What is Different After Beating OSU?

Right now, very little. Penn State remains third in both the AP and Coach's polls as well as the BCS standings. However, PSU is now receiving some first place votes in Coach's Poll while Alabama gets no first place votes. Odd.

Regardless, Penn State has cemented its strangle hold on third place and now seems to be pressing Alabama for second place. The Lions trail Alabama by only 25 votes in the coaches and 29 votes in the AP polls which leaves the Lions in good position to hop into the championship game (provided, of course, one of those teams lose and PSU wins out).

Just as a heads up, Texas still has to play:

@ Texas Tech
Baylor
@ Kansas
Texas A&M

There is also the Big Twelve championship game should they survive this run through the regular season.

Alabama still has to play:

Arkansas State
@ LSU
Mississippi State
Auburn

As well as a possible SEC championship game.

At this point it looks more likely that Texas will lose a game before Alabama does. Which means PSU vs. Alabama for the title looks pretty good.

Should both teams lose a game, it will probably be PSU vs. Texas. This is because Texas will still have played in and presumably won the Big 12 Title. This is because the hold the tie-breaker with Oklahoma. I don't see OU getting a shot at the title without being able to win their own league.

This is where we stand. Enjoy the bye week.

GO STATE! ENJOY THE BYE WEEK!

There's Nothing Left To Say

Apologies for no post up earlier in the day.

I don't believe there is anything else which can be said about this game. ESPN is hyping this game big time and rightfully so. This is not only a Big Ten Title elimination game but also a National Title elimination game.

Some Penn State fans feel quite confident about the game this weekend. I am not a part of that bunch. I am terribly nervous about this game, however, a certain thought brought me a great deal of peace today: This is a valid test for Penn State. Should the Lions lose we should all admit that we are not a National Championship caliber team. However, should the Lions win against the #9 team in the nation, on the road, at night, with 100,000 buckeye fans going crazy, with Gameday in attendance, the Lions will deserve a shot at the title.

It should be a great game.

I AM DANGEROUSLY FIRED UP!

GO STATE! BEAT THE BUCKEYES!

Lions Are Masters of Their Own Domain

Penn State is up to sixth in the AP poll after a wild weekend in College football. Oklahoma, Alabama, LSU, Missouri, and Texas are the five teams ahead of the Lions. The three Big 12 teams and the two SEC teams all play one another. The following games will put PSU firmly in control of their own destiny! Not only will these be great games but now you have a vested interest in the outcome.

Texas @ Oklahoma on 10/11/08
Missouri @ TX on 10/18/08
Alabama @ LSU on 11/08/08

Ideally for Penn State, Texas will beat Oklahoma then immediately have a big let down the next week against Missouri. Then Alabama beats LSU (assuming LSU has already dropped one game to either Florida or Georgia). This would mean that PSU would play Missouri for the National Title! GWAH!

The absolute key for PSU is that Texas beats Oklahoma. Should Oklahoma beat Texas the likelihood of PSU hopping the remaining four teams ahead of them is very low.

This is all predicated on the fact that PSU wins out the rest of its games. Which means PSU will have to win at the Horseshoe (hasn't been done in 30 years), beat Michigan (hasn't been done in 12 years), beating Wisconsin, and besting Sparty. This was just to illustrate what some of the most important games are in order for Penn State to play for the title!

GO STATE! BEAT PURDUE!

Penn State Now Ranked 6th In Nation!

The AP poll is out and the win over Illinois, along with the other craziness around college football, has catapulted the Lions to sixth in the Nation!

It is all starting to come together! Penn State is in great position to make a run to the National title game over the next 7 weeks! I am fired up!

GO STATE!

YOU WIN!

LSU Won, so you WIN! EAT THAT YOU TOSU FREAKS!

Never mind the fact that it devastates the conference for '08 pre-season rankings. TOSU had me when they were up 10-0 but then reality set in and LSU scored 31 unanswered points. Yeah. That smarts. The Big Ten has been put back in its place. Firmly.

HOORAY FOR OUR SEC OVERLORDS!

WE WIN!

LSU Vs. OSU: An Awesome First Half

That was an amazing first half. OSU jumps all over LSU early with a 65 yd. run for a TD followed by a great drive for a field goal. After the first five minutes of the game, it was all LSU as they scored 24 unanswered points to take a 24-10 lead (and they will get the ball back to start the second half!)

The real difference in this game has been the play of the QBs. Compare:

Flynn (LSU): 11/15 for 118 yds and 2 TDs!
Boeckman (Tosu): 6/13 for 111 yds and 1 INT.

That being said, the Buckeyes are running the ball extremely well. The only thing that could stop them on the ground would be a vaguely disease ridden prostitute (on sale mind you!). Wells has over 100 Yds. in the first half.

If the Buckeyes, and thereby the Big Ten, are to regain standing in this game, and thereby in reality, they are going to have to lock down on defense and create some fucking turnovers!

LSU the path to victory is easy: run the rock, kill the clock. Captain "Les-ticles" will not be satisfied with that. He smells blood. He has his foot on the neck of the Buckeyes. HE DEMANDS SATISFACTION! And that will be his undoing!

LETS GO BIG TEN!

The NC Game is A Win-Win For PSU Fans

Are you a PSU fan? If the answer is "yes" then you will win tonight! Are you asking yourself: "how is this possible?" Well, all you have to do is consider all the possible outcomes and you will see that no matter what happens in tonight's Buckeyes vs. Tigers game you will feel great afterwards. So, root for whoever you want. (you can find some great reasons to root for the Big Ten at BSD or The M Zone, or, you can go to TNL for some reasons to scorn our Big Ten Brethren)

If Tosu wins:
You feel great! The Big Ten hands the SEC its second defeat in head to head play this year and helps to disperse the myth of SEC superiority. Also, it will help you feel better about PSU's loss to the mighty Nuts back in October. After all, they did lose to the eventual national champs, right? (No, I wouldn't feel better about it either). Also, what is good for the Buckeyes is good for the conference. What is good for the Conference will only help PSU come the pre-season polls.

If LSU wins: You feel awesome! The Tigers just beat down a team that you hate to your very core! This is the second time in two years that an SEC team bested the mighty Buckeyes for a title, can we now start the overrated talk for 2008? Based on these performances it is unlikely we will have to sit through a third straight year of Buckeyes in the title game. Hooray!

If it is a Tie:
Unlikely, but excellent! Everybody kisses their sister! Eat that, Jerxes!






If it is a Great Game:
You just got to watch a great game! Remember, this is the last college football you'll see for 7+ months. So, enjoy that shit, cuzzin!

If it is A Terrible Game:
Huzzah! Both teams are terrible! The BCS Sucks! Rejoice in your teams excellence!

The National Title, Of BCS Crap

With the selection of LSU and Tosu to play for the National Title in January there is sure to be a tidal wave of controversy. However, I pose this question to you: Who really cares? There answer is: Georgia, Oklahoma, Virginia Tech, USC, Missouri, Hawaii, blah, blah, blah, blah. I will start this conversation with this, I have no problem with LSU being in the title game.

However, Ohio St lucked the fuck out. Plain and simple. They managed to win out there "Tour of Ohio" out of conference schedule. They weren't the best team in the country last week, or the week before. The Buckeyes advanced for the sole reason that they didn't play (though, if there is a year where that should play a substantial role, this is it). I'll be the first to admit that the Big Ten is down this year. And yet, all the other conferences will be passed over in order to give the Buckeyes another opportunity to be blown the fuck out in a championship game. It will work out, it isn't like the Buckeyes got destroyed by the cream of the SEC last year or anything. If Tosu gets crushed this year there has got to be a 3 year embargo on them being in the championship game.

Does anyone give Tosu a chance in this one, right now? What is the spread? 10+? 14+? I really can't wait to see the Big ten embarrassed again at the hands of the SEC! Isn't it time for some other turd to get smushed aside from the Buckeyes?

Oh, and PSU is going to be playing Texas A&M in the Alamo Bowl. I am a huge PSU fan, and I hope that PSU does a little turd smushing of their own, but is anyone excited about this matchup?

GO STATE