How to watch Penn State-Ohio State; spread, pregame info, kick time, more: Gameday Central
It’s game day again, Penn State fans! The No. 13 Nittany Lions take on No. 2 Ohio State today at Beaver Stadium. It is the program’s annual Stripe Out game, and another sellout crowd is expected.
“You’re going to have to do some things this week on offense, defense, and special teams that are going to give Ohio State pause and say, ‘Well, what are they doing here?'” Lions head coach James Franklin said. “This is what we expected.’ And whether that is a different formation to run the same play, whether that is s a different motion to run a play, whether that’s a different personnel group to run a play, or whether that’s a different scheme, a totally different scheme that you’re running this week that you haven’t shown out of a similar formation or personnel group. That’s defensively, different front package, a different blitz package,” Franklin said. “You’re definitely going to try to do some things that give them pause as a coaching staff and give them hesitation as players.”
“Hopefully the quarterback, you can do some things that pre-snap he’s not as confident of what you’re going to do post-snap. That’s when people talk all the time about quarterbacks, but it’s really at every position, right? When does the game slow down for them? When they’re able to anticipate, when they got a pretty good idea pre-snap what you’re going to do post-snap.”
Blue-White Illustrated will have daylong complete coverage from pregame posts to an in-game live updates blog and thread to everything you need to know once the clock strikes four zeroes late Saturday night.
To kick things off, gameday central catches you up on what you may have missed leading up to kickoff and also has all the details you need to know.
Game time, TV channel, how to watch: Penn State football vs. Ohio State
Venue: Beaver Stadium
Kick time: Noon ET
TV: FOX
Stream: FOXSportsGo
On the call: Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (color commentary), and Jenny Taft (sideline reporter)
Penn State radio: Steve Jones, Jack Ham, and Brian Tripp will call the Penn State Sports Network radio broadcast on Saturday. It airs on 99.5 & 103.7 FM/1450 AM locally and at GoPSUSports.com online.
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Series facts: Ohio State holds a 22-14 all-time series lead. The Lions have lost five straight games to the Buckeyes. Penn State last beat OSU at Beaver Stadium in 2016 by a 27-26 count. PSU has only won five games in the series since 2001.
Penn State-Ohio State betting line
According to Vegas Insider, Penn State was a 15.5-point underdog for most of the week. However, it has dropped to 14 at some places. It will ping pong prior to kickoff. The betting total is set at 60.5 points.
Blue-White Illustrated predictions
Nate Bauer: Ohio State 38, Penn State 17
Thomas Frank Carr: OSU 31, PSU 20
Sean Fitz: Ohio State 41, Penn State 28
Matt Herb: OSU 38, PSU 20
Greg Pickel: Ohio State 48, Penn State 24
Ryan Snyder: OSU 38, PSU 24
Weather report
A beautiful late October day is on tap in State College. Weather.com calls for a “Mainly sunny” day with a “high around 60” degrees. “Winds light and variable” won’t be a factor.
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