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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/hythloday1 on 2025-09-26 14:30:12+00:00.

Here’s my film study preview of Penn State in 2025, including video documentation, a podcast interview with Nittany Blues, and a background of charting the previous four years:

addictedtoquack.com/…/duck-tape-film-analysis-of-…

My questions for Penn State fans:

  1. Any trends I’ve missed, or players I’m being unfair to?
  2. What’s going on with the offensive line? Was the Donkoh/Rucci move expected, or the Cousins/Shanahan rotations? And did somebody replace Shelton with a pod person?
  3. I didn’t expect the run scheme change to put all the emphasis on the perimeter, do you think that’s upstream or downstream of the offensive line issues?
  4. Coach Franklin described Singleton’s performance against Villanova as a matter of getting his confidence back, is that how you see it too?
  5. Am I crazy or should they be playing like it’s the two-minute drill all the time? I’ve run out the adjusted pace-of-play numbers from 2024 as well and there’s a strong correlation between drive efficiency and APP - in every other week they averaged 27.77 seconds per play, and against Oregon it was 21.50 … look at the scoreboard.
  6. Do you get the sense that something’s being kept under wraps for Saturday? Kotelnicki opened the season with a drive of nothing but gadget plays against Nevada then put them all away, has used Peña as a glorified sweep man and possession receiver instead of the catch-and-run terror he was at Syracuse, and Ross as just Omari Evans 2.0 … that can’t be all there is, can it?
  7. I detected a big differential on tape between Dennis-Sutton / Fisher compared to the freshmen at end, and I think the buzz for the young kids is about their potential and ability to correct mistakes quickly and less about what they’re really getting done right now … do you think I have that right? The lines that they were playing against makes it hard to really assess objectively so I like hearing a wide range of subjective opinions for balance.
  8. Do you think the defensive tackles are as deep as they’ve been in the past? I’m detecting some signs of interior run fatigue that are teased out statistically in the article.
  9. I haven’t noticed any issues with Knowles, and indeed picked up a couple of ways I think the defense is a little more sophisticated in dealing with modern offensive tricks compared to Allen’s which are highlighted in film clips, though I’m not sure that the linebackers are completely ready to cover for the d-line’s aggression because of just how much tension they’re in. What do you think?
  10. I’ve been a longtime critic of this secondary, which I think puts me at odds with a lot of observers. How do you feel about their performance?