socrstud said:
Look at this trend PENN STATE kicking the shit out of SOTA and SOTA kicking the shit out of MSU. maybe that will help some of you out that are still wondering what the outcome of this game will be.
for one thing, when you see comments like this, you know you should be on the other side.
the first 2 stats from statman02 are very telling. generally the team going into this matchup with the worse record ends up winning.
psu's strength, obviously, is their defense. however, they are much better at stopping the run, as demonstrated by their big wins over minnesota and wisconsin. they have not fared as well against strong passing teams.
michael robinson has had a great year, but he is still turnover-prone. that is not good going into a conference road game.
penn state routed msu last year, 37-13. when psu sucked. it'd be easy for them to be overconfident coming into this game, after spending 2 weeks listening to the entire campus tell them how great they are and that they're going to roll over msu and play in a bcs bowl. any coach in the country except joepa, and i'd expect an outright win for msu. it's going to be a close game. i think/hope psu will pull it out in the end. should be very similar to when psu played northwestern.
and, fwiw (probably not much), i have a pretty good read on this team. i'm 6-1 on penn state games this year. often it's been one of my top plays of the day. and i'm gonna be on michigan state this saturday (while rooting for penn state, of course).