The Ohio State Buckeyes should be on upset alert this weekend in taking on the Penn State Nittany Lions.
Both teams are ineligible for the postseason but are neck and neck with undefeated records in the Big Ten Leaders Division. This is always a heated battle, and Saturday’s showdown in Beaver Stadium should be no different.
Considering the matchup problems Penn State presents with its strengths, there a few things in particular that the Buckeyes need to accomplish in order to avoid their first loss of the season.
Here is a closer look at what OSU needs to do and why these specific factors loom so large in the game’s outcome.
Win the turnover battle
This almost sounds as obvious as “score more points than the other team.” But against Bill O’Brien’s disciplined Nittany Lions, it is particularly important that OSU finds a way to accomplish this task.
Penn State QB Matt McGloin has thrown only two interceptions on the season, and OSU has tended to play sloppily for much of the…
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