* Penn State to stay away from, as much as possible, Ohio State cornerback Malcolm Jenkins, a 4-year starter who had a 24-yard interception return for a touchdown in the Buckeyes' 37-17 victory over the Lions last season.
This week's game
No. 3 Penn State at No. 10 Ohio State
Tomorrow, 8 p.m.
Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
TV: Channel 6
Radio: WNTP (990-AM)
History: Ohio State leads, 12-11, including last year's 37-17 victory in Beaver Stadium. The home team has won 12 of 15 meetings since Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1993, but the Buckeyes are 7-0 against the Nittany Lions in Ohio Stadium, during which they've won by an average margin of 28-7.
Coaches: Joe Paterno (43rd year, 380-125-3); Jim Tressel (eighth year at school, 80-17; 23rd year overall, 215-74-2)
Penn State update: What goes around, comes around. Embarrassed by the 63-14 whipping Penn State put on Ohio State in 1994, the Buckeyes have sought and gotten payback in winning all seven games since in Ohio Stadium. They won 38-7 in 1996 and 45-6 in 2000, which remains the most onesided loss in Joe Paterno's 43 years as a head coach ... Tailback Evan Royster, coming off a career-high 174 rushing yards on just 18 carries in last week's 46-17 rout of Michigan, said the wisecracking attitudes of center A.Q. Shipley and guard Rich Ohrnberger help the offense from getting too uptight ... Thanks to 51 big plays of 20 or more yards, 17 of the Lions' touchdown drives have consisted of five or fewer plays ... Kevin Kelly's 43 points-after-touchdown this season are 14 more than any other kicker in the Big Ten.
Ohio State update: This will be the first night home game for the Buckeyes since they lost to Texas, 25-22, on Sept. 10, 2005. "We need to make [Ohio Stadium] a sea of red," coach Jim Tressel said in calling for a "Red-Out" against the Lions ... Ohio State is 26-2 in Big Ten games since 2005 and is hoping to become the first team in the conference's 103-year history to win three consecutive outright league titles ... Michigan State's workhorse tailback, Javon Ringer, was limited to a season-low 67 yards on 16 carries in the Buckeyes' 45-7 rout last week. That can't be good news for Penn State, and neither is the fact Ohio State forced the Spartans into five turnovers (three fumbles, two interceptions) ... Amazing stat: In seven Big Ten games against Penn State in Ohio Stadium, the Lions have scored only eight touchdowns overall, and none passing.
Prediction
Penn State 24, Ohio State 21.
