What We Learned Live: Reactions following Ohio State's 38-14 win over Penn State

Bucknuts Morning 5: An Ohio State athletics podcast

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🗓️ 1 November 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Ohio State led just 17-14 at halftime against visiting Penn State, then dominated the second half and emerged with a 38-14 victory over the Nittany Lions. Our postgame podcast, What We Learned Live, has reactions from Dave Biddle, Garrick Hodge, Matt Baxendell, Patrick Murphy and Steve Helwagen following Ohio State's 38-14 win over visiting Penn State. What did we glean most from this game? And what does it mean for the Buckeyes moving forward? Come on it and enjoy the podcast. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:40.3	THEIRS Good afternoon Bucknotters.
1:00.8	Welcome to what we learned live following Ohio State's 38 to 14 win over visiting Penn State.
1:07.0	A little close for comfort at halftime.
1:09.4	Look like Ohio State was going to run away with it after the first quarter.
1:11.7	They got up early, 10-0. 17 to 14 at halftime. I don't think any of us were happy about that. Then the Buckeyes just dominated the second half to the tune of 21-0, leading to a 38 to 14 victory. So welcome into the show. I am Dave Biddle. I'll be joined by a bunch of studs on today's show.
1:29.2	We're going to lead off with Garikaj. So welcome into the show. I am Dave Biddle. I'll be joined by a bunch of studs on today's show.
1:29.2	We're going to lead off with Garrick Hodge, live from Ohio Stadium, to give you guys the latest on recruiting and get Garrick's thoughts on the game itself.
1:37.6	We're going to hear from Matt Baxendell after that, Heath Schneider after that.
1:41.3	And following postgame interviews, we'll bring on Pat Murphy and Steve
1:45.1	Hellwagon from Ohio Stadium. All right, three biggest things I learned. So I wrote down,
1:49.6	like the defense showed, you know, some signs of weakness, I said. In the first half,
1:56.7	and then they didn't show any signs of weakness. Overall, I mean, you look at the total yards to finish the game.
2:04.1	482 total yards for Ohio State, 200 for Penn State.
2:08.2	At one point in the fourth quarter, it was even looking way worse than that.
2:12.0	So, and, you know, like, it wasn't just the 14 points at halftime
2:16.5	because really C.J. Donaldson gifted them that touchdown. Ohio State at the worst would have just, like, ran out the clock and maybe punted it away. That Donaldson fumble gave Penn State a chance. But still, in the first half, it seemed like Ohio State's defense for the first time all season was a little leaky. But then they just came out and just wrecked shop.
2:34.9	So I went from saying, oh, Ohio State's defense actually showed some vulnerability to,
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