October 18, 2024

Blowouts Normal for Ohio State, but not vs. Penn State

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Ohio State’s lack of exposure to late-game pressure may indeed prove its undoing, but such circumstances certainly haven’t phased OSU the past two seasons. No one knows that better than No. 8 Penn State (8-2), which has suffered two crushing losses to the second-ranked Buckeyes in the teams’ most recent meetings. OSU coach Ryan Day called the plays in both those comebacks, from 26-14 in the last eight minutes last year at State College, and from 38-27 in the last six minutes in 2017. J.T. Barrett threw a pair of touchdown passes to power the first rally, just like Dwayne Haskins did the second. But the specifics of how they unfolded? Day can’t help you. “It’s hard to remember,” he said. “It’s hard for me to remember what those feelings were like because you’re just in, you’re in the game. I guess it would be like asking a guy who is…

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