now is to work him inside
(05:30):
at three tech as well, but he'll also get his
fair share of reps on the edge. He's now up
to about six six and a half six seven and
two hundred and ninety pounds. By the way, that is
a very big human. He should be a fun one
to watch this year. Another name that has generated a
lot of buzz this offseason is true freshman Max Granville,
(05:50):
and he actually graduated high school a year early and
reclassified for those of you they might have missed that a
little info nugget. So he's what seventeen or eighteen, and
he seems to be primed for some legitimate reps already,
so that should be a very exciting one to watch.
He's a little bit smaller for DN. He's came in
about six three two twenty five. I think he's gained
(06:11):
a little bit of way since then. He's very twitched up.
He's very quick off the edge. Already drawn comparisons to
Chop Robinson, which can be dangerous to project someone to
do that well. But if you're getting this projections, it's
a good sign, especially that early in your college career.
So I don't know if he'll spoil that red shirt,
but expect to see number eighteen out there for some
(06:32):
meaningful snaps in twenty twenty four. Moving into the interior,
of the D line at the tackle. Penn State believes
they once again have four guys who are starter quality,
and I expect them to play all four quite a bit.
It's pretty much that same four corps last year, Core four,
four corep whatever you want to call it. As far
(06:52):
as the two names who we see trot onto the
field for that first defensive possession against West Virginia, I
have Zane Durant and then the Von J Thomas. A
lot of you know him as Devon Eli's. He actually
changed his last name. I'm pretty sure he did a
short interview on that if you want to look into why.
(07:12):
And then the other two are Kaziah Izard and then
HIKEM Beeman. Moving back to linebacker. We should see a
lot of the four TOWO five formation from Tom Allen
this season, so there will only be two linebackers on
the field. A lot of the time. Have rising star
Tony Rojas lining up next to Kobe King, who will
play in the box as two starters. If they run
(07:34):
a fourth ree set, I have Dom de Luca as
the third guy out there, and I've heard in that
situation they'll likely slide Tony over to play the will
spot and then insert Dom at the sam and then
Tamir Robinson has had a very nice offseason and I
fully expect that Pittsburgh native to be the fourth guy
up in that room. I think will probably suits him
(07:56):
the best, so he would be relieving either Tony Rohas
or maybe Don Dirugo. Next up, we have corner and
a top guy appears to be emerging in that highly
competitive room, and that is Georgia transfer and true sophomore
aj Harris. Cam Miller has stepped up as well both
(08:16):
on and off the field as a leader in recent months,
and I have him penciled in as the second starter.
And then I believe the two deep is rounded out
by Florida transferred Jalen Kimber and then all Davey and
Collins the four to three guy who transferred in from
Mississippi State two years ago. Now. Also look for at
Zion Tracy and Elliott Washington to see meaningful reps this season.
(08:38):
They pretty much can go three deep that corner. They
have six guys that they think can play legitimate reps.
They can throw them in against pretty much any team,
any group of receivers, and feel at least fairly confident
about it. So that is a very deep and very
talented room. Another unit that is absolutely loaded is the safeties,
where I have kJ Winston Jr. And Zachy Wheatley leading
(09:01):
the way. Jalen Reid will also be pretty much starter
as they'll play a lot of three safety sets in
that four two five. I think we'll see him play
down in the box a lot, and he's always been
a very smart and physical player, so the staff really
likes read in that hybrid box roll where he can
play a little bit of linebacker, a little bit of safety,
just kind of wherever they need him on a play
(09:22):
by play basis. So there you have it, my educated
guests as to who you'll see take the field first
in Week one against the West Virginia Mountaineers. So now
let's shift toward my game by game record predictions.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
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Speaker 1 (10:15):
Of course, starting with that August thirty first matchup in
Morgantown that is now approaching us very very quickly, so
I think West Virginia gives Penn State some trouble early
in that game, maybe a one score game or a
tie game at halftime, but PSU is able to close
it out. Don't see it being a very clean game
from Penn State, as they are breaking in three new
(10:37):
coordinators who are implementing different schemes. But PSU does get
out of there with a win in my opinion, maybe
by ten points fourteen points, and then moving on, Penn
State's home opener is against Bowling Green September seventh, I believe,
where they'll probably be thirty plus point favorites. Not too
(10:57):
much to be said about this one. It should be
a comfortable win, and then Penn State gets an early
bye week after that, and then they go on to
play Kent State in Beaver. It should be another snooze fest,
but hopefully another game to learn more about some of
the younger guys and the roster depth. And PSU closes
out their non conference schedule with another comfortable win, and then,
(11:21):
for the first time in eight nine years, the Nite
Lions actually opened their conference play at home, where they'll
be playing Illinois. We all know what happened last time
Illinois came to Beaver Stadium, and I'd rather not suffer
through something like that again. I'm sure the players and
staff feel the same way, and PSU wins by two
(11:42):
or three scores. Right Penn State closes out their streak
of four home games in a row with their first
game against a new conference member, and that is the
UCLA Bruins. I think this would be a very interesting
and pretty fun game to watch. UCLA should have an
explosive offense. I think they have a really underrated quarterback
(12:03):
in Ethan Gabers, but I don't see that UCLA defense
making a quick enough turnaround to hang with a team
like Penn State. In twenty twenty four, I think UCLA
shows up ready to go, but PC gets to win
in fairly comfortable style, and then the first game of
a pretty brutal three game stretch is at usc A
(12:28):
lot of people are very concerned about this matchup, but
I think Andy Cottle Nicky will have the Penn State
offense rolling. By this point in the season. Two things
travel very well in college football, and that is defense
and the run game. Penn State should be pretty strong
in both categories and USC's defense won't be able to
keep up. I think this one's somewhat of a excuse me,
(12:49):
somewhat of a blowout, and Penn State makes it through
the first half of the season undefeated at six to zero.
Next after bye week number two, the Nitty Lions go
to Madison to play Wisconsin on the road. I personally
have this one. Peg does their second toughest game of
the season. I think we start to see improvement from
(13:10):
Luke Fickles offense, and this is probably a prime time
kickoff in Camp Randall. It's not pretty, but Penn State
gets out of there with a very close win, something
like twenty three to twenty, twenty four to twenty, but
they get it done. After that, PSU then has to
close this three game stretch with a matchup against potentially
(13:31):
the top team in college football this season, which will
be the Ohio State buck guys in Beaver Stadium. There's
a path to a Penn State win here, but I
think OSU's offensive, offensive firepower excuse me, is too much
to keep up with, and PSU drops their first game
of the season to move to seven to one, but
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still squarely in the playoff picture. Penn State next will
battle Washington in a November white out in Beaver. I
think PSU will play this game with a lot of intention.
It will play aggressively, and it's not very close from
the beginning. I think something similar to last year's whiteout
game against Iowa. That's what I see playing out. I
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think the Nittney Lions used that momentum to prompel themselves
into a strong finish to the season in which they
play at Purdue, at Minnesota, and at home versus Maryland
to close it out. I think those are all three
pretty comfortable wins and they're able to finish the season
at eleven and one. I was very close through predicting
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ten and two with a loss at Wisconsin, which probably
still would result in a Penn State playoff birth under
James Franklin. But regardless, I do have PC making the
twelve team college football playoff in a pretty strong season.
Came down either ten or two, ten and two or
eleven and one. I don't really see any other possibilities.
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I mean, maybe they'd slip up and lose a third,
but probably not twelve and zero. But I'd say ten
and two or eleven and one is very likely. I
think they make the playoff. I'm pretty sure we'll see
the offense take a step forward this season to where
they look competent against the elaitue defenses. I think the defense
probably takes a small step back, but it's still more
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than enough to keep this team in every game they play.
That defense last year lost a ton of talent as
well as maybe the best coordinator that this program has
ever seen, in Many Diaz. He had them as a
top five defense last year and most major categories, and
that was just a ton of fun to watch. It's
pretty hard to keep that up. I think Tom Allen
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will put out a great product, but probably not quite
that caliber, at least in year one. So that is
all I have for y'all today. I really hope you
enjoyed your watch or enjoyed your Listen. Let's hope for
eleven to one Penn State and India Lions in twenty
twenty four. Maybe twelve and zero, probably not, but let's hope.
So the season is just around the corner, so buckle in.
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I appreciate all of you and your support. Until next time,
I'm your host, Dylan Dawson. Have a good one. H
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