PENN STATE VS OHIO STATE - KOD
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The conference will be decided over the next two weeks with a pair of blockbuster games, starting with the Happy Valley clash between Penn State and Ohio State on Saturday. Both of those teams are looking up at Iowa and need a little help against the Hawkeyes. The Buckeyes can help themselves Nov. 14 when Iowa visits, but it will be meaningful in terms of a championship only if they help themselves to a win against Penn State.
How can a team be 8-1 like Penn State, yet I still don't have a sense of how good it is? I think the Nittany Lions can play with just about anybody, thanks to one of the stingiest defenses in the country statistically. But they lost to Iowa, and the teams they have beaten are underwhelming. That would change with a win over Ohio State, which, by the way, is in pretty much the same r?sum? boat as JoePa's team.
Both defenses are outstanding. In turn, Saturday's game will be about the quarterbacks. Both quarterbacks have had some turnover problems. The Buckeyes' Terrelle Pryor has 12 turnovers, including nine interceptions. Daryll Clark has seven interceptions, three of them coming against Iowa.
Against top-50 defenses in his career, Clark has completed about 54 percent of his passes with eight touchdowns and eight picks in seven games. His completion percentage is more than 10 percent better against everybody else, and his touchdown-interception ratio is off the charts at 29-to-5 against lesser defenses. Obviously, you'd expect his numbers to dip some against better teams, but if Clark is going to make a push for national awards, perhaps even inject himself as a late Heisman candidate, he needs a win and a big performance Saturday.
There's no way the Buckeyes will win in State College if Pryor doesn't take care of the ball. How well the Nittany Lions control his scrambles is something I'll be watching closely.
A win won't erase all the criticism aimed at Pryor and the Buckeyes' offense, but a chance to face Iowa next week and win at least a share of the Big Ten as a sophomore might put his development in an entirely different context. For Penn State to have the other top teams in the Big Ten come to its place and lose to both of those teams would relegate the Nittany Lions' season to the disappointing category.
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pretty good read and logic from this guy
How can a team be 8-1 like Penn State, yet I still don't have a sense of how good it is? I think the Nittany Lions can play with just about anybody, thanks to one of the stingiest defenses in the country statistically. But they lost to Iowa, and the teams they have beaten are underwhelming. That would change with a win over Ohio State, which, by the way, is in pretty much the same r?sum? boat as JoePa's team.
Both defenses are outstanding. In turn, Saturday's game will be about the quarterbacks. Both quarterbacks have had some turnover problems. The Buckeyes' Terrelle Pryor has 12 turnovers, including nine interceptions. Daryll Clark has seven interceptions, three of them coming against Iowa.
Against top-50 defenses in his career, Clark has completed about 54 percent of his passes with eight touchdowns and eight picks in seven games. His completion percentage is more than 10 percent better against everybody else, and his touchdown-interception ratio is off the charts at 29-to-5 against lesser defenses. Obviously, you'd expect his numbers to dip some against better teams, but if Clark is going to make a push for national awards, perhaps even inject himself as a late Heisman candidate, he needs a win and a big performance Saturday.
There's no way the Buckeyes will win in State College if Pryor doesn't take care of the ball. How well the Nittany Lions control his scrambles is something I'll be watching closely.
A win won't erase all the criticism aimed at Pryor and the Buckeyes' offense, but a chance to face Iowa next week and win at least a share of the Big Ten as a sophomore might put his development in an entirely different context. For Penn State to have the other top teams in the Big Ten come to its place and lose to both of those teams would relegate the Nittany Lions' season to the disappointing category.
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pretty good read and logic from this guy
oh well ....
oh well ....
this time they were nappin .... outplayed by buckeyes ....let's get 'em next time
oh well ....
this time they were nappin .... outplayed by buckeyes ....let's get 'em next time
KOD is on Penn St this weekend ? If he wins another play for me this weekend, I am going to fawk him until the cows come home to the barn.
HOLY SHIT !
guess the cows stayed at the barn this time?:shrug:
Yeh looks like the milking party will be delayed.
Penn State played like ass clowns. And at their home stadium too. I was worried at the start of the game that Iowa losing would have a affect on this game. I think it did for inspiring Ohio St.
Well I won the over in the Haye Vs Valuev fight in the boxing forum to offset the money loss here some.
Penn State played like ass clowns. And at their home stadium too. I was worried at the start of the game that Iowa losing would have a affect on this game. I think it did for inspiring Ohio St.
Well I won the over in the Haye Vs Valuev fight in the boxing forum to offset the money loss here some.
