Prediction time: Penn State-Ohio State breakdown

They do not want to recall their last excursion here to Columbus. For that matter, Penn State players don’t want to live on the past year’s double-overtime thriller either.
Odds are the Nittany Lions won’t behave like they did in 2013, a 63-14 reduction. Odds are that they likely will not shut out the Buckeyes from the second half just like they did in 2014.
Regardless, the Lions haven’t been overly eager to reminisce about game this week.
“We lost,” senior captain Jordan Lucas stated. “That’s exactly what I remember.”
That would be the common denominator there, yes.
So what chance do the Lions have this time around against the No. 1 team in the polls, the defending national champs who have never dropped a regular season Big Ten match in four years under Urban Meyer? Slim, albeit greater than it appeared a week back.
From the sounds of things, the Lions are going to the Horseshoe in better health than they have needed for the last month. That should mean players like Saquon Barkley and Angelo Mangiro are back in the lineup together with all of the typical faces on protection. Even Adam Breneman got in his first regular reps with the offense this week after a week to the scout team to return to actions.
The Buckeyes have not necessarily lived up to their No. 1 position through six weeks, tied or trailing Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois, Indiana and Maryland in halftime. But it’s difficult to imagine them coming from tired with this one, with a crowded house in primetime.

Read more: manchesterinnews.com