#135/136 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Under 64.5 Points – Ohio State @ Penn State, Saturday at 7:30 PM ET - PSU gave up 36 points to Indiana last week in a 1-point OT loss. It may look like the defense struggled simply looking at the score but that was not the case. In fact, the Nittany Lions limited Indiana to just 211 total yards on 3.4 YPP. On the ground the Hoosiers only averaged 1.6 YPC. Prior to IU’s final 75 yard TD drive in the final minute which tied the game, the Hoosiers had a total of 136 yards of offense. Turnovers killed Penn State in that loss leading to short fields and points for Indiana. OSU’s defense looked very solid in game 1 limiting a Nebraska offense that returned 10 starters to just 17 points. Much of the Huskers offense came from their QB’s running the ball. If you subtract the rush yards from Martinez and McCaffrey the two NU QB’s, the offense barely had 200 yards. Buckeye QB Fields played a great game but other than that, the offense wasn’t super. While Fields was their leading rusher, the OSU RB’s only rushed for 89 yards on 23 carries (3.8 YPC). That could be a problem facing a PSU rush defense that led the Big 10 last year allowing just 95 YPG and looks very good again this year. Last year these two played to 28-17 OSU win totaling just 45 points. The 2 defenses combined to hold the offenses to just 4.3 YPP in that game. Going back further, 4 of the last 5 in this series have stayed UNDER the total and this is just the 2nd time in the last 10 meetings the total has been set in the 60’s. Last year’s total was 58 which is more on par with where this one should be in our opinion. There have been 28 games played in this Big 10 series and only THREE have reached 60 or more points. With this total set at 64 at least one or possibly both teams need to get into the 30’s. PSU has allowed 30 or more in just 3 of their last 26 games. OSU hasn’t allowed 30 in 16 straight games. UNDER in the play here.