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Penn State Football … and Maryland’s biggest keys to victory

By Evan Smith

Penn State fans cheer as their players leave the field after warmups before Saturday's NCAA Division I football game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on October 30, 2021.Osu21psu Bjp 183
Penn State fans cheer as their players leave the field after warmups before Saturday's NCAA Division I football game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on October 30, 2021.Osu21psu Bjp 183 /
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Ohio State Buckeyes defensive end Tyreke Smith (11) hits Penn State Nittany Lions quarterback Sean Clifford (14) after a throw during the first quarter of their game at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio on October 30, 2021.Osu21psu Kwr 13 1 /

Recapping Penn State Football’s loss to Ohio State … and our prediction

In our last column, we said Ohio State would win if they prevented Penn State Football from an average starting field position outside of their own 35.

The Nittany Lions’ average starting field position was the 23-yard line. This was after giving the Lions the ball in OSU territory to start the game but then for the remainder of the game, Penn State Football never started past their own 25.

We said Penn State Football would win if their time of possession was five minutes greater than the Buckeyes. OSU actually won that battle by 20 seconds.

While that’s a nice performance, it certainly wasn’t enough for Penn State Football to pull off the upset. VBR moves to 6-2 on the year.

Here’s Penn State Football’s, and Maryland’s biggest key to victory Saturday

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