Buckeyes Fall at The Shoe!

Terell Pryor and the Ohio State Buckeyes knew they were going to get Penn State's best shot and indeed they did. There were plenty of story lines, whether it was each starting quarterback coming from the state of the other school to the great play of both defenses. On this night it was a little used backup QB by the name of Pat Devlin who carried the Nittany Lions to the 13-6 win. Devlin relieved the injured Darryl Clark with the Lions trailing 6-3 after Clark took a blow to the head from the Buckeyes James Laurinitas. After Terell Pryor fumbled at the beginning of the fourth quarter Devlin engineered what proved to be the game winning drive capped off by a TD run from two yards out. Devlin also engineered another fourth quarter drive that led to a field goal to make it 13-6. The Buckeyes (7-2) would have one last gasp as they would get the ball to the 50 yard line on the last drive before Terell Pryor threw an interception on the two yard line on a pass intended for Brian Hartline. 

   The first three quarters were a defensive struggle as neither team could get there offense going. Dane Sazenbacher had 6 catches for 82 yards to lead the Buckeyes receiving core and Brian Robiskie added 4 catches for 56 yards. The only offense the Buckeyes could muster on this night were a pair of field goals by Aaron Pettrey. The Buckeyes dropped to 12th in the BCS standings with the loss. 

  The Nittany Lions (9-0) could not find any offense either in the first three quarters. There only points came on two Kevin Kelly field goals.  That of course was until the fourth quarter when Devlin had the TD run and the Nittany Lions offense wore out a Buckeye defense who was on the field most of the game. Penn State stayed at number three in the latest BCS standings. 

The Buckeyes will be off this week before they face Northwestern. The time of that game is still to be determined. Here are the latest BCS standings:

1. Texas

2. Alabama 

3. Penn State

4. Oklahoma

5. USC

6. Georgia

7. Texas Tech

8. Florida

9. Oklahoma State

10. Utah

11. Boise State

12. Ohio State