Penn State Football: The benefits of making a NY6 Bowl game

TAMPA, FLORIDA - JANUARY 01: Sean Clifford #14 of the Penn State Nittany Lions looks to throw a pass in the first quarter against the Arkansas Razorbacks in the 2022 Outback Bowl at Raymond James Stadium on January 01, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FLORIDA - JANUARY 01: Sean Clifford #14 of the Penn State Nittany Lions looks to throw a pass in the first quarter against the Arkansas Razorbacks in the 2022 Outback Bowl at Raymond James Stadium on January 01, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images) /
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Penn State freshman quarterback Drew Allar rolls to his right as he looks to pass during the 2022 Blue-White game at Beaver Stadium on Saturday, April 23, 2022, in State College.Hes Dr 042322 Bluewhite
Penn State freshman quarterback Drew Allar rolls to his right as he looks to pass during the 2022 Blue-White game at Beaver Stadium on Saturday, April 23, 2022, in State College.Hes Dr 042322 Bluewhite /

More Practice

The first, and perhaps most important, is it lays the foundation for the following campaign.

In between the end of the regular season and the New Year, teams are able to get in two or more weeks of practice.  While this may not seem all that important initially, the benefits of that extra preparation simply cannot be overstated.

Specifically, it gives Drew Allar another couple of weeks to continue taking reps with the first string and various potential starters in ’23. There are a couple of redshirts (see Anthony Ivey and Tyler Johnson) at the wide receiver position that could use this time to get ready to have a big spring.

Listening to the television announcers today, Spencer Tillman stated that Manny Diaz’s defense was one of the most complicated in all of football and it was the level of sophistication that made it so difficult to scheme against. With terminology and stunts so difficult to learn, there is never enough time to learn a system this difficult, but an extra couple of weeks would most definitely help.

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