Chances of PSU beating Michigan

[bdgan]

Who thinks that Michigan's main focus on defense will be to shut down Dotson and blitz the heck out of Clifford?
If this is the scenario that plays out PSU will have to rely on P. Washington and the tight ends to get the yards. Our run game is a lost cause unless something remarkable happened in practice this week to turn it around. M.Y. might have to run a few trickery plays to catch Michigan off guard.

I'd like to see a flea flicker to Dotson

 

[hapval8286]

I'd like to see a flea flicker to Dotson

Here are the plays I want to see on Saturday...
1. RB wheel route down the side line.
2. RB dive with a pitch back to Clifford and long pass downfield
3. TE seem pass.
4. Hook and ladder...TE catch and pitch to Dotson for TD!
5. That play we ran in OT vs Illinois where it was a WR reverse with a pass to Clifford in the flat.
I thought that was very creative and would have been a score if Clifford caught the pass.

 

[WSTLion87]

If Haskins is held in check we will win.

 

[blion72]

Two points. I thought Clifford looked healthy against Maryland. Second, I don’t understand why you think we don’t match up well against Michigan. Their run game isn’t as good as OSU’s and the team by and large held the OSU freshman RB who many claimed could write in the number of yards he was going to rack up against PSU before the game. under control. McNamara isn’t close to being as good as Stroud. My biggest complaint been is whether the OL can keep Hutchinson, their DE off Clifford and hope they use a back to help out.

I think we have a few matchup problems. First, our OTs vs UM DEs is not a good one. I will be surprised if SC ever sees much of a pocket. I really don't feel that SC has been at full strength. He is not the same runner he was early in the season, and we need his legs. I don't think he can get everything on deep passes. WE need him at full strength. When we are on DEF we still struggle v power run which is what UM is most of the time. Wisky, Auburn, Iowa, Illinois and tOSU have run on us and held the ball for sustained drives, and some of those were with PJ. UM is similar to any of those teams on the ground.

 

[PSUJam]

 

[yboby]

Hopefully the wind will not mess up our passing game.

 

[Corner Room Breakfast]

Watching the BTN preview they said keep UM to 3 in the red zone, and you get inside
their head. RZ offense their weakness RZ defense our strength.

My personal opinion Sean Clifford has to have his best passing game this year.

 

[JoeLion]

If the team that played wiscy/auburn and osu shows up a win. If the Ill/Maryland team shows up a lost. Should be able to tell which team shows up by the end of the first quarter.

 

[BW Lion]

PSU is very vulnerable in the middle of the field in the range of 7-15 yards downfield because of Pry. In order to win this game, Pry needs to phone either Vanderlinden or Sandusky and ask their opinions on how a Middle Linebacker (ML) should properly defend repeated throws to Tight Ends (TE) in the apparent soft spot in Pry's defense.

Old School Solution (Paterno, Vanderlinden, Sandusky): PSU's ML stays at home spying on whichever of scUM's TE's drag across the middle of the field and thusly "arrives early and viciously", even if it results in repeated 15 yd personal foul penalties and a TD for scUM. Early game messages are long-lasting.

New School Solution (Franklin & Pry): ????

I tried to warn you people about Michigan dragging TE's across the middle.