Today’s Penn State football news headlines feature more picks, analysis and news from Saturday’s game at Ohio State, plus coach James Franklin explains why he believes his program is closing the game on college football’s top programs. Penn State is listed as a 4-point underdog in its trip to Ohio State, but the Nittany Lions have been darlings for a number of analysts predicting the game. That includes the PennLive beat crew of Bob Flounders, David Jones and Johnny McGonigal, who all see an elite defense sparking a PSU win. The staff at the Daily Collegian was split down the middle, and USA Today’s For The Win crew was mostly in favor of the Lions at least covering the spread. One of Franklin’s most quotable sound bites from his weekly news conference had to do with his Lions “closing the gap” on college football’s elite teams, which is a revisitation…
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