Five keys to Ohio State beating Penn State

Ohio State and Penn State are set to do battle Saturday night. We bring you five keys to a Buckeye victory on the road in Happy Valley.

Buckeye weapons become difference-makers

The first thing people will remember about the Buckeyes win over Nebraska was Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s insane catch. However, he only caught two passes and was able to steal the show from Garrett Wilson’s 129 yards, one touchdown performance. But wait, Chris Olave had 104 yards himself. This receiver corps is just dominant.

While the run game didn’t get going like many wanted, Nebraska did everything it could to slow it down. Trey Sermon had 55 yards, Justin Fields had 54, and Master Teague 41 of his own. While the individual numbers don’t jump out, the entire run game did its job and kept Nebraska at least a little off-balance. Fields took advantage and slung it around about as effectively as you can.

Ohio State is just too high powered for the Nittany Lions to keep up with. If this game starts to get away from Penn State, it’ll be a Lord of the Rings journey to reel it back in. Ohio State has all the weapons on offense and it’s just getting cranked up.

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