Jed Donahue Picks UM over PSU 52-24
Just thought this was interesting. Jed Donahue, "the voice of Penn State football on Pennsylavania Sports Network," has picked Michigan to win 52-24.
The article is posted on Rivals. Good insight and analysis from a guy who know PSU football.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:06 PM ^
PSU defense has not been playing up to par to the usual PSU's standard. Michigan offense should be able to move the ball on them. PSU offense is terrible but they may get their points against an equally terrible Michigan defense.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:08 PM ^
Sounds about right. I think it could get out of hand pretty quick if our defense can make some stops early on and our offense scores consistently. As long as we stay away from turnovers and stupid penalties, we should have no problem.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:51 PM ^
If I had a dollar for every confident assertion of that opinion over the last 2+ years that was followed by a loss, I could take my wife, my daughter, her fiance, and my dog to the Chop House for the whole schmeer including brandy and cigars afterwards. My dog loves a good Cuban to chew on.
26-23 PSU, featuring a less-than 100% Denard, MM, and Molk.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:51 PM ^
Your Daughter smoking the cigar is how she got the fiance their Dad!
October 27th, 2010 at 5:59 PM ^
And that's probably kinda sorta inappropriate.
October 27th, 2010 at 6:56 PM ^
She doesn't smoke cigars, she'd just give hers to the dog.
Tobacco-scented dog farts are not a good thing.
October 27th, 2010 at 9:10 PM ^
Don you are a good man and plus one to you sir...
October 28th, 2010 at 6:00 AM ^
and that cigar will be nice when michigan rolls a terrible penn state football team this week. paterno wont make 400 wins this year either. this team barely beat temple and if it werent for bernard pierces injury temple would have won. i have won 500 dollar this year betting on penn state. there a sure thing with the spread. lol i never bet on michigan ever because i pick woth my heart but this game is tempting.
October 27th, 2010 at 6:40 PM ^
Tell us how you feel!
Seriously, I think that this game is far more of a toss up than what Jed Donahue thinks. On the road, at PSU, night game... I am not very confident either.
M 31 - PSU 24
October 27th, 2010 at 7:41 PM ^
If it's 3 TDs and a safety, that's betting either our D gets a safety, or some wacky Leon Lett shit happens.
If it's 3 TDs, a FG and a missed PAT, although probably the most plausible, still means we hit a FG at night on natural grass.
If it's 2 TDs and 3 FGs . . . that's just bananas.
The Pennsylvania State University holding our offense to less than 28 points doesn't seem very likely to me, however, MSU going 8-0 didn't seem that likely to me either at the beginning of season.
October 27th, 2010 at 9:23 PM ^
The first scenario is not that implausible. Remember that a holding call in the endzone is an automatic safety. That cost us the 2002 ND game.
October 27th, 2010 at 9:35 PM ^
You read the pick wrong. He picked Michigan to win. I thought he picked PSU to win when I first glanced at it too.
October 27th, 2010 at 11:59 PM ^
I think the 26 is stranger. Two missed PAT's? 4 FG's? 1 FG and Safety? 31-24 Michigan IMO, but I'm not THE_KNOWLEDGE.
October 28th, 2010 at 3:10 PM ^
...quit...earlier this week.
October 27th, 2010 at 10:13 PM ^
I agree with you. WTF have these people been watching all year? Michigan got pushed to the limits by UMass....AT HOME. Notre Dame and Indiana both took Michigan to the wire.
I think that Michigan will win this game because the disparity between the two offenses (in Michigan's favor) is greater than the diparity between two defenses. However, to say "no problem" is just an indication that you haven't been paying attention.
Michigan 31 - PSU 27
October 28th, 2010 at 9:55 AM ^
And if you read my post fully, you will see that I said that if we stay away from turnovers and stupid penalties we should have no problem. Not saying that we won't have a problem. I have been watching, every game, every snap live. I know what has happened all season long, but you have to look at PSU also. They are horrible, plain and simple. I don't see this game as close as you do, but I also don't see it as blown out as Jed does either.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:10 PM ^
With a name like Jed, how could you go against his prediction?
October 27th, 2010 at 4:11 PM ^
But what does Dandy Don say?
October 27th, 2010 at 4:56 PM ^
60-40 Michigan.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:11 PM ^
I'll take it, take it, take it...
October 27th, 2010 at 4:17 PM ^
like a man!
October 28th, 2010 at 1:06 AM ^
This is going to be a tough game. But I'll be Tivo'ing it, and watching Roger Waters tear down The Wall.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:15 PM ^
I feel pretty comfortable that the opposing team's QB isn't capable of picking the defense apart. 52 points? Come on. That guy must be King Homer of Homerica.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:17 PM ^
He's not being a homer. He picked Michigan to score 52.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:25 PM ^
He's from Detroit and talks about watching the Tigers all the time.
I sometimes listen to him on the radio after work. Usually a good source of news about PSU and their recruiting (or lack of it).
October 28th, 2010 at 3:55 PM ^
Guess I missed the fine print on that one- I guess this means I like this guy, as I do most people named Jed.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:16 PM ^
I might go all NINTENDO SIXTY-FOOOOOUR if it happens.
October 28th, 2010 at 2:36 AM ^
Hey, you just gave me an idea! I just might blow the dust off of mine and indulge in some drunken Goldeneye 007 afterwards.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:21 PM ^
am i still the only one nervous that UM's defense is able to polish any team's turd qb?
October 27th, 2010 at 4:36 PM ^
Have some faith in the D. You must have forgetten about "teh gRitZ" Vinopal?
October 27th, 2010 at 4:27 PM ^
Well there is really no reason to believe our defense can slow down any quarterback/offense until we actually do it.
However, I think the combination of Penn State potentially starting a walk-on quaterback plus their injuries in the OL make this the best chance our defense has of stopping an offense.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:47 PM ^
We did it to UConn. Yes they were incompetent and dropped passes, but Penn State is also very incompetent and got outgained by Minnesota.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:58 PM ^
UConn is actually a pretty good comparison. Even with Bolden, PSU has a weak passing attack and with McGloin it's probably worse than UConn's with Frazer. Royster hasn't played as well as Todman has, and PSU's line is no better than UConn's. Both have mediocre defenses whose strength is the DTs.
We won't hang 50 on them unless they turn it over a lot, but I expect something like 31-10 or 38-10.
October 27th, 2010 at 7:41 PM ^
And Tim Brewster lost his job?? I guess expectations are rising for the Golden Gofers.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:29 PM ^
Here's the thing...
The three headed anti-monster of Bolden, McGloin, and Newsome is probably most equivalent to Crist, Montana, and that other guy whose name escapes me at the moment. Imagine how good the D would've looked if Crist hadn't played at all.
The only similar (talent-wise) to the McGloin/Newsome combo would be a slightly better version of Bowling Green's 2nd string QB.
Penn State's defense is basically a walking M.A.S.H. unit.
I'm worried about the crazy shit that tends to happen during night games in Happy Valley. Penn State's team doesn't scare me at all.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:31 PM ^
Nope - you're not the only one. I believe that whoever starts for PSU at QB Saturday night is going to put up the best numbers from a PSU QB all season. I pray I'm wrong and we do roll them, but I just can't see this defense stopping anyone as long as the opposing QB has 2 arms and 2 legs.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:34 PM ^
Mike Martin will take care of that. I'll be surprised to see any PSU QBs on the field with more than 2 limbs by the third quarter. Have no fear.
October 27th, 2010 at 8:51 PM ^
We did for a quarter and a half or so against ND.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:22 PM ^
I'm still going to fly 1500 miles to see it happen.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:34 PM ^
is certainly not out of the realm of possibility. Make a few stops against a poor PSU offense, play a little more disciplined and execute on offense and we could roll PSU early and often.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:40 PM ^
I'm not convinced that we can stop PSU's offense that well, especially since we haven't really seen McGloin play. Similarly, I'm not convinced that we will torch PSU's defense that is usually pretty stout. I'm thinking a closer game, 28-20, Michigan.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:46 PM ^
October 27th, 2010 at 6:15 PM ^
defensive players, 6-7 would start for us. That doesn't seem like a bad defense to me, but I admit I could be hearing black helicopters at this point.
October 27th, 2010 at 4:43 PM ^
That douche from the Big Ten press pass said Royster is gonna return to form and run all over our team on saturday as PSU wins.. The other 2 commentators said Denard is gonna put up Denard like numbers and we go bowl eligible, bringing a lot of confidence into the ILL game
October 27th, 2010 at 5:07 PM ^
This is so lopsided of a prediction, it must be an attempt to motivate PSU. You just don't pick your team to lose at home by four TDs.
October 27th, 2010 at 5:13 PM ^
Any news on the weather this weekend in Happy Valley?
If things are clear & dry, I think we might get fifty points.
October 27th, 2010 at 5:15 PM ^
...then it has a shot to win the game!
October 27th, 2010 at 5:16 PM ^
Only 52?
October 27th, 2010 at 5:43 PM ^
A field goal?