Ohio State Buckeyes at Michigan Wolverines Start Time, College Football

“WE ARE PENN STATE”, read their shirts.

The resolution mocks Harbaugh’s pants as “reportedly purchased at Walmart for $8 a pair”, out of “a 1991 Dockers commercial”, and “workplace appropriate for Jake from State Farm” but few others.

On the other side of the ball, RB Saquon Barkley (904 rushing yards) is 98 yards shy of tying Penn State’s true freshman rushing record.

It’s a tall order any way it’s shaped. The last 1,000-yard receiver Penn State had was Allen Robinson in 2013.

Ohio State is still hurting from a loss last week to Michigan State at home.

Both have existed at the top of the coaching ranks for some time.

Franklin also discusses penalties a lot, and there the programs are fairly even, with Michigan State having committed 57 so far this year and Penn State 60.

Ohio State players hoping to get some rest before their rivalry clash with MI on Saturday had to wait a little while after arriving to the team hotel because the room keys didn’t work. And though they’ve been in this defensive system for more than a decade, being in charge is different. While the Big Ten East title is nearly assuredly Michigan State’s, that fate isn’t set in stone yet, and the outcome of today’s game could factor into determining who buys tickets to Indianapolis next week.

But there’s always a way.

The emphasis in the Ohio State-Michigan game will be on the two top 10 defenses and the fact that both teams want to run the football and control the line of scrimmage. It was a combination of genius coaching and near flawless execution.

“We’ve got a great opportunity”, Franklin said. Michigan State must fend off Penn State to remain the Big 10 frontrunner, while Alabama and Clemson take on in-state nemeses Auburn and SC, respectively.

Cook is questionable once again this week. To capture the upset and its eighth win of the season, Penn State will need to have saved its best game of the season for last as it faces a very talented and well-coached Michigan State squad. It might contain a bit more passing than last week, but there is no way Dantonio will risk his quarterback with the B1G championship game on the horizon.

This season, the Buckeyes returned most of the talent from their title-winning team, converted quarterback Braxton Miller into an electric halfback and, if anything, improved their defensive play.

Either way, points will be at a premium. The Wolverines are 9-1 over their past 10 games including four straight. That means I’ll be taking the points.

But the guv also asks residents not to use the letter “M”, which could prove more hard when the Wolverines host the Buckeyes at Ann Arbor on “Scarlet Letter Saturday”. Naturally any team with such limited scoring potential is not the best team to bet as a favorite. Does this show that Meyer can’t control his team if they are not winning? IL will do no worse than hang in their with their in-state rival.

Cooper got two wins and a tie in 13 games against the Wolverines.

As noted above, Penn State is not going to win this contest if its third down percentage sags anywhere near its season average. “I’m going to be over on our sidelines blocking and tackling nobody”.

The most important thing for Ohio State on Saturday is to win the game and salvage as much as it can out of this season after last week’s crushing loss against Michigan State. In one final gesture, after OSU held on for the win, Tressel had the team sing Carmen Ohio to the Buckeyes fans in the crowd.

Can it happen? Theoretically yes, but it hasn’t yet this year.

All field goals and extra points made, and then no kickoffs out of bounds.