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Five reasons for concern for Penn State against Ohio State
After reading the headline to this article, Penn State fans will be hard-pressed not to ask, “where to start”? From where this game started in people’s minds in the preseason to now, everything concerning the Nittany Lions has gone downhill, while everything concerning Ohio State is coming up aces. They are the No.1 team in the country with most of their units and players ranked first nationally in every statistic. Meanwhile, there are not many positive vibes coming from Happy Valley. Thus, it will be a rough mountain to climb for the Nittany Lions on the road in the Shoe.
Here are the top five(out of many) reasons for concern for the Nittany Lions headed into their matchup with the vaunted Buckeyes.
Julian Sayin’s absurd completion percentage
For any freshman quarterback, some might say a 65% completion rate is a steady goal to have. It means that they are on track, but have something to improve upon. Say that to Julian Sayin, because he’s unlike any freshman QB ever. While some will point to the elite weapons around him, no one expected he would be completing a quite frankly absurd 80 percent of his passes. Some will also say that most of those have come on quick throws to the flats rather than any explosive throws. Still, it’s mighty impressive, and with that receiving corps, any throw is possible to make. Penn State will have to decide whether it wants to blitz at a high rate or try its best to hold up coverage. Both of those ideas could work if Sayin weren’t ambitious enough to throw the deep ball. Unfortunately for the Blue and White, he absolutely is.
Carnell Tate’s emergence
Speaking of Julian Sayin’s weapons, Carnell Tate might be the most dangerous one. Not only is he emerging as the true WR1 for this offense, but he’s making people forget about Jeremiah Smith as well, which is perhaps the scary prospect. On just 34 receptions, he has 587 yards and 6 touchdowns, averaging an astounding 17.3 yards per catch. He’s not just matching Jeremiah Smith’s output, in many ways, he could be exceeding it. For a Penn State secondary that, while it is one of the best in the nation, hasn’t been tested much, it is a daunting proposition. No defensive scheme can prepare you for Carnell Tate.
Ohio State’s record against Penn State…especially at home
This one hits harder because the Buckeyes have been tormenting the Nittany Lions even before they were a Big Ten team. Ohio State has an impressive record of 26-14 all-time against the Nittany Lions, but it’s their home record that’s so demoralizing for Penn State fans. They are 14-7 in the confines of Columbus, and to make matters worse, Penn State has only won twice in the Shoe since they became Big Ten members. It definitely hits home when you see former head coach James Franklin’s putrid resume as well. If there’s any team the Nittany Lions shouldn’t want to face in a time of crisis, it’s the Buckeyes.
Huge coaching disparity
It’s one thing to go on the road in a place you don’t often win with relatively green personnel in key areas. It’s quite another when the coach on the opposite sideline has the best all-time winning percentage in college football. Ryan Day has become the epitome of winning in college football and now has the national championship to prove it. While everyone thought there would be some growing pains with Sayin taking the reins of the offense and a high turnover on the defensive side of the football, it has been anything but, with Day really doing an exceptional job of understanding the ebbs and flows of his squad. On the other side of the spectrum, you have Terry Smith going into his second career game as head coach with a freshman QB playing in his second-ever start. Not necessarily the best of situations.
1 word: defense
This is perhaps the thing that should scare Penn State fans the most: Ethan Grunkemeyer facing this defense. In every single statistical category that matters, Ohio State is the undisputed leader. At every single level, you have elite NFL-caliber talents who get the job done no matter the team or where they’re at in the season. Players like Arvell Reese and Kenyatta Jackson sprang out of the woodwork while established vets such as Caleb Downs almost feel like they’re already playing with an NFL mentality. Ethan Grunkemeyer won’t know what’s coming to him on Saturday….even with a bye week to try and prepare.
GIRARD, Ohio (WKBN) – Over 100 athletes came together for the 5th Annual Trumbull County Special Olympics Invitational Saturday morning in Girard.
These athletes represent five different schools across Trumbull County to compete and spread the message of inclusion, achievement, and sportsmanship.
The Invitational continued its long-standing tradition of honoring the legacy of Randy Suchanek while celebrating the dedication and accomplishments of Special Olympics athletes throughout the region.
“You can hear all the excitement for this, for the athletes that are here today,” said superintendent Bryan O’Hara. “They work hard all year long to participate. We’ve always worked hand in hand with the rotary to get this accomplished is a lot of work behind the scenes.”
Participating schools included Ashtabula, Geauga, Columbiana, Kent-Portage and Trumbull Fairhaven
“There’s a lot of nice participation from girard students as you see behind us, and a lot of participation from the community helping out,” Girard-Liberty Rotary co-president Andy Kish added.
O’Hara added that the event keeps everything in perspective, seeing the athletes compete in the spirit of fun, along with the courage and determination that they show.
Alex Sorrells contributed to this report.
Out of prison, Indiana’s caviar king back on Ohio River to find fishing holes taken
David Cox, of English, Indiana, says once he began setting his nets again after a two-year prison sentence and a three-year ban on commercial fishing, all of his once-secret spots were taken.
Can you eat fish from the Ohio River?
In 1975, future presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, then governor of Massachusetts, bet 20 pounds of New England cod that the Red Sox would defeat the Reds in the World Series. If things went south for Boston, Ohio governor James Rhodes promised to send Dukakis 10 pounds of Lake Erie perch and 10 pounds of Ohio River catfish. The Reds ended up winning and the cod was sent to the Convalescent Home for Children, in Cincinnati.
At the time, people were still eating catfish from the Ohio without too much concern. The fish were also served at several restaurants along the river.
There were warnings in 1977
But two years later, in 1977, The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission released the results of a study of contaminants found in the tissues of Ohio River fish. They warned anglers in cities such as Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville, Wheeling and Gallipolis that man-made chemicals known as PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, had been discovered in the river fish. Later, high concentrations of mercury were discovered in the fish, too.
Thanks to the Clean Water Act of 1972 and the environmental regulations that followed, the river is now cleaner than it was in the seventies. And it’s still teeming with a variety of fish, including catfish, striped bass, drum and black bass, among other species.
But even though PCBs were banned by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1979, they are still found in fish, since they remain in the sediment in the bottom of the river. “Organisms live in the sediment and fish feed on them,” Rich Cogen, the executive director of the Ohio River Foundation told The Enquirer. Mercury is also a big problem, according to Cogen.
So the question is: Can you eat fish caught in the Ohio River?
The short answer is yes. But it depends on what species you are eating and where along the river you caught it.
There are also very strict limitations on how frequently you should eat them, according to the web site for the Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory, part of the Ohio Department of Health.
In areas of the river between the Belleville Lock, located 204 miles downstream from the river’s origins in Pittsburgh, to the Indiana border, the advisory agency currently recommends consuming Ohio River fish no more than once a month max. That area includes Adams, Brown, Clermont, Gallia, Hamilton, Lawrence, Meigs and Scioto counties.
Here’s where to check
Recommendations change throughout the year, but you can keep up by visiting the Ohio Department of Health’s Sport Fish Consumption Advisory page, which provides updated information on when certain fish, usually bottom feeders such as carp, are deemed too dangerous to eat at all.
Here’s who should take a pass on Ohio River fish
The agency also warns that people who are more likely to have health effects from eating contaminated fish, includingchildren younger than 15 years old, pregnant women and women who are planning to become pregnant to avoid Ohio River fish altogether.
Just because you have to limit the amount of fish you eat, doesn’t mean the river is a bad place for fishing, as long as you limit your intake or do catch-and-release fishing. Just make sure you have a proper fishing license before casting your line.
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It isn’t over until it’s over. That’s the case for both the UCLA Bruins football program recruiting and for quarterback Brady Edmunds. Edmunds is currently committed to head to Ohio State but he took a visit from UCLA offensive coordinator Dean Kennedy earlier this week.
Kennedy met Edmunds on Thursday despite the fact that the quarterback has been committed to the Buckeyes since December of 2024 but could the UCLA Bruins be making a run at flipping the quarterback?
Edmunds has only had an official visit with Ohio State but could UCLA heave a heat check on the 6’5” quarterback? New UCLA head coach Bob Chesney is off to an unbelievable start to his recruiting with the Bruins and flipping a recruit of Edmunds’ caliber would be his most impressive move yet.
247 Sports has Edmunds as the No. 16 quarterback in the class, which would give UCLA a clear predecessor for Nico Iamaleava whenever the Bruins current starting quarterback decides to head to the professional level.
It’d be a full circle moment for the Bruins, as Edmunds was originally recruited to Ohio State by former UCLA head coach Chip Kelly, who bailed on UCLA to go run the Buckeyes offense. Ohio State is a great spot for a developing quarterback, as the Buckeyes produce tons of NFL talent, especially at the wide receiver position, which would help Edmunds put up some gaudy numbers in Columbus.
Chesney and the Bruins have geography on their side, Edmunds attends Huntington Beach High School in Southern California, which could potentially become a factor if Edmunds views UCLA as a program on the rise that’d be much closer to his friends and family than out in Ohio.
Time will tell if Kennedy’s visit will make a difference but UCLA’s recruiting has made waves in the first offseason under Chesney and the new regime.
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