Yes, on paper Michigan has a little higher team talent composite. Yes, they are higher ranked. Yes, they have home field advantage and it has been obvious the last 2 games that the referines will be protecting them.
But PSU is 5-0 and the outhouse is not imposing. We have 2 weeks to get better and with lots of young Uber talented players playing crucial roles, this will help. They were pups but come the 6th game of the year, they have seen a few things. Last 2 games were a comfortable let down week win following a blowout win at Auburn and a monsoon. Those 2 games will not be a good comp for the Michigan game. The team will be up for it like they were up for Auburn.
However, it is a brutal 3 game stretch that I don't think Alabama, Georgia, or Ohio St would survive unscathed. It will take everything these guys have to be up for a good and physical Minnesota team right after Michigan. Perhaps the white out will be the saving grace on this. And being up for and playing your A game 3 straight weeks with 2 physical teams wearing you down and then bringing in the most talented team by far in game 3 of that stretch.
It's just going to be single digit probability of surviving that 3 game stretch undefeated. That's just reality. I don't know how they make our schedules but you never see Michigan and Ohio St with the back to back to back tough game stretches that are a staple of PSU’s schedules.
So when we beat Michigan and it will take being 7 to 10 points better with the referines, the fans need to turn beaver stadium into the loudest place in the country over those next 2 weeks. Because our team will just be getting into the gauntlet.
But PSU is 5-0 and the outhouse is not imposing. We have 2 weeks to get better and with lots of young Uber talented players playing crucial roles, this will help. They were pups but come the 6th game of the year, they have seen a few things. Last 2 games were a comfortable let down week win following a blowout win at Auburn and a monsoon. Those 2 games will not be a good comp for the Michigan game. The team will be up for it like they were up for Auburn.
However, it is a brutal 3 game stretch that I don't think Alabama, Georgia, or Ohio St would survive unscathed. It will take everything these guys have to be up for a good and physical Minnesota team right after Michigan. Perhaps the white out will be the saving grace on this. And being up for and playing your A game 3 straight weeks with 2 physical teams wearing you down and then bringing in the most talented team by far in game 3 of that stretch.
It's just going to be single digit probability of surviving that 3 game stretch undefeated. That's just reality. I don't know how they make our schedules but you never see Michigan and Ohio St with the back to back to back tough game stretches that are a staple of PSU’s schedules.
So when we beat Michigan and it will take being 7 to 10 points better with the referines, the fans need to turn beaver stadium into the loudest place in the country over those next 2 weeks. Because our team will just be getting into the gauntlet.