You are absolutely right, your opinion is worthless. Thanks for visiting.
From an OSU fan
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Because 1. He /She is not a doctor 2. He/She has no son playing sawkur 3. He/She has no son playing soccer with a freaking broken hip.
Then your fan base must be drinking early this week.
Last two games were comfortable wins.
This one will be even more comfortable as Penn State will struggle to make first downs and Ohio State’s offense will be ruthless. Going to be over early. And I expect Munster to put any extra dose of “who’s conference boss” on the good guys.
Thanks for stopping by. Clifford is probably at 50 percent at best. Don’t know why Franklin is saying what he is saying that Clifford felt great Sunday. Well Saturday he couldn’t move and couldn’t run and grabbed his mid section on the side that he was hit by Iowa at least 10 times. If he was healthy I would say this game was a toss up. Without him healthy we are 0-2 last 2 games so there is that!!!
It usually turns much worse for O$U when they have to play outside the conference and don’t get all tbe calls.
Ever wonder why their bowl record sucks? It’s no coincidence.
Last 20 years? Well paterno coached 11 of those years and paterno wasn’t a stepping stone for any coach or school. O’Brien just wanted to be head coach in the nfl period. So we’ve had 3 coaches in 50 years. Osu has had how many? 6?7?
Exactly what you can expect by entitled academics. They have screwed up both football and academics.
No (well sometimes, but not much illegal anymore). They are just the beneficiary of treatment inside the conference. Once that evaporates in the bowl game, they lose more than win.
But as a buckeye fan, you already know this…
Here is another explanation. When OSU plays in the post season, they are playing one of the best if not the best team in the country. Alabama for example. OSU's success stems largely from the fact they are seen as one of the best pipelines to the NFL.
I think all the threads will be ignited by the AW that O$U is going to administer on the good guys. I imagine you will see some creative excuses from our resident (but dwindling) apologists. With promises of “we’ll get them next time”…”we have the #1 QB committed…” etc.
Perhaps you are not playing Clemson and Alabama when they are at their best.
Well, not as much anymore…but that record was built over decade of playing the next of the best.
Last 3 non BCS bowl games were all won by OSU. Notre Dame, USC and Washington were defeated by OSU. That doesn't include Big Ten Championship games, with the exception of 1 (loss to Mich State) all were won by OSU.
We are playing lesser competition in bowl games than OSU has over the past 10-20 years. That's pretty obvious.
They've had a winning bowl record during both the Tressel and Urb/Day eras. And I think they're the only ones to beat both Alabama and Clemson in the playoffs.
I'd gladly take that.
We have nothing to do with it, the powers that be control it. When Barron retires, do you think a “football guy” will be put in to replace him or an “academic guy”?
The Illinois loss was a terrible loss. Up until that time, while I criticized Franklin at times, I supported him, respected his ability to recruit, keep his team disciplined, and liked that he made his players go to class and graduate. In addition, It is my belief that a good coach should not be fired unless a great coach is lined up to replace him. However, if you really look hard, Franklin has a track record that he just can't seem to shake. While he has recruited above average skilled players on both sides of the ball, he has struggled getting and developing the players that still matter if you want to get to the next level, offensive linemen and to a lesser extent defensive linemen. He is not a great game day coach, he does not coach well with a lead, and his teams sometime fall apart after a loss. If you look at this year, while this team is definitely not better than Ohio State, we should be going into this game undefeated, even with Clifford hurt. The collapse at Iowa and the fact that Roberson seemed completely unprepared, as well as the debacle at home against a bad team in Illinois were both games that can be placed squarely on Coaching IMO.
I'm not sure if the OP is trolling or is sincere, but I have to agree with his assessment. While I'm not sure that all of the college coaching world believes that PSU is a Blue Blood program, I believe it is enough of a Blue Blood program to attract a coach that can get us to the next level, and still maintain some of the academic and character development that Penn State fans expect out of their coach.
Apologies, by “we,” I was referring to our school. And no, the next president will not be a football guy. Somebody’s got to reestablish our academic reputation that seems to have waned under Barron’s watch.
Certainly agree with you as it applies to recent years. O$U has been better by every measure on the field.
No doubt O$U has been the stringer program lately - by any on the field measure.
No way. 2017 and 2018 our team was better. Purely out coaches twice with 8 minutes left both times.
So it doesn’t really matter who are coach is, there’s a ceiling for any coach, but many have a lower floor.
In 2018, we went 9-4 and lost to Kentucky in the Citrus Bowl. OSU went 13-1 and beat Washington in the Rose Bowl. I'd say they were better.
2017 was our year, and we blew it. I really think we were the better team -- our best team since 2005, frankly.
Considering that PSU Football is extremely important in funding the total athletic program, Erickson was either dumb, short sighted or way overreacting to the scandal. Maybe all three...
We were up 15 with 8 minutes left in 2018 at home. So call it what you want if it makes you feel better.
Clearly we blew that game. But OSU was a better team that year. That's my only point.
As for 2017, I think we were better than OSU that year. Still can't believe we made JT Barrett look like peak Joe Montana in that 4th quarter.
I posted a thread about today being the 10th anniversary of Joe's 409th win. In the story attached, I was surprised to see that there was only 60,000 in attendance for that game. (I just didn't take note because who thought that would be his last and I didn't attend.)
We were 7-1 with our only loss to Bama and the weather was crappy but 60,000? How many would attend today against Illinois in crappy weather if we were 5-1 with our only loss being to Iowa? Oh how convenient, the official attendance (which I know is totally overblown as it probably was in 2011) from last weeks game was 105,001.
This culture problem they spoke of in 2011? 🙄
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All of them were in CYA mode: BOT’s (Steve Garban, John Surma, Ken Frazier), Baldwin, Peetz, Rodney Erickson, etc…
After hiring Louis Freeh and framing Paterno, Curley, Spanier, etc…
