Ep. 281: Ohio State vs. Penn State preview, could the Nittany Lions reach the level of the Buckeyes?

Buckeye Talk: Ohio State podcast by cleveland.com

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🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 149 minutes

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Summary

The season schedule preview has reached maybe the toughest test of 2020 for the Ohio State Buckeyes and their national title hopes -- Oct. 24 at Penn State. On this big Wednesday podcast, Doug Lesmerises is joined by Penn State writer Bob Flounders of PennLive.com for an in-depth look at the Nittany Lions. There's All-American linebacker Micah Parsons on defense, quarterback Sean Clifford on offense and what the future holds for coach James Franklin. Also, what will it mean for this OSU road trip if there aren't fans in the stands at Beaver Stadium, or if the crowd is limited? Then Doug, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means look at the Nittany Lions from the Buckeyes' perspective: -- Could Ohio State lose at Penn State this season and still win the national title? -- Where does Penn State rank among the best programs in the country? The guys debate them in the top seven. -- Is Penn State recruiting at a level that can keep the Nittany Lions competitive with Ohio State? -- And what if Justin Fields had maintained his original recruiting commitment to Penn State? There's a lot here, and you should enjoy all of it. If you care about Ohio State, this is the Big Ten opponent you should know the most about, and you'll be more informed about the Nittany Lions after this. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, hey, where you been?
0:17.0	Buck I talk is about to begin.
0:21.0	Hey, hey, come on in.
0:25.0	Welcome back to the Big Wednesday Bucky Talk from Cleveland.com, Doug Leam
0:31.0	Stephen Means, Nathan Baird, your Ohio State Coverage Team, we are here to preview
0:34.9	Penn State. We have been previewing every game on the Ohio State 2020 schedule. This is the seventh opponent of the
0:41.6	season and probably the toughest.
0:45.0	If not the toughest, the second toughest.
0:48.0	We are going to have a lengthy in-depth, awesome, I thought,
0:52.0	conversation with Bob Flounders who covers
0:54.3	Penn State for Penn Live.com Bob and I go way back he's the guy I always tell the
0:59.6	story who drove me home when I got drunk on my 21st birthday when I was interning at his
1:04.1	newspaper back in the day. So it's always good to hear from flounders and we
1:07.5	really dig in on offense, defense, Sean Clifford, Micah Parsons, James
1:12.0	Franklin, which way is Penn State trending, the Whiteout,
1:14.8	everything you want to know about Penn State. But Stephen Nathan and I are going to talk about
1:18.5	Penn State in the Ohio State context. And I don't know, I think they're really quite interesting.
1:28.0	As you guys look at this, I can't remember and I want to do this still on the Friday
1:32.4	pod and maybe this week is like have us marked down everything we officially think about Ohio State football.
1:38.0	As we sit here right now Stephen, how difficult are you anticipating that this week seven trip to Penn State will be for Ohio State?
1:49.0	Are you anticipating a fight to the final minute of the game or do you think you know what you know
1:56.2	like Ohio State's a national title contender Penn State's probably not that
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