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tOSU at Penn State, Oct. 31, 7:30 ET, ABC



Junior wide receiver Chris Olave, along with every other starter on Ohio State's depth chart, is listed as available for the team's top-20 clash on the road with Penn State on Saturday, per the status report released on Friday morning.

Linebacker Justin Hilliard, a game-time decision a week ago who didn't play in the first game, is expected to be available to play against Penn State. Linebacker Tommy Eichenberg and running back Miyan Williams were removed from the status report, meaning they'll be able to play on Saturday after being unavailable for the season opener.

GAME-TIME DECISION
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UNAVAILABLE
CB LEJOND CAVAZOS
DL JACOLBE COWAN
RB MARCUS CROWLEY
OG GAVIN CUPP
WR JAYLEN HARRIS
DT JADEN MCKENZIE
S KOURT WILLIAMS
LS ROEN MCCULLOUGH
DB ALEC TAYLOR
TE PATRICK GURD
 
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Ohio State enters tomorrow’s matchup with Penn State as a 12.5-point favorite. Do the Buckeyes cover? Give us your final score and impact player not named Justin Fields.

Andy: I’m in a bit of a bind here. Given how things went for Penn State last week and how well Ohio State performed against a pretty fat spread, I’m inclined to say they’ll cover on the road, too. Particularly when you consider that Urban Meyer, a fellow who knows a thing or two about playing in Happy Valley, says the White Out is good for 7-10 points for the home team… and they won’t have it this time.

But on the other hand I’m a data guy, and SP+ has this one as just a 10-point Buckeye advantage this week. Unbeaten Ohio State remains the No. 1 team in the country in Bill Connelly’s data-driven rankings, and currently has the Buckeyes a double-digit favorite over every team on its schedule one game into the season.

So with all the confidence in the world in the Buckeye offense but bearing in mind that the Penn State defense held the Hoosiers to just 211 yards of offense… I’m going to say Ohio State covers the 13.5-point spread and rides home victorious, 42-28. Garrett Wilson follows up an incredible performance against Nebraska with another one as he and Fields make magic all over an all-but-empty Beaver Stadium.

Dan: I could really see any outcome from Penn State winning a close game to Ohio State winning a blowout on Saturday – the Nittany Lions winning big is the only result that would shock me – but I'm going to predict, though I'm not nearly confident enough to bet on it, that Ohio State just barely covers and wins this game 38-24. For an impact player, I'll predict that Jameson Williams breaks out and puts his big-play ability on display after a quiet season opener.

Andrew: I’ve got Ohio State covering by a score of 43-23. My favorite thing while watching PSU last weekend was seeing Lamont Wade getting burnt, the IU receivers dropping the ball, and then Wade acting like he had actually done something to prevent the big play. I’ll go with Jameson Williams as the impact player. I can see him toasting the PSU secondary once or twice after his quiet showing against Nebraska. I think Julian Fleming gets his first touchdown as well.
 
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SKULL SESSION: OHIO STATE IS SOON-TO-BE QBU, JUSTIN FIELDS IS ON A MISSION, AND SEAN CLIFFORD HAS SOME CONFIDENCE

CLIFFORD FEELING IT. Penn State's had Ohio State's number the past decade or so. And by that, I mean that they've been consistently losing, but losing by fewer points than seemingly everybody else in the Big Ten.

To be totally fair, "I almost beat Ohio State many times!" is far more than most other programs can say, but it's not good enough for Sean Clifford.



It's a noble and respectable stance on the matter, really.

But unfortunately for Clifford, he's actually not going to do either of those things on Saturday, especially when the extent of Penn State's home-field advantage this year is that Ohio State might still have to do its pregame walkthrough in a damn parking lot because our football team is larger than your town.

I appreciate the confidence, but we all know how this is going to end. Stop kidding yourself.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...mission-and-sean-clifford-has-some-confidence
 
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“You gotta earn wins against these guys, so it’s going to be one of those games where we gotta start from the beginning, take care of the football, play really strong, get the game into the fourth quarter and win it in the fourth quarter,” Ryan Day said this week.
 
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SKULL SESSION: OHIO STATE IS SOON-TO-BE QBU, JUSTIN FIELDS IS ON A MISSION, AND SEAN CLIFFORD HAS SOME CONFIDENCE

CLIFFORD FEELING IT. Penn State's had Ohio State's number the past decade or so. And by that, I mean that they've been consistently losing, but losing by fewer points than seemingly everybody else in the Big Ten.

To be totally fair, "I almost beat Ohio State many times!" is far more than most other programs can say, but it's not good enough for Sean Clifford.



It's a noble and respectable stance on the matter, really.

But unfortunately for Clifford, he's actually not going to do either of those things on Saturday, especially when the extent of Penn State's home-field advantage this year is that Ohio State might still have to do its pregame walkthrough in a damn parking lot because our football team is larger than your town.

I appreciate the confidence, but we all know how this is going to end. Stop kidding yourself.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...mission-and-sean-clifford-has-some-confidence

I don't have the energy to even give a shit about this bum. Yawn.
 
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