OSU Dback just got ejected for targeting

Four of us came in from Philly last night. Staying downtown- jogged over to stadium 2 miles away — friendly security guys- no tailgating at 8am. Stadium seems smack next to an Engineering building- campus is nice. Everyone friendly as I had Penn State stuff on.
We didn’t sign up for the alumni Roar Tour. Any bars to check out this afternoon? Wonder where team is staying? Mostly watching other games and bars till game time.

Again. 4-4 with 4 games left. Could win all 4. Could lose all 4. More likely they’ll split which would leave them 6-6. This is not great. It is actually the definition of mediocre.

@ Wisconsin, OSU, and Washington is a pretty tough stretch. I don't think the defense is strong enough to win all three so I'll be happy with 2-1.

Wisconsin at night is a real tough place to play but I think PSU has the advantage because Wisconsin doesn't have a great passing attack.

I think the only way we beat OSU is if Allar has one of his best ever performances and the team can feed off the crowd.

We should beat Washington but they're not going to be an easy out, especially if there's a letdown after a loss to OSU. The Whiteout crowd might help keep them motivated.

If we win 2 of the next 3 we'll probably be ranked around 8th and will need to win out to secure a home playoff game. I wouldn't have thought it until Saturday but Maryland might be our toughest obstacle. Billy Edwards has quietly moved to the top of the BiG in passing yards with 2,113 yards (Allar has 1,492 yds with 1 fewer game). Edwards is completing 70% of his passes with 13 TDs vs 4 INT. The secondary isn't PSU's strength so it could be a tough matchup. Fortunately that game is in Beaver Stadium. Unfortunately it could be a half empty stadium because it's Thanksgiving weekend.

What's the latest with this kid?

I recall after week 2 someone very prematurely saying the Giants made the right move getting rid of Barkley.

Barkley says how you like me now with:

175 yds - 10 yds/c avg - 1 TD

Barkley single handedly destroyed the Giants.

Who will start next season? Does Ford come back? Fisher, I was hoping would make it back this season. Is Artis getting playing time this year? The staff is high on Granville. Other young guys highly recruited; Andrews. Williams, Mupoyi, Cunningham. Would like to see some of the younger guys get some playing time.

There’s a number of PSU podcasts; which is your favorite?

Want to give a shout out to Landon Tengwell. OL alumnus that had Ryan Barker on recently and raised the NIL money for him. I went back through his catalogue and started with his 1st episode, where he had Bradley "Spider" Cardwell, retired long-time equipment manager on his podcast. GREAT episode; highly recommend it. The story behind getting names on the jerseys of the 2012 team was especially great. Behind the Wall” it’s called.

First..I LOVE Willie..
2nd..I believe Willie was drinking too many Coors Banquet with some of his PSU takes..I love it

PSU has 3 returning champs..two returning finalists, etc..we all know what we have coming back

In Willie's Crystal Ball..PSU only ends with 2 champs (drunk take)..Messenbrink/Kerk

Picking against 4 timer..drunk (can it happen? Sure anything can, cmon Willie)
No PSU even making round of 16 at 197..drunk


The rest of his PSU picks were fine..just thought these 2 were funny and his way of trolling. Love ya Willie, but lay off the beer.

Willie's PSU picks

Luke.3
Davis round 12
Beau 3
Van Ness 2
Kasak 3
MM 1
Levi 2
Carter 2
Barr..no where to be found
Kerk 1

What did Barr do to Willie? 14-0 redshirt coming off World Silver at U20..yeah right.

Funniest thing is Basch, texted Barr before the show and told him Willie didn't pick him anywhere and where does he see himself..his reply 197 National Champ!

Great show boys!

Brett McMurphy's latest @ActionNetworkHQ bowl projections. I'd sign up for this in a minute.

Ahead of another loaded weekend of college and NFL games, take a look at where some of the biggest names in the sport were ranked as high school recruits and whether or not their ranking was a Hit or a Miss.

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Carter arrived at Penn State and made an immediate impact. The former Rivals250 prospect posted eight sacks as a freshman, four as a sophomore and already has four this season. Carter’s tackle numbers have dipped a bit but he’s still considered a likely first-round selection in the upcoming NFL Draft.

As a high school prospect, Carter wasn’t very open about his recruitment. South Carolina and Ole Miss hosted him for visits and he was interested in Ohio State but the Buckeyes didn’t offer. Something they’re surely regretting, as we are with his respectable but still too low ranking.

Verdict: Miss

This week: Penn State at Wisconsin; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET; NBC/Peacock

BetMGM: Penn State -6.5

Help me out here if you know anything about the Wisconsin players and matchups.

One thing you can say about them is they've played a tougher schedule than PSU. They've lost to the good teams, beaten the bad teams. They may have played their best game of the season handling NW but NW doesn't have much going on this year. Blew out Rutgers but the bottom has dropped out for RU so that may not mean much. Beaten soundly by USC -- USC outscored them 28-0 in the 2nd half (game was at USC). Lost to Alabama.

Passing yards per completion, PSU ranks 12th, WI 68th, but they have played better teams so that may not mean much.
Scoring defense, WI ranks 18th in the country. That may mean something. IL ranks 22nd and that's probably the best defense PSU has seen. (PSU ranks 9th by the way, but again, hasn't played the kind of teams Wisconsin has played). PSU's 10th in Rushing D, Wisconsin 61st, again see schedule.

Sacks allowed, PSU ranks 16th, WI 30th. Rushing offense, PSU 25th, Wisconsin 35. Turnover margin, Wisky ranks 101 bc they've lost 7 fumbles and 5 Ints. (PSU is middle of the pack in TO margin). But you could turn that around to mean, maybe Wisky would have won a couple more games if they hadn't fumbled so much. Still, I bet PSU is emphasizing forcing fumbles this week.

Team tackles for loss: PSU is 30th, Wisky only 120th. So they do not have a D-line that gets a lot of penetration and/or not a lot of blitzing. That may be style of play if they're playing a relatively passive BBDB kind of scheme. Still, that looks like one potential area of opportunity for PSU.

I really don't know what the WI players to watch are. Reportedly a good secondary, great safety (though they only rank 106th in interceptions -- PSU is only 69th), good running backs. Their QB looked good against Rutgers but he was under no pressure, so who knows.

All in all I would guess a pretty similar game to Illinois. Tougher in that it will be an away game, but Illinois may have better athletes in a few places and a very good QB. PSU has done well in recent years against Wisconsin -- they've usually won with speed and explosive plays. But this year, with this offensive line and Kotelnicki's running schemes, they might be able to play bully ball a little bit too.

We haven't heard from Eduardo lately.

The market is near all time highs with stock prices growing faster than profits. The current PE ratio of the S&P 500 is 26.4 which is historically high and higher than other countries. I thought this was interesting:

If the season isn't already in the annual shi*can, it is close. Is Browns management really this incompetent or are they simply not intended to win?