Prediction time: Penn State-Ohio State breakdown

They don’t want to remember their last excursion here to Columbus. For that matter, Penn State players do not want to dwell on last 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 in the second half just like they did in 2014.
No matter the Lions have not been overly excited to reminisce about either game this week.
“We lost,” senior captain Jordan Lucas said. “That’s exactly what I recall.”
That are the common denominator there, yes.
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 match in four years under Urban Meyer? Slim, albeit better than it appeared a week back.
By the sounds of things, the Lions are going to the Horseshoe in better health than they’ve needed for the past month. That should imply players such as Saquon Barkley and Angelo Mangiro are back in the lineup along with each of the typical faces on protection. Even Adam Breneman got in his first regular repetitions with the offense this week following a week on the scout team to return to actions.
The Buckeyes haven’t necessarily lived up to their No. 1 ranking through six months, tied or trailing Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois, Indiana and Maryland in halftime. Nonetheless, it’s difficult to imagine them coming out tired for this one, with a packed house in primetime.

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