By RALPH D. RUSSO, AP Faculty Soccer Author
Being a great, however undoubtedly not nice, quarterback could be a tough journey in school soccer.
Ok to begin and achieve success, however not adequate to fulfill followers that see solely a ceiling they want was larger.
That is the life that Penn State’s Sean Clifford and Oregon’s Bo Nix have led, and on Saturday, the veteran quarterbacks proved their value.
Clifford, in his sixth yr with Penn State, deftly guided the Twenty second-ranked Nittany Lions by way of hostile territory and to considered one of their most spectacular nonconference victories in years. Clifford took a lick from Auburn, popped again up and despatched Tigers followers house early from Jordan-Hare Stadium. Clifford was 14 for 19 for 178 yards, a dashing landing and nary a turnover.
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The long run at Penn State is five-star freshman Drew Allar. The long run appears vibrant and a few Nittany Lions fan are in a rush to get there. However for now, Clifford’s the person for Penn State coach James Franklin, who seems to have surrounded the 24-year-old with one of the best set of weapons the crew has had in in a number of years.
Freshman working backs Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen (who mixed 174 yards and 4 touchdowns) have resuscitated a Penn State working recreation that has been dormant for 2 years.
“The flexibility to be extra balanced and take strain off the passing recreation has been actually essential for us,” Franklin stated.
Add some gifted pass-catchers, and Clifford could be each game-manager and playmaker.
The file says Penn State is in the identical place it was final yr after three video games: 3-0, with an in depth highway win to open the Massive Ten season and victory in opposition to Auburn. An harm to Clifford midway by way of the Iowa recreation final yr despatched Penn State right into a spiral. This crew feels totally different.
In the meantime, Auburn went by way of two quarterbacks who mixed for 4 giveaways that buried the Tigers. Who knew how a lot Auburn would miss Nix?
The five-star recruit who began many of the Tigers’ video games the final three seasons had loads of highs and lows on The Plains, a mixture of the memorable and regrettable.
He jumped into the portal after final season and landed at Oregon. Sensible choice.
Two weeks faraway from being embarrassed by top-ranked Georgia, the Twenty fifth-ranked Geese seemed very very like the Pac-12 contender they had been anticipated to be in a decisive victory in opposition to BYU.
Nix threw two landing passes and ran for 3 scores in opposition to the Cougars. The final Oregon quarterback to try this: Heisman winner Marcus Mariota in 2014.
“One in all my previous coaches instructed me that strain is a privilege, and so I’ve actually taken that to coronary heart, and there’s nothing extra true for my part,” Nix stated. “When you’ve gotten numerous strain it signifies that folks imagine in you, folks imagine you are able to do it, otherwise you wouldn’t have strain in any respect.”
The Geese had been so badly outclassed by Georgia in Atlanta on Labor Day weekend it was tempting to wonder if new coach Dan Lanning and his workers is likely to be in over their heads. And there have been loads of Geese followers questioning if Nix was actually one of the best they may do a quarterback with former blue-chipper Ty Thompson on the bench.
Since that 49-3 loss, the Geese have scored 111 factors. In opposition to BYU, a crew that went 5-0 in opposition to the Pac-12 final yr and beat Baylor final week, Nix had the Geese up 38-7 within the third quarter.
Neither Clifford nor Nix are going to be gamers the draftniks debate after the season. And there’ll seemingly be moments this season when their followers nonetheless lengthy for the following massive factor.
However they had been greater than adequate Saturday.
Now that Nebraska has moved on from Scott Frost, who’s the following coach to be fired?
Auburn’s Bryan Harsin has appeared like a short-timer since final winter, when boosters determined to fish for a purpose to fireside him after only one season. The coup did not work, nevertheless it has been obvious that Harsin has little assist.
If there was a path to surprisingly profitable season that saved Harsin’s job, that is most likely gone now. Auburn subsequent dives into Southeastern Convention play: Can Harsin survive back-to-back highway video games in opposition to No. 1 Georgia and No. 20 Mississippi in mid-October?
Talking of Ole Miss, the Rebels beat Georgia Tech and coach Geoff Collins 42-0.
Collins is in Yr 4 of a rebuild that figured to be tough after the Yellow Jackets ran the choice below Paul Johnson, however has utterly did not launch.
Georgia Tech might be not the kind of college that is going to tug the plug this early. At this price, although, it is going to be powerful to play out this season. Georgia Tech has UCF subsequent week, No. 23 Pitt after that.
Lastly, Herm Edwards’ tenure at Arizona State appears to heading towards an unsightly conclusion after the Solar Devils misplaced 30-21 at house to Japanese Michigan, the primary Mid-American Convention crew to beat a Pac-12 crew.
Arizona State (1-2) opens convention play in opposition to No. 14 Utah, No. 7 USC and Washington.
Appalachian State is must-see TV. This week: The Mountaineer Miracle … App State’s foil final week, No. 24 Texas A&M, bounced again with a victory in opposition to No. 13 Miami. A quarterback swap did not do a lot to spice up the Aggies’ offense, however Miami saved malfunctioning within the purple zone. The subsequent three weeks for A&M: No. 10 Arkansas, at Mississippi State, at No. 2 Alabama. … The Pac-12 obtained much more fascinating this weekend, particularly within the Pacific Northwest. After Oregon’s victory, Washington and Michael Penix Jr., took out No. 11 Michigan State. The transformation of the Huskies’ offense below first-year coach Kalen DeBoer and Penix, the Indiana switch, has been exceptional … We’d have been too fast to name Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson a Hesiman contender after Week 1. He struggled once more and the Gators had been lucky to flee USF. … The primary recreation for Nebraska post-Frost couldn’t have gone a lot worse. No. 6 Oklahoma scored extra factors in Lincoln than it ever has in a rivalry that dates again greater than a century. … After 179 minutes of soccer this season, No. 1 Georgia permitted its first landing. Brock Bowers and the Bulldogs crushed South Carolina. … No thought simply how good No. 4 Michigan is after the Wolverines outscored Colorado State, Hawaii and UConn 166-17. Possibly Maryland can provide Michigan one thing near a recreation subsequent week. Identical could be stated for unbeaten Minnesota (3-0) having outscored weak opposition 149-17 … The Gophers trounced Colorado on Saturday. The Buffaloes are making a robust case for being the worst crew in Energy 5. … The primary FCS crew to beat a Energy 5 opponent this season is Southern Illinois. The Salukis got here in 0-2 and dropped Northwestern, which has misplaced two straight since beating Nebraska in Eire. … Per week after the Solar Belt registered three Energy 5 highway wins, South Alabama and Previous Dominion had two extra on their sights. However UCLA and Virginia each kicked walk-off subject objectives to keep away from the upsets. … The Solar Belt raided Convention USA within the offseason, however C-USA obtained a little bit revenge Saturday going 3-0 in nonconference video games. That included Rice beating Louisiana to finish the longest lively successful streak in FBS at 15 video games. … This week’s massive upset got here from the American Athletic Convention: Tulane beat Kansas State of the Massive 12 to go 3-0 for the primary time since 1998 … March Insanity in September: Kansas, Duke, Syracuse and Indiana are all 3-0. The Blue Devils and Jayhawks play in Lawrence, Kansas, subsequent week.
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By RALPH D. RUSSO, AP Faculty Soccer Author
Being a great, however undoubtedly not nice, quarterback could be a tough journey in school soccer.
Ok to begin and achieve success, however not adequate to fulfill followers that see solely a ceiling they want was larger.
That is the life that Penn State’s Sean Clifford and Oregon’s Bo Nix have led, and on Saturday, the veteran quarterbacks proved their value.
Clifford, in his sixth yr with Penn State, deftly guided the Twenty second-ranked Nittany Lions by way of hostile territory and to considered one of their most spectacular nonconference victories in years. Clifford took a lick from Auburn, popped again up and despatched Tigers followers house early from Jordan-Hare Stadium. Clifford was 14 for 19 for 178 yards, a dashing landing and nary a turnover.
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The long run at Penn State is five-star freshman Drew Allar. The long run appears vibrant and a few Nittany Lions fan are in a rush to get there. However for now, Clifford’s the person for Penn State coach James Franklin, who seems to have surrounded the 24-year-old with one of the best set of weapons the crew has had in in a number of years.
Freshman working backs Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen (who mixed 174 yards and 4 touchdowns) have resuscitated a Penn State working recreation that has been dormant for 2 years.
“The flexibility to be extra balanced and take strain off the passing recreation has been actually essential for us,” Franklin stated.
Add some gifted pass-catchers, and Clifford could be each game-manager and playmaker.
The file says Penn State is in the identical place it was final yr after three video games: 3-0, with an in depth highway win to open the Massive Ten season and victory in opposition to Auburn. An harm to Clifford midway by way of the Iowa recreation final yr despatched Penn State right into a spiral. This crew feels totally different.
In the meantime, Auburn went by way of two quarterbacks who mixed for 4 giveaways that buried the Tigers. Who knew how a lot Auburn would miss Nix?
The five-star recruit who began many of the Tigers’ video games the final three seasons had loads of highs and lows on The Plains, a mixture of the memorable and regrettable.
He jumped into the portal after final season and landed at Oregon. Sensible choice.
Two weeks faraway from being embarrassed by top-ranked Georgia, the Twenty fifth-ranked Geese seemed very very like the Pac-12 contender they had been anticipated to be in a decisive victory in opposition to BYU.
Nix threw two landing passes and ran for 3 scores in opposition to the Cougars. The final Oregon quarterback to try this: Heisman winner Marcus Mariota in 2014.
“One in all my previous coaches instructed me that strain is a privilege, and so I’ve actually taken that to coronary heart, and there’s nothing extra true for my part,” Nix stated. “When you’ve gotten numerous strain it signifies that folks imagine in you, folks imagine you are able to do it, otherwise you wouldn’t have strain in any respect.”
The Geese had been so badly outclassed by Georgia in Atlanta on Labor Day weekend it was tempting to wonder if new coach Dan Lanning and his workers is likely to be in over their heads. And there have been loads of Geese followers questioning if Nix was actually one of the best they may do a quarterback with former blue-chipper Ty Thompson on the bench.
Since that 49-3 loss, the Geese have scored 111 factors. In opposition to BYU, a crew that went 5-0 in opposition to the Pac-12 final yr and beat Baylor final week, Nix had the Geese up 38-7 within the third quarter.
Neither Clifford nor Nix are going to be gamers the draftniks debate after the season. And there’ll seemingly be moments this season when their followers nonetheless lengthy for the following massive factor.
However they had been greater than adequate Saturday.
Now that Nebraska has moved on from Scott Frost, who’s the following coach to be fired?
Auburn’s Bryan Harsin has appeared like a short-timer since final winter, when boosters determined to fish for a purpose to fireside him after only one season. The coup did not work, nevertheless it has been obvious that Harsin has little assist.
If there was a path to surprisingly profitable season that saved Harsin’s job, that is most likely gone now. Auburn subsequent dives into Southeastern Convention play: Can Harsin survive back-to-back highway video games in opposition to No. 1 Georgia and No. 20 Mississippi in mid-October?
Talking of Ole Miss, the Rebels beat Georgia Tech and coach Geoff Collins 42-0.
Collins is in Yr 4 of a rebuild that figured to be tough after the Yellow Jackets ran the choice below Paul Johnson, however has utterly did not launch.
Georgia Tech might be not the kind of college that is going to tug the plug this early. At this price, although, it is going to be powerful to play out this season. Georgia Tech has UCF subsequent week, No. 23 Pitt after that.
Lastly, Herm Edwards’ tenure at Arizona State appears to heading towards an unsightly conclusion after the Solar Devils misplaced 30-21 at house to Japanese Michigan, the primary Mid-American Convention crew to beat a Pac-12 crew.
Arizona State (1-2) opens convention play in opposition to No. 14 Utah, No. 7 USC and Washington.
Appalachian State is must-see TV. This week: The Mountaineer Miracle … App State’s foil final week, No. 24 Texas A&M, bounced again with a victory in opposition to No. 13 Miami. A quarterback swap did not do a lot to spice up the Aggies’ offense, however Miami saved malfunctioning within the purple zone. The subsequent three weeks for A&M: No. 10 Arkansas, at Mississippi State, at No. 2 Alabama. … The Pac-12 obtained much more fascinating this weekend, particularly within the Pacific Northwest. After Oregon’s victory, Washington and Michael Penix Jr., took out No. 11 Michigan State. The transformation of the Huskies’ offense below first-year coach Kalen DeBoer and Penix, the Indiana switch, has been exceptional … We’d have been too fast to name Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson a Hesiman contender after Week 1. He struggled once more and the Gators had been lucky to flee USF. … The primary recreation for Nebraska post-Frost couldn’t have gone a lot worse. No. 6 Oklahoma scored extra factors in Lincoln than it ever has in a rivalry that dates again greater than a century. … After 179 minutes of soccer this season, No. 1 Georgia permitted its first landing. Brock Bowers and the Bulldogs crushed South Carolina. … No thought simply how good No. 4 Michigan is after the Wolverines outscored Colorado State, Hawaii and UConn 166-17. Possibly Maryland can provide Michigan one thing near a recreation subsequent week. Identical could be stated for unbeaten Minnesota (3-0) having outscored weak opposition 149-17 … The Gophers trounced Colorado on Saturday. The Buffaloes are making a robust case for being the worst crew in Energy 5. … The primary FCS crew to beat a Energy 5 opponent this season is Southern Illinois. The Salukis got here in 0-2 and dropped Northwestern, which has misplaced two straight since beating Nebraska in Eire. … Per week after the Solar Belt registered three Energy 5 highway wins, South Alabama and Previous Dominion had two extra on their sights. However UCLA and Virginia each kicked walk-off subject objectives to keep away from the upsets. … The Solar Belt raided Convention USA within the offseason, however C-USA obtained a little bit revenge Saturday going 3-0 in nonconference video games. That included Rice beating Louisiana to finish the longest lively successful streak in FBS at 15 video games. … This week’s massive upset got here from the American Athletic Convention: Tulane beat Kansas State of the Massive 12 to go 3-0 for the primary time since 1998 … March Insanity in September: Kansas, Duke, Syracuse and Indiana are all 3-0. The Blue Devils and Jayhawks play in Lawrence, Kansas, subsequent week.
Observe Ralph D. Russo at https://twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP and pay attention at http://www.appodcasts.com
Extra AP school soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/college-football and https://twitter.com/ap_top25. Join the AP’s school soccer publication: https://bit.ly/3pqZVaF
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