Penn State favored by 28; o/u 58.5

[PSU_Lions_84]

Update on Penn State's offensive weapons: http://www.sportingnews.com/college-footba...or-no-9-penn-stPSU 45, Akron 17. Sorry, guys, the hammer is descending, and the Zips' head is the nail.49 hours and counting!!!!!

[johnnyzip84]

Update on Penn State's offensive weapons: http://www.sportingnews.com/college-footba...or-no-9-penn-stPSU 45, Akron 17. Sorry, guys, the hammer is descending, and the Zips' head is the nail.49 hours and counting!!!!!

Still think you guys score first, it is reasonably close ( 21 - 7, 24 - 10, something like that) going to the half, then Penn State's bench carries the day to a 35 - 14 or 35 - 17 Lions' victory.

Hey other '84, are you allowed to revise yor prediction like that? Do you have some sort of new inside information?

[UA Fan]

He's getting greedy now...wants to cover the point spread. Overconfidence on their part is just what we want.

[PB1719]

There's no such thing as a good loss. Ever.

Anytime OSU loses I think it's a great loss!

[PSU_Lions_84]

Update on Penn State's offensive weapons: http://www.sportingnews.com/college-footba...or-no-9-penn-stPSU 45, Akron 17. Sorry, guys, the hammer is descending, and the Zips' head is the nail.49 hours and counting!!!!!

Still think you guys score first, it is reasonably close ( 21 - 7, 24 - 10, something like that) going to the half, then Penn State's bench carries the day to a 35 - 14 or 35 - 17 Lions' victory.

Hey other '84, are you allowed to revise yor prediction like that? Do you have some sort of new inside information?

Your site, your rules, Johnny. I'll revert back to my 35-17 if you like, but the new information was in the link I posted from Sporting News on the PSU offense. I had not heard before that Royster and Green AND one of the tight ends could share the backfield. I'm afraid your D is in for a long afternoon if they have to contain Royster/Green/Clark/Quarless/Shuler coming at them. esp. if Akron stays with the 3-3-5 -- any definitive word on that?Sorry, UA Fan, don't gamble or worry about the point spread. Am in finance, so tend to fixate on numbers. Look up "boring" at dictionary.com and they have my pic AND resume there.

[tbozeglav]

...I'm afraid your D is in for a long afternoon if they have to contain Royster/Green/Clark/Quarless/Shuler coming at them. esp. if Akron stays with the 3-3-5 -- any definitive word on that?

We have been trying to figure that out for months. Sometimes we hear reports that indicate we've moved to a 4-3, others we hear we are still going with the 3-3-5. Your guess is as good as ours at this point.

[johnnyzip84]

Update on Penn State's offensive weapons: http://www.sportingnews.com/college-footba...or-no-9-penn-stPSU 45, Akron 17. Sorry, guys, the hammer is descending, and the Zips' head is the nail.49 hours and counting!!!!!

Still think you guys score first, it is reasonably close ( 21 - 7, 24 - 10, something like that) going to the half, then Penn State's bench carries the day to a 35 - 14 or 35 - 17 Lions' victory.

Hey other '84, are you allowed to revise yor prediction like that? Do you have some sort of new inside information?

Your site, your rules, Johnny. I'll revert back to my 35-17 if you like, but the new information was in the link I posted from Sporting News on the PSU offense. I had not heard before that Royster and Green AND one of the tight ends could share the backfield. I'm afraid your D is in for a long afternoon if they have to contain Royster/Green/Clark/Quarless/Shuler coming at them. esp. if Akron stays with the 3-3-5 -- any definitive word on that?Sorry, UA Fan, don't gamble or worry about the point spread. Am in finance, so tend to fixate on numbers. Look up "boring" at dictionary.com and they have my pic AND resume there.

I don't think we'll know for sure until Saturday. Some think, and I tend to agree, that we'll be in a 3-4 for much of the game. It's just one more slice of excitement for us Zip fans less than 46 hours before kick-off!

[ZachTheZip]

We're playing a 3-3-5 "multiple". That means we'll have athletes on the field that can play any position and change the scheme on every play. One play we'll be in the Nickel formation, the next we're playing a pure 4-3. You never know what it will be, and it could even change completely during the snap count.

[PSU_Lions_84]

It's just one more slice of excitement for us college football Zip fans less than 46 hours before kick-off!Johnny, hope you don't mind -- I amended your one statement a little. Looking forward to a good game, with no injuries (to players OR fans!).

[ZIPtrip]

Saturday's road game will prove to be the biggest challenge of the season for us, however I feel Penn State is vastly overrated and we can go into PA and upset them. We have the arsenal in our offense. It's a matter of playing with few mistakes as possible. They have one of the Big 10s weakest secondaries which we can and will exploit. ZIPS 24 Penn State 21

[ctmjbowes@sbcglobal.net]

I'm looking for the SHOCKER (game, score AND wresting move) that will include copious amounts of scoring by both offenses. Akron's D will be improved from last year but will suffer the entire game at the hands of the Penn State's offensive weaponry. However, the Akron O will shock the college football world with amazing score after amazing score, the senior passer Jacq finding open targets and an unexpectedly robust running game allowing the Zips to keep pace. Midway through the 3rd quarter, national broadcasters will start to cut to breaking news of little Akron threatening JoePa and his Nittany Lions. The game will end with the Zips up by 3 and the Nittany Lions failing on a last-ditch 4th down play. As the play fails and the Zips storm the field, JoePa will bend at his waist, putting his hands on his knees as he ponders the end to his illustrious coaching career. The Zips this year become what Marshall was to MAC football years ago.UA: 48PSU: 45ZIPS WIN! ZIPS WIN! ZIPS WIN! ZIPS WIN!Go Zips.STZ

[Buckzip]

I'm looking for the SHOCKER (game, score AND wresting move) that will include copious amounts of scoring by both offenses. Akron's D will be improved from last year but will suffer the entire game at the hands of the Penn State's offensive weaponry. However, the Akron O will shock the college football world with amazing score after amazing score, the senior passer Jacq finding open targets and an unexpectedly robust running game allowing the Zips to keep pace. Midway through the 3rd quarter, national broadcasters will start to cut to breaking news of little Akron threatening JoePa and his Nittany Lions. The game will end with the Zips up by 3 and the Nittany Lions failing on a last-ditch 4th down play. As the play fails and the Zips storm the field, JoePa will bend at his waist, putting his hands on his knees as he ponders the end to his illustrious coaching career. The Zips this year become what Marshall was to MAC football years ago.UA: 48PSU: 45ZIPS WIN! ZIPS WIN! ZIPS WIN! ZIPS WIN!Go Zips.STZ

Excellent. I can imagine French having a coronary if the Zips pulled it out. That would do more for the program than any of us could imagine. Just think of the young recruits that don't even know where Akron is. They see that big win. Then they get contacted by the school and come for a visit. Then they see the facilities and new stadium...Wow.

[Zip Watcher]

Back & forth battle all day. Both teams score TD's on Offense, Defense & Special Teams.Zips get the ball at their 20 with 2:45 left in the 4th, trailing 28-27. Drive stalls at the PSU 34 with 5 seconds left.Rogovic from 51 yards for the win. Ends the day 3 for 3 on FG's. B) B) B) Go Zips!

[PSU_Lions_84]

An somewhat rosy article on Penn State's secondary: http://www.nw32.com/sports/sns-ap-fbc-t25-...0,5878970.storyAnd a more general write-up covering various aspects of the Lions: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09246/995348-143.stm

[Zipgrad1990]

I'd love to see the Zips shock the world and win this game, however I think we will have to wait until the 19th for the Zips to pick up their first Big Ten victory in this century.My prediction PSU 48 Akron 24.BTW I am currently working in Singapore and the Akron-PSU game is actually on cable here! The game starts at midnight (we are 12 hours ahead) and is replayed on Sunday at noon too, unfortunately I am on night shift Saturday night so I will record it and watch it when I get home.

[PSU_Nut]

I'm looking for the SHOCKER (game, score AND wresting move) that will include copious amounts of scoring by both offenses. Akron's D will be improved from last year but will suffer the entire game at the hands of the Penn State's offensive weaponry. However, the Akron O will shock the college football world with amazing score after amazing score, the senior passer Jacq finding open targets and an unexpectedly robust running game allowing the Zips to keep pace. Midway through the 3rd quarter, national broadcasters will start to cut to breaking news of little Akron threatening JoePa and his Nittany Lions. The game will end with the Zips up by 3 and the Nittany Lions failing on a last-ditch 4th down play. As the play fails and the Zips storm the field, JoePa will bend at his waist, putting his hands on his knees as he ponders the end to his illustrious coaching career. The Zips this year become what Marshall was to MAC football years ago.UA: 48PSU: 45ZIPS WIN! ZIPS WIN! ZIPS WIN! ZIPS WIN!Go Zips.STZ

You do realize it has been 20 years since a team has put up 48 or more points against Penn state? I just can't see Akron putting up that many points. My perdiction is a 34-17 Penn State win.

[Lititzlion]

Don't fall for the rope-a-dope notion that our secondary is a glaring weakness. The truth is that our secondary last year wasn't very good.We have more speed and athleticism this year; it's addition by subtraction. Keep your eyes on #28.I'm not saying Tim Tebow would curl into the fetal position at the prospect of facing them but they're not the liability everyone, it seems, is predicting.

[PSU_Lions_84]

Don't fall for the rope-a-dope notion that our secondary is a glaring weakness. The truth is that our secondary last year wasn't very good.We have more speed and athleticism this year; it's addition by subtraction. Keep your eyes on #28.I'm not saying Tim Tebow would curl into the fetal position at the prospect of facing them but they're not the liability everyone, it seems, is predicting.

Lititz, the "truth" about our secondary vs. Akron passing offense will fall somewhere btwn the two extremes represented in most posts here. Yes, many of our D-backs are relatively inexperienced, and, yes, Akron's passing O is both veteran and talented. But, the Penn State D's have been facing the Penn State offense -- Clark and those big WRs -- and are some talented athletes themselves. Will Akron burn State on a play or two? I expect that to happen. Will it happen often enough to give Akron more than three scores? Not likely, imho. And note most of the posts are focusing on Akron's passing O vs the Lion secondary. All but the most fervent Zips fans concede that the Akron defense may be facing some huge challenges.But, opinions are just that -- and it's why the games get played even all these posts and writings and analyses.Just under 24 hours to go!!

[Lititzlion]

Don't fall for the rope-a-dope notion that our secondary is a glaring weakness. The truth is that our secondary last year wasn't very good.We have more speed and athleticism this year; it's addition by subtraction. Keep your eyes on #28.I'm not saying Tim Tebow would curl into the fetal position at the prospect of facing them but they're not the liability everyone, it seems, is predicting.

Lititz, the "truth" about our secondary vs. Akron passing offense will fall somewhere btwn the two extremes represented in most posts here. Yes, many of our D-backs are relatively inexperienced, and, yes, Akron's passing O is both veteran and talented. But, the Penn State D's have been facing the Penn State offense -- Clark and those big WRs -- and are some talented athletes themselves. Will Akron burn State on a play or two? I expect that to happen. Will it happen often enough to give Akron more than three scores? Not likely, imho. And note most of the posts are focusing on Akron's passing O vs the Lion secondary. All but the most fervent Zips fans concede that the Akron defense may be facing some huge challenges.But, opinions are just that -- and it's why the games get played even all these posts and writings and analyses.Just under 24 hours to go!!

I think your assessment is dead on. Can't wait to hit the road in the morning and head to Happy Valley!

[zippy_ua_00]

Don't fall for the rope-a-dope notion that our secondary is a glaring weakness. The truth is that our secondary last year wasn't very good.We have more speed and athleticism this year; it's addition by subtraction. Keep your eyes on #28.I'm not saying Tim Tebow would curl into the fetal position at the prospect of facing them but they're not the liability everyone, it seems, is predicting.

Lititz, the "truth" about our secondary vs. Akron passing offense will fall somewhere btwn the two extremes represented in most posts here. Yes, many of our D-backs are relatively inexperienced, and, yes, Akron's passing O is both veteran and talented. But, the Penn State D's have been facing the Penn State offense -- Clark and those big WRs -- and are some talented athletes themselves. Will Akron burn State on a play or two? I expect that to happen. Will it happen often enough to give Akron more than three scores? Not likely, imho. And note most of the posts are focusing on Akron's passing O vs the Lion secondary. All but the most fervent Zips fans concede that the Akron defense may be facing some huge challenges.But, opinions are just that -- and it's why the games get played even all these posts and writings and analyses.Just under 24 hours to go!!

I think your assessment is dead on. Can't wait to hit the road in the morning and head to Happy Valley!

I just wanna say to all the state fans that have been on here, its been a pleasure talking and reading your opinions and analysis on the game tomorrow. i hope you continue to come back even after the game and leave messages and talk with us. its been fun. good luck the rest of the season.

[ZippyTuba11]

It always seems that games that should be offense prior to kickoff end up being defensive battles, and vise-versa. I think it's going to be a low scoring game with a nail-biter finish.Akron 24PSU 21

[PSU_Lions_84]

I just wanna say to all the state fans that have been on here, its been a pleasure talking and reading your opinions and analysis on the game tomorrow. i hope you continue to come back even after the game and leave messages and talk with us. its been fun. good luck the rest of the season.

Zippy_ua_00, likewise and more. You guys are a fantastic bunch, and I wish you the very best success (in every game but one)! Remember who you are, and be proud.I hope to be on this site tomorrow during the actual game. I look forward to you'all's analysis of how the game is going, Penn State's weaknesses, etc., etc.For those of you attending: Safe travels, enjoyable time in what is what one of the best venues for CFB (as described by other folks as well as us biased Penn Staters), and happy tailgating. I look forward to hearing about your visit -- hopefully you will be treated with the respect you deserve.And unless you are a total JoePa hater, you should see something that will never be replicated: A coach who has been part of the same institution for 60 years walking onto the field. I used to get chills seeing Joe and Bear Bryant on opposite sidelines, and that was 25 years ago!

[Lititzlion]

I just wanna say to all the state fans that have been on here, its been a pleasure talking and reading your opinions and analysis on the game tomorrow. i hope you continue to come back even after the game and leave messages and talk with us. its been fun. good luck the rest of the season.Zippy_ua_00, likewise and more. You guys are a fantastic bunch, and I wish you the very best success (in every game but one)! Remember who you are, and be proud.I hope to be on this site tomorrow during the actual game. I look forward to you'all's analysis of how the game is going, Penn State's weaknesses, etc., etc.For those of you attending: Safe travels, enjoyable time in what is what one of the best venues for CFB (as described by other folks as well as us biased Penn Staters), and happy tailgating. I look forward to hearing about your visit -- hopefully you will be treated with the respect you deserve.And unless you are a total JoePa hater, you should see something that will never be replicated: A coach who has been part of the same institution for 60 years walking onto the field. I used to get chills seeing Joe and Bear Bryant on opposite sidelines, and that was 25 years ago!

+1 on all you said however I'm betting JoePa runs onto the field. We'll know in 20 hours!

[johnnyzip84]

It's been informative and enjoyable. I hope (and I think) the game will also be! Good luck the rest of the way, Lions and fans Go Zips!!!!

[mivid12]

It's been informative and enjoyable. I hope (and I think) the game will also be! Good luck the rest of the way, Lions and fans Go Zips!!!!

If Akron can avoid STUPID mistakes like EKU fumbling inside their 5 yard line last night vs Indiana, they can compete. Akron also has to make plays when opportunity presents...i.e. andre jones drop vs wisconsin last year. This team is probably the strongest & fastest in the Brookhart era. Indiana, btw, is very beatable.