Does Penn State have a chance to beat State next weekend?

Anything can happen. Penn state has a good defense and as we've seen today, games get wild with good defenses

of course

they have a chance. good weather. hackenberg could exploit their secondary. but i am focusing on beating osu. 10-2 would be amazing

but don't kid yourself—it's a minuscule chance. MSU will have to turn the ball over six times for PSU to even be close in the 4th quarter.

Dantonio's a very good coach with a strong staff. I don't see them blowing this at home against a team with obvious weaknesses like PSU.

If Cook doesn't play, definitely. OSU has looked iffy all year. Losing at home to a Cookless Sparty team confirms they were overrated.

Will MSU have trouble getting up for them?

Does Hackenberg even want to play this game?

I think line opens at Sparty -6 accounting for Cook's unknown status.

Stranger things have happened, though this year they've mostly been in MSU's favor.

win over osu will make this year an enormous success. worry about penn state later

It'd be a lot better if hack could evade SOME rush... but msu's weakness is pass defense. Psu's strength is passing. So... Damn buckeyes. All they had to do was not suck.

The reversal of Zettel's ejection actually works in our favor in the long run, since it gives PSU more than a snowball's chance in hell at pulling the upset (though not much more). Interesting twist of fate.

Nope. It's time to drink.

The football gods are fickle. PSU has a chance. I believe.

well what were the odds of MSU beating OSU without Cook? If Cook doesn't play, then theres a chance as long as Penn State is willing to throw the fucking ball

Sure.  If Cook remains hurt, then it's not like MSU set the world on fire offensively, and PSU's defense is good enough to beat a team like MSU.  It's highly unlikely, but MSU has been incredibly lucky all year; at some point that can swing the other way.  They already lost to an inferior team in Nebraska, who says it can't happen again.

That said, I doubt it highly.  Iowa might be able to beat them, but not this piss-poor PSU offense.

Only if by next week penn state gets a new and better:

• coach,
• qb, and
• and OL.

Then they have a chance!

If they watch the Neb. - MSU game film and go deep, they have a chance. Or if they take the OSU route, don't watch any film and run into the D-line again and again, they don't.

If they let Hackenberg chuck 50 times.

Dude PSU won by 1 vs MD on the road.  Maryland!!!!!!!!

Get real.

MSU has superior lines and at this point I'd take O'Connor over Hack.  He is broken.  Its on the road for a team re-energized for playoff push vs a team playing for nothing. 

 

 

If Penn State doesn't get an offensive line worth half a shit, they won't be able to score enough to win. Unless a shitshow officiating effort keeps them in the game long enough to pull off the upset.

If their OL can hold up, then yes. For some reason, OSU did not use Elliott much. I don't know why. PSU should just run the ball and control the clock. PSU DL is better than OSU's DL, based on what I saw today. If Cook is not playing and PSU stack up the box and the REFS from Nebraska game show up to PSU game, then yes, they have a good chance.

Hack is still a good QB. The only guy in the conference who can match up to Cook is Hack. May be he will play the best game of his life in the last game. Who knows. If he does, then I think PSU can win.

But I would give it 20% chance.

Weird things happen in College Football. PSU still have many good athletes. So, there is a chance.

No

fucking hope so!

Dantonio vs. Franklin is not a fair fight. Penn State players would need to band together and play way above their heads, and if they were capable of doing that I would think they would have done it today, at home, on senior day.

PSU has no chance.  It seems pretty clear that Dantonio was in on the deal that Tressel made with the devil back in the day.  It's the only thing that explains all of this.

Yes, especially if Cook is out. I don't think it's a great chance though. I feel like Franklin will find a way to muck it up.

NO!!!

NO!!!

Defensively, PSU and MSU are similar. Very strong lines, ok back 7s. Offensively, MSU has a better line but PSU has the better QB and RB at least if Cook isn't close to 100%. This game should be a pretty even match.

If Cook is back to being Cook, MSU has the edge.

in the season finale as a 24-point underdog.  Wisconsin had an Orange Bowl bid guaranteed if they won, but PSU came in and won convincingly.

Of course, that was a Bill O'Brien coached team.  Franklin is not O'Brien.

One thing that will be in common: I was in Madison in 2013, and I'll be in East Lansing in 2015.  I'll try to bring some good luck!

that PSU can dominate State for 59 minutes and 59 seconds.

That is all.  Not interested in backing in with a Sparty No!

No and I wouldn't concern yourself with it. PSU will get slaughtered next week.

Just beat OSU and I guarantee we're talking about a NY6 bowl for this team.

Well, like a coach kept sayin in one of this week's pressers, think it was ST coach, the ball ain't round, so of course they have a chance. Will they: nope. Like it or not, everything (except Nebraska) is coming up Sparty's way this year. Friggin bastards. Hate em. Really hate em. But only fun part may be watching their heads explode, every one, when they win the B1G champ game & get passed by for Oklahoma & (ND -- bah: they suck too -- or someone) plus Ala & the Clem

No. That is all

moronic overturn of the Zettle targeting call might end up benefiting Michigan next Saturday.  Hope so.

Wow, there are a lot of negative attitudes around here.  MSU coming off an emotional win thinking they have it wrapped up could definitely lose.  Anything can happen.