Prediction time: Penn State-Ohio State breakdown

They do not want to recall their last trip here to Columbus. For the matter, Penn State players do not want to live on last year’s double-overtime thriller either.
Odds are the Nittany Lions will not behave like they did in 2013, a 63-14 reduction. Odds are they probably won’t shut out the Buckeyes in the second half like they did in 2014.
Regardless, the Lions haven’t been overly excited to reminisce about either game this week.
“We lost,” senior captain Jordan Lucas said. “That is exactly what I recall.”
That are the frequent denominator there, yes.
So what chance do the Lions have now been around against the No. 1 team at the polls, the defending national champs who have never dropped a regular season Big Ten game in four decades under Urban Meyer? Slim, albeit greater than it seemed a week back.
From the sounds of things, the Lions are heading into the Horseshoe in better health than they have had for the last month. That should mean players such as Saquon Barkley and Angelo Mangiro are back in the lineup along with all the typical faces on defense. Even Adam Breneman obtained in his first regular repetitions with the crime this week following a week to the scout team to acclimate back to actions.
The Buckeyes haven’t necessarily lived up to their No. 1 ranking through six weeks, tied or trailing Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois, Indiana and Maryland at halftime. But it’s difficult to imagine them coming from sleepy for this one, using a crowded house in primetime.

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