COLUMBUS, Ohio — Five reasons the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) will beat the Penn State Nittany Lions (4-2, 2-1) on Saturday night in Beaver Stadium. 1. Is the “Rushmen” package even better this year? Sam Hubbard didn’t really want to go there. Is it all possible that Ohio State’s ‘Rushmen’ package, which puts four defensive ends on the field in third-down passing situations, is even better this year than it was last year? Before Hubbard’s answer, understand that the question was pretty crazy. Last year the Buckeyes used Hubbard, Tyquan Lewis, Joey Bosa and Adolphus Washington in that package. Those last two guys are starting in the NFL right now. Now it’s Hubbard, Lewis, Jalyn Holmes and Nick Bosa. “I’m not gonna say we’re more successful than D.D. (Washington) or Joey, but we have some good chemistry and a lot of different skillsets that Coach (Larry) Johnson has blended together,” Hubbard said. “We run specific things to what we’re capable of doing, and that’s brought out the best in us and put us where we need to be with Nicky inside and Jalyn working on his craft being an inside rusher, me and Tyquan with…
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