Ohio State at Penn State

Ohio State controls their own destiny on the road to the BCS Championship game for the second straight year. The Buckeyes have run the table to this point but will face their sternest test on the road vs. Joe Pa's Nitany Lions. The last time Ohio State lost a Big-10 game was to Penn State at Happy Valley 17-10, laying 4 points as they do here. Deja Vu? Yes! This is not the same Ohio State offense we saw last year. That offense ranked 15th in the country after some big time games. This offense ranks 37th, before any big games. Their prior competition includes: Minnesota (#120), Washington (#108), Northwestern (#83), Akron (#75), Purdue (#60) and D-1AA Youngstown State. Those teams are not even close to what they will see in this one. It has been over three years since a Big-10 opponent has put up more than 17 here. The points should again be hard to come by in this one, and this Penn State defense is better than what beat Ohio State here in '05. The fact is, as good as Ohio State has been over the years, they have not walked out of Happy Valley with a win often. Their win total here is just two since 1993 and neither of those wins covers this pointspread as they won by a single point and a FG. We look for the next in a long line of season changing upsets to occur here, so we are riding the Nitany Lions as a very loud home dog.