It's been a long week, and hopefully there was good focus at practice, because the horrible taste of the Rutgers loss needs to go. A depleted Penn State team is on the docket this week, at Panzer Stadium, and there's still everything to play for.
In fact, this game could be called a "must-win" game for Ohio State. Lose here, and it will take a miracle for this team to make the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2017. And it's going to be a tough, tough, climb for the Buckeyes.
This year's Penn State is not the Final Four team of 2019. There's no Grant Ament this year for the Nittany Lions. His absence is a gaping hole in the team, as no one else is even close to able to replace him. The scheme is largely unchanged from the 2019 run, however the personnel isn't quite as effective.