While I shared your emotions on the last two thoughts, I have to question anyone who lives in Chicago and refers to "my beloved Mets."  For shame!  Go Cubs!!  I HATE the Mets, and can never forgive them for 1969.  

I think winning at Penn State is slightly greater than improbable, but not guaranteed.  Being an eastern Pennsylvanian resident, I've been to a few games at Happy Valley, and let me tell you, It's scary for the opposing team.  I personally think that the "WE ARE" "PENN STATE" is so much more intimidating than that stupid O-H-I-O chant.  It's really something to appreciate if you're visiting even if you hate Penn State's guts.

I still have a few friends who go to Penn State, and we've been trash talking to each other for a few years now about this game, so I hope we come out on top!

BCS bid however... While i'm not saying that its impossible to get one, I think because our schedule is fairly easy (beating 1 good BCS team doesn't mean an automatic bid to a BCS bowl even with an undefeated season), we would get over looked by most committees.  But you never know, all of the BCS teams could have incredibly mediocre seasons with at least 1 or more losses which would help our case greatly.  Keep your fingers crossed!

I actually thought we had a better chance before JoePa got fired and passed away.......

These guys are gonna be 10 kinds of fired up

Anytime you bring in a new coach with a new system, there's a period of adjustment, so execution means more than emotion in this game.  I give Ohio about a 40% chance of beating PSU -- which is more than I would've given them in other years.