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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Hugh Jackman Sucks

0 comments Posted by Drew Merritts at 1:48 PM

Please excuse my absence last week, it was Minnesota. I had to work last Saturday so I missed the game. But from what I can surmise, Penn State still played pretty lousy. We had 21 hung on us by a 1 win team. That's not good. Obviously I can't comment on much else from last week so I'll just skip on to this week.


These type of Penn State teams can never beat Michigan. And when I say these type of I am referring to how this team is so similar to down years in the past. Ineffective offense, turnovers, and physically weak. Those teams have never upset a Michigan team. I don't think they will this year either. We have too many dropped passes, poor use of personnel, and are generally undersized where it counts. Denard Robinson is pretty good, and given our zone coverage philosophy, I think he will be able to run as he pleases most of the day given that we just don't have an athletic enough front 7 to contain him. High powered offenses give Penn State fits and I think this day will be no different. All Michigan must do is stop us a few times to win the game. Given our ability to shoot ourselves in the foot I don't think this will be hard. Plus with Fera giving away field position like school free lunch, Michigan will be in our territory with ease.

I know this all sounds incredibly pessimistic, and it is. This reverts back to seeing an Illinois offense slice through us like a hot knife through butter. Some serious changes will have to be made before my faith is restored in the defense. As for the start of Matt McGloin, it confirms what we all have known for a long time, Kevin Newsome is a lousy quarterback. I say we go old school and try to make him a linebacker. I think this one will be an ugly one to watch if you're a Penn State fan.

As for the coaching change rumors, let me be blunt: Joe Paterno should dictate when and how he leaves the program. No ifs ands or buts about it. That man is that university. Are we so callous to throw away a man who built the most honorable program in college football due to one bad season? The talks of firing him honestly make me sick. I sadly think the death of Declan Sullivan (which is completely despicable by the way) will help remind people that this is just a sport and there are more important things in life than winning a lousy football game.

/End Rant

 

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Rip His Head Off

0 comments Posted by Rudolf Hersh at 10:39 PM

Michigan comes to town in what many are calling a must win for Rich Rodriquez. He has yet to produce a valuable win for his program and with the struggling Nittany Lions, he may be able to silence his nay-sayers temporarily. The Wolverines play football like I would imagine the Denver Nuggets would play...all offense, no defense, a few terrible passes, turnovers, sloppy play, but in the end they win most of their games. From the little that I have seen of the Maize and Blue this year, I have been impressed with the ability of Denard Robinson as a runner, but his decisions throwing the ball can occasionally be worse than the Mets' front office. The team as a whole is mistake prone, they drop passes, and this is what Penn State needs to take advantage of in order to come away with a victory Saturday night.

PSU cannot get into a shoot out. They only put up 33 points against the worst defense in the Big Ten, so the defense will probably have to hold Michigan under 28 points to have a shot. Michigan's defense is nothing to brag about, and they almost gave away a game to Div. 1-AA UMass. We saw Rob Bolden come out on fire last game, but since then he's been questionable to play due to a concussion. Rumors have it that he passed his medical exam Wednesday and could play. Whether he does, we shall see.

Despite all of Michigan's woes, they are still a very athletic team that Penn State will have a hard time stopping. The linebacker play to this point in the season has been disappointing to say that least, but the return of Gerald Hodges last game was huge. He has tremendous speed and will most likely be used as a spy on Robinson. Michael Mauti has been playing fairly well recently as well and he really looks to be another great at LinebackerU.

Offensively for Penn State, they got things rolling a bit against Minnesota which was encouraging. There was more passing on first down, more play action, and the pass protection was, again, pretty decent. The running game got going a little, but it was due more to the hard running of Royster and vision and shiftiness of Silas Redd. Moye continues to play well, and the WR's overall played well. Points will be scored on Saturday...Penn State just needs to limit mistakes, but stay aggressive.

My current prediction is a Michigan win, but part of this is due to the uncertainty surrounding Bolden's status. If he is good to go, and if he can play without any adverse effects, I say Penn State wins by a field goal. God, I hate Michigan.

Fight on

 

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