OSU -13 to open. UPDATE...now at -18.

[PSUFBFAN]

From a literal standpoint, u are correct, sir. Maybe I should have said, they play small. YGM as u mentioned is physically the part, as is Chase Young, and he is incognito in most games. Windsor shined vs Iowa, haven't heard from him since. Oweh vs MSU, and then nothing. We are a notch or two below OSU (but still probably the closest to them) of anyone in the B1G...and to me, where it shows the most, is up front -- more so than at the skill positions. JF talks all the time about game wreckers -- how much PSU needs them and what they look for on film when scouting an opponent. We certainly have game wreckers on offense in Pat and KJ, we don't have close to one on defense. That is a HUGE issue.

"We certainly have game wreckers on offense in Pat and KJ, we don't have close to one on defense."

Truer words were never spoken. MN has the Winfield kid in the secondary - a game changer. OSU has always has a Bosa, Young, etc. We don't have anybody like that - Micah Parson is turning into a solid linebacker, but when was the last (or first) time he had an interception, a strip sack, a fumble caused, a scoop and score or pick six? Nada.

 

[danvillenit]

1000% accurate....here is the problem we have going up against the likes of Michigan and OSU annually and where we have struggled recruiting...using your two sentences "Defensively, our line can't get a push against any OL with a pulse in the Big Ten. Gross Matos and Toney have a combined 0.5 sacks against Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State and Minnesota". OSU has had studs up front the last decade that have been game changers....Clemson with all those 1st rounders, including Christian Wilkins, who might have made the difference with us making a playoff since we were heavy after him. I know Phil gets so enamored every preseason with how fast Oweh runs or how much this guy lifts and Coach Spencer with the "wild dogs" nickname...but its all mumbo jumbo...we are too small to win the LOS and apparently, don't have enough speed to cause havoc in big moments...that equals exactly what u just wrote...a 1/2 sack in about a month...at this stage of the program with the star rankings at that position, Spencer needs to be heavily criticized...not one guy is a stud or close to it.

Three of the starting DLine were 3* that Spencer has developed. The four stars are mostly young guys with the exception of Simmons who has been injured. No one knows what is up with YGM but he was obviously great last year. Spencer doesn’t deserve heavy criticism