Penn State vs. Michigan State Predictions: What should fans expect against the Spartans?

dcf4psu

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A Black Friday double header for me with my Jets playing the Dolphins in a must win game and PSU playing indoors up in Detroit against MSU. Indoors is a big deal and I think favors PSU and their team speed.
 

PSU87

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A Black Friday double header for me with my Jets playing the Dolphins in a must win game and PSU playing indoors up in Detroit against MSU. Indoors is a big deal and I think favors PSU and their team speed.
You're a Jets fan? Do you celebrate Thanksgiving? I mean, you haven't had anything to be thankful for since Namath.
 
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blion72

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this one is hard to call. Who is playing QB? we heard JF say that expects Drew to be ready. Yet on Tuesday Drew has a uniform at practice but isn't actually dong anything. IF he were going to be full on Friday, it would seem they would have him doing normal drills.

So in the scenario that Drew starts, what is his real condition? Is he playing normal including having the occasional run? we have seen JF play a starting QB who is not at full strength when a backup would likely have been more effective. If that scenario plays out, I can see Drew being very ineffective and a game where we struggle to get more than 17 pts.

In the scenario where Drew cannot go and Pribula is the QB from snap one, then we would likely be more effective. MSU would have had time to study Pribula, so not sure it looks like Rutgers. I can see 31 pts in that model.

Most see our DEF suffocating Sparty and holding them under 10 pts. I think 10-17 pts is likely for Sparty, as they are a bit better than nost think.

Bottom line I do not see us covering the spread, but win in the range of 10-14 pts. May look like Indiana game.
 

Nitwit

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MSU isn’t going anywhere. Once we go up by 14, they will fold and our defense will take over the game in the second half. Look for another 30 plus points from the lions no matter who is at QB. I can see 38-10 with lots of third stringers getting playing time in the 4th quarter.
 
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Catch1lion

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MSU- Nearly two dozen guys listed as questionable or out due to injuries. Sparty is LAST in the B1G in scoring. Only Big1G team averaging less than 100 yds rushing per game. If there is not a major beatdown, then "Ah, Houston, we've had a problem."
 
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MtNittany

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Last chance for another shutout unless the ball bounces strangely, or PSU is exiled to their locker room w/out food for 6 hours (which I doubt - given the venue).
 

Tom_PSU

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Will be at a friend's house drinking with friends - these are not college football fans. I'll try to keep up in the in-game thread....
I understand, years ago my wife had a couple of married friends she was close with. None of them knew the difference between baseball and table tennis or football and ice hockey. If a PSU game was on I just went into another room watched it. At that point in time they didn’t appear to miss me, but God I heard about it on the ride home.
 

PrtLng Lion

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I understand, years ago my wife had a couple of married friends she was close with. None of them knew the difference between baseball and table tennis or football and ice hockey. If a PSU game was on I just went into another room watched it. At that point in time they didn’t appear to miss me, but God I heard about it on the ride home.
I can relate- been in that situation several times in the past.

I'm getting too old, don't care anymore. I tell her I'm watching the game, if she makes other plans then she's by herself. (it works, every most some of the time)
 
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