I feel like the Nittany Lions are a really good team that no one is really talking about? My biggest hesitation here is Ohio State being the home team, but I’m sticking with my gut. They say styles make fights and well I like how Penn State’s style matches up against the Buckeyes. I’d love to pick Penn State here, but I just don’t have enough confidence in this offense right now against a Buckeyes team that’s elite defensively. In Happy Valley would be a different story, but on the road in Columbus with Penn State’s first real test of the season, this game could be a coin toss, but I can so easily see a 17-14 or 20-17 final, regardless of who wins. This is the Nittany Lions’ moment to try to seize control over the Big Ten, especially against a largely one-dimensional Ohio State offense.
This covers me for a Nittany Lions win or, much more importantly, a heartbreaking loss. I don’t want to be that hater that James Franklin always talks about in press conferences who says he can’t win “the big one” but I am, in fact, very much that hater. I’ll take the points, but I’m betting on the Nittany Lions outright here.
