Last week the Wisconsin Badgers took the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes (6-0, 3-0 B1G) to the limit in Camp Randall Stadium. The Bucks won a pulse pounding, sweaty palm inducing thriller in overtime to protect their perfect season. Their reward? Another night game in hostile Beaver Stadium against the Penn State Nittany Lions (4-2, 2-1). And before you ask, yes it’s their annual White Out game. No time for Urban Meyer’s club to rest as they prepare to enter the Lions’ den. Ohio State leads the all-time series with Penn State 17-13 (15-7 since PSU joined the Big Ten), and currently sport a four game winning streak. The Bucks rolled the Nittanies 38-10 last year, but in 2014 it was a decidedly closer affair in the Keystone State. It took double overtime for OSU to finalize a 31-24 victory, punctuated by Joey Bosa steamrolling a blocker to plant Christian Hackenberg into the Pennsylvania soil. Penn State has not defeated Ohio State since a 20-14 conquest in 2011 which just so happened to be the author’s final home game as a student. The stakes of this game are high in Happy Valley. While Ohio State and Michigan have been the…
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