Comments on: It’s Penn State Week

By: Thursday random bits « Get The Picture

Thursday random bits « Get The Picture — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:48:43 +0000

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By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:16:52 +0000

Grandpa’s trying to bake a hot biscuit…

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:53:46 +0000

We’ll all be lucky to live as long and healthy as JoePa. Our bowel function will not be perfect forever. I think we can do without the “old” person/bowel jokes. It’s disrespectful to a great, legendary man and makes OSU fans look bad.

By: Doom

Doom — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:19:27 +0000

Penn State lurker here again;

As usual, props to the excellent website, a good mix of facts with some good satire.

Lion nation is cautiously optimistic, winning on the road is not our strong suit in recent seasons, nor is it good against ranked opponents. That being said, this team is every bit as good as the 2005 squad led by Robinson, and the jury is still out, that it might be better. That team suffered a brain fart and lost to THEM at their house in AA when they were large favorite.

Pryor scares me, I have followed him closely, being from PA. Vince Young athleticism with the potential for a much better touch passing. I wonder how much the Vest has shown from the TP playbook, didnt need to use much of it last week @ MSU. I would think tOSU wants to control the ball to keep it out of PSU’s hands. Your D is good, but I am convinced you want their O on the field as little as possible. A heavy dose of Beanie is what I see, and that is our weak link, where Sean Lee would have been w/o the knee blowout in the spring. This one will come down to what many of the others have in the past, like during the Troy Smith era, where it will be close, and the team that makes mistakes will likely be on the short side.

Here is to a great game, and that the team that plays the best, wins.

PS: Oliver Stone scenarios; its very realistic that you would meet USC again in the Rose Bowl. The networks will hate it, but its a chance at redemption. All Big 10 teams have been labelled as a result of tOSU’s shortcomings, and they continue to bias the voting with it, even if it happened in prior seasons. It has been said that Oklahoma can pass Penn State if both win out. Say what you want, but the computers are way more accurate (and objective) than the humans.

By: GoBucks89

GoBucks89 — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:01:46 +0000

Hey guys, we made the Wall Street Journal.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122444782078148231.html

Unfortunately, the story is about how it would be good for the league if we lost on Saturday. It must have been ghost-written by Mark May.

By: Malcolm Jenkins' Mother

Malcolm Jenkins' Mother — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:46:30 +0000

Daryll Clark has taken over for the graduated Anthony Morelli (he will be missed). Hopefully, Clark can keep the streak alive that Morelli started two years ago and throw a touchdown pass to Malcolm Jenkins.

By: Tom Blogical

Tom Blogical — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:02:24 +0000

Wisconsin hit OSU in the mouth at their place. These kids and seniors responded. I really don’t know what to expect this week, because I’m thinking with the MSU game that everything that could possibly go right for them did, and everything that could possibly go wrong for MSU did. What we haven’t seen from this team all year is CONSISTENCY.

We’re going to find out what the 2008 OSU Buckeye football team is all about this Saturday night.

By: Chaoscrusader

Chaoscrusader — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:46:32 +0000

Instead of saying, “We do need to have a ‘RED-out’…”, it should read, “We do NOT need to have a ‘RED-out’…”

By: Chaoscrusader

Chaoscrusader — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:43:11 +0000

ultraBuckeyehomer – Yes & No, we are really about .500 in man up situations (Texas, Michigan, Penn State, etc.). However, in the MNC is where we failed miserably. Florida – we went in to that game fat, dump, & happy. LSU – we overacheived last year and if you rule out the stupid mistakes we made, that game becomes a lot closer. However, it is what it is. The only thing we have to worry about is this Saturday and right now the confidence and the intensity of the team is increasing. In regards to adversity, we must improvise, adapt, and overcome. That comes from the coaching staff. With the coaches becoming more hands on, I see that improving as well. Yes, over the last couple years this team has taken some shots and folded like a wet paper bag (USC game). But DAMIT we can not and will not let that happen this week. Quite frankly, we as the fan base have to stop being spoiled pussies. We are in a war boys and girls. Get use to it. Everyone has to stand up and be accountable. I plan on being in the area Saturday and I plan on being legally and respectfully LOUD!!! We do need to have a “RED-out”, hell… we have that every weekend now. We just need to be “F-in Loud” Saturday!!!

By: ultraBuckeyehomer

ultraBuckeyehomer — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:32:46 +0000

Chaos – the problem is that OSU has not fared well when it comes time to man-up. That is probably the most disappointing aspect of the last few years.

If PSU comes out and punches us in the mouth, and we respond, it might be the first time I have seen these seniors not fold when someone hits them.

Here’s hoping we turned a corner last week with the O.