First, sorry about the long break. I have no excuse other than laziness. I would like to promise that I am going to pick up the pace of theblogging front, but no promises. First and foremost, college gameday (Presnted by the Home Depot) is coming to state college, pa this weekend for PSU's big revenge matchup with Iowa. Let me assure you that Happy Valley is going to be a very rowdy valley this weekend. Although I still think this Penn State team needs to improve quite a bit in order to compete for a national title, I think they will take care of business this weekend against an overmatched Ioaw team. After last year's tough loss, the nittany lions should be coming in with a chip on their shoulder and it is going to be LOUD in Beaver Stadium. Penn State also got the run game going last week, even if it was against Temple, and I think that Daryll Clark will be very effective passing the ball against a defense which can't matchup with PSU's skill players on offense. My prediction is that Clark opens up ther passing game early, which in turn opens up Royster in the second half. Final score: Penn State 31, Iowa 13.
Man did the eagles look terrible or what? Way too many mistakes in all aspects of the game. Hobbes had a fumble onb a kickoff return, the defense couldn't get consistent pressure on Drew Brees, and Kevin Kolb, although he played relatively well, had a very costly turnover to open up the second half and couldn't get into much of a rhythm after halftime. Basically, the Eagles played as poorly as they possibly could against a Saints team I believe should have no trouble winning the NFC South. Regardless, it is only one game, and the good news is the Eagles get Kansas City next week. The even better news is they also get Michael Vick. One of the few bright spots for the Eagles last week is how well they ran wildcat formations. With Vick in there that shold only improve. As far as quarterback, I think we should give McNabb one more week off (effectively two weeks because the birds have a bye in week 4), and give Kolb one more start. As I said, he didn't play too poorly and if he had made a couple of throws he missed (like when he thrdew behind Westbrook on third down after he burnt Jonathon Vilma) the Eagles could have actually won that game. They were only down by six at halftime before the two turnovers that basically sealed the loss. If those breaks had gone the Eagles way, it could have been a very different second half. I still think this is a playoff team, and they will show why once McNabb is able to play again in Week 5. Additionally, the next four games are all very winnable, so this is probably as good a time as ever to rest McNabb.
