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Ohio State football vs. Penn State: Three bold predictions

By Frank Teriaca

COLUMBUS, OHIO - OCTOBER 22: Quarterback C.J. Stroud #7of the Ohio State Buckeyes leads his team onto the field before playing the Iowa Hawkeyes at Ohio Stadium on October 22, 2022 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Gaelen Morse/Getty Images)
COLUMBUS, OHIO - OCTOBER 22: Quarterback C.J. Stroud #7of the Ohio State Buckeyes leads his team onto the field before playing the Iowa Hawkeyes at Ohio Stadium on October 22, 2022 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Gaelen Morse/Getty Images) /
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Zach Harrison will continue to play well. (Photo by Ben Jackson/Getty Images)
Zach Harrison will continue to play well. (Photo by Ben Jackson/Getty Images) /

Prediction 2: Zach Harrison continues to dominate for the Ohio State football team

Defensive end Zach Harrison has been a man on a mission these past few weeks for Ohio State. And while his sack totals are not where he wants them, Harrison is getting a ton of pressure on opposing quarterbacks.

Last week against Iowa might have been his best game in a Buckeye uniform. PFF gave him a 95.3 pass-rush grade and five quarterback pressures. He also forced a fumble. He was completely dominant, and it was the type of game played by a defensive end that I haven’t seen since Chase Young was wearing No. 2 for Ohio State.

This Penn State offensive line is solid. But I do believe it’s beatable. And if Harrison continues to play like he did last week it won’t matter how good Penn State’s offensive tackles are anyways. I’m predicting that Harrison gets home to the quarterback in this game with two sacks, two tackles for loss and a few balls batted down at the line of scrimmage.

If Zach Harrison does that, the former five-star and top-15 player in his 2019 recruiting class will surely begin to be looked at as a possible first-round NFL draft pick and it will have this Ohio State defense being looked at as championship caliber.

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