5. Penn State at Ohio State
LINE: Ohio State -18.5
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ATS PICK: Ohio State
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There are a whole lot of factors going in Ohio State’s favor here.
First and foremost, this might just be the best team in college football.
There hasn’t been so much as a blip so far. There’s no weakness, every phase is playing well, and considering the end of the season is near, the team is relatively rested after chilling out in the second halves of blowouts over Maryland and Rutgers.
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Granted, the Buckeyes haven’t played anyone quite as good as Penn State, but no one has come closer than 24 of them so far, and …
Are we all that sure that Penn State is that great?
It’s talented, and it has the athletes on defense to be a problem, but it was a bit overhyped for its 17-12 win at Iowa in mid-October, and it had one great half in the 28-21 win over Michigan.
This really might be the second or third-best team in the Big Ten, but it’s also about to deal with a rested and rejuvenated Chase Young returning to the nation’s No. 1 defense.
Throw in what’s apparently the theme of this week – the final home game of the year for a team – and OSU is about to make yet another statement.