You know what's funny is I have absolutely no doubt Pryor gets redemption this year in a big way in Happy Valley. I see this game as the one where a veteran Pryor arrives. I am honestly more afraid of Illinois at home. I think we squeak by Illinois - by the slimmest of margins. I LOVE my Buckeyes, and try to believe in them, but I think Carroll is putting Barkley in to make a mockery of OSU when they beat us at home. Offense sputters the entire season again, brilliant at times like last year, horrible at times like last year. Defense literally wins us all of our games, again. Nothing will change. We still manage 11-1, and a chance at redemption in Pasadena.

In our defense, we didn't really say anything about Penn State not getting media love. I'm not sure where you read that. (In fact we mention the media exactly twice in the whole preview.) Our complaint is that the media is basically handing Pryor all these accolades before anyone knows how much he really improved. We understand this is how it works in preseason college football, but that doesn't mean we think it's right. Let's wait and see how it plays out on the field, that was our point.

Well of course we're overblowing it a little- we're a Penn State blog talking about Ohio State! That's like a commandment to us.

Speaking of commandments, I agree with you fully about Tebow. Aside from being the greatest collegiate player ever, he also is apparently the only one who's ever done something charitable in his free time.