O'Korn is going to be the guy, at least until he starts fumbling or throwing ints. It looks like the coaches are going to lean on the defense, running game, and kickers from here on out. That's what they did in the second half against IU. The QBs job will be to avoid turnovers, and convert enough short passes to control the ball and maybe score a couple of touchdowns. It might work. In any case, it's about the only option on the table.
O'Korn is going to be the guy, at least until he starts fumbling or throwing ints. It looks like the coaches are going to lean on the defense, running game, and kickers from here on out. That's what they did in the second half against IU. The QBs job will be to avoid turnovers, and convert enough short passes to control the ball and maybe score a couple of touchdowns. It might work. In any case, it's about the only option on the table.
I'm guessing line will be more like 6, and a piece of that due to PSU playing in their own stadium.
This does not sound like much, but it's mainly because a low scoring game is likely, something like 20-14 or 17-10. This is a game where a lot of rain might be a good thing.
That's true about the head banging; no face masks either in 1948. It an irony: the more protection for the players, the harder the hitting, and thus more injuries.
Maybe the team needs a new approach, maybe a new identity: you don't win because you are better than the other team, have better players and coaches, a sophisticated NFL offense, a great tradition, etc., but because you are tougher, meaner, more resilient than the opponent. in that case you play attacking defense, force turnovers, run the football, play field position, score a couple of touchdowns, maybe one or both off turnovers, kick a field goal or two, settle the game in the 4th quarter, and win 17 to 10. The worse the weather, the more rain, wind, mud, and snow, the better you like it. It may not be pretty but it gets the job done. There are still a few Big Ten coaches who try to do it that way -- the coach at Iowa and, yes, the guy at MSU. The game the other night was like Sparty's win over OSU a couple of years ago, 17-14 in a monsoon rainstorm in Columbus. Afterwards Buckeye fans said the same thing: the coaches screwed up, they had a bad game plan, they should have thrown the ball downfield, etc. At the end of the game in terrible conditions, one team was tougher than the other.
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O'Korn is going to be the guy, at least until he starts fumbling or throwing ints. It looks like the coaches are going to lean on the defense, running game, and kickers from here on out. That's what they did in the second half against IU. The QBs job will be to avoid turnovers, and convert enough short passes to control the ball and maybe score a couple of touchdowns. It might work. In any case, it's about the only option on the table.
O'Korn is going to be the guy, at least until he starts fumbling or throwing ints. It looks like the coaches are going to lean on the defense, running game, and kickers from here on out. That's what they did in the second half against IU. The QBs job will be to avoid turnovers, and convert enough short passes to control the ball and maybe score a couple of touchdowns. It might work. In any case, it's about the only option on the table.
I'm guessing line will be more like 6, and a piece of that due to PSU playing in their own stadium.
This does not sound like much, but it's mainly because a low scoring game is likely, something like 20-14 or 17-10. This is a game where a lot of rain might be a good thing.
That's true about the head banging; no face masks either in 1948. It an irony: the more protection for the players, the harder the hitting, and thus more injuries.
Not sure i "get" the Beethoven in the background.
Maybe the team needs a new approach, maybe a new identity: you don't win because you are better than the other team, have better players and coaches, a sophisticated NFL offense, a great tradition, etc., but because you are tougher, meaner, more resilient than the opponent. in that case you play attacking defense, force turnovers, run the football, play field position, score a couple of touchdowns, maybe one or both off turnovers, kick a field goal or two, settle the game in the 4th quarter, and win 17 to 10. The worse the weather, the more rain, wind, mud, and snow, the better you like it. It may not be pretty but it gets the job done. There are still a few Big Ten coaches who try to do it that way -- the coach at Iowa and, yes, the guy at MSU. The game the other night was like Sparty's win over OSU a couple of years ago, 17-14 in a monsoon rainstorm in Columbus. Afterwards Buckeye fans said the same thing: the coaches screwed up, they had a bad game plan, they should have thrown the ball downfield, etc. At the end of the game in terrible conditions, one team was tougher than the other.