OSU vs PSU

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amaralfan1 said:
I can't tell if Penn State fans are docile, or if their poorly designed stadium let's all the crowd noise escape out the top. The real question is how many years can Penn State lose to Ohio State before Franklin loses his job. PSU probably has the easiest schedules in the Big 10 this year. If Franklin can't pull it off in 2024, I'm not sure if he ever will be able to.
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Nah, that’d be Rutgers. Only 1 ranked team and that team (Illinois) is currently ranked in the low 20s.

Followed by the Iowa/Indiana level gang (1 ranked opponent but they’re highly ranked)

Then there’s the USC/Oregon level (1 highly ranked opponent and 1 previously ranked opponent who’s no longer ranked)

They’re bunched in that area/mess of Penn State/Wisconsin/UCLA/Maryland/Minnesota area of conference schedules.
 
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volfan102455 said:
If OSU loses they will drop below the 1 loss and 0 loss teams, like Bama did in the regular polls.

And the CPF poll has always been kind to the undefeated and 1 loss teams before the two loss teams.
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Bama has that win over Georgia and another over Wisconsin. Penn State will look more like Clemson with 1 loss.
 
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05_never_again said:
There are big gaps in the corners of Beaver Stadium that I think allows sound to escape.

A big component of a stadium's loudness is its design. There are loud fans at a bunch of different places; the "are X fans louder than Y fans" debates are kind of silly. A huge part of why the two loudest stadiums in the SEC are Tiger Stadium and Neyland is that there isn't really anywhere for the sound to escape except right out the top of the stadium.
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I’m pretty sure us being crammed in ass to ass also helps hold the sound in. That southern cooking has been good to some folks. 😂
 
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DaddyChad said:
I’m pretty sure us being crammed in ass to ass also helps hold the sound in. That southern cooking has been good to some folks. 😂
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I’m afraid my belly absorbs more sound than it bounces. Not many hard surfaces to bounce sound waves in my section. 😂
 
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volfan102455 said:
If OSU loses they will drop below the 1 loss and 0 loss teams, like Bama did in the regular polls.

And the CPF poll has always been kind to the undefeated and 1 loss teams before the two loss teams.
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I just said that Ohio State would make the CFP w/ 2 losses. They would have the best 2 losses in college football. At least on paper
 
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DaddyChad said:
I’m pretty sure us being crammed in ass to ass also helps hold the sound in. That southern cooking has been good to some folks. 😂
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Is Neyland really more crammed than other places? I've been fortunate to attend games in a lot of other big stadiums and they all felt as cramped as Neyland.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Indiana will get their shot. They beat OSU then they will be taken more seriously. I think most assume they'll lose that.
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I don't doubt that but Indiana should have their shot over tOSU now because they've done what tOSU didn't do...... win.

tOSU gets treated "special" like Bama and ND in the polls and CFP. A loss today, which would make me smile, doesn't hurt them as much as it should because they get a legacy boost like Bama and ND. They shouldn't but they do.
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
Indiana, an undefeated B1G team ranked #13 while a one loss B1G team tOSU is ranked #3, says ....... Uh.........
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Looking at it from a “how the Coaches & AP polls have tended to work in the past standpoint,” it’s both:

(a) Indiana starting the year unranked (combined with having a program reputation that inclines voters to think “okay, that’s great, but when’s the other shoe going to fall / the wheels eventually fall off

and (b) who have they played? (They haven’t played a single ranked team to this point…their best win is either 5-3 Nebraska or 4-4 Washington at this point).
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
I don't doubt that but Indiana should have their shot over tOSU now because they've done what tOSU didn't do...... win.

tOSU gets treated "special" like Bama and ND in the polls and CFP. A loss today, which would make me smile, doesn't hurt them as much as it should because they get a legacy boost like Bama and ND. They shouldn't but they do.
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It’s hard to say that a school with nothing but top 5 recruiting classes isn’t one of the top 11. They would have to have an epic failure to get left out with 2 losses. FSU proved that record takes a back season to perceived talent.
 
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05_never_again said:
Is Neyland really more crammed than other places? I've been fortunate to attend games in a lot of other big stadiums and they all felt as cramped as Neyland.
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Idk feels more cramped now than before. Possibly bc my butt is bigger now than ten years ago.
 
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DaddyChad said:
Idk feels more cramped now than before. Possibly bc my butt is bigger now than ten years ago.
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Unpopular opinion that younger me would get mad at, but I'd 100% support ripping out all the bleachers and putting in actual seats. I can't stand the bleachers now. And I'm actually in better shape than I was in my 20s so it's not really I'm fat now. It's cramped for anyone not a hobbit.
 
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Zues1 said:
I'm hoping this game goes eight over times with 0-0 score.
I'm not watching just hoping for a 6 hour dud.
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I want Penn State to win this game and that will help Tennessee in the polls since OSU is 4 and Tennessee is 7.
 
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amaralfan1 said:
I can't tell if Penn State fans are docile, or if their poorly designed stadium let's all the crowd noise escape out the top. The real question is how many years can Penn State lose to Ohio State before Franklin loses his job. PSU probably has the easiest schedules in the Big 10 this year. If Franklin can't pull it off in 2024, I'm not sure if he ever will be able to.
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It is like all the other stadiums in the Big 10, more a big saucer that lets noise escape out. All the loud SEC stadiums have steeper multiple levels that hold in the sound.
 
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adam.vol said:
It’s hard to say that a school with nothing but top 5 recruiting classes isn’t one of the top 11. They would have to have an epic failure to get left out with 2 losses. FSU proved that record takes a back season to perceived talent.
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That's the dreaded "eye test" that turns things into a beauty contest.

It's easy to argue THIS YEAR that FSU didn't get screwed last year..... they were worse than their record. It was obvious TCU was worse than their record the year they got in the CFP.

The problem with eye test is that it sucks and it works.
 
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