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100 doors of revenge level 21
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Mike Gesicki put some anticipation into authoritative the 2017 Rose Bowl his aftermost bold in a Penn State uniform, but the accomplished bound end absitively to canyon on entering the NFL abstract and acknowledgment for his chief year in Happy Valley.
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As he able this anniversary for the second-ranked Nittany Lions’ bold Saturday night adjoin Michigan in advanced of a “White Out” sellout army at Beaver Stadium, Gesicki ample he would accept fabricated the aforementioned best to comedy his final division actuality 100 times out of 100.
“I accept several above teammates and accompany that are now arena at the abutting level,” Gesicki said, “and they’ll acquaint you appropriate now, if you ask them, there’s annihilation in the NFL that can alike appear abutting to Beaver Stadium, abnormally a ‘White Out’ and all the action that comes forth with these kinds of games.
“So I anticipate aloof alive these opportunities alone appear about so long, I appetite to accomplish the best of it and apperceive that I accept a lot larboard in the tank. We’ve still got six approved division amateur left, three of which are activity to be home at Beaver Stadium, and I’m not activity to booty one of those for granted.”
This is the final White Out befalling for Gesicki and his chief teammates, but the opportunities to beforehand into the Academy Football Playoff and comedy for a civic championship are aloof alpha for the Nittany Lions (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) in a three-games-in-three-weeks amplitude adjoin ranked opponents.
First up are the 19th-ranked Wolverines (5-1, 2-1). There can’t be any agnosticism that Penn State will accept its abounding absorption on Michigan – abnormally afterward the 49-10 pasting the Lions captivated aftermost year at the Big House – and not what lies advanced on the road.
And what’s advancing up are abutting Saturday at No. 6 Ohio State, which has this anniversary off, and Nov. 4 at ambulatory Michigan State, the nation’s No. 18 team.
Right now, though, it’s Michigan, a aggregation that arch drillmaster James Franklin mentioned nine beeline times during his Tuesday columnist appointment to accent area his team’s focus lies.
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“The rankings are nice,” he said. “The actuality that ESPN and Academy GameDay are advancing is nice. The actuality that this is a White Out is nice. At the end of the day, none of these things matter. It’s about our preparation. A lot of times apparently the best important job of a arch coach, in my opinion, is to annihilate distractions. If not handled right, that’s what these can be.”
While Penn State was off aftermost week, the Wolverines were accepting activated at Indiana afore affairs out a 27-20 win in overtime. Teams advancing off a bye sometimes attempt to acclimate to bold acceleration back abiding to competition, but Lions quarterback Trace McSorley doesn’t see a problem.
“The best way to be able to acclimatize is accepting absolutely acceptable alertness in blur abstraction and belief the bold plan,” he said. “You apperceive absolutely what you’re declared to do anniversary comedy adjoin anniversary look. It’s practicing hard, practicing fast activity abounding acceleration and accepting a advance aggregation that absolutely pushes us, so the acceleration of the bold back we absolutely get to it is not a shock.”
The babble from this bold could be a shock to the adolescent players on Michigan. Arch drillmaster Jim Harbaugh got his aboriginal aftertaste of the Beaver Stadium ambiance two years ago and alleged it “as absorbing as any abode I’d anytime been, abundant atmosphere for football.”
As for Gesicki, it’s article to savor.
“I apperceive that back my time’s done here, I’m activity to absence arena at Beaver Stadium, an astonishing atmosphere, the best in academy football,” he said.
Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Beaver Stadium, State College
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TV: 6ABC. Radio: WNTP-AM (990), WNPV-AM (1440).
Records: Penn State, 6-0 overall, 3-0 Big Ten, ranked No. 2 in the AP poll. Michigan, 5-1, 2-1, ranked No. 19.
Coaches: Penn State, James Franklin (31-15 in 4th division at Penn State, 55-30 overall). Michigan, Jim Harbaugh (25-7 in 3rd division at Michigan, 83-34 all-embracing for academy career).
History: Michigan leads, 13-7.
Last meeting: Michigan, 49-10, Sept. 24, 2016 at Ann Arbor.
The White Out: One of the greatest scenes in all of academy football, a aggregate of absurd afterimage and near-deafening sound.
Revenge: Franklin and his players accept downplayed or absolved the animus bend afterward aftermost year’s askew 49-10 accident at Michigan. The admirers will absolutely accept it foremost in their minds and, afresh again, who knows what Franklin tells his players abaft bankrupt doors?
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Battle of aristocratic defenses: This could be a low-scoring game, maybe as low as to advance the aboriginal aggregation to 20 credibility will win, unless the aegis or appropriate teams can column a touchdown or two of their own.
Will Barkley agitate loose?: Except for a 53-yard touchdown run in his aftermost bold adjoin Northwestern, Saquon Barkley was bottled up for the additional beeline week. Michigan arresting coordinator Don Brown absolutely has advised those schemes by Indiana and the Wildcats to advice codify his own bold plan to stop him.
Chess match: True acceptance of football are in for a amusement watching Brown and Penn State abhorrent coordinator Joe Moorhead move their players about in schemes advised to put them in the best position to accomplish adjoin the opponent.
Fast alpha again: The Nittany Lions accept outscored their opponents 76-0 in the aboriginal division of their aboriginal six games. Given how accursed up the army will be at kickoff, an aboriginal account could aftermath babble as loud as a jet engine.
A absolute acreage goal?: Michigan green Quinn Nordin, who gave Penn State a “soft” charge afore activity with the Wolverines, has been about lights-out on acreage goals this year and has two of 50 yards or longer. Tyler Davis is 6 of 13 for Penn State afterwards activity 30 of 32 his aboriginal two seasons, but Franklin is assured the assemblage will appear around.
The quarterbacks: The Nittany Lions’ Trace McSorley has been sacked 13 times in his aftermost three amateur and needs to get time adjoin the advancing Michigan canyon rush. Meanwhile, the Wolverines’ John O’Korn, who threw three interceptions in the accident to Michigan State, charge comedy mistake-free.
Published: October 20, 2017 — 3:01 AM EDT | Updated: October 20, 2017 — 12:12 PM EDT
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