STATE COLLEGE, Pa. >> Jordan Lucas realizes he and most of his teammates won’t get an opportunity like this again. The Penn State senior safety was still in high school the last time Penn State played a No. 1 opponent. The Nittany Lions lost to Alabama then and haven’t fared well against the country’s best since. They’re 3-12 against ranked teams since the 2010 loss at Bryant-Denny Stadium — a pattern the Nittany Lions will try to turn around on their trip to Columbus this weekend to face Ohio State. “It’s the opportunity of a lifetime,” Lucas said. “Ohio State is the top team in college football right now. I’m sure they feel like they have a target on their back and teams want to take them down and that’s a great challenge.” It’s one head coach James Franklin made special mention of at a team meeting on Sunday. Although Franklin usually refuses to put any opponent on a pedestal, he thought it necessary considering the rare circumstance and the momentum his team has built since a humbling loss to Temple on Sept. 5…
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