Game Thread Ohio State 37, Penn State 17 (final)

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[CCI]

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[MililaniBuckeye]

I'm sure the O-line who averages 6'6" 305 across the board is really looking forward to getting after a d-line who is banged up.

1. Missing their best d-tackle
2. Missing a reserve end
3. Starting two underclassmen at d-tackle
4. Both their starting ends are UNDER 265
5. The Linebackers aren't exactly huge either coming in around 230 a peice.

This PSU defense has failed every test it's had this year so far against teams capable of running the ball... Michigan&Hart ran wild over the left side of that defense, and Illinois put up 200 yards? I don't care how good Illinois is you dont' give up 200 yards.

I think PSU will struggle containing the running game at first, and once they commit a safty or start creeping people up BAM over the top touchdown bucks. I think Beanie will set the first quarter on fire doing something like 10 carries 55 yards, and he's slow in the 2nd and finish with 15 carries 65 yards by the half. We'll come out and hit them deep and them beanie will get to 100 yards by midway of the 4th.

While Penn State has held opponents to 80 yards per game on the ground, as bukIpower stated they haven't been all that stellar against someone (Michigan, Illinois) with a solid running back:

Florida Atlantic ... -3 yards
Notre Dame .......... 0 yards
Buffalo ............ 56 yards
Michigan .......... 166 yards
Illinois .......... 216 yards
Iowa ............... 48 yards
Wisconsin .......... 87 yards
Indiana ............ 68 yards

 

[OregonBuckeye]

4. Both their starting ends are UNDER 265

I stopped caring about the size of DE's on January 8th, 2007.

 

[ytownbuckeye]

gameday sign

NAPPY VALLEY

again

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

Rob Oller commentary: Big Ten coaches undeserving of much respect

Saturday, October 27, 2007 3:52 AM
By Rob Oller


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

The most recognizable face in the Big Ten wears 80 years worth of wrinkles.
The coach with the next most seniority lost to Appalachian State.
At the other end of the spectrum, five coaches have spent less than six full seasons calling the shots. Three of those five did not become coaches until this season or last.
Critics of the Big Ten are right. The conference lacks clout -- on the sidelines even more than on the field.
When your winningest coach, Joe Paterno, is caught chasing down another driver in an act of road rage, and when he is forced to jog across the field during a game to use the bathroom, then your conference isn't exactly looking like the cradle of coaches. Cradle for coaches is more like it, considering nearly half of them are in their infancy of running the show.

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

In the spotlight: Penn State RB Rodney Kinlaw

Saturday, October 27, 2007 3:46 AM
By Tim May


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Seth Perlman associated press
Senior Rodney Kinlaw has replaced Austin Scott as the featured running back in the Penn State offense.



In waiting his turn to be the No. 1 running back at Penn State, senior Rodney Kinlaw picked up at least one good trait.
"I've learned to be patient, and I think that's really helped me," Kinlaw said.
Due in part to the legal problems of teammate Austin Scott, suspended three weeks ago after a rape charge, Kinlaw will be the man in the crosshairs of top-ranked Ohio State's defense tonight when the teams play in Beaver Stadium.
"It used to drive me nuts because he didn't have any patience and he was always looking to make (the big play), to bounce it outside and outrun everybody, which he did in high school," Penn State coach Joe Paterno said. "When he's gotten the feel going for 3, 4, 5 yards, maybe breaking a tackle and sticking his neck down and getting an extra yard, he has turned out to be a good, solid back.

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

Talegating: Past is present in Buckeyes' game preparation

Saturday, October 27, 2007 3:41 AM
By Rob Oller


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

History is a great but sometimes intimidating teacher, complete with threatening wooden paddle.
The Buckeyes enter tonight's Big Ten game at Penn State having spent a week being not so subtly reminded of the 17-10 loss in 2005, the last time they traveled to Happy Valley. It was their last regular-season loss.
Clips from that game find a way in front of players' eyes. Coaches' comments reach their ears. Making players aware of history -- good and bad -- is an important part of game preparation, which is why for every game Jim Tressel assigns a "head coach" whose duty it is to bring the team up to speed on the history of the series and to point out the traditions of the opponent.

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Link

No. 1 Ohio St. seeks respect, No. 24 Penn St. seeks upset



STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Undefeated Ohio State wants to feel some love. After all, they're the No. 1 team in the country. Yet there's a sentiment among some Buckeyes that they aren't getting much respect, something that could change with a win Saturday night at No. 24 Penn State.

It's become more motivating to us because a lot of people think we don't deserve the spot," cornerback Malcolm Jenkins said. "That's just another thing we can put on our bulletin board and get fired up for. It's been quite a motivation for us

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

On the edge

Saturday, October 27, 2007 3:47 AM
By Ken Gordon and Tim May


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
When Buckeyes run

Chris "Beanie" Wells got on the beam last week (221 yards) and Ohio State has risen to No. 3 in rushing in the Big Ten (199.4-yard avg.). The Buckeyes face the second-best run defense in the Big Ten (79.8), led by linebacker Dan Connor. EDGE: PENN STATE
When Buckeyes pass

Penn State's front has been beaten up, so the Nittany Lions might try to make up for it with more blitzing, which bothered the Buckeyes last week. But Todd Boeckman, the most efficient passer in the Big Ten, usually has shown poise, looking for Brian Robiskie and Brian Hartline. EDGE: OHIO STATE

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

ToledoBlade

OSU expects all-out blitz by Penn State
Nittany Lions lead nation in sacks with 35

By MATT MARKEY
BLADE SPORTS WRITER


STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - When the chartered plane carrying the Ohio State football team arrived in central Pennsylvania yesterday, it would not have been a shock to see three or four members of the airport's ground crew rush the aircraft.

When the Buckeyes pulled up to their hotel, no one would be shocked if three bellhops and a concierge came running right at them. And when the Penn State marching band finishes the national anthem before tonight's game, the sousaphone section will likely turn and charge right at the Ohio State sideline.

After watching Michigan State's all-out blitz produce two instant touchdowns that turned last weekend's game in Columbus from a simmering rout into a nervous, tight squeeze, Penn State will no doubt employ the same approach, expecting similar results.

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Canton

Whiteout awaits Buckeyes
Saturday, October 27, 2007
By Todd Porter
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER


When the Penn State student section calls for a whiteout, they don't kid around. This isn't Purdue, where the student blackout was zapped of energy and participation since Ohio State fans helped fill that stadium.

This is Beaver Stadium, and an Ohio State loss will mean college football's tank of Wite-Out will correct the rankings once again.

At 8 tonight, a sea of white T-shirts will greet No. 1-ranked Ohio State, providing home-field advantage and energy for No. 22 Penn State.

But Ohio State Head Coach Jim Tressel isn't concerned about the people wearing the white shirts in the stands. What is it about Happy Valley that gives the Buckeyes problems?

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Link

Faces have changed, but they're still the Buckeyes

By BERNARD FERNANDEZ
[email protected]

STATE COLLEGE - They're baaaack.


Oh, sure, maybe they're a bit duller and more staid than in recent years, but the Ohio State Buckeyes are at their familiar station, ranked No. 1 going into tonight's nationally televised game with No. 24 Penn State at Beaver Stadium. You expected otherwise? Those exciting, quick-strike Buckeyes of a year ago - with 2006 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Troy Smith scrambling and improvising, and jet-fueled wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. going deeper than a bathyscaph - are gone. Smith is carrying a clipboard as the Baltimore Ravens' third-string quarterback, and Ginn, who came out for the draft a year early, is tethered to one of the NFL's two winless teams, the Miami Dolphins, wondering where the winning went.

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Link

Keep track of those LBs
Jason Lloyd Journal Register News Service
10/27/2007


Laurinaitis, Connor bring plenty of punch to OSU-PSU showdown

In 1998, it was Andy Katzenmoyer and LaVarr Arrington. More recently, it included A.J. Hawk and Paul Posluszny.
Now as Penn State and Ohio State meet again this evening, it's James Laurinaitis and Dan Connor.
If any school can match Penn State's reputation as Linebacker U., it very well might be Ohio State. Since 1960, the Buckeyes have produced 18 first team All-Americans at linebacker. Penn State has 22.

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

Penn State, OSU linebackers: Dare to compare
Penn State fans are possessive of the Linebacker U. title; does Ohio State have a claim to it?
Saturday, October 27, 2007 3:41 AM
By Ray Stein


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

1998 College Football Preview Sports Illustrated cover

The Butkus Award

Jack Ham

Dwight 'Ike' Kelley's helmet

Andy Katzenmoyer, left, and LaVar Arrington

Chris Spielman with the Lombardi Award in 1987

Tom Cousineau, 1978



With Ohio State playing Penn State tonight, there has been a smattering of talk this week regarding Linebacker U., with more hyperbole guaranteed to flow this evening.
And, now that you mention it, the Nittany Lions have had their share of good linebackers over the years, as well.
Funny, yes? Some people who have a soft spot for white helmets, black cleats and coaches in high-water pants might not think so, but the previous paragraph was meant as a joke. Sort of.
Penn State is now and forever will be Linebacker U., no matter how many top-shelf LBs get cranked out by the college football factories in Columbus, Coral Gables and anyplace else. Penn State is synonymous with Linebacker -- in much the same way, perhaps, that Chicago is known throughout the universe as the Windy City. It doesn't matter that Chicago isn't one of America's 10 breeziest cities, even; once Chicago has been tabbed the Windy City, who is Great Falls, Mont., to start an argument about it?
"Every few years some rival school tries to lay claim to the Linebacker U. tag," Mike Hubbell said in an e-mail last week. "It usually gets the fan base pretty riled up. They're proud of their Linebacker U. tradition and show their teeth when others try to lay claim to it."

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