{"id":2436,"date":"2008-10-24T21:24:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-25T02:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/penn-state-ohio-state-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-24T21:24:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-25T02:24:00","slug":"penn-state-ohio-state-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/penn-state-ohio-state-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State-Ohio State Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Penn State Nittany Lions and the Ohio State Buckeyes will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Ohio Stadium. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Nittany Lions listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Buckeyes, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 44. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> turned it up in the second half and came away with a 46-17 win over <st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> last time out. <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> failed to cover the 2-point spread, but the 63 points made it OVER the posted total of 48. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Daryll Clark completed 18-of-31 for 171 yards and a TD, while carrying the ball 45 yards with two more scores in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Terrelle Pryor ran for a score and threw for another in the first half, helping <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> to a 45-7 win in Week 8 over <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Buckeyes covered the 3-point spread, while the combined score went OVER the day&#8217;s posted total of 42.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 8 straight games.<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 5 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 8-0 SU, <st1:date Month=\"5\" Day=\"1\" Year=\"2001\">5-1-1<\/st1:date> <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName> <br \/><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 7-1 SU, 2-5 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Penn State most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 8-2<br \/>When playing on turf are 6-4<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 8-2<br \/>When playing within the conference are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Ohio State most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 10-0<br \/>When playing on turf are 8-2<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 7-3<br \/>When playing within the conference are 9-1<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Penn State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Penn State is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>Penn State is 4-1-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Penn State&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Ohio State<br \/>Ohio State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Ohio State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Ohio State is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Penn State<br \/>Ohio State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Penn State<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>Penn State at <st1:State><st1:place>Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, November 8<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Ohio<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> State at Northwestern, Saturday, November 8<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div 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Oddsmakers currently have the Nittany Lions listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Buckeyes, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 44. Penn State turned it up in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/penn-state-ohio-state-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Penn State-Ohio State Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}