I’d like to think I’m a rational analyzer of PSU football, but I think this game is going to be a 20+ point win.

I liked last season better.

Penn State – 24
Illinois – 13

or even a spread. But I do think PSU wins this. I think it will be an ugly win, and probably more along the lines of Illinois losing it than PSU winning it (unless last week was finally the kick in the ass the team needed, and they realize they have to hunker down and fight the rest of the way, and not just coast like they did the first few weeks).

I haven’t really had the time to post on here this past week, so I don’t know how the grieving process has been going. I know our National Title shots are all but destroyed now, but this can still turn around to be a good football team, and it is always better to lose earlier in the season than later.

Oh, and btw, nice meeting you last week, Mike and PSUncle. Wish the circumstances were better.

jeremy boone should just play every position

No really. DO IT.

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

NO! And it ain’t over now…..

PSU: Eleventy Bazillion
License to ILL: [score redacted]

Take the over, too.

last week. Well I got the ugly part right. Another ugly game. If they fall behind, they don’t comeback. Here’s hoping PSU scores first (though that didn’t help last week).

Penn State takes this one by 20. I’m thinking 27-7. Yes, Benn might get a big play, but the rest of the Illinois offense is a complete failure. This is the perfect opponent to fix what ails the offense too.

But I also have a sneaking suspicion that Indiana could pull the upset this weekend against tOSU.
Coming off a confidence-building performance against scUM, primetime game at home with 2 talented DEs that will put pressure on TP all night…sounds like a recipe for upset goodness if you ask me.

this place has reduced me to using quotes from Lou Holtz:

"You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose."

We know where this team is – we’ve known for awhile now. And whether the kool-aid or the wins and losses have tainted our vision, we know what this team is. There are problems with the O-Line – one that is mediocre at best, will hold up most of the time, but look outclassed against a solid opposing d-line. Anyone really surprised by this?

Or Clark – a guy who can be a good leader and good quarterback, but has a history of over-throwing receivers even without pressure. He can get the job done more often than not, but he’s not (and never has been) the flawless QB that has been sometimes envisioned.

For me, the biggest question is still the secondary – they’ve been rotating a lot, and haven’t necessarily been well-tested. At times, dropped passes have been the best friend for our secondary.

I’m calling this one Temple-Ugly or Syracuse-Ugly. Penn State will win, and it’ll look like a comfortable win. But we’ll struggle knowing it wasn’t as it easy as it looked. 31-14, PSU.

…I think it will be similar to the Oregon St or Wiscy game last year where the game is over after the 1st quarter.

Last week was the wake up call. I think this team believed their own hype. Now it is back to work and must prove to the nation that we belong in the top 10 and we will end up the season there. This is the first step to that recovery.

PSU 41
Ill 7

I want to pick a big, easy win but just cannot. This team has not shown the ability to dominate on either side of the ball. The defense has looked good but without more pressure we are not going to see the turnovers necessary to make this game a blowout.

We’re 0-4; the Illini are 0-2 (their lone win against Illinois State was off the board).

Sunday strategy has all these stats; they’re nfl gambling stats go back for a while, but the college ones only a few years.

Anyway, I’ve yet to bet on this Penn State team, but have bet on-and lost-twice on Illinois. I’m predicting a win and a push to keep both teams winless ATS. PSU 20 – Ill 13.

We are just all scared due to the fact that they stunk for long stretches last week. But the Lions still did some things very well. I don’t see Illinois scoring more than 10 on PSU.

I call a 31-10 game in favor of PSU

PSU – 17
Them – 34

The Zooker lets us get an F-U safety with a couple minutes left to go because our offense is terrible and he knows we can’t score.

He just happened to completely forget that his offense and defense were equally as terrible and in order to let a team get the F-U safety, you should you know, actually have a lead first.

I then predict that Ron Zook mysteriously disappears from Champaign Saturday night and is never heard from again.

THE LINE WILL EXCEED EXPECTATIONS, CLARK WILL THROW FOR 300 YARDS AND A PAIR OF TD’S, AND WE WILL HOLD THEM TO 10 POINTS.

It didn’t look as awful as I remembered it. Not great, but with the exception of the last 5 minutes of the game it really wasn’t that bad. Ok Clarks first INT was awful but the rest weren’t too bad, tipped balls and all. The disappointing thing was the inability to overcome any adversity. As long as we aren’t down at the half, I think we’ll win pretty big, 3 scores. Zug help us if its a dogfight though (at that point what difference does is really make if were in a dogfight with Illinois?).

There, the recovery is complete and the kool-aid tastes great again.

I can only see some stupid ad.

I will not underestimate any of our opponents. True that Illinois is “the suck,” but Arakansas States Offense seems to be having much more success than we did? That doesnt sit very well with me.