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Early Rose Bowl money being bet big-time on Utah

I predicted 7 and 5 based on the expectation that Purdue, Michigan State and Minnesota would maintain or raise their performance based on last year's results. If they met those marks, they very likely win given Franklin's abysmal performance against really any team with a pulse. Looking back at this season, the equation holds. Penn State is 0 and 6 the last two regular seasons against the teams that fit the model. The model has proven 91% plus accurate when applied to Franklin's entire head coaching career. Where I erred was the quality of the competition, which is very very low this year when you look at who we played. Utah fits the model of a team that Franklin will lose to more than 91% of the time, but then again, I don't apply it to post season games for a variety of reasons. You never know when a team doesn't want to be there. For example, this is the year to play Bama in a bowl game and make a name for yourself because they likely don't want to be there. Now we have to think about me-first players opting out.
Whole bunches of excuses in this post. Why is it so hard for some people to admit when they are wrong. Dude you predicted 7-5 and Penn State was 10-2. End of the story.
 

Almost 30% of their receiving yards is sitting this one out. Nuts to bet any non playoff bowl this far out without knowing what the roster will look like.
 
My biggest concerns are being able to stop Utah's power running game (didn't work out well at Michigan) and getting the passing game going without Parker.

That said Utah lost 3 games this year. PSU can win this game if they play to their potential.
I agree with bd: I am most concerned about Utah's running game and, in particular, their big and physical offensive line. Thankfully, the Lions have a pretty stout front seven on defense, so this should be a very good matchup. I hope and trust that the Lions can win this game if they play without a bunch of mistakes.
 
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Almost 30% of their receiving yards is sitting this one out. Nuts to bet any non playoff bowl this far out without knowing what the roster will look like.
That kid is a player and it will probably affect their offense as Washington out has affected ours. He is a bigger part of their offense than Washington was to ours for reference. Which team has someone best capable of filling the void?
 
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Based on defensive performance last year after PJ's loss, it is clear he is replaceable. I not terribly worried there. What concerns me is our size strength issues up front on the edge. They are still there despite being a major factor in one game due to the softer than expected schedule. Utah is going to emulate the offensive approach Michigan used and has the personnel to do it, mostly. Michigan's approach mirrored what BYU (and a few others) did when Diaz was at Texas and it got him fired. Both used a dynamic man blocking scheme effectively neutralizing Diaz's pressure concepts blowing open massive holes in the process. He still hasn't figured out how to fully deal with this approach as evidenced by our struggles against Michigan State.
Didn't we crush Michigan St 35-16?
 
Whole bunches of excuses in this post. Why is it so hard for some people to admit when they are wrong. Dude you predicted 7-5 and Penn State was 10-2. End of the story.
Actually, what I projected was 7 and 5 or 8 and 4 with 9 and 3 being a reasonable best case and 6 and 6 behind a reasonable worse. I also said 10 and 2 was possible if everything that could break our way did, though that would be unlikely. Well, unlikely happened. End of story.
 
Actually, what I projected was 7 and 5 or 8 and 4 with 9 and 3 being a reasonable best case and 6 and 6 behind a reasonable worse. I also said 10 and 2 was possible if everything that could break our way did, though that would be unlikely. Well, unlikely happened. End of story.
Link the post to that then but no one seems to recall seeing that. In another thread which contains most of our posters preseason predictions, I quoted a post of yours where you had only predicted 7-5. In that predictions thread, I do not recall what you are now claiming.
 
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Arizona also scored a lot on usc. So did ucla.

Stop over rating utah.
They are just setting up their "well it's not a big win" and "they weren't as good as was initially thought because of x, y, z" after we beat the team they've been telling us are the 85 bears leading up to the game.
 
They are just setting up their "well it's not a big win" and "they weren't as good as was initially thought because of x, y, z" after we beat the team they've been telling us are the 85 bears leading up to the game.

If we beat Utah, it's a great win. IDGAF what Peggy Pigeon says. He's a blowhard who thinks he's some critical analyst when he's truly the biggest troll on the board. His takes are absolutely awful. He's probably BOBs nephew or something.
 
Utah's line is not UM. PSU was awful on gaps against UM, which resulted in Carter starting and Jacob's moving to a more natural position. The D was much better from then on. One thing that really concerns me is tempo. UM and OSU both killed us when they hurried up a few times. Diaz didn't get the calls in fast enough and the D wasn't in position.
 
Yep
My biggest concerns are being able to stop Utah's power running game (didn't work out well at Michigan) and getting the passing game going without Parker.

That said Utah lost 3 games this year. PSU can win this game if they play to their potential.
Yep and why do I think we will come out and look lost against their power run game and meanwhile no WR steps up. We only had a month to focus on these two key parts of our game plan.
 
Actually, what I projected was 7 and 5 or 8 and 4 with 9 and 3 being a reasonable best case and 6 and 6 behind a reasonable worse. I also said 10 and 2 was possible if everything that could break our way did, though that would be unlikely. Well, unlikely happened. End of story.
So you predicted between 6-6 and 10-2? Amazingly bold and prescient. Bet you put a couple sports books out of business.
 
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So you predicted between 6-6 and 10-2? Amazingly bold and prescient. Bet you put a couple sports books out of business.
He had us losing to Purdue, Auburn and Sparty. Flush this guy down the toilet.
 
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