'The sun came up' for Buckeyes, despite loss to Penn State

Samuel plays a bigger role this week and scores twice, Barrett tosses three touchdowns and Ohio State makes quick work of the Wildcats in a bounce-back victory. As for the Wisconsin overtime thriller, the Badgers appear to be for real, and even though Ohio State played below their expectation for the majority of the game, a comeback victory on the road at Camp Randall was impressive. This time, nobody came to their rescue. Louisville moved up to No. 5 ahead of the Buckeyes, who blew a 14-point fourth-quarter lead and lost 24-21 against Penn State on Saturday night. “To be honest with you, I don’t want to spend a lot of time thinking about the big picture right now, I just want to soak this all in”. “And this is what happens”. The answer? Absolutely. Obviously, they must win out, but in doing so, there would be two teams ranked above them (Nebraska and Michigan) along with whoever they would play in the Big Ten Championship game. The Nittany Lions have been a second half team for most of the season, averaging a little over 17 points in the second half or later, while allowing only 10.6 points in the…

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