COLUMBUS, Ohio — Despite Ohio State football’s season-opening rout and Penn State’s road loss, the Buckeyes are barely favored by more than a touchdown in Saturday’s Halloween night matchup. Circa Sports installed OSU as an 8-point favorite in its opening line Sunday. Within a half hour of that spread going up, the Buckeyes were bet up to 10-point favorites. The Buckeyes covered as 26-point favorites with a 52-17 victory over Nebraska last Saturday. Penn State fell on the road, 36-35 at Indiana, on a controversial 2-point conversion call in overtime. Circa also placed an opening total of 68.5 on the OSU-Penn State game. The last three meetings in the Big Ten East rivals’ series have been decided by seven or fewer points. Ohio State won 27-26 in 2018 by rallying from a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit. Penn State won 24-21 in 2016 by returning a late blocked field goal for a…
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