Well best case scenario PSu goes to NC game, then we get to go to the rose bowl as long as we win out. Which even at the beginning of the season I said I'd rather fo to the rose bowl, less hype, give us a break from SEC crap, and Tressel has never been to the rose bowl, its a big OSU tradition he needs to get in on.
And as far as going around, that was a great play call with a bad result. Penn state had no idea pryor was going to do that, because they were saying the same thing you did. The PSu guy, i cant rememer was it bowman?, knocked it out perfectly. If he would have tackled a little higher or a little lower, pryor would have held the ball and had the 5 yd gain, or even broke free.
Overall though, yes the play calling has been terrible, but I thought yesterday was a big improvement we just couldnt get the running game going because of their D.