Unofficial game thread - playoff vs Penn St

[Red Dragon Coog]

Lol

[Arkpony]

Almost another interception.

[highlander]

Team needs a major roster rebuild. And more high IQ players. Too many boneheaded mistakes.

Seriously? You want to blow up this roster?

[Charleston Pony]

I think the pundits who were proclaiming Kevin Jennings an early 2025 Heisman candidate can scratch him off that list

[Mustangs35SMU]

Keep fighting. Game is over but just keep fighting.

[Arkpony]

Finally!

[Mustangs35SMU]

Touchdown Ponies!

Just keep fighting.

[highlander]

I imagine there are a whole lot of torn ACLs on this thread, what will all the knee-jerk reactions…

[highlander]

This was a great learning experience. Now we can see first hand where we need to get to as a program.

[Mustangs_Maroons]

Team needs a major roster rebuild. And more high IQ players. Too many boneheaded mistakes.

Seriously? You want to blow up this roster?

After watching this game, yes. It was an absolute embarrassment of low football IQ plays. Unforced interceptions, unforced false starts, unforced PI that extended a lay for them. Too many of them.

If we want to compete at this stage, we need significant upgrades.

[highlander]

Team needs a major roster rebuild. And more high IQ players. Too many boneheaded mistakes.

Seriously? You want to blow up this roster?

After watching this game, yes. It was an absolute embarrassment of low football IQ plays. Unforced interceptions, unforced false starts, unforced PI that extended a lay for them. Too many of them.

If we want to compete at this stage, we need significant upgrades.

I think the main difference was OL. That’s where we need to upgrade. Yes, KJ had a bad game, but he will learn from this.

[Mustangs_Maroons]

Seriously? You want to blow up this roster?

After watching this game, yes. It was an absolute embarrassment of low football IQ plays. Unforced interceptions, unforced false starts, unforced PI that extended a lay for them. Too many of them.

If we want to compete at this stage, we need significant upgrades.

I think the main difference was OL. That’s where we need to upgrade. Yes, KJ had a bad game, but he will learn from this.

I agree it’s most apparent the OL where need significant upgrades. But Jennings is a gunslinger and he’s clearly not learned. He didn’t learn after Duke, he didn’t learn after the Clemson game. He makes too many bad reads and mistakes. The spotlight may just be too big for him in big games.

[highlander]

The defense was fantastic today, all things considered.

[Smumba2009]

What an infamous performance by Kevin. What a villainous betrayal of his teammates. Two weeks in a row, he single handedly sabotaged his team leading to two defeats in what well could’ve been two historic victories.

Surprised this comment didn’t generate more responses… he’s done a lot of good this year but I have to agree with this and I do find myself asking if Stone was the right decision and if we need to go seek out a transfer portal QB if we expect to upgrade to conference champs and championship contender. Will be interesting to see as KJ clearly struggled in big games.

[PonyME]

Great season, exceeded expectations and it was great entertainment with a fun team to watch. As someone mentioned, we now know where we need to be in the coming years- we wanted to play with the big boys and this is what we’ll see more of. It’s not coincidental that Jenning’s implosions came against the three best D’s we played this year. Getting first team reps in the spring and summer will help him make the leap in my opinion, I mean he’s a talented but green QB and I’m looking forward to seeing him play next Fall. I support him.