#2 Ohio State (5-0, 8-0) at #13 Penn State (3-2, 6-2) Post Game

[Mdot21]

This one is easily the game of the week not only in the conference but nationally imo.

Ohio State opens as a 14.5 point favorite. It's a noon kick off. IF this was a night game White Out, I'd have given Penn State a much better chance to pull the upset in this one. Should be a good game. Penn State seems to have rebounded vs Minnesota, we'll see if they can put up a fight against the Buckeyes. They seem to always play them tough in Happy Valley.

[Abba]

Penn State is an interesting matchup for the Buckeyes.  Their strength is definitely their secondary, so it'll be good on good there.  Penn State has shown a little bit of a weakness stopping the run the last 2 weeks, while the Buckeyes are coming off of their worst effort of the season in the run game this past week.  There is also some concern that CJ Stroud has given up a TD to the defense in each of the last 2 games and has thrown an INT in all 4 Big Ten games.  

On the other side of the ball, Penn State is much more balanced than last year.  No one has been able to effectively run against the Buckeyes so far this year, so that'll be an interesting one to watch.  Meanwhile, Clifford has had big games the last 2 times he played the Buckeyes, but the defense may be more up to the challenge this time.  His running ability is also a bit scary as we saw against Michigan.

I think the Buckeyes will again have to grind things out and hopefully can avoid the ugly mistakes of the last 2 weeks.  Any win here will do.

[Drew4UTk]

If tOSU doesn't drop 52 on psu and win, no matter what psu does, they'll be exposed as pretenders... theyve played ONE team with a winning record and left starters in the entire game.  

Truth is I'm pretty damn sure they're good- real good- but I've got nothing to base that off of except opinion.  They've simply not played anyone worth a damn.  Having a schedule as they do is nice- it makes your record attention grabbing... but then when a decent team is encountered and the same level of production isn't achieved? You topple.  Even a tight win drops the buckeyes to three if not four.... and that's the way it should be... 

[Brutus Buckeye]

You know you're in a teams head when they won't do a white out against you because they want to improve their record in white out games. 

[Honestbuckeye]

If tOSU doesn't drop 52 on psu and win, no matter what psu does, they'll be exposed as pretenders... theyve played ONE team with a winning record and left starters in the entire game. 

Truth is I'm pretty damn sure they're good- real good- but I've got nothing to base that off of except opinion.  They've simply not played anyone worth a damn.  Having a schedule as they do is nice- it makes your record attention grabbing... but then when a decent team is encountered and the same level of production isn't achieved? You topple.  Even a tight win drops the buckeyes to three if not four.... and that's the way it should be...

Wow.  You’re usually pretty levelheaded but you’re way off on all of this. 

first of all Ohio State has beaten several teams with a winning record including Notre Dame, Rutgers and Toledo.  Secondly that’s a misleading statistic anyway. Which is a harder game? Toledo, Notre Dame, UT Martin, Hawaii? 

Secondly they have only had first stringers in for the whole game once- Notre Dame.  ( and by the way Notre Dame has been playing with their back up quarterback ever since then.)

they also have beaten the living shit out of several teams which will end up with winning records.  They just put more points up on Iowa, one of the best defenses in the country, that has ever been scored in the Kirk Ferentz era.

In conference road games are tough. Penn State is a tough out at home for anyone. A simple victory will keep Ohio State ranked where they are.

after all did Georgia drop back in the rankings for slipping by Kent state in Missouri by the skin of their teeth?

updated SOS:

http://powerrankingsguru.com/college-football/strength-of-schedule.php

[Drew4UTk]

Oh cmon... you can do better than that.  

tOSU is ranked #131 for all around likability.  Just below PSU, which does just fine until someone mentions Franklin.  Theyre the only team with a Canadian logger at the helm, who apparently makes enough money chunking oaks in the great lakes which causes enough shipwrecks when they float just below the surface to impact the trade of geratol, which he's reportedly invested in heavily- and allows the purchase of pretty decent players.  Without geratol, tOSU falls off the map.  It's a pretty good racket.  

PSU doesn't have a chance.  

[FearlessF]

agreed, PSU doesn't have much of a chance

PSU secondary looks good, might even have an NFL DB or two, but it's different this week going up a NFL QB and multiple NFL WRs

[Honestbuckeye]

Oh cmon... you can do better than that. 

tOSU is ranked #131 for all around likability.  Just below PSU, which does just fine until someone mentions Franklin.  Theyre the only team with a Canadian logger at the helm, who apparently makes enough money chunking oaks in the great lakes which causes enough shipwrecks when they float just below the surface to impact the trade of geratol, which he's reportedly invested in heavily- and allows the purchase of pretty decent players.  Without geratol, tOSU falls off the map.  It's a pretty good racket. 

PSU doesn't have a chance. 

They rank #130.  You forgot Notre Dame.  

[Abba]

Don't really care about the polls.  Gotta get a win here to avoid a 2016 type of mess.  Any win will do.  The Buckeyes won ugly against Penn State in 2014 and that didn't stop them from reaching their goals.

[FearlessF]

Ohio State will be involved in the Week 9 matchup on Big Noon, but this time, the Buckeyes will be on the road. Penn State hosts that crucial B1G East matchup, and it will be the first-ever visit to Happy Valley for FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff.

[Temp430]

You know you're in a teams head when they won't do a white out against you because they want to improve their record in white out games.

I think if the game was at night instead of at Noon it would be a white out.  I doubt white out winning percentage is something the Nitts or Franklin care enough about to cherry pick white out games.  

[Cincydawg]

Oklahoma State is at K State, both ranked, and UK is at Tennessee.  I don't see any other ranked teams matched up.

#2 at #13 is GotW.  I think the line is about what I'd expect, maybe OSU takes a quarter to get rolling?

[Mdot21]

They rank #130.  You forgot Notre Dame. 

this is just a fact. ND is the worst.

[Cincydawg]

Don't really care about the polls.  

Truth, except as a point of conversation.  OSU could be ranked anywhere and still make the playoffs, or ranked #1 and miss out.  I'd lean to ranking them #1 right now, which matters about as much as the AP.  And as you note, an ugly messy one point win is still a win and won't matter much come CFP time.

The Dawgs had to save themselves at Mizzou and barely won obviously and that is almost forgotten now.  

My kids want a UGA-OSU final.