5 reasons Penn State football will beat the Ohio State Buckeyes

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Five reasons the Penn State Nittany Lions will beat the Ohio State Buckeyes on Saturday: 1. The bye week: How bad did it get for Penn State in its last game? The Nittany Lions lost to Michigan, 18-13, while gaining just 214 yards. That has to be a low point for 4-2 Penn State. And if the Nittany Lions want to have a chance against the Buckeyes in Beaver Stadium on Saturday, they need to be on their way back up. Like Rutgers did last week and like Michigan State will before facing the Buckeyes on Nov. 8, Penn State is coming off a bye week heading into the Ohio State game. The Nittany Lions had to use the extra week to revamp, or they may be in trouble. “That bye week gives you a chance to work on some things,” Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said. “They have a base, but there will be something new.” • 5 reasons Ohio State will win Penn State coach James Franklin said the extra week was productive, but he also gave the players plenty of rest because he thought his team looked worn down in the second half against Michigan. Limited by previous scholarship sanctions, Franklin said the Nittany Lions have about 46 scholarship players who are actually playing right now, so he wanted them to come off the bye week “fresh and healthy.” “We were able to rest our players, we were able to work on technique and fundamentals and some scheme things that need to improve,” Franklin told reporters at his news conference earlier this week…

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