🏈 The best-case and worst-case scenario for every team in the Big Ten.

 

[TerryP]

@Brandon Van de Graaff

 

[TerryP]

This part is from the article:

Penn State​

Odds to win conference: +260

Best Case 12-0: Following the blueprint put in place by Michigan and Ohio State the last two years works perfectly. Drew Allar takes his game to the next level and thrives in Penn State's toughest games. Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen both rush for over 1,000 yards again but do so with fewer carries. The transfer additions at WR all hit, and Jim Knowles' defense is impenetrable. Once the Nittany Lions get past Ohio State to improve to 8-0 we all wonder if anybody in the country can beat this team. They earn the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff.

Worst Case 9-3: Ironically, the worst-case scenario for Penn State is one we've seen play out regularly. The difference is this season, the expectations have been raised. Penn State proves to be better than most opponents all year, and the home loss to Oregon doesn't cause any panic, even though Drew Allar once again struggled in a big spot. Full-on panic doesn't hit until the following week when Penn State goes is upset on the road by Nico Iamaleava and UCLA. A month later, the Nittany Lions lose on the road to Ohio State, officially putting an end to their playoff and Big Ten title hopes. They finish the regular season with four more wins, but it all feels empty. James Franklin's name is constantly connected to the job openings at LSU, Florida and Florida State.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

@Brandon Van de Graaff

Funniest thing I've seen all week was a graphic on Twitter of the upcoming NCAA Football game with their home field "advantage" rankings and Penn State was #2 on the list. It's a video game and doesn't matter one bit, but the mere fact that someone(s) put them there on the list was laugh out loud funny.

 

[TerryP]

Funniest thing I've seen all week was a graphic on Twitter of the upcoming NCAA Football game with their home field "advantage" rankings and Penn State was #2 on the list. It's a video game and doesn't matter one bit, but the mere fact that someone(s) put them there on the list was laugh out loud funny.

ATS wise...it's a weird team. They were barely over .500 in '21 (I think) and then rolled off a few years when they were hitting 7/10. Boom, last year came up...back to .500.

It's just another of those "anomalies" with Franklin up there.

 

[mando]

@Brandon Van de Graaff

And the sky is blue.... was there anything that is not obvious to everyone in this video?