Today’s Penn State football news headlines feature one model’s predicted outcome for Saturday’s showdown at Ohio State, plus one columnist wonders out loud about the magnitude of this game for PSU coach James Franklin. A first-look prediction is out, as ESPN college football reporter Bill Connelly’s SP+ model forecasted an Ohio State win in Saturday’s top-10 matchup. The Buckeyes also opened as 5.5-point favorites over the visiting Nittany Lions, and the SP+ predictive formula followed the same pathway. However, it’s worth noting that the tone from Ohio State might be a little different: one Buckeyes site wondered if the Buckeyes can “hang” with Penn State. In terms of what’s at stake on Saturday, StateCollege.com Mike Poorman asked a fair question to kick off PSU-OSU game week: is this the biggest game of Franklin’s tenure? When the dust settles, he very well might have an all-time great defense and a potential…
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