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Hawkeye my friend  great to see mi amigo back capping his Hawks. The Hawkeyes are playing well right now while my Lions are struggling in every phase of the game. Tough to go against those Hawkeyes,but everytime I thought the Lions had the better team the Hawkeyes would win. Maybe this time PSU turns the tables.

Penn St - 31                           Iowa - 25

Nittany Lions -4                   

Just can't go against my Lions amigo  

LOL How is Penn St gonna score 31! they couldnt get about half that against comparable defenses. ??? I am not understanding this line. PSU defense has inflated numbers because the teams they play cant execute plays on offense. For instance eastern michigan had three turnovers two from the qb fumbling on the exchange. I know PSU is in a down recruiting era but they are terrible. I expect this line 3years ago at home but with 2 TD passes in five games and no running game to speak off. ??? Bama is the best team PSU played and I  know its BAMA but PSU looked like a div 2 program. I see this line moving up as well as people keep jumping on PSU. I feel I am missing something here. PSU may not win another game this season the way they are playing and the way the coaching staff makes huge gaffes. Out of principle I must go Iowa ml, but due to this errie line and people telling me PSU all the way double digit win I am taking iowa plus 4. I have watched all PSU games and they are terrible. ??? QBs have no idea how to lead receivers, telegraph throws, and obviously are not coached up. RBs are impatient and do not follow blocks. Play calling is ridiculus. Offensive Line is undisciplined and highly penalized. The defense is the teams strong point but against good offensive teams they are below average. Statistically they are ranked top 10. After conference play this defense will be somewhere between 75 and 100 in the nation.

Originally Posted by thisguyiswise:

as a die hard fan of penn state most of you are on the right track liking iowa.

but its not because penn state defense isnt stellar or their recruiting has been down.

surprisingly, outside of last year (and the players wouldnt be playing so early anyway in the class) psu has not been down in recruiting at all.  in fact this year they currently sit around #10 with 17 recruits.  it comes down to two things.  1. qb play, its that simple, they rotate  them and bolden is awful, and mcgloin isnt much better (bolden was a huge recruit as was paul jones who cant get on the field to academic issues) 2. coaching this goes back to qb issues and overall playcalling, the coaches have fumbled this season away with the rotation, psu plays much smoother with mcgloin in but they are afraid bolden will transfer, let him!

psu defense is probably their top 4 defense dating back to 2000.  They can get after it.  Now they lost Mauti their stud at LB but they have so much depth there its sickening really.  Should get top cb lynn back this week as well.

Blame the coaching, blame the qb, heck blame the whole offense (their wrs are fine), just dont blame the defense or recruiting for their  pathetic performance this year.

IF they had decent qb play, this would be a top 15 team easily.

Originally Posted by CollegeSharp:

Iowa +2 and Under anything 43 or more