Oct. 21, 2008
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Penn State (8-0, 4-0) at Ohio State (7-1, 4-0)
When: Saturday, October 25, 2008
Where: Ohio Stadium (102,329)
Kickoff: 8:00 p.m. ET
Attendance: 105,000+ (sold out)
Series Record: Ohio State leads, 12-11
Penn State Captains:
No. 47 Josh Gaines, Sr., DE
No. 45 Sean Lee, Sr., LB
No. 7 Anthony Scirrotto, Sr., Saf
No. 57 A.Q. Shipley, Sr., C
No. 2 Derrick Williams, Sr., WR
TELEVISION: The contest will be televised by ABC to a national audience with Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit and Lisa Salters calling the action.
The Nittany Lions are appearing on television for the 173rd time in their last 175 games.
RADIO: Penn State Sports Network (60 stations)
Radio Team (9th year)
Play-by-Play: Steve Jones; Analysis: Jack Ham
Web stream: www.GoPSUsports.com
Ohio State Radio Network (Paul Keels, play-by-play; Jim Lachey, analysis; Marty Bannister, sideline). Touchdown Radio (Roxy Bernstein, Gino Toretta). XM Radio 197.
COACHES:
Joe Paterno
Penn State Record . .380-125-3 (75.1), 43rd Year
Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Same
vs. Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-12
59th year on Penn State staff...all-time leader in career wins among 1-A coaches...300 wins faster than any coach in NCAA history...College Football Hall of Fame inductee in 2007.
Jim Tressel
Ohio State Record . . . . . . . . . . . . .80-17, 8th Year
Overall Record . . . . . . .215-74-2, 23rd Year
vs. Penn State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-2
THE SERIES: Ohio State leads the series, 12-11. Ohio State won 37-17 last year in State College and 28-6 in 2006 in Columbus. The Nittany Lions won, 17-10, at home in 2005. The home team has won 12 of the 15 meetings since 1993.
THIS WEEK: Penn State continues its stretch of four away games among five overall, visiting No. 10 Ohio State. The No. 3 Nittany Lions are coming off a 46-17 win over Michigan on Saturday. The Buckeyes won, 45-7, at Michigan State, last week. Penn State has won 39 of its past 48 games overall, the nation's fifth- best record over that span.
Lions Blitz Michigan, 46-17
Third-ranked Penn State delivered a tremendous final three quarters after a slow start en route to a 46-17 thumping of Michigan before a raucous Homecoming crowd of 110,017.