Post by deskjet on Dec 7, 2009 2:26:00 GMT -5
Dec 6, 2009 23:23:51 GMT -5 @kyleturris said:
Florida and Bama have cupcakes on their schedule.....but to try and compare them to PSU's schedule is laughable. First off they play in the SEC, one of if not the best conference in college football. Secondly, even if they beat everyone on their schedule......they still have to play an SEC championship game.....usually against another top 10 school.....in this case, 1 and 2.
So what if PSU returns their starters? If you return average players, you deserve an average ranking. But the polls show favortism and rank them #22, when they had no business getting a rank that high. You mention their trip to the Rose Bowl. It was more like lambs to a slaughter. They were annihilated by USC and proven why PSU does not belong in a big time national bowl game. There is no fun in that. But even the bookies love to give PSU the praise, as they made them just a 1 TD dog. Thanks bookies! I won a grand on Joe Pa and PSU's ineptitude and USC's dominance.
In addition, I never said that Iowa was such a fantastic team. All I was doing was answering the question between Iowa and PSU. You talk about blocked field goals against Northern Iowa and a slim win against Ark. St.......those are all excellent points in how Iowa is but an average team and your boys at PSU got BEAT by this average team......2 YEARS IN A ROW.
Face it....PSU is a slightly below average team....probably in the top 30-40 teams that pads its win column with Florida Atlantic, HACC and some school for the blind. They parlay those "wins" into a bowl game trip. Then if they face a team with any type of credibility like last year.....they get annihilated. If they play some D-II school and clobber them, fans of PSU go ape poop and talk about how they will win the national title next year.
Totally true.. they were exposed against USC last year. PSU is always a weak team who plays a cupcake schedule
Ironically why Terelle Pryor decided to go out of state for his stepping stone to the pros. If he was at PSU, he would sit his first season and then hit the learning curve in his second. He would be a senior before he would get any pro prospects, cuz Joe Pa doesnt like to start freshman. Thats so 30 years ago of him.[/quote]
Point was. Every team has cupcakes on them. Point about the starters...why would you rank an experienced team over an umexperienced team? I guess it happens all the time.
I'm not gonna make any excuses about quality opponents PSU has and has not beaten over the years. I knew how that USC game was gonna play out before it even happened. That team last year coulda probably beat a lowly NFL team, like the Jets .
And it's pretty futile to try to defend the conference, although I think they get a bad rap. I agree they are certainly not on par with the Bama's, texas, florida's and that primarily has to do with the coaching. I saw it clear as day yesterday watching these teams play and coach to win. I love Joepa, but he and his staff partly inhibits this program if I'm just gonna be honest.
Nonetheless, I'm a proud Penn State football fan and even though some people wont see LSU as a quality opponent since they lost to ole miss, if We get the win, I'll take it. Moreover, I certainly think it will help our reputation as a team and within the conference.
Oh, Derrick Williams was a pretty good freshmen starter