Penn State was left for dead. It sat at 2-2 after being demolished by Michigan on Sept. 24. Instead of staying down, the Nittany Lions rose. They knocked off Minnesota and Maryland before heading into last week’s bye. Having failed its first major test, a 49-10 drubbing in Ann Arbor, PSU again is presented with an opportunity to make noise on a national stage. No. 2 Ohio State comes to Beaver Stadium on Saturday (8 p.m. ET, ABC) for a primetime tilt on national TV. The stakes are high for a former college football power that’s fallen from those ranks. A White Out crowd of 107,282 will be waiting to witness the spectacle. Vegas doesn’t give the Nittany Lions much of a chance. They’re almost a three-touchdown home underdog, something unheard of during much of the program’s history. It won’t matter when things kick off Saturday night. “They put their pads on the same way,” PSU wide receiver DaeSean Hamilton told reporters in State College this week. “They might be held to a higher standard, but they are still football players, and we’ve got to go out and we are just going to give it our best shot. We are…
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