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Game Thread Penn State at tOSU, Sat. Nov. 1st, 12pm ET, FOX

With Tressel, the alts were throwbacks. With Urban, they were black, gray, storm troopers, and weird chrome.

My original point was trying to refocus who was gimmicky with uniforms, because it was not the AtM AD.

Gene sucked, too, but it didn't get crazy until Urban and it has stopped under Day.
Alt uniforms are for recruiting. Tress was recruiting Ohio kids who wanted to be part of buckeye history. Urban shifted to a national focus and those kids were less impressed by the throwbacks.
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People want to talk about how Oregon has beaten no one, Tennessee might be the most overrated team though. They are 14th with 2 losses, the 2nd highest 2 loss behind ND and their best win is against 4-4 (0-4 in conference) Mississippi State. This isn't a team that should be ranked ahead of 1 loss P4s or even a couple of other 2 loss teams
Missouri is another one. #19 - best win at Auburn. Best thing you can say about them is that they’ve won the games they should have won. Why do we think they’re bettter than Nebraska or Washington?
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Game Thread Penn State at tOSU, Sat. Nov. 1st, 12pm ET, FOX

Get out the plunger. I'm going to do my prediction well before the game, I'll probably tied up pretty much up to the game, so I'll do my prediction now.

From the outset, even with all the turmoil in Happy Valley PSU still has some quality players scattered across the lineup that are as good as any in the country and they're always extra motivated for this game since they have this cute notion that we're their rival.

First off, the Penn State offense has obviously struggled this season. If they can run the ball and try to control time of possession, that is their only chance imo. They have the potential to do that with their RBs, so I expect a run heavy defense to start. Allar is a decent QB with mobility, but nowhere near the hype he gets. If he is pressured, he folds like a stack of poorly built house of cards.

However, their defense is capable of good football and if they bring it, this could be a somewhat close game. We really need to get the ball to our top playmakers even if it's no surprise what the game plan is. Throw it to JJ, Tate and Klare early and often. Klare is definitely poised for a big game if we scheme his way. On defense just avoid the big play and bring the heat. In other words, change nothing and suffocate a very subpar offense. I anticipate some chicanery early on

And fans at the stadium, WAKE UP AND GET LOUD. This environment needs to be like it's the biggest game of the year and although the start time isn't ideal, the Shoe knows how to get LOUD. I don't care if it's a noon game...get up early, slam some adult beverages, and overwhelm them early.

Can't wait for this one, always look forward to this game every year. My prediction is OSU 38, PSU 14. Go Bucks!


great write up! but Allar is out at QB so its the Olentangy, OH kid Grunkemeyer at QB
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People want to talk about how Oregon has beaten no one, Tennessee might be the most overrated team though. They are 14th with 2 losses, the 2nd highest 2 loss behind ND and their best win is against 4-4 (0-4 in conference) Mississippi State. This isn't a team that should be ranked ahead of 1 loss P4s or even a couple of other 2 loss teams
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