Offensive players, have a seat -- this game belonged to the defensive units. JoePa must've loved it. Somewhere, Woody was punching something.
As time wound excruciatingly down, it looked like the kind of hard-fought, field-position contest that Jim Tressel's teams usually win. Of course, as any student of big-time college football will tell you, it also was tailor-made for a Joe Paterno-coached team.In the end, young Terelle Pryor's fumble was the fulcrum on which the game tipped toward the Nittany Lions. Penn State seized the moment and the Buckeyes' offense didn't answer. Game over, drive home safely.
Ohio State began the season with the prospect of reaching its third-straight national-title game. Now 7-2, it has a bye week and two road games before returning to The 'Shoe for The Game. It'll be interesting to see how this team, apparently without even a conference championship to play for, responds.
