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    Don’t Give Him Heisman (Yet)

    Matthew CubberleyBy Matthew CubberleySeptember 2, 2022No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Fans Overreact

    Twitter was losing it on Nittany Lion quarterback Sean Clifford when it was looking as though Penn St might fall on the road last night to Purdue.

    The Boilermakers are a very competitive bunch and a solid opponent on both sides of the ball. This did not stop Penn St fans from tweeting directly at Clifford after his lone turnover, a bad overthrow.

    You can imagine what was being said

    Please remember, these are amateur, student-athletes. I am all for raising the profile of young athletes and using their names on social media. To tweet directly at a student-athlete’s personal twitter account with messages of hate or ill will? Uncalled for.

    Sean Clifford Responds

    Clifford has obviously learned to have thick skin during his time in Happy Valley.

    An experienced leader, Sean Clifford is 24 now and in a position to lead a very talented offense to huge production. He was not about to let one bad pass torpedo an entire season chalked full of promise.

    Sean Clifford scrambles vs Purdue. Photo cred. CBSSports
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    It was a back and forth game that saw Purdue QB Aidan O’Connell attempt 58 passes, a dozen of which were caught by Iowa transfer Charlie Jones for 153 yards and a score.

    O’Connell was 2nd Team Big-Ten last season, and Clifford stood toe to toe with him throughout the night.

    Even when Clifford missed the opening drive of the second half for Penn St while cramping, he was able to keep his team in the game long enough to set the stage for his ridiculous final drive.

    Sean Clifford Goes Full John Elway

    In a game with seven lead changes, it was the final score that was the most impressive.

    No one play in particular aside for maybe Western Kentucky transfer Mitchell Tinsley’s run-after-catch come to mind, rather, it’s the collection of plays and the rapid pace with which they were executed is the talk around the water cooler today.

    Sean Clifford passing vs Purdue. Photo cred. On3
    Sean Clifford’s 2-minute drill, capped by a GW 10-yd TD pass to RB Keyvone Lee, was borderline magical

    With just over 2 minutes to play, Clifford engineered an eight play, 80 yard drive. He completed seven passes for 72 yards, including the go-ahead touchdown to veteran RB Keyvone Lee with just :57 left in the game. This was the seventh and final lead change on the night.

    The final drive for Penn St was so efficient that it did not require the Nittany Lions to use either of their remaining timeouts.

    Sean Clifford Deserves Apologies

    It’s one thing for someone to experience the ups and downs that come natural with athletics and have to hear about it from your team’s fans publicly. To be attacked on social media for you performance in a game that isn’t even over yet? Outrageous.

    I hope those same fans who were sending mean tweets to Clifford sent him twice as many nice ones.

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    Matthew Cubberley has been writing for Gridiron Heroics since July 2022, primarily covering the B1G and AAC. He graduated with a BA in Communication May of 2020 from Bowling Green State University, where he was a student intern with the athletic communications department. He's previously written for the Sentinel-Tribune, Power Sweep Newsletter, and Phil Steele's College Football Preview.

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