Penn State quarterback Drew Allar recaps win over Bowling Green

I mean I think we got everything that we expected like we knew coming in on both sides of the ball that bowling Green's a really talented team like it doesn't matter what level they're they're put at in conference but they're they're a really good team they're really talented they got a couple good DBS I know number one like going into the game I had a lot of respect for him I was just watching him throughout the week on film um and you know they had a good group of linebackers and their D line was pretty good too they did a lot of good things uh a lot of different run twist up front to try to confuse our o line I thought our o line did a good job of picking most of those up for the most part but uh overall I mean I think it was what we expected um we knew they were going to come out and play hard play physical play fast and uh we expected definitely less but they're they're a really talented group game like this how valuable is he to have a GU just so consistent yeah I mean it's very valuable like you said he's very consistent probably one of the most consistent guys on our team on both sides of the ball um and obviously he's he's a really big Target so that's and he gets he just finds ways to get open like he's really good job of feeling Zone versus man and and those sorts of things and he's super uh crafty and uh Savvy in that aspect of his game and obviously he's a really good run blocker so very complete tight end and it's it's really nice to have that you know has an option to go to when he catches the ball in open Feld he doesn't run when you complete open field what what's like out uh it's definitely like like oh we're going to we're going to get a bigger game than I expected uh because obviously like most TI nights like just not the part of their game but I think we have a really talented tight end group and Tai has that ability but all of our tight ends have that ability um but it's cool for them to Showcase that uh just for other teams that are up coming on our schedule so that they're going to have to respect them U not only as run blockers and pass catches but Playmakers with the ball in their hand I know it's fresh but how um I think overall I I did a pretty good job there's definitely going to be some things I want to have back obviously that interception um honestly it was a really good play by the DD I thought it was going to be cover zero looked at cover zero I was like all right my I'm going to give give Trey a shot and uh the corner that was to the field outside of Trey did a good really good job of just reacting to the throw in the air um so obviously i' would like to have that back and see that recognize that quicker uh there's a couple passes I won to Julian um I missed him on a quick out uh but you know I thought I play pretty clean overall there's there's always going to be things to clean up but you know I think um as a quarterback we did a really good job of preparing for this week and um you know Bowling Green threw a lot of stuff at us but I thought we were really well prepared and we did a lot of good things throughout the game Drew how would you describe the in the like this you would want to know but it wasn't maybe as uh I mean I think it's just a win at the end of the day there's a lot of it's hard it's hard to win in college football no matter who you're playing or who you're playing against where wherever you're playing it's hard to win in college football um obviously we want to play cleaner on both sides of the ball I know offensively there was a couple penalty like I felt offensively I don't think we stopped ourselves many times uh there was a lot of penalties where we put ourselves in hard situations and backed up situations that are hard to convert on and Bowling Green did a good job of you know making those looks tough on us but I think um at the end of the day if we clean up the pre- snap penalties like we'll we'll put our and the penalties during the plays will will be in a lot better spot and we'll be in a lot better positions to like you know sustain drives more often um and make third Downs a little bit more manageable for us you mentioned the that um honestly I didn't really see it uh because I was so far behind the play um I I guess I'd have to look at it I know like I I don't know what happened but I'm guessing Amari was just and fighting at the end of the day which he has to do he can't he can't just let DBS grab him and stuff like that it's a part of his game where he's really grown and just being more physical in general um and honestly like obviously we don't want the pi to be called but you know I think he did a really good job today of just you know making contestant catches obviously a touchdown beat his guy deep um that would have been another one um but you know we we can only worry about what we can control we can't really control what the ref's call so when that happens we just have to flush it and move on to the next player in next series Drew what value is there in going through a tough test like this early in the season uh I mean I think it's very valuable I think in general like we've had two very tough opponents to open up the year um it's just going to help us obviously the schedule's going to get tougher every week um we're going to have to do a good job of just preparing every week uh I think you know no matter who we're playing we have to worry about our process and how we prepare for games uh none of that can change based on the opponent um I think we have to do a good job with preparing like every game is I guess for a lack of better turn than the Super Bowl um because we we get only get so many opportunities to go out there and actually play football we have to you know just make sure we're preparing like it's going to be our last game thanks you yeah so um it was something that we emphas coach Kay emphasized all week like when we have o Open Edge uh pressures down in the OR open Edge runs on down in the Red Zone like there there's possibility that they're going to crash and I have to be able to control that guy um I saw that guy crash we had Tai Warren on a little bit of a route like just a flat route um and the guy stuck with him in man coverage as soon as I saw that I was just like all right I just got to get into the end zone at that point um but yeah I think it was really good for our offense to come out and respond like that um just going down early in the game like I think we started fast like that obviously we didn't start fast last week um we had the turnover on the first drive but we did a good job of coing down and scoring right away for us as offense so I was proud of that fact you look really confident this season is that something with Coach K is family what is you to be more this season um I think it's a combination of things I think Coach K is definitely a part of it and Danny Danny O'Brien and Coach Franklin are definitely a part of it and I think just for me um I'm a lot more comfortable this year than I was last year just with everything uh what it's like to be the Penn State quarterback everything that comes with that the expectations and how to hand everything so I think through experience I I'm just a lot more comfortable but I think the biggest thing for me is I'm I'm just you know being myself uh just playing playing out there with emotion and passion which I have have to do I I definitely have to check myself on sometimes like I have to put like pick my spots to be passionate and emotional but I think uh just for me I wanted to go out play loose free and confident and I'm striving to do that every day in practice and I think the thing that's helping me is my preparation like these first games I've been super well prepared and I think that's a credit to the offensive staff like super detailed game plan like I know what's going to be called and why it's going to be called and then just me rehearsing it and prepar in preparation for those calls um just making everything as game likee as possible throughout the week