Big East/Big Ten

[ham55]

Wisconsin struggled, who was the other Big10 team in the top 20 that struggled? Indiana?

I said Pitt wins that game yesterday if they're healthy, but they were not. So they did not. Simple.

Louisville lost a tough game to a slightly above average SEC team. BUT, the defense did what we said it would. Brohm and the Cards look tough as hell sometimes on offense, but they couldn't stop Bedford's run game at times either.

READ AND UNDERSTAND

[The Ancient Enemy]

For the Big ten being so terrible, Pitt sure struggled and lost to a team who will end up with 4-5 conference losses. Yeah, I said they're the most dangerous team in the conference... I didn't say they'd beat anyone. Losing 10-7 is the same as losing 40-7 at the end of the day.

If you Big East peeps want to support a BE team, support the only one who has a legitimate shot at getting to the national-title level in this millenium: South Florida. They have all the pieces to do it over time, unlike WVU and Louisville.

Iowa State is immensely worse than Kentucky. At least UL lost a shoot-out. Iowa couldn't even move the ball against what is arguably the worst team in the BCS. Can we please stop the annual media lovefest over Iowa now?

Like I said long ago, the Big Ten champ will probably have 2 conference losses. From what I have seen, Ohio State does not impress me, and neither does Michigan or Penn State. They all have problems that will cost them games. Joe Paterno's marriage to Austin Scott is probably going to set the tone in that Michigan game, and therefore PSU will play flat as hell for 3 series. Notice how the offense didn't pick up until Kinlaw went in the game Saturday. I would like to know how you can justify saying "both of them are our starters" whenever Scott starts every week.

And on that note...

How do you say how tight the back-up QB battle is at Pitt and then leave Smith in that game? Look, Wanny, here's some advice from an observer: You are not planting a vote of confidence in Kevan Smith's head when you leave him in the game. He is not your starting quarterback, Bill Stull is. If he's just a back-up, you can replace him with the other back-up who you said was neck and neck with him all season. It doesn't hurt to give the other kid a chance if he's just as good as Smith. Poor coaching, AGAIN, cost Pitt that game.

At least now Jeff Long isn't there anymore. That's good news for Pitt fans. Maybe the new guy will put some heat on Wannstedt to get a quality staff in place, IMMEDIATELY.

[Former Wildcat]

TAE, I am not sure why PSU and OSU have not been impressive. PSU has dominated all three games they have played. OSU went to Washington and won decisively. No Big East team has been more impressive than PSU and OSU. They are not in the category of USC and LSU, but no one in the Big East is either. I would like to see OSU and PSU undefeated when they play at the end of October. Michigan could be a problem for PSU though. Wisconsin does look overrated, but they are still winning.

The other impressive thing about PSU and OSU is they are both doing it with very few seniors. If this year's game is big, next year's will be titanic.

[The Ancient Enemy]

Wildcat,

Penn State has not dominated. They started very very flat against both ND and Buffalo. The offense is "led" by Scott, who runs straight up and down until he realizes he's losing his job. The offense did virtually nothing until Kinlaw came in the game Saturday. Morelli has looked like garbage two weeks in a row now. 3 of those 4 TD's were great catches and terrible throws.

Ohio State played 1 impressive half of football out of 6. They had problems with both Youngstown and Akron. But I agree with you about the youth thing and the enormous matchups we should have for the next few seasons.

The media has died down a little on Wisconsin and thank God. They played 1 decent team last year and got crushed by them. And all of a sudden Wisconsin is one of the best teams in the country? This supposedly awesome defense sure as hell looked awesome against UNLV and the Citadel.

[ham55]

As I've said to you before TAE, Penn State has still managed to win it's game by 21+ points. They're averaging 45 points a game. And I don't care how Morelli gets the ball into the endzone, as long as he does it more than he throws INT's. 8 to 1 ratio so far is fine by me. Completing 63% of his passes is also fine by me. 209 per game is superb. IF he can continue this this year, PSU will go very very far. BUT, I do have a sneaky suspicion that the drop off is coming... I hope I'm wrong, but who knows.

Wildcat,

If PSU and OSU are both undefeated going into that week 9 match-up, look for the Beav to be out of control. The match-up in 2005 was excellent, but this year's, being so late in the year, will be phenominal. I hope they're both undefeated going into that game as well.

Hopefully PSU will bring home a win this week vs. a confident UM team. I'll be making the trip again, and expect to see a large amount of PSU fans in attendance. Hopefully fortune is on PSU's side this year.

[Former Wildcat]

1 impressive half out of 6. Weren't you impressed by their defense holding Akron to 13 consecutive 3 and outs? Their offense is coming along.

If I were a PSU fan, I would be a little worried about this weekend's game. Michigan has tons of talent, probably more than PSU, and can rally around still winning the Big 10. It would be awful for the conference if Michigan wins, but if I had to put money down, it would be on the maize and blue.

[The Ancient Enemy]

Let's talk about that awesome Ohio State team versus Akron.

10:12 in the First: Akron goes up 2-0.

17 minutes later, in the middle of the 2nd quarter, Ohio State takes a 3-2 lead.

Halftime score: 3-2

5 minutes into the 3rd quarter, OSU scores another field goal.

First TD comes with 6 minutes left in the quarter.

End of three: OSU is up 13-2 on a team expected to finish fifth (out of seven) in their DIVISION of the MAC.

9 minutes left in the fourth, OSU finally "puts it away" and wins 20-2.

Awesome job. Tell us more about Ohio State. Tell us about those 13 3-and-outs that really mattered.

[Former Wildcat]

The truth is that because their offense was so bad those 13 three and outs did matter. The offense will come around. However, defense is what ultimately wins games and championships. See Louisville.

[The Ancient Enemy]

How'd that awesome defense do against Florida?

[Former Wildcat]

The question is how would that defense do against Florida this year and the answer is much better. Last year's defense was inexperienced with young stars. All of those young stars are a year older.