Bodog Beat

The Ohio State Buckeyes and Penn State Nittany Lions have both been looking forward to their critical tangle at Beaver Stadium on Saturday.

Both are 4-1 in the Big Ten and a game back of unbeaten Iowa, which defeated Penn State earlier in the year and still must play Ohio State. A loss doesn’t eliminate either team from the league race, but it sure would make things difficult. A loss would almost certainly knock a team out of the BCS picture as well.

College football betting odds have the Nittany Lions listed as 4-point home favorites.

A year ago, the teams met under somewhat similar circumstances at Ohio Stadium, with both perfect in league play. Terrelle Pryor’s deep throw with 27 seconds left was picked off by Lydell Sargeant to seal the game.

The home team is 9-2 ATS in their last 11 meetings, while the Buckeyes are 1-4 ATS in their last five meetings in Penn State.

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