Season: 14-16-2 (-2.90) Vegas has decided it’s going to be a ‘rich get richer’ weekend as far as the top-ranked college football teams go. No. 3/4 Clemson is idle, with counterpart No. 4/3 Michigan giving up 36½ at home against poor Illinois. No. 1 Alabama could close as a 20 point favorite at home, no big deal until you realize that’s against No. 6 Texas A&M. Meanwhile at Beaver Stadium, Bookmaker has No. 2 Ohio State is 20 point chalk on the road at Penn State, the Buckeyes and Nittany Lions kicking off a little past 8 PM (ET) on ABC. The scoreboard mark is 57½, sown two from the opener. One of the most interesting facts about this rivalry — certainly the most relevant to this matchup — is the longest win streak by either team has been four games. Penn State stretched that string over more than half a century (1912-64) while Ohio State did it the past four years. All but one of 17 series wins by the Buckeyes came since the Lions joined the Big Ten. Ohio State has covered three of the last four meetings, including a year ago when the Buckeyes were 17½ point…
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