Article of the day - Adventures in jackassery

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If you said you didn't believe Penn State was a lock for 10 wins in 2007, you're a liar. At least RUTS is a man about it, and lays it out there for all to see. It's an interesting look back to pre-season 2007. Enjoy.

Adventures in jackassery

I actually wrote this after two weeks of the 2007 season while trying to talk myself into the idea of Big Things for our Lions:

“Ohio State is a good defensive team with a bad offense. They’ll have a hell of a time trying to score points during a late night game in Beaver Stadium. In fact, their next game at Washington is shaping up to be one of those cross-continental trap games.”

And this:

“Michigan is already looking ahead to 2008 and their new head coach, who will likely be Les Miles or Greg Schiano.”

And this:

“Wisconsin may still be Penn State’s greatest threat in the conference.”

All in the same post! My God! I knew the RUTS 680 needed an upgrade, but damn.

The season had so many possibilities back then, though. The depth of Notre Dame’s sucking was hinted at, but not truly exposed. So that seemed like a pretty good win for Penn State. Michigan, our greatest nemesis, had just been blown out by Oregon and dropped to 0-2. Ohio State farted around with teams like Akron, or Kent, or one of those other random Ohio schools. Wisconsin was shaky, and nobody knew what Illinois was capable of yet (I mean, those douchebags lost to Missouri! For shame!).

We had potential. At one point, Ohio State flipped the switch. So did Michigan and Illinois. Whatever their respective problems, they figured it out quickly and practically ran the table. Penn State just kind of floated along, waiting for a spark that the quarterback just couldn’t provide.