Ok. Here we go.
A game everyone pointed to at the beginning of the year is finally here and the entire college football world will be tuned in. Ohio State hosts Penn State in a top-10 matchup Saturday inside Ohio Stadium, and there’s a great deal on the line.
Both teams are unbeaten. Both have a wealth of talent. Both have designs on a Big Ten title and a berth in the College Football Playoff.
But first things first, the Buckeyes and Nittany Lions will have to win what looks like a war of attrition on Saturday, come out the other end and move on toward other matchups — notably against Michigan — in an effort to keep those goals on the table.
Each week we ask our writers to weigh in on what they think will happen with that week’s Ohio State game, and it’s time for that again. We have five writers with differing opinions, and here’s what each predicts and a reason things will play out they way they see them.