The Penn State Football Show

Big Ten expansion, quarterback competitions, and Terrelle Pryor's second consecutive selection as the Big Ten preseason player of the year can only mean one thing. Football season is near, and there is plenty to discuss and even more to hate on. I must admit my performance and posts were consistent early last year to start the season, but a faulty laptop held me hostage from posting from my man-chair, hence the fewer posts in the latter part of the season. Fortunately for us, and the PSFS blog followers, I'm back with fresh legs for 2010 with a recent purchase of a snazzy ultra-portable laptop.

A couple thoughts to kick things off, hopefully this gets the ball rolling for '10....

• Big Ten Expansion - safe to say its been a long time comin', however, I get the feeling the damage has not fully been done. I still believe a fourteen team conference is likely, regardless of the fact that Indy has been chosen for the 2011 championship game. I'm thinking along the lines of Pitt and Rutgers.
  
• Bye-Bye-Bye - thankfully Penn State will be getting a bye week this year, which pushes the season later into November and ending it only about 13 weeks prior to the remaining five BCS conferences (See "The 2,032,746 reasons why BigTen expansion was necessary").
  
• Quarterback Competition - its looking as if we're going to play the QB guessing game for another 1 to 2 years, let's just hope we don't leave the wrong guy in too long (See "Anthony Morrelli's Career").
• Big House Expansion - Michigan Stadium is once again the official "big house" with their recent stadium expansion. How many more 1-conference-win seasons can D-Rod afford until the unnecessary red sweatband gets the axe?
• Roll-Tide - September 11 has been circled/highlighted/saved to your MS Outlook work calendar for months now. This game intrigues me and I honestly haven't the slightest prediction. My biases lead me to believe it will be a good game, but it's hard to imagine this offense will produce with a new QB in a hostile environment against the reigning champ (See "2008 Penn State offense @ Ohio State"). Can the new trio of LB's contain Ingram? Again, letting my biases getting to me here, but I think putting points on the board will be a bigger issue than keeping them off the board.
  
• Supply & Demand - Much hoopla has been created over the recent ticket hikes effective for the 2011 season. Gonna stick with my guns on this one. If the people don't like it, don't buy 'em. Fact of the matter is tickets have been under-priced for years, and it only took them until now to make the adjustment (See "Any NFL Team's Season Ticket Prices"). Either sack up and drop the cash, or sit down and release the footrest on your recliner.
• Players to Watch - I'm looking forward to see how DM6 responds to an outstanding 2009 campaign. Will the 6'5 WR continue to deliver with an inexperienced QB at the helm? Keeping the deep-threat in the back of opponents' minds will be key to getting ER22 some running room behind a relatively fresh looking o-line.