Ohio State Wrap Up

I have to say that my first away trip as a fan is going to be a hard one to top.  The entire weekend was filled with memorable moments, good times and one hell of a game.  The Lions played a well planned, mistake free game that put them past the Big Ten’s most dominate program.  The defense played an amazing, holding Chris Wells and his toe to a weak 22 rushes for 55 yards performance.  PSU got a win against a top ten opponent and closed the gap on Alabama in the BCS polls.  A record 105, 711 came out to the Shoe to see their Buckeyes fall for a second time this season.

Now that’s a Rubin
Mark Rubin was selected as the Walter Camp and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for his performance is Saturday’s history win.  Rubin racked up 11 tackles and forced the fumble that changed the game.  The forced fumble is also up for the Pontiac Game Changing Performance.  Rubin is a previous recipient of the Create-A-Player Award, which I know means just as much to him as the POTW awards.  Congrats Rub.
Vote for Mark’s play at www.pontiac.com/college
Vote for Mark as the USA Today Player of the Week http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2008-10-26-player-of-the-week_N.htm

Why Not Run?
The sideline was filled with the mumbles of former players who wondered, “why aren’t we running the ball” in the first half.   I will admit that I was one of them.  Royster came into the game averaging 7.7 yards per carry and never gave them the opportunity to get established in the first half.  I’m not saying that it would have made the game completely different, but it would have worked better than what they were trying.  If you are going to try to beat Tressel at his own game, do it from the start and not just at the end to kill the clock.

Sacks
Aaron Maybin’s sack on Saturday put his season total up to eleven good for second in the nation.  Maybin getting a sack in the game was basically inevitable and we were basically just waiting for it to happen.  He probably would have had at least two more sacks if he weren’t getting held all game.

More Voting
Daryl Clark is a semi-finalist for the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award, which will be announced Dec. 11th on ESPN.  Be sure to vote at www.voteobrien.org you can vote once a day.