They don’t want to recall their last trip here to Columbus. For that matter, Penn State players don’t wish to live on last year’s double-overtime thriller either.
Odds are the Nittany Lions won’t behave like they did in 2013, a 63-14 loss. Odds are that they probably will not shut out the Buckeyes from the second half just like they did in 2014.
No matter the Lions haven’t been too eager to reminisce about game this week.
“We lost,” senior captain Jordan Lucas said. “That’s what I remember.”
That are the frequent denominator there, yes.
What chance do the Lions have now been around against the No. 1 team in the polls, the defending national champs who have never lost a regular season Big Ten game in four decades under Urban Meyer? Slim, albeit better than it appeared a week ago.
By the sounds of things, the Lions are going into the Horseshoe in better health than they’ve needed for the last month. That should imply players like Saquon Barkley and Angelo Mangiro are back in the lineup along with all of the typical faces on defense. Even Adam Breneman obtained in his first regular repetitions with the offense this week following a week on the scout team to acclimate back to action.
The Buckeyes have not necessarily lived up to their No. 1 position through six weeks, tied or trailing Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois, Indiana and Maryland at halftime. But it’s hard to imagine them coming out tired for this one, using a packed house in primetime.
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