* You know what, I take this back. James doesn't have a running game or a field goal kicker or a backup QB. They tried a frigging 27-yard FG with :56 left in the half. The kid fucking missed. James felt he had no choice but to go for it in the 4th quarter. Can't blame him. Man, that's a thin team.
Well, he did. They ought to knock James on the back of the head with a dirk when there's a 4th down. So this time PSU was trailing 23-20, 4th and 1 at the MSU 16, 12:43 left in the game. P-l-e-n-t-y of time, only a three point deficit. A 33-yard field goal, even for collegians, is a pretty sure thing. You tie the game with a FG. Are you going to win the ballgame if you score a TD? No. MSU's gonna get the ball back, you're going to get the ball back, there's p-l-e-n-t-y of time left. Having no running game all season, James calls a run. No gain. God damn it James, wft? After a MSU punt, a PSU fumble, and a MSU TD, now trailing by
10 (woulda been a one-possession game if he had kicked the fucking field goal) PSU gets the ball back with 4:02 left. Now he
has to go for it if there's a 4th down. And there is. A bigun' too. On 4th and 24 from their own 9 and 3:08 left James puts the outcome of the game in the hands of his best player (which James has an aversion to doing) and damn if Sean Clifford doesn't complete a 25-yard pass for a 1st down. They score on that drive, a TD too, but you see the clock management? Needing
two scores they get the TD with...:43 left. Now they gotta try an onside kick and guess what? MSU recovers. Runs out the clock, ballgame. God damn. PSU finishes the season 7-5 having lost to every good team they played except Wisconsin, and losing to pathetic Illinoise. Give that man a new contract! Oh that's right.
