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This did have the feel of poetic justice from last year:
'16 OSU takes a 1st half lead on Special teams / '17 PSU takes 1st half lead off special teams.
'16 PSU comes back off 2 great special tems plays / '17 OSU starts come back off blocked punt.

I didn't call him easily the best QB in B1G history, I said the statistical case was easy.  

He just passed Brees in some stat.  Plus the rushing numbers.  Stats don't tell us everything, but they happened on the field.  Plus part of the whole point is that the B1G hasn't had very impressive QBs in its history, statistically speaking.

Barkley had nothing to work with in the second half.  The PSU o-line couldn't even slow down the D-line long enough for Barkley to receive the handoff and decide where to run.

anyone else starting to question Urban's game management? Don't freak out ,I'm not saying the dude's not a good coach, he's probably tied for 2nd with Dabo behind Saban.

but, a lot of weird decisions. Kicking off to Barkley, then 8 more kickoffs where we don't know if we should pooch it, squib it etc. The last kickoff was possibly the worst, allowing Penn St to have the ball on the 41 yard line.

Going for it on 4th-and-8 vs trying a FG.

Declining a hold which allowed PSU to get a first down on 2-and-10.

only running Dobbins 4 times in the first half. (Ala Zeke and Hyde games where he abandons the run)

I also thought it was strange to call timeout when hubbard had the amazing tackle on mcsorely/barkley. there were still 4 mins left at that point, with PSU facing 2nd and 17 or whatever. I would have thought holding those made more sense. you would have gotten the ball back with at least 2 1/2 mins and if you had a quick 3 and out it would have given you one more chance.

not sure what to think of his demeanor where he looks like he's going to vomit the entire first half. it plays well on TV, but I wonder if that's a good look for the team? guys might negatively feed off that.

I did think it was smart to move Arnette to cover the slot when Hamilton was there, even though he caught a TD. Although that's probably more of Schiano's decision.

and I did like both 2 point conversion tries, even though they didn't work.

I thought the 4th 8 try was a little weird.  Though I imagine he was tired of his special teams.  I'm not sure why Dobbins missed some series.  Other than that, I thought he was great.  When there are no good options you can't criticize someone for taking the least bad option.  You can't simultaneously criticize him for kicking to Barkley and not kicking to Barkley.  

best qb's in conference history?
in no particular order Brees, R Wilson (albeit 1 season), K Collins, Griese, I think JT is getting very close to Troy though, with or without the Heisman trophy. Troy was good his Soph and Jr seasons, but not great. Then he had the monster senior year.

Best I ever saw - cannon arm with touch and accuracy, great deep ball, elite size and strength and athletic ability for the position. Just had it all. 

https://youtu.be/gQcTo-cefm4

anyone else starting to question Urban's game management? Don't freak out ,I'm not saying the dude's not a good coach, he's probably tied for 2nd with Dabo behind Saban.

but, a lot of weird decisions. Kicking off to Barkley, then 8 more kickoffs where we don't know if we should pooch it, squib it etc. The last kickoff was possibly the worst, allowing Penn St to have the ball on the 41 yard line.

Going for it on 4th-and-8 vs trying a FG.

Declining a hold which allowed PSU to get a first down on 2-and-10.

only running Dobbins 4 times in the first half. (Ala Zeke and Hyde games where he abandons the run)

I also thought it was strange to call timeout when hubbard had the amazing tackle on mcsorely/barkley. there were still 4 mins left at that point, with PSU facing 2nd and 17 or whatever. I would have thought holding those made more sense. you would have gotten the ball back with at least 2 1/2 mins and if you had a quick 3 and out it would have given you one more chance.

not sure what to think of his demeanor where he looks like he's going to vomit the entire first half. it plays well on TV, but I wonder if that's a good look for the team? guys might negatively feed off that.

I did think it was smart to move Arnette to cover the slot when Hamilton was there, even though he caught a TD. Although that's probably more of Schiano's decision.

and I did like both 2 point conversion tries, even though they didn't work.

While I'm not particularly doing it, people have been for years. There are about 3 coaches who don't get questioned, and even they sometimes do, because people wonder if Paul Johnson going fullback dive on 4th and 1 from his 35 is fine.
If you were closely watching most other teams, you'd see those same small ticks, because when things don't work (or don't work all the time) there's always questions.