Good for UM it's not at night, but looks like a heavy lift to me, probably low scoring, I'll venture 20-16 Nitts.Yeah, I don't know. I'm oddly confident in Michigan in this one. And believe me- I'm almost never confident in them in anything. Michigan is catching a break that the game is at noon. That's a way different crowd at noon then night. Happy Valley at night is a complete nightmare.
Looks like there's a chance of rain Saturday afternoon in State College. Hopefully the Nitt students stay in their cozy dorm rooms and sleep in.Hopefully they remember the 9 straight losses from '97-'07.Where the hell are BBTS and GeoLion? Need a couple of Ninnies to stir up the froth.How the hell is a good pissing match ever going to get off the ground?
Hard to start a pissing match when your bladder is empty.I wouldn’t say that. Penn State can obviously win the game- Michigan’s coach is still Jim Harbaugh and their passing game is still Stone Age.
There's no way Penn State wins this game.
MDot's analysis above is spot on. Illinois showed the world how to beat us. If we had not lost our best DT early in the Iowa game, I think our run defense would be loads better.
we all know it's a noon game because the conference is protecting their prize pupilthe conferences don't pick the time slots- they gave up that power during the negotiations for their new contracts with the networks I believe.
8-1 with a slight chance to upset Ohio St. needs to be protected
Hopefully they remember the 9 straight losses from '97-'07.Where the hell are BBTS and GeoLion? Need a couple of Ninnies to stir up the froth.How the hell is a good pissing match ever going to get off the ground?Out of curiosity, why are you favoring Michigan here?
Out of curiosity, why are you favoring Michigan here?"SIGH" neither,meteor strike perhaps - just want a good pissing match
| #6 Michigan Wolverines (5-1, 8-1) at Penn State Nittany Lions (3-3, 6-3) |
| NOON - State College, PA - ABC |
| Penn State saw life without Sean Clifford. They saw life with a well under 100% Sean Clifford. James Franklin decided that was no way to live. While he has benefitted from supreme talents during his time in Happy Valley, with Saquon Barkley and Miles Sanders, this is now two years in a row where the Nittany Lions have been unable to run the ball. Last year the running back room was gutted by injuries, so it was explainable. This year? Now we've got a problem. It was clear from the second half of the Iowa game, and the entirety of the Illinois game, that this offense simply cannot work without working through Sean Clifford. James Franklin has adjusted accordingly. On the season, Penn State is only running the ball about 44.8% of the time, in the bottom 20 nationally. Only above Maryland and Purdue in conference. Recently, they've dialed that down to just 38.5% over the past two games, sixth lowest in the FBS. I'm not sure how the defense holds up, if Michigan pounds away with Hassan Haskins for 4 and 5 yard chunks, on 12 play drives, holding the ball for 8 minutes, and then the offense comes out throwing the ball around, and going three and out, or hitting Jahan Dotson for quick touchdowns, as they beat Maryland with. The biggest concern for the Michigan offense is the health of their running backs, which was so deep going into the year, that Zach Charbonnet left to go star for UCLA. After Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards got banged up, it's unclear the status of either going into this week, and exactly how much of the workload Haskins can handle. Haskins tied a caeer high with 27 carries last week against Indiana, but he didn't have any meaningful 4th quarter carries. Behind him is Tavierre Dunlap perhaps? The freshman got a pair of carries last week, but has only 7 for his career, the previous 5 coming against Northern Illinois, when he did have a 28 yard run. The Nittany Lions run defense held their own against an Ohio State offense which is second in the conference with 5.3 ypc. Ohio State's run chart looks like a Barry Sanders log; 2, -1, 4, 2, 2, 72. Michigan is going to look much more like Illinois, 5, 6, 4, 7, 5, etc... If Corum is healthy, I think Michigan can win by two scores, but if he's out, in Happy Valley, although not at night, I think the Nittany Lions hang around, but give up too many 3rd down conversions. |
| MICHIGAN 23, PENN STATE 21 |
On paper, this points to a low scoring Michigan win. However, who are we kidding? Michigan doesn’t win meaningful games in November, anymore. 😂💩🐖🤡🦧🏈Ouch. But...FACTS.
Coach Harbaugh said the injured are probable for Saturday but I have my doubts about Corum returning. Best case scenario is the injury to his foot was a mild sprain of some kind and recovery after just one week still seems unlikely. Michigan is now favored by one and the weather forecast looks like it'll be a wet Beaver Stadium on Saturday.Wet weather probably benefits Michigan since Penn State is going to rely on their passing game.