DisruptU PSU Presents The Penn State Pulse With Dylan Dawson "A Win Makes PSU A Contender"

DisruptU PSU Presents The Penn State Pulse with Dylan Dawson. In this episode, Dylan previews the upcoming game between Penn State and USC, discussing the significance of the matchup for both teams. Dawson highlights key players to watch from USC's offense and defense, including quarterback Miller Moss and standout receivers. Dawson also shares his predictions for the game, emphasizing the importance of Penn State's performance and the challenges posed by USC's talented roster.

 ***What You Will Learn***

•This game will determine if Penn State is a legitimate championship contender.

•USC has made a lot of mistakes against higher-end competition.

•Miller Moss is a talented quarterback but can make mistakes under pressure.

•USC's offensive line is a major concern for their offense.

•Penn State's secondary will face a significant test against USC's receivers.

•Expect a strong performance from Penn State's run game against USC's defense.

•Dylan predicts 200+ rushing yards for Penn State in the game.

•The game is crucial for USC's playoff chances after their recent loss.

•Dylan believes Penn State will win with a score of 27-17.

•Penn State needs to show up ready to play from the start.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:06):
Welcome back into the Penn State Pulse. I'm your host,
Dylan Dawson. The Unitti Lions have a huge matchup that
awaits them across the country this Saturday, as they travel
to take on USC in a three thirty matchup on CBS,
which of course will be twelve thirty local time out
there in SoCal. The betting line on this thing currently
sits at Penn State minus four. I've seen it as

(00:28):
low as two and a half and as high as
five and a half or six a day or two ago.
This feels very much like a game that will sort
of determine if Penn State is a legitimate championship contender
this season. USC dropped their recent game to Minnesota, so
they fell out of the rankings completely, but they are
a few plays away from being a top ten team.

(00:49):
They were eleven last week. This is a very good
team that PSU has to play on the road across
multiple time zones. This stat has been floating around quite
a bit. I'm sure some of you have seen. I
figured that i'd share that Big ten teams are one
in eight this season when traveling across multiple time zones
to play a road conference game. Which is of course

(01:10):
what PSU is doing this week. That stat is a
bit overblown because when you look into it, most of
those losses were expected or they were favored to lose anyways,
regardless of the time zones. So it's not like those
were all upsets. But the stat is noteworthy regardless. So
let's get this thing started by highlighting some USC players
to keep an eye on this Saturday. Miller Moss is,

(01:33):
of course, their guy at QB, who is one of
the top in the conference at his position. Moss has
thrown for about fourteen hundred yards and nine touchdowns through
five games. He's not really a dual threat guy, but
he can take off and burn you with his legs
on occasion, so that's something Penn State and Tom Allen
will have to account for. He has been very accurate

(01:53):
for the majority of the season's sitting at about sixty
five percent completion percentage right now, but he has been
making some mistakes, especially under pressure. The USC offensive line
is probably the weakest link on this team, and they
haven't been able to give Miller Moss a clean pocket
very often. Moss has nine excuse me four picks this season,

(02:14):
and I believe a few fumbles as well, so he
can make the big play, but also the big mistake.
Speaking of mistakes, USC has made a lot of them
against the hiring competition they face this season. They have
committed two turnovers against Michigan, three against Wisconsin, and then
three last weekend against Minnesota. USC has a handful of weapons,

(02:38):
but their top pass catchers both reside in that receiver room,
and that would be Zachariah Branch and Jacoby Lane. Branch
is quite possibly the most explosive player in college football.
He is only a true sophomore, but he is good.
He's fast as explosive. He also has return duties for
the Trojans, so he returns kicks and punts. I believe

(02:59):
he's on has to crush his catch numbers from last year.
He had thirty one I believe all of last year.
He's already up to twenty one through five games. But
he has been somewhat suppressed on the season on that
explosive explosivetivity level. I think that could be due more
to the weapons emerging in the UFC offense, which allows them,

(03:21):
of course, to spread the ball around more. Branch actually
doesn't have a touchdown yet on the season, so he
is absolutely due for one. But twenty one catches for
two hundred and twenty seven yards are the numbers so
far for Zacharie Branch. The Trojans' top wide receiver as
far as statistics go, would be Jacobe Lane. He is
more of a possession guy at about sixty four five,

(03:44):
but he can make the big play as well. He
also has twenty one catches on the year for two
hundred and thirty four yards and four touchdowns. Running back
Wood he marks he is a playmaker. He'll definitely need
to be accounted for this weekend. Despite running behind a
struggling offensive line, Marks is averaging nearly six yards per carry.

(04:05):
So far, He's put up four hundred and sixty eight
yards and four touchdowns on the ground, and he's very
involved in the pass game as well. He's actually caught
nineteen balls on the air, which is third on the
team behind the aforementioned duo of Branch and Lane.

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Speaker 1 (05:43):
Moving on to the defense, I apologize if I pronounced
this name wrong, but at linebacker Easton Mascarinas Arnold is
the leading tackler on that Trojan defense. He has collected
thirty six so far on the year along with an interception.
He was a very effective playmaker last year as well
as an Oregon State Beaver, putting up one hundred and

(06:06):
six tackles on the year as well as two sacks
and two picks. This is his first season with USC
after spending his first two out there in Corvallis with
Oregon State. Safety Kamari Ramsey is one of their better dbs.
He has twenty tackles, two forced fumbles, a sack, and
a pass defense on the year. Right, let's now make

(06:29):
the transition into some predictions. A lot of you guys
know the drill at this point. I will give three
predictions as well as my pick for the final score.
So first up, this game will be a huge test
for the Penn State secondary. USC is very deep, very
talented at wide receiver, probably the second best wide receiver
room that Penn State will face all year, behind just
Ohio State, of course, and they're gonna air it out.

(06:51):
Miller Moss has been throwing like forty passes per game.
So this prediction is basically to say that the PSU
secondary will have a solid night but will also take
their lumps along the way. Give me two hundred and
fifty plus pass yards for USC quarterback Miller Moss, but
two interceptions for the Netty Lions. Next, as I briefly

(07:12):
mentioned early on in the pod, the Trojans offensive line
has become the far and away number one concern for
that team. It hasn't necessarily shown up too much on
the stat sheet, but that's because the poor O line
play has basically shifted USC's entire offensive approach. They have
masskeating that ball out very quickly before the pass rush

(07:32):
can get home, so that kind of hinders their strength
as an offense, which is the passing game. They don't
have the time to let those talented receivers get deep
downfield and allow the routes to develop, So I think
USC will have to at least try some that deeper
stuff this Saturday, which provides PSU edge rushers with some

(07:53):
opportunities to make some splash plays. So give me four
plus sacks, with at least one of those being a
strip for the Nitty Lions. Finally, this game appears to
be a great opportunity for the Penn State run game.
USC has been giving up quite a bit on the ground,
especially through the big play. Shout out to Land and

(08:14):
Tangwall for pulling this stat. The Trojans have given up
runs this season of sixty three, forty seven, forty one,
forty and thirty nine yards. Not sure about you, guys,
but Nick Singleton absolutely comes to mind for me in
that scenario. So with that being said, give me two
hundred plus yards on the ground for PSU and a

(08:35):
carry of fifty plus yards for mister Singleton. Finally, for
the score prediction, I am going with Penn State twenty seven,
USC seventeen. I think PSU tries to establish the run
and slow this game down. The Nitty Lions absolutely have
the advantage in the trenches in this matchup, so they'll
try to keep the key matchups in that area. Less

(08:56):
drives and less snaps for USC's offense means less opportunity
for their playmakers to make plays. Because of their loss
to Minnesota last weekend, the Trojans are now three and two,
and I'm not gonna lie that scares the hell out
of me. One more loss pretty much officially kills USC's
playoff chances, so they are backed into a corner now

(09:17):
Penn State is gonna get USC's best swing this Saturday,
so they'll need to be prepared and ready to go
from the jump. Penn State shows up and plays C
plus or B minus football, they will walk out of
the coliseum with a five to one record, so they
need to show up. They need to show up early
and be ready to go. So that is gonna do it.
For today's episode of the Penn State Pulse, Thank you

(09:38):
guys so much for tuning in, have a great weekend,
enjoy the game, and I will be back in front
of the camera shortly after to recap what went down.