Did Ohio State's win over Penn State provide the blueprint to beating Michigan?

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🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Another Monday Buckeye Talk means another chance to break down an Ohio State win with Penn State being the victim this time. Stephen Means and Nathan Baird break down the Buckeyes' 20-12 win over the Nittany Lions looking at the dominance of the defense, the pros and cons of the offense and two underrated special teams moments that may have decided the game. OSU's offense will surely need to keep improving over the next four games before Nov. 27. But did the defensive play potentially provide a blueprint for how it can snap its two-game losing streak to Michigan? Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey. Hey, hey, hey, where you been?
0:17.0	Buck I talk is about to begin.
0:21.0	Hey, hey, come on in.
0:29.0	Welcome back to Buckeye Talk. Stephen means Nathan Bear. This is your Monday Buckeye
0:36.2	Talk, which means it's a rewatch of Ohio State's 20 to 12 win over Penn State. Their second top 10 win of the season. Per the new AP rankings, first of all, just, Nathan, let's start there. Any first place votes for Ohio State coming off a win over the number seven team in the country, but then also
0:54.3	where are Notre Dame in Penn State right now because it matters of where they
0:58.1	are in the moment. Can Ohio State still say it has wins over two teams currently
1:01.9	ranked in the top 15.
1:03.0	Yes.
1:05.0	Penn State dropped from 7 to 10 and Notre Dame, which I believe was idle last week, moved up one spot to 14.
1:10.4	So yes, two top 15 wins, one top 10 win.
1:13.0	And Notre Dame's Pliemann, and there's some other teams
1:15.0	that I think are, maybe they're actually good, maybe they're not.
1:17.4	And if Notre Dame can just sort of sustain,
1:18.9	they can creep back up and make that a top 10 win again.
1:21.3	I think those are both wins that are going to be favorable,
1:23.6	especially the Notre Dame game being a road win. The fact that they went, I know
1:28.0	USC just lost a game, but they lost to a ranked team close in Utah. So I mean that's
1:32.4	going to have value when those first
1:34.0	playoff rankings come out and I'm going to be very intrigued to see where they put
1:37.6	Ohio State's resume against the metrics of Michigan which are impressive and
1:41.8	are complete and that's going to be an
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