Each week during Ohio State’s football season, members of The Dispatch sports staff predict the outcome of the Buckeyes’ game, along with nine other top matchups across the country.Last weeks’ results: Todd Jones: 8-2Tim May: 8-2Bill Rabinowitz: 7-3Ray Stein: 5-5Rob Oller 4-6 Results to date: Tim May: 49-20Todd Jones: 45-24Bill Rabinowitz: 45-24Rob Oller: 44-25Ray Stein: 43-26 This week’s games: Ohio State at Penn StateWisconsin at IowaIndiana at NorthwesternMichigan state at MarylandTexas A&M at AlabamaOklahoma at Texas TechMississippi at LSUArkansas at AuburnMemphis at NavyUtah at UCLA This week’s picks (pickers listed alphabetically and certainly not in order of importance — or expertise): Todd Jones, Dispatch college football writer Ohio State 34, Penn State 24: Overall talent will prevail again. The Buckeyes showed they could handle difficult road environments at Wisconsin and Oklahoma. They showed toughness, too, in coming back against the Badgers. Penn State will play above its head, but not good enough for the upset. Wisconsin over IowaIndiana over NorthwesternMichigan State over MarylandAlabama over Texas A&MOklahoma over Texas TechLSU over MississippiAuburn over ArkansasNavy over MemphisUtah over UCLA Tim May, Dispatch beat writer Ohio State 38, Penn State 17: Home field gives the Nittany Lions some impetus in White Out conditions,…
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