Will Howard might as well have kept going all the way to eight, the number of consecutive wins the fourth-ranked Buckeyes have over the third-ranked Nittany Lions after a 20-13 victory on Saturday that ended with a late goal-line defensive stand followed by Howard and Ohio State’s offense draining the clock with a drive that made up for in physicality what it lacked in precision.
“We willed ourselves to win that game,” said Howard, who grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs waiting for a scholarship offer from Penn State that never came.
Revenge was sweet, if a little sloppy. Howard threw a pick-6 on his first pass to put Ohio State in an early 10-point hole and later fumbled before crossing the goal line to cost the Buckeyes (7-1, 4-1 Big Ten) another score.
