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Penn State vs. Ohio State!!
By Max | October 21, 2008
Does anyone really believe that OSU can compete with this?
I have been thinking about this weekend’s game nonstop. It is the defacto Big10 championship game. Last week was the first time this season that Ohio St. actually looked like the team ranked in the top 10. Lets put this weekend’s matchup into perspective though.
The Ohio State University scored 6 touchdowns.
TD 1: MSU shanks the punt, OSU gets the ball with only 47 yds to go.
TD 2: After a fumble, OSU only has 17 yds to score.
TD 3: Another short field (57 yds) results in an OSU TD after a low percentage 56 yd. Pryor pass completion.
TD 4: Legit OSU TD where they have to drive 77 yds over 9 plays.
TD 5: Defense scores off fumble.
TD 6: Defense scores off fumble.
As you can see, everything that could go wrong for MSU did go wrong. Giving OSU turnovers and short fields is a quick way to land your team into a big point deficit. MSU has a strong running game this year, but once they found themselves down 4 TDs, the play calling would have to compensate by adding in some more passing plays.
The score last week doesn’t reflect the actual strength of the OSU offense. PSU only has to accomplish two things to win this game. First, they have to avoid mistakes early making OSU drive the length of the field. Then the PSU defense needs to show up strong against the OSU running game to force Pryor to beat them through the air. Thats the key to victory and the Big 10 championship.
Topics: Sports | 3 Comments »
October 22nd, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Would you like to become a TV sports commentator?
October 22nd, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Or Joe pa’s replacement??
October 27th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
I bet you were surprised about how strong of a showing Ohio State put up. Ohio State screwed up a quarterback sneak on 3rd and inches that turned the tide in an otherwise very close game.
To be honest, I was very surprised with the outcome of the game. I thought they were going to meet the over-under, with Penn States scoring 3/4 of the points.