Buckeyes From 10A

their best-in-the-nation offensive stats behind Stroud, who is

being talked about as a possible Heisman Trophy candidate. It

helps that he plays with one of the best wide receiver tandems in the country, Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson, and a prodigy running back

in freshman Treveyon Henderson.

Treveyon Trending

Henderson’s numbers don’t reflect how dynamic the 5-foot-10, 210-pounder has been. That’s because he’s done most of his damage early before sitting out in the second half of blowouts. In his breakout game against Tulsa on Sept. 9, the Hopewell, Virginia, native rushed for a freshman school record 277 yards and three touchdowns. Last week he got nine

carries for 81 yards and two touchdowns, and also caught a TD pass. The telling stat: His 8.79 yards-percarry average leads the nation.

Challenging Defense

Penn State’s defense, if it can play up to par again after allowing 395 yards to the rushheavy Illini, will be the best Ohio State

has seen this season. The unit is sixth in the

country in scoring defense, allowing just 14.7 points a game, and has given up just

nine touchdowns. Penn State is 26th nationally in total defense and is allowing 178 passing yards per game. Ohio State is

averaging 352 yards through the air.

Ouotable

“Penn State was just in one of those funks. And to think that they’ve forgotten how to play football is ludicrous,” ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit said this week. “Too much

pride on that roster. Too much talent on that roster. They have

been backed into a corner. They have a chance to salvage their season by beating Ohio State in Columbus. I expect them

to be the kind of team you would expect them to be, and not the team that played

against Illinois last week.”

Injury Report

Ohio State running back Marcus Crowley will be out long term with an unspecified

injury.