Ohio State vs Penn State and College Football Open Thread

Indians to bring back Grady Sizemore

November 19, 2011

Ohio State falls to Penn State, kicks off ‘Beat Michigan’ week

November 19, 2011

Published by Ben Cox on November 19, 2011

These guys won't be there, but I imagine we'll hear their names in the broadcast once or twice

Hey, did you know today was Ohio State’s Senior Day? Somehow, with all the off–the-field news, it had completely slipped my mind. Go figure.

In other on-the-field news, assuming the NCAA doesn’t decide to suspend him in the next few hours, DeVier Posey will make his season debut versus the Nittany Lions. So that’s neat. It’ll be nice to see what Braxton Miller can and will do with all of his offensive weapons at his disposal.

Both OSU and PSU are in position to win the Big Ten’s Leaders Division, with Penn State’s position a tad bit stronger. Ohio State needs Wisconsin to lose their 12 o’clock game if they want a shot at the Leader Division title. So, unless the Illini can upset Wisconsin, come 3:30 pm Ohio State will be playing the role of spoiler.

And finally, this is unfortunate and, sadly, fairly predictable. Ohio State fans do themselves no favors with stuff like this. Now, this is just one incident of a tasteless joke and I believe and expect the majority of Ohio State fans to behave themselves. But it’d be nice if the story coming out of this game was, you know, the actual football game; not two rookie head coaches (first time since 1910!), not fan behavior, not coaching rumors or scandals.

Football.