COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — There’s always the danger of a powerhouse looking past a couple of struggling teams to the marquee game on its schedule.
But Urban Meyer says that won’t be the case for No. 13 Ohio State at Penn State on Saturday.
”I think if you play a really bad team, that happens,” Meyer said on Monday. ”Going on the road in front of 110,000 people, knowing we didn’t play great on Saturday, we expect to play great.”
That doesn’t mean such focus is easy. The players are surrounded by people who disregard Penn State and the game the following week at home against Illinois and are already talking about how No. 8 Michigan State is lurking on Nov. 8 in Spartan Stadium.
”It’s always in the back of your mind,” H-back and punt returner Jalin Marshall said. ”You know – Michigan State, Michigan State.”
Most people who saw the Buckeyes dismantle a Rutgers team last week which had won three in a row and came in with a 5-1 record would say Ohio State is on a tear – despite Meyer saying they didn’t play great.
The Buckeyes (5-1, 2-0 Big Ten) have won four in a row by an average score of 56-17.
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