Week Card (Oct 4th -8th)
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Ohio St (-3.5) over Penn ST
The nittnay lions won a big game against Minny last weekend but a big factor is Minny is a dome team and going into happy valley they were out matched from the get go and Minny has no defense. Purdue moved the ball all over the Gophers and IMO the boilermakers are not the best offensive team. This is an Ohio St defense that much better and should cause Robinson headaches all day. The young players for Penn St have a lot of speed but so does the Ohio St defense. Northwestern showed Penn St doesn?t really have the best pass defense and the buckeyes can get it done through air. This is a solid Buckeye O-line and they have 2 QB?s that can make plays not to mention some serious talent at WR. Yes this is @ Penn St and it is the first road contest for Ohio St, but the defense will be up to the task of stopping Penn. The best thing the Nittany Lions did was CRUSHING Minny because Ohio St will go into this game with all focus on them. Troy Smith can be productive even when a play breaks down and that is big because the Lions can not just play pass or just play run and that will be where OSU can cross them up and keep the defense off balance and on their heels. I think Texas and Iowa are far better defenses than Penn St and Ohio St put up 20 plus on each team. But IMO this game will come down to Penn St?s offense having a tough time against a good defense. Minny, N?Western, C. Mich, Cincy and So. Fla have bad defenses and the Lions have taken advantage of bad defense. If N?Western or SFLA had any defense they would have perhaps won the games. The defense will NOT let Penn St score on each possession and the Ohio offense should make some plays. Even in Penn St?s house the talent of OSU?s defense will show up. Also N?Western was returning than ball with ease up the field and Ginn might finally get the chance to open a big run up. Even in the win against Minny Robinson was still 13-32 and no TD?s. Look for Hawk to shadow Robinson (like the Texas game) and Carpenter/ Schlegel all over Hunt. Whittner and Yobooty will be on Williams and should have enough speed to keep him in check.
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Irish
The nittnay lions won a big game against Minny last weekend but a big factor is Minny is a dome team and going into happy valley they were out matched from the get go and Minny has no defense. Purdue moved the ball all over the Gophers and IMO the boilermakers are not the best offensive team. This is an Ohio St defense that much better and should cause Robinson headaches all day. The young players for Penn St have a lot of speed but so does the Ohio St defense. Northwestern showed Penn St doesn?t really have the best pass defense and the buckeyes can get it done through air. This is a solid Buckeye O-line and they have 2 QB?s that can make plays not to mention some serious talent at WR. Yes this is @ Penn St and it is the first road contest for Ohio St, but the defense will be up to the task of stopping Penn. The best thing the Nittany Lions did was CRUSHING Minny because Ohio St will go into this game with all focus on them. Troy Smith can be productive even when a play breaks down and that is big because the Lions can not just play pass or just play run and that will be where OSU can cross them up and keep the defense off balance and on their heels. I think Texas and Iowa are far better defenses than Penn St and Ohio St put up 20 plus on each team. But IMO this game will come down to Penn St?s offense having a tough time against a good defense. Minny, N?Western, C. Mich, Cincy and So. Fla have bad defenses and the Lions have taken advantage of bad defense. If N?Western or SFLA had any defense they would have perhaps won the games. The defense will NOT let Penn St score on each possession and the Ohio offense should make some plays. Even in Penn St?s house the talent of OSU?s defense will show up. Also N?Western was returning than ball with ease up the field and Ginn might finally get the chance to open a big run up. Even in the win against Minny Robinson was still 13-32 and no TD?s. Look for Hawk to shadow Robinson (like the Texas game) and Carpenter/ Schlegel all over Hunt. Whittner and Yobooty will be on Williams and should have enough speed to keep him in check.
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Irish
BG (-22.5) over Ohio
Falcons are a stronger team at home, they love to run it up passing the ball all day. Ohio is a much improved team but they are not very good on the road. They were shut out 45-0 to VT and @ N?western they lost by 24. Mind you they has a 24 point lead at half time. Ohio will try to run the ball because they love to run and had over 300 yards on the ground against Kent. However the BG defense is small and fast enough to break up the Ohio running game. Also in that Kent St game the bobcats only won by 3, considering they had 6 INT?s on defense. Everson is a gritty player, but he makes some poor decisions that lead to turnovers (1TD & 6INT), something the Cats cannot afford at BG. Ohio allowed Pitt to return the ball with ease in the kicking game, look for Nate Fry and Corey Partridge to take advantage of that on Saturday. Sanders and Sharon should be able to go deep on the Ohio secondary, they clearly have a speed and hands advantage. Even if the Falcons allow Ohio to score a few points they should still dominate this game offensively. The Falcons should also use this game to get their defense ready just as they did against Temple. Kent St is flat out bad and even after throwing 6 picks they still hung 32 points on the Ohio defense. At home with that offense the Falcons should open up the offense, no look ahead game means they focus solely on the bobcats and that spells danger for a running team. Once BG gets a commanding lead the Bobcats will be forced to throw, which kills the Ohio game plan.
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Irish
Falcons are a stronger team at home, they love to run it up passing the ball all day. Ohio is a much improved team but they are not very good on the road. They were shut out 45-0 to VT and @ N?western they lost by 24. Mind you they has a 24 point lead at half time. Ohio will try to run the ball because they love to run and had over 300 yards on the ground against Kent. However the BG defense is small and fast enough to break up the Ohio running game. Also in that Kent St game the bobcats only won by 3, considering they had 6 INT?s on defense. Everson is a gritty player, but he makes some poor decisions that lead to turnovers (1TD & 6INT), something the Cats cannot afford at BG. Ohio allowed Pitt to return the ball with ease in the kicking game, look for Nate Fry and Corey Partridge to take advantage of that on Saturday. Sanders and Sharon should be able to go deep on the Ohio secondary, they clearly have a speed and hands advantage. Even if the Falcons allow Ohio to score a few points they should still dominate this game offensively. The Falcons should also use this game to get their defense ready just as they did against Temple. Kent St is flat out bad and even after throwing 6 picks they still hung 32 points on the Ohio defense. At home with that offense the Falcons should open up the offense, no look ahead game means they focus solely on the bobcats and that spells danger for a running team. Once BG gets a commanding lead the Bobcats will be forced to throw, which kills the Ohio game plan.
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Irish
Texas Tech (-4) over Nebraska
A Nebraska the huskers play solid defense but they have a pretty horrible offense. Where this game looks good is through the air for TT, the huskers gave up over 300 yards to Iowa St last week and TT will take full advantage of the holes in the Nebraska secondary. TT beat Nebraska 70-10 last year and they have the same potent offense and the Nebraska team lost some talent on defense. Home field advantage does not make up for 60 points. However this is the first TT away game and it will be interesting to see them considering they normally isn?t as strong on the road. Nebraska will try to put pressure all over Hodges but with the spread formation he should be able to stand in the pocket and make some throws as he did in the Kansas game. TT also has a decent defense even though they have a ton of banged up key players. Big concern for TT is penalties, they average 12 per game for over 100 yards and that is just terrible. But this defense is overly aggressive and that is where these penalties come from and something the defensive Co isn?t overly concerned about. The husker defense will be all over Hodges but he can escape pressure and if he buys time he will find open WR all day and if things breakdown he can scramble for a few yards. I think Callahan is a terrible coach and he has no clue about defense, the black shirts will have their hands full and too much fire power for TT defense should be enough to get it done in Lincoln.
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Irish
A Nebraska the huskers play solid defense but they have a pretty horrible offense. Where this game looks good is through the air for TT, the huskers gave up over 300 yards to Iowa St last week and TT will take full advantage of the holes in the Nebraska secondary. TT beat Nebraska 70-10 last year and they have the same potent offense and the Nebraska team lost some talent on defense. Home field advantage does not make up for 60 points. However this is the first TT away game and it will be interesting to see them considering they normally isn?t as strong on the road. Nebraska will try to put pressure all over Hodges but with the spread formation he should be able to stand in the pocket and make some throws as he did in the Kansas game. TT also has a decent defense even though they have a ton of banged up key players. Big concern for TT is penalties, they average 12 per game for over 100 yards and that is just terrible. But this defense is overly aggressive and that is where these penalties come from and something the defensive Co isn?t overly concerned about. The husker defense will be all over Hodges but he can escape pressure and if he buys time he will find open WR all day and if things breakdown he can scramble for a few yards. I think Callahan is a terrible coach and he has no clue about defense, the black shirts will have their hands full and too much fire power for TT defense should be enough to get it done in Lincoln.
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Irish
