Ohio State prepares for another ‘crazy’ crowd at Penn State

The Illini did earn their first Big Ten win under their new leadership as they took care of Rutgers 24-7 on the road.

“He’s not 100 percent yet, but it’s only Wednesday”, Meyer said. Clemson fell to No. 4 after that win, while Alabama and Ohio State retained their respective 1-2 spots following wins over Tennessee and Wisconsin. Somebody will say, ‘That’s the rule.’ Well get rid of the damn rule. They didn’t out-effort us.

It’s an important rule to keep coaches under control. Penn State cornerback Grant Haley said he can feel the game in his toes, because the ground rumbles.

At a time when fans can watch a football game on their phones while pretending to pay attention to a kid’s soccer match, you might think playing nationally televised night games is not so important for a Heisman Trophy contender.

The idea that J.T. Barrett just played his best game as a Buckeye is one that has come up a surprising amount since the overtime victory against Wisconsin; in fact, Land-Grant Holy Land’s own Colton Denning and Matt Brown discussed it on this week’s edition of “Hangout in the Holy Land”. Meyer admitted this week that, in overtime, he anticipated a loss and began thinking of how to handle the post-game speech. “So to think you’re just going to jump back in there after missing that amount of time, it is going to be a challenge. It crossed my mind”, Meyer recalled. OSU coach Geoff Carlston said his team is anything but sluggish. I get to see things that all fans do not get to see. “Not many other places in the country can compete with the atmosphere Penn State is going to bring on Saturday night”. He ran for two more, becoming Ohio State’s all-time leader in touchdowns (rushing and passing). And four different pass-catchers have at least 200 receiving yards. Ohio State used a last-minute touchdown to regain its footing before the break and Braxton Miller took over in the second half for a 35-23 win. “I don’t know, but he’ll play, when he’s 100 percent”.

“I don’t think you ever get them answered completely; I’ve never been in that situation”, Meyer said. A loss potentially would put the Badgers three games behind front-running Nebraska, which plays host to lowly Purdue this week. Do you remember who the Heisman frontrunner was after Week 7 a year ago? O’Connor was the only player with a decent shot at him on the return, and Musso spun past the quarterback and went all the way to the end zone.

This week: Oregon State, which has the fifth-best defense in the Pac-12 at 5.27 yards allowed per play. But like the offense, the Buckeyes made adjustments at halftime and limited the Badgers to one touchdown in the second half.

So far this season, Penn State has faced one defense after another that has focused primarily on limiting Barkley. Barkley exploded for 202 yards on 31 carries, both career highs, in a 38-14 win. The Hawkeyes ran for an impressive 365 yards against Purdue and held the Boilermakers to 47 yards on the ground. I will say that that Penn State does possess arguably the best running back in the Big Ten in Saquon Barkley, but it will need a lot more than Barkley to even hang around with the Buckeyes. “Right now, we’ve got to think about IL”.

On a 40-degree night in central OH about a year ago, Saquon Barkley warmed the hearts of Penn State fans everywhere, giving them a glimpse of what the young freshman from the Lehigh Valley was capable of accomplishing on the big stage.

Penn State’s annual White Out game, pictured here in 2015, is typically saved for primetime when Ohio State visits Happy Valley every other season. “We don’t need to tell them that”. We learned we don’t fold when pressure comes.