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Penn St Opens as 25pt fav
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Penn St Opens as 25pt fav
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Penn State a 25pt favorite. Thoughts?
I would take App and the points personally.
Penn State a 25pt favorite. Thoughts?
I would take App and the points personally.
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Re: Penn St Opens as 25pt fav
Based off history, the season PSU is coming off of, and the fact that we will be very green at the QB position, I think that point spread is right where it should be.
I'm sure once we get closer to the game I'll change my mind but as of right now I'd be happy to keep this game within 3 TD's or less.
I think we lost a lot of valuable pieces at important positions. Going in to Happy Valley and expecting a close game with a Big10 favorite with so much youth is not something I'm very confident with...at this point...again, that will probably change once we get closer and my homer-ism is full force!
I'm sure once we get closer to the game I'll change my mind but as of right now I'd be happy to keep this game within 3 TD's or less.
I think we lost a lot of valuable pieces at important positions. Going in to Happy Valley and expecting a close game with a Big10 favorite with so much youth is not something I'm very confident with...at this point...again, that will probably change once we get closer and my homer-ism is full force!
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Re: Penn St Opens as 25pt fav
Call me old fashioned, but I won't be happy in any game my alma mater's football team loses by 21+.MountaineerMafia wrote: ↑Tue May 22, 2018 8:40 pmBased off history, the season PSU is coming off of, and the fact that we will be very green at the QB position, I think that point spread is right where it should be.
I'm sure once we get closer to the game I'll change my mind but as of right now I'd be happy to keep this game within 3 TD's or less.
I think we lost a lot of valuable pieces at important positions. Going in to Happy Valley and expecting a close game with a Big10 favorite with so much youth is not something I'm very confident with...at this point...again, that will probably change once we get closer and my homer-ism is full force!
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Re: Penn St Opens as 25pt fav
Trying to look st it objectively, I'd say the spread looks about right. However, we know the first week always brings a few upsets and near misses, so why not us?
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Re: Penn St Opens as 25pt fav
Compete.Get better , stay healthy. Can we win? You bet. We are about due but this is a tall order. Would love to put a scare into them ....
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Re: Penn St Opens as 25pt fav
Franklin has recruited at a National Title level recently. They can have studs we know nothing about.
We're gonna have to compete at a really high level to make it a game. We can do it, but they got enough blue-chippers to make us pay for our mistakes.
We're gonna have to compete at a really high level to make it a game. We can do it, but they got enough blue-chippers to make us pay for our mistakes.
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Re: Penn St Opens as 25pt fav
This is going to be a tall order. Going to depend on a lot of things, especially how prepared our young players stepping up are. I think we will be okay on defense and on the offensive line but the big ? is going to be quarterback. They lost Barkley but their dual threat quarterback is back and is going to be hard to stop. Their defense is built to play Ohio State and Michigan. I don't think they will be too worried about us, but maybe that will be their Achilles heel. 25 is probably close and maybe a little high.
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Re: Penn St Opens as 25pt fav
Fair spread. I’ll wait till game week to make my pick, but this isn’t unreasonable.
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Re: Penn St Opens as 25pt fav
As much as I appreciate what TL did for us, replacing Stringer is a much taller order given how pedestrian the defense looked without him last year.
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Re: Penn St Opens as 25pt fav
I’m going to go with filling Woodys shoes first. That security of knowing we would make adjustments in game and not allowing teams anything had me spoiled. Penn state will be no joke.
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Re: Penn St Opens as 25pt fav
These games always have me fooled. I thought we would lose to UT by over 21 and we take them to overtime. I thought we'd keep it within 10 against UGA and they win by 21. My gut tells me the spread is accurate. My gut sucks at predicting P5 games.mountaineerman wrote: ↑Wed May 23, 2018 11:10 amI’m going to go with filling Woodys shoes first. That security of knowing we would make adjustments in game and not allowing teams anything had me spoiled. Penn state will be no joke.
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Re: Penn St Opens as 25pt fav
I just hope we don't injure their starting QB, or we don't stand a chance.
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Re: Penn St Opens as 25pt fav
This is what makes college football great....the "Any Given Saturday" concept. The spread is probably fair, but it isn't necessarily a predictor of the outcome. Penn St lost a lot on D but they are at a level where they reload so the real question is more about the chemistry their D will have in the first game rather than the talent. They will have plenty of talent on the field.
Losing TL is big, but nobody would have predicted that Eason (a highly rated 5 star QB) would go down in our game again Georgia last year and that the backup would IMPROVE their offensive performance. I am cautiously optimistic about our QB prospects because I think we have more depth than ever before. Just have to see how it all fits.
As mentioned above, replacing Stringer (and Boggs) on D will be no small task and that actually has me more worried, especially with Woody gone. Also, the turnover on the OL is a BIG question mark and that directly impacts the performance of the new QB.
I am terrible at projecting outcomes because I am an unapologetic homer. I believe we will go up there and compete. I'll believe that until I am proven right or wrong on 9/1.
Losing TL is big, but nobody would have predicted that Eason (a highly rated 5 star QB) would go down in our game again Georgia last year and that the backup would IMPROVE their offensive performance. I am cautiously optimistic about our QB prospects because I think we have more depth than ever before. Just have to see how it all fits.
As mentioned above, replacing Stringer (and Boggs) on D will be no small task and that actually has me more worried, especially with Woody gone. Also, the turnover on the OL is a BIG question mark and that directly impacts the performance of the new QB.
I am terrible at projecting outcomes because I am an unapologetic homer. I believe we will go up there and compete. I'll believe that until I am proven right or wrong on 9/1.