OSU runs for over 250 yards against PSU. It's difficult to argue. Illinois had almost that much. Let's hope he's wrong.
Howard Griffith's bold prediction
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not very bold I'd say, given the evidence to date.
Yea, and if that happens Haskins will also have a field day throwing play action passes. You need a defense with a pulse to win games like this.
IMHO, many are missing a very, very, very important factor in regards to how well duhO$U's Offense and overall team will play.... This weekend will be the first legit Conference "road game" duhO$U will have played - let alone facing arguably the most difficult and hostile road environment in the Conference! (duhO$U did not play TCU in a real road game - the game was played at AT&T Stadium and supposedly duhO$U had at least a 60% to 40% advantage in support).
And before any of you know-nothing always-negative, posing-troll nimrods tell me how this factor isn't all that important, do tell me how mighty #3 ranked and heavy favorite duhO$U went into Kinnick Stadium last year and not only LOST, but got their over-rated asses kicked, 55-24 by UNRANKED Iowa??? OTOH, PSU has already won 2 true road games @ASWP and @Ill-noise. The fact that this game is @ The Beav in a night whiteout is a huge, huge, huge factor that renders comparisons of duhO$U's stats to-date completely irrelevant (just as they were last year when they went into the Iowa "road test" ranked #3 and laid an egg playing like an unranked DIAA patsy LMFAO! The fact that most of you dimwits think the fact thst this game is @PSU in a "Whiteout Game" is not a factor and largely meaningless demostrates what know-nothing morons and loser posing-trolls many of you are.
And before any of you know-nothing always-negative, posing-troll nimrods tell me how this factor isn't all that important, do tell me how mighty #3 ranked and heavy favorite duhO$U went into Kinnick Stadium last year and not only LOST, but got their over-rated asses kicked, 55-24 by UNRANKED Iowa??? OTOH, PSU has already won 2 true road games @ASWP and @Ill-noise. The fact that this game is @ The Beav in a night whiteout is a huge, huge, huge factor that renders comparisons of duhO$U's stats to-date completely irrelevant (just as they were last year when they went into the Iowa "road test" ranked #3 and laid an egg playing like an unranked DIAA patsy LMFAO! The fact that most of you dimwits think the fact thst this game is @PSU in a "Whiteout Game" is not a factor and largely meaningless demostrates what know-nothing morons and loser posing-trolls many of you are.
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Sounds like something you would say. Not surprised you started a thread on it.
Had to give this a like. It was a somewhat rational post.
That's why they play the game on the field not on message boards.Minnesota vs Maryland another great example of how the "blah, blah, blah" BTN b1g shizhole slanted jabbering-jabronis continually underestimate this factor (all we heard about from many of them was how awesome Minnesota's Defense was based on their 1st three games...and how great their offense was as well). All of the BTN Analysts said Minny would win this game and Minny collapsed like a house of cards in their first "road test" and played like a winless team at Maryland, not an undefeated team coming in with one of the statitically best defenses and combo defense-offense teams in the Conference!
What's interesting about that Iowa game is that if you re-watch it Ohio State seemed to deflate about the time Nick Bosa left on a well-deserved targeting call. I don't know if it was because he's that much of a difference-maker since we're told all the others on that line are really good, or if it was just demoralizing to see that happen to your teammate. Whatever it was, it seemed to have an effect. Let's hope they have another epic collapse in them because I'd really like to see that, though I'd hate to be like Iowa and roll the Bucks then get rolled the next week. A 1-pt win would be enough as long as we win the next week, too.
Yea, magnificent #3 ranked duhO$U played so well in their first real Conference "road test" last year??? (Ditto the year before in 2016 when #2 ranked duhO$U lost in their first real Conference "road test" to PSU). Those are little things know as FACTS Twit-boy, not your opinionated demogaguery! Absolute and UNQUESTIONABLE FACT that duhO$U has played like shit relative to their dominating statistics and uber-high Top 4 Ranking in each of the last 2 years in their first Conference "ROAD TEST". Why you suppose it will magically be different this year Twit-boy is a piece of imagined brilliance that only you know dipstick.
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I guarantee we won't get rolled the next week. Book it. Mark it down. We are on the Bye week
- Nobody says the home whiteout crowd is meaningless.
- Fans aren't just concerned because the defense has struggled at times. They are concerned because the defense has been extremely porous quite frequently against inferior opponents.
- Part of the reason OSU lost at Iowa is because they were coming off an extremely physical and emotional game vs. OSU. The same reason PSU lost at MSU.
This guys posting style reminds me of a poster from a couple years back. Can’t think of the name right now
Nice try dippy, but THE FACT REMAINS that a #2 and #3 Ranked duhO$U team played like shit relative to their gaudy statitics and uber-high ranking in each of the last two years respectively in their first real ROAD TEST of the Conference season (i.e, the very game that #4 duhO$U is entering THIS WEEKEND THIS SEASON!). And none of the drivel that you just wrote remotely addresses THIS INDISPUTABLE FACT moron! Not one single thing you wrote is a remotely affirmative debate argument as to the RELEVANT POINT RAISED - IOW, why duhO$U will not play like shit AGAIN THIS YEAR relative to their gaudy padded stats and ranking in their first real ROAD TEST this year just as they have FACTUALLY done in each of the last 2 CFB seasons???
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I can't follow it to be honest, I just know he's angry.
However, I do think Ohio St is still more untested than Penn St. The TCU to Texas loss tells me they have yet to play a top 40 team. I am positive App St is better than and has more heart than TCU.
However, I do think Ohio St is still more untested than Penn St. The TCU to Texas loss tells me they have yet to play a top 40 team. I am positive App St is better than and has more heart than TCU.
Yea, duhO$U playing like shit relative to their gaudi padded statistics and uber-high ranking in their first true Conference "road-game test" in each of last two seasons is "irrelevant", not peritent to this week's games or "insightful" like your moron self-declared "insightful" drivel and opinionated factually unsupported bullshit as #4 duhO$U enters their first true Conference "road-game test" this year??? Ummm, yea whatever you say dolt-boy. LMFAO at poser-troll, slack-jaw, just plain stupid, clown-boys Tom allows to dominate and RUIN this board for real Penn State fans....
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The part the Preppie forgot to type is that absolutely zero percent of his jibberish will mean a thing when the two teams step on the field Saturday evening.
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Really, it won't be duhO$U's first real Conference "road test" in 2018? You're so stupid, it's pointless trying to have a rationale debate with you as your statement is FACTUALLY INCORRECT dumbass, what a surprise coming from the always PSU-negative posing-troll crowd. But again, you're so dumb as a stump stupid you probably don't even see the FACTUALLY GLARING INACCURACY of your statement as you're so busy complimenting your own absurd inanity and retardation as wonderful "insight", LMFAO!
Well PSU is going to have to play at least 1 safety up and LBers blitzing a lot. Requirement #1 is that they can't tip their blitzes. That has to be fixed. That will get them some TFL and sacks, but it will also give tOSU some chunk plays, and Dobbins has explosive speed so you can count on him taking it all the way once or twice.
Anyway I think Griffith's right, unless Franklin and Pry and the PSU D have been playing possum, you can count on tOSU running for 250 and passing for at least that many.
If PSU plays good red zone D maybe they can hold them to 42. The question then becomes, can the PSU O score more than 42 on those guys? Unlikely, but not impossible.
Anyway I think Griffith's right, unless Franklin and Pry and the PSU D have been playing possum, you can count on tOSU running for 250 and passing for at least that many.
If PSU plays good red zone D maybe they can hold them to 42. The question then becomes, can the PSU O score more than 42 on those guys? Unlikely, but not impossible.
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He loses his mind every GD year over these games. He doesn’t even enjoy it and sounds like a lunatic. This game is a toss up, who cares what is said.
David Jones has said this, of all people, and it applies here. In the Big Ten, where and when a game is played means more than almost anything. If PSU gets hot and the crowd gets into it, anything can happen.
It's looking like there are some pretty big mismatches between the tOSU offense and PSU D, but we really don't know for sure because tOSU hasn't been tested. It may be the PSU D can do some things the TCU D couldn't do.
It's looking like there are some pretty big mismatches between the tOSU offense and PSU D, but we really don't know for sure because tOSU hasn't been tested. It may be the PSU D can do some things the TCU D couldn't do.
Had to give this a like. It was a somewhat rational post.
The issue I can'T seem to get past is that our (PSU) defensive vulnerabilities are worse than those of OSU. I think both offenses will do well. PSU must be able to get pressure on Haskins without bringing the house or it will a 10-14 PT loss. Hopefully the crowd can rattle some of their OL and Haskins and we can get some breakthrough blitzes.
Why? Because Cabinda isn't on the field? Or the law firm of Cothren and Cothran? Or Brandon Bell? We've gotten a TON of very talented kids more experience in the past few weeks than they would have gotten in a whole year in the past.
On the flip side, Haskins is starting like his 5th game, and last year it took their 5th year QB playing the game of his life to beat us. Plus Weber is only average these days, and appears to be gimpy. Plus people don't get to go on and and about the greatness or Prick Bosa, but then also discount the fact that he will be out. And let's not forget it's one of the toughest road vebues in the planet.
10-14 my fat ass!
Serious question. Why so angry all the time? You know nobody will take you serious with rants like this.
Dobbins longest carry for the year is 21 yards and he has 2 TDs. Anything can happen in a game but, I'm not sure why we should count on him taking it all the way once or twice.
I'm not sure that is accurate. As Penn State fans, we are more familiar with Penn State's defensive vulnerabilities than we are with OSu's defensive vulnerabilities. That doesn't mean that our vulnerabilities are worse than OSu's.
OSu gave up 31 points to Oregon State and were on the ropes against TCU. OSu gave up 28 points against TCU, who ended up scoring only 16 points against Texas the following week. Penn State will be OSu's first real test of the season.
I am not confident in a Penn State win here, but this OSu team is not a championship-caliber team this year, particularly without Bosa.
