College football analyst Mike Golic Jr. breaks down the Nittany Lions' chances against the Ohio State Buckeyes.
No. 3 Penn State hosts No. 4 Ohio State on Saturday in the showcase game of college football's first November weekend. have more playoff room than the Buckeyes but still every incentive to win this game, mostly to quiet the chatter about their seven-game losing streak to Ohio State.
So what to expect on the field? We went to college football analyst Mike Golic Jr., co-host of DraftKings', he ends up being the guy that starts, because he is no question the superior passer.
For Ohio State, you've seen in recent weeks, as recently as last week against Nebraska specifically, an offensive line that's been beat up and that has still been the question mark on a team full of incredibly talented players. I think you saw Nebraska get after them in the middle of that line of scrimmage. And so I think if you're Penn State, you lean on your run defense, which is already one of the strengths of your team on that side of the ball.
It's similar to the way we talk about Ohio State right now, where they need to muster up enough of a run game to keep opposing teams on it so they can't just drop back and try and commit bodies to the passing attack. I think for Penn State, it's the inverse.
And then if Drew's out there, it's got to be, we need you to make some special plays downfield. All the work that he and have done this season so far in building more of those deep passes into the offense, something we still saw to an extent last year but went away completely in the big games, you've got to use the benefit of those reps to be a willing passer down the field to try and loosen up this Ohio State front. I'm sure that , they're going to move guys around.
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