Indiana State, er, Temple, er, Eastern Illinois preview

by ReadingRambler on Oct 9, 2009 1:09 PM EDT

GAME INFO: 12:00 kickoff on ESPN Classic.

WEATHER: Mid-50s, breezy, partly cloudy, nice fall day, I guess.

THE COACH: Bob Spoo.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT EASTERN ILLINOIS? Jack. Absolute jack. Their QB is Jake Christensen (transfer from Iowa) and Tony Romo played there.

KEYS TO WINNING ON OFFENSE: Just, like, don't fumble or throw interceptions and stuff. Don't run Clark either.

KEYS TO WINNING ON DEFENSE: Tackle.

PANIC LEVEL: 1.5 out of 10 (Baseline 5, -1 for FCS team, -1 for The O-line is looking better, -1 for Tony Romo sucks, +1 for Joe says Eastern Illinois's a good football team, -1 for Joe said Illinois was a good football team, +1 for Iowa connection, +1 for Possible jinxing could occur due to lack of preview on front page and general sense of apathy, -1 for We're Penn State and we don't lose to these teams like Michigan does, -1 for They're not even a good FCS team, -0.5 for Boone will destroy them with his MEGAPUNTS)

PREDICTION: I will feel a desire to switch over to a better game. Penn State is playing an FCS team and it will show. 31-7

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RR, would you be willing

to set the line on when Newsome enters the game? How about how many passing attempts he is given?

Thanks for the preview, now everything somehow seems right in the world.

One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's

by rahpsu92 on Oct 9, 2009 1:17 PM EDT reply actions

He'll enter the game far too late, and get two attempts

An incompletion and a 4 yard pass to Suhey

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Oct 9, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions

COULD NOT DISAGREE MORE

Suhey will get caught in a shoestring tackle, yet still dive ahead for the extra yard. It will be a 5-yard pass.

I bleed Blue and White.

by Horse N Buggy on Oct 9, 2009 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Although

he’ll have a really nice draw up the middle, 12 yards to the EIU 20, then take two knees to seal the win.

BSD

by KevinHD on Oct 9, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

My guess

You won’t see Newsome until about 8 minutes to go in the fourth quarter. We’ll be up 21-3 at halftime. Clark will play the third quarter. Joe will think about pulling him, but Clark will throw an interception or take a sack or something and Joe won’t want him to think he’s getting pulled for it. So he’ll play one more series than he should. I just hope he doesn’t get hurt doing it.

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries

by BSD on Oct 9, 2009 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Shouldn't the real question for Rambler here....

…..be “how freakin’ awsome will Boone be?”

"Sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand."

by PSUox50 on Oct 9, 2009 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions

I kind of hoping that

Boone doesn’t get off the bench except to practice kicking into the net a few times.

One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's

by rahpsu92 on Oct 9, 2009 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Boone gets off the bench whenever he wants to

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Oct 9, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions

It will be 0 - 0 the first 3 minutes

A roughing the kicker penalty somewhere around 12:53 in the 3rd qt.

by Mr. Rosewater on Oct 9, 2009 2:15 PM EDT reply actions

I love the 31-7 prediction.

I think that may be the final score of every game.

by Cairo on Oct 9, 2009 2:45 PM EDT reply actions

Here is a good preview of the game

from We Want the Lion

Something to note is that EIU seems to have a decent run defense, averaging 2.7ypc. They did recently get burned by Eastern Kentucky, so we should be able to at least double that. However, with our inconsistent O-Line, who knows.

"They say in Happy Valley that if God wasn’t a Penn State fan, why is the sky blue and white?" Fortt said. "Who am I to argue with God?"

by amandakt on Oct 9, 2009 2:49 PM EDT reply actions

If you check out this site, make sure you see the old EIU mascot

Pure awesomeness!

"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza

by NJ lion on Oct 9, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Here are some (un?) interesting facts about our noble opponent:

Don’t expect the home crowd in Beaver Stadium to affect them much. They have played to crowds of 10,013; 2,977; 9,053; 4,618; and 11,271. The two big crowds were home games. They must really love their Panthers!

They have a number of transfers from some top schools Iowa (2), Michigan (1), Florida (2), Minny (man, if you can’t get PT at Minny, wouldn’t worry too much about his skills), Naval Academy (wonder why he got kicked out) and several community college guys. They even have a DE who transferred from College of the Siskiyous (I think they are on Bobby B’s list of victims).

Just passing time on a slow Friday afternoon!

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi

by PaJoe on Oct 9, 2009 4:23 PM EDT reply actions