Mike Levine

“Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.” --Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

[Mike Levine @nitlion18]

@C_AdamskiTrib Outback Bowl draft picks.

[Mike Levine @nitlion18]

This IU team is a shining example as to what elite coaching & development looks like from the coordinators to position coaches. Fundamentally sound, to poise in big moments, physicality, and mission driven with everyone pulling together. We have lacked all of this. Onwards we go.

[Mike Levine @nitlion18]

Watching the cfp playoffs makes it abundantly clear how vital it is having a disruptive and dominant front, on both lines. And, it is frustratingly clear how the LOS from our lines hasn't been close to that. Lots of hope and belief in Coach MC and Co. to restore the physicality.

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@LandonTengwall

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@LandonTengwall

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@buchignani

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@TDsTake His takes are so off the rails of homerism and apologist, it almost doesn't seem human-like.

PSU could miss a bowl this year, and he will have myriad of excuses, while calling people names in the process.

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@TDsTake

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Beginning of the end.

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@buchignani When a loss happens, optics determine reax. Of course, no moral victories, absolutely not. Had we come out with improvement on the OL & the offense - establishing drives, being able to actually run and/or pass the ball, you feel differently. The first 3 quarters were unacceptable

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@AllPSUfootball @KevinHornePSU Pete...the last 2 games vs OSU and Oregon last night, PSU scored a grand total of three offensive TDs in regulation. Just terrible.

The B1G title game was an outlier performance. In the regular season, when it has mattered under this OC and QB, the results are sobering.

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@ThomasFrankCarr Beyond the fact that he passed it like it was a programmed throw...had no feel that Luke wasn't really open even with a good pass. DA had his mind set that he was passing it regardless. The whole offense is clunky and predictable...the plays don't build and layer off each other.

[Mike Levine @nitlion18]

@ThomasFrankCarr Enjoy your work, sir.

That pass requires tremendous precision to get it over the corner and underneath the safety, and to the short side of the field. Too much to ask in that spot with a QB and pass game that have been off the mark all season. It was a nonsensical play call.

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No moral victories. A win that needed to be had.

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@LandonTengwall It cannot be this difficult annually to be more productive on first downs to then set up manageable 3rd downs. It's fascinating and should be studied how much of a struggle it is each and every year.

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This offense has generated zero offensive TDs in six quarters at home vs OSU and Oregon the last two seasons.

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@ThomasFrankCarr Yep, I am concerned with the offense in general. 0 yds passing on third downs as the game is in the 3rd quarter is something.

[Mike Levine @nitlion18]

@ThomasFrankCarr T-Frank, really enjoy your work. A question for JF would be why has it been so difficult to move the sticks on 1st and 2nd downs? I can't remember this many 3rd downs vs nobodies in a long time. Much of the 3rd down struggles seem to result from the first two downs being poor.

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@ThomasFrankCarr Blocked very well on this play...need to get more yards off that run. The run game is fine, not great. No deep passing game either. Our offense, unfortunately, appears to have to play the long game to score. Hard to win games against better opponents that way.

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@fortheblogy @LandonTengwall What a sobering video...great work, sir. It is beyond belief all the missed blocks and assignments, and absolute disorganization up front for a senior-laden group. People who blame rust on this are making excuses. These basics in blocking should be natural at this point.