Penn State-Ohio State Predictions: Can Lions upset Buckeyes for the first time since 2016?
Penn State welcomes Ohio State to Beaver Stadium Saturday for a BIg Noon Kickoff on FOX. Can the Lions pull the upset? Our staff weighs in.
Penn State-Ohio State Predictions: Can Lions upset Buckeyes for the first time since 2016?
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Absolutely, Penn State can beat the Buckeyes! And the Yankees can beat the Astros! And Russia will roll right through Ukraine! And as God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!
I didn't think there was any way Iowa could beat Ohio State.
This game makes me nervous.
This game makes me nervous.
This game makes me nervous, too. Every game nowadays makes me nervous, even if it were playing Iowa.
PSU has had a handful of years where the team seemed invincible. It’s nice to go into a game knowing that it would be an accident if you lost.
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My biggest concern is that the PSU defense will make stroud look like a Heisman front-runner.
They sure can. I was kayaking a few years ago and these two huge birds flew across the river about 50 feet in front of us. We were very surprised, but damn if they weren’t turkeys. Flew at least 200 feet.
Alrighty. With this information, I’ll try to interpret your post in the most positive light possible.
well, we blew double digit, 4th quarter leads to them 2 years in a row with better players... so I am guessing no
I think it’ll be close - Franklin usually has his teams play up or down to their opponent. Not ready to make a prediction, but I feel weirdly positive about this one…
Last time PSU won against tOSU they were 19.5 dogs so yes it's "possible". Need a clean game from the O (0 turnovers), big play on D and special teams has to occur. Need to somehow win the turnover battle and keep the crowd in the game throughout. DL needs it's best game of the year and they need to get to Stroud. As good as the DB's are, their WR's are as good if not better so you cannot give him time to find them. Easier said than done...hoping for the best at peace already with the rest.
For as much talk as there has been on Cliff, Allar, or Franklin....it's Manny time. You have the #2 team in the nation coming to your house....what you got for them? He laid an absolute egg in Ann Arbor, so it's on him to right that wrong.
For as much talk as there has been on Cliff, Allar, or Franklin....it's Manny time. You have the #2 team in the nation coming to your house....what you got for them? He laid an absolute egg in Ann Arbor, so it's on him to right that wrong.
OSU is converting 53% of their third down attempts and holding their opponents to 25% on third down conversions. Yikes!
He was doing a bit from WKRP in Cincinnati. (Well known, but you never know.) I was playing along, myself.
Well, then, how in the world did WKRP in Cincinnati not know that turkeys can fly?
He says "as god as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" after this tragic turkey drop fail. As if it failed because turkeys couldn't fly. But they CAN fly. That's what I'm saying.
Never mind. I bobbled the ball in this thread, too clumsy. Not worth going back to try to fix it. Sorry.
Looks like perfect weather for Saturday so that takes away one factor that I thought might keep PSU in it. I was kinda hoping for weather like the NW game and maybe that might slow down their offense. I agree with @LaJollaCreek -- this one is for the defense. They've gotta keep us in the game and force some turnovers and get Stroud out of a comfort zone. Also, OSU has played one road game all year (at Sparty, not hostile) so hopefully the crowd can make it uncomfortable early like they did with Minnesota. But considering this is a big game and Franklin is coaching, I have zero expectations of PSU coming out on top.
I'm drawing a blank but when has PSU beaten OSU without a great defensive performance? Even the down year they had with Fickle we didn't really blow them out. If they don't get to Stroud and slow the run, it's game over because PSU generally doesn't put up big numbers against tOSU. If the D is getting trucked early it will be another long ugly day. The defense has to rise up for any shot.
I've watched them play a few times this year and their defense seems a lot better than their 2021 defense. But come to think of it, they couldn't have gotten any worse - and no way to go but up - as that 2021 defense was a disaster.
‘94. The best defense is a killer offense.
Yep....how can I forget about that beat down....but it's been a minute.
How can the staff be so negative? Jeez... not one single prediction to win Sat. They act like we are Rutgers or something
OSU only scored 14 that day and I think one TD was extremely late in the game so this would still qualify under good defensive performance.
The pessimistic me says:
14-10 at half time, PSU on top. OSU puts up 24 points in 3rd qtr, start of 4 qtr 14 - 34 bad guys, Day then runs up score to stay high up in the rankings, 2 more TDs in 4t qtr, 14 - 48 final score.
The optimistic me says:
21-20 at half time, PSU on top. 28-28 end of 3rd Qtr, 35-35 with 6 seconds left and Pinegar hits a 52 yarder for the upset.
The realist in me says:
Drink heavily, its going to be a looooooong day.
14-10 at half time, PSU on top. OSU puts up 24 points in 3rd qtr, start of 4 qtr 14 - 34 bad guys, Day then runs up score to stay high up in the rankings, 2 more TDs in 4t qtr, 14 - 48 final score.
The optimistic me says:
21-20 at half time, PSU on top. 28-28 end of 3rd Qtr, 35-35 with 6 seconds left and Pinegar hits a 52 yarder for the upset.
The realist in me says:
Drink heavily, its going to be a looooooong day.