Ohio State Buckeyes vs Penn State Nittany Lions: three matchups to watch

He admitted he has found himself getting into the ear of quarterback Cardale Jones the same way receivers used to get in his ear.

Meyer, former minor league baseball player before turning back to football and coaching, on whether he catches any major league baseball action this time of year – Said he doesn’t have time to watch, but “I’m a big Cubs guys just because my friend (Joe Maddon) is the manager there”. Beathard declined to tell Iowa reporters if he’s full-go in practice this week but called the ailment “nothing serious”.

It wasn’t until about a year ago under the lights at Beaver Stadium when Ohio State pulled out a 31-24 double-overtime victory against Penn State that Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer realized he had a special group. He is still considering taking official visits and says Michigan continues to recruit him “extremely, extremely hard”. He also has 25 carries – third on the team behind Ezekiel Elliott (121) and Jones (46). He has appeared in five games and has two tackles.

He got that many touches on many, if not most, of his drives in his life. “They’re a great team”.

Penn State has arguably one of the country’s best arm talents in junior quarterback Christian Hackenberg.

But each week the stakes grow a little bit higher and Meyer’s job of keeping his players focused gets a little bit tougher – especially with coaches experienced in exploiting mental weaknesses, like Jim Harbaugh, waiting for their chance to ruin the ideal party. Take a look at their game-by-game yards per play gained an allowed breakdown. “I just do what I do”, he said”. It should be a sight to see, but what will happen in the game? “I want to be a multi-purpose guy, so a school doesn’t have to waste scholarships on a punter as well”. The pass-happy approach also included three screens over the initial four drives, another new high mark for such calls in a game to date. “I can still throw, but I’ll leave that alone right now”.

Lions defensive coordinator Bob Shoop is no stranger to halting the zone-read, which has slowly been disappearing from the college game as defenses have evolved to deny it. There’s no better exploration of said defensive evolution than what you’ll find here. If he gets time, which hasn’t been often the past two years, he is risky. Defense has been Penn State’s calling card and that was the case in week six with the Hoosiers held to 234 yards and 14 first downs.

Meyer’s thoughts now? “Whoa”, he said, “pretty sharp”.

But Franklin said Tuesday he was reluctant to change his plan despite Julius’ performance, so expect him to be the kicker against the Buckeyes.

Speaking of quarterback, Miller still lines up back there. No one’s ready to back pedal in a stance like that.

“The clarity, when the dust clears on Saturday night, I don’t know about that”, he said. He answers questions literally, giving no information unless specifically asked.

“I don’t know that four teams in the same division on the same side all can sustain it at the same time for the same duration”.

Though the ‘Cats led the second set 17-13, Penn State went on a big run to level the match at 21.

“Oh man, it’s about time”, he said of his latest touchdown.

Center Angelo Mangiro, who didn’t play last week against Indiana due to an injury, repped with the first team during the brief goal line, half-speed session that was open to the media and his backup, Wendy Laurent, snapped to McSorley and the second team.