The Lions' Pride

I would like to be Gerry's bookie for just one season...

I agree with all of you guys, but he's not too far off from what vegas has predicted... the over/under for psu season win total is at 5.5

And that bet has been taken off all the boards at the books in Vegas. Guess why?

I guess if you gave a rating to every scholarship player and added those up, we probably would fall around 9th.. That's what happens when you have 15 less scholarship players than other teams.. I think our starters would put us somewhere in the middle of the pack, but we could be devastated by injury if this season is anything like 2010 when nearly the entire defense was injured at one time or another..

So we are 9th in talent yet we win 6 games?

JD is so awful. And overall that show is such crap. They gloss over some of the horrible OOC schedules as "manageable", and claim a certain MSU DE needs to "mature". I think mature means to get stronger, wiser, and better at your craft. Instead, it means stop acting like a punk. I guess its the same thing!

I watched a Raider pre-season game last week, and can tell you TP hasn't progressed at all since he left college.. When his 1st option is covered up, his first instinct is still to try to pick up yards with his legs, and it's not as successful with the speed of NFL defenses. Of the throws I saw, they were wildly inaccurate. Jon Gruden of course had plenty of praise for him, but he talks up every player when he commentates..

Yeah, that really annoys me about him.

Absolutely pathetic. I didn't watch this crap and I won't, but here's my quick Non BIG Biased breakdown of the talent level currently on rosters in our illustrious conference.

1)OSU- On paper they have the most talent. Wether or not it gets developed and coached up on Saturday Afternoons is TBD.

2)UM, MSU, UNL, WISC, PSU- All five teams have roughly equal amounts of talent currently on their rosters. It can be argured that PSU and UM have underachieved while MSU and Wisc have overachieved. Nebraska has performed about where they should based on their recruiting and development. My basis for comparison is actual on field results versus recruiting rankings(Scout & Rivals) over 2008-2012.

3)Iowa, Purdue, Illini, NW- All four recruit at about the same clip, and not surprisingly field similar results. A bit up and down, but with the ability to break into the above group when they have a senior laden team. Bowl Games are the expectation with the occasional tough year thrown in now and again. All four have made mini runs over the last 2 decades to challenge for the top of the conference.

4)Minnesota, Indiana- Both schools typically have the least overall talent collected on their rosters, but it is not uncommon for them to feature a highly skilled player on one side of the ball or both. They both can be a tough out, and certainly can pull the occasional upset. That said winning seasons and bowl games are usually hard to come by.

Now that said if you asked me how is the conference trending going forward I would answer that UM is likely to rise up to the top level with OSU. MSU, Wisky, and UNL will likely maintain enough recruiting and developmental success to stay a notch below them. PSU over the sanction period will struggle to stay at this same level and will likely backslide to the group including Iowa, Illinois, NW and Purdue.

The entire college football world things we're going to be not good.

Which freaks me out a bit.

How is Gerry even hired by ANY sports media outlet... his judgements are some of the most outrageous I have ever seen. I dont think he has too much knowledge of the game, HC or not.