So say the bettors.

There's a new favorite atop the odds to win the national championship at sportsbooks, and for the first time in nearly two years, it doesn't hail from the SEC.

Ohio State moved past Alabama and Georgia this week to become the consensus favorite to win the College Football Playoff. The Buckeyes are +200 at Caesars Sportsbook, followed by the Crimson Tide and Bulldogs each at +220.

It marks the first time since November 2020 that a team other than Alabama or Georgia has been the consensus favorite.

The Buckeyes, Bulldogs and Crimson Tide have been atop the national championship odds all season and account for nearly 60% of the money wagered on BetMGM's odds to win the national championship. They are the only teams with single-digit title odds. Clemson is 12-1 and USC is 16-1, followed by Michigan at 20-1. Tennessee, which hosts Alabama this week, is at 40-1.

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Could you move a lot of crap to the test board please?

Our resident Michigan troll is on pace to destroy this board like the Michigan free board got destroyed.

I don’t mind OT stuff - and start a few OT threads myself - but overtly political stuff (from the left or right) should be given the heave ho to the test board.

TIA

The next time Penn State is at home will be the White Out on October 22 against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. It's of course going to be quite the recruiting weekend for the Nittany Lions and we already have a growing list.

We'll keep this updated over the next several weeks but so far, here's who we know is expecting to be in attendance.

CLASS OF 2023
WR Carmelo Taylor (Patrick Henry - VA)**
DB Zion Tracy (St. Thomas More - CT)**

CLASS OF 2024
QB Davi Belfort (Gulliver Prep - FL)*
QB Jadyn Davis (Providence Day - NC)*
QB KJ Jackson (St. James - AL)*
TE Gavin Grover (Olentangy - OH)*
OL Deontae Armstrong (St. Edward - OH)*
OL Devontae Armstrong (St. Edward - OH)*
OL Jake Guarnera (Ponte Verda - FL)*
OL Kevin Heywood (Archbishop Wood - PA)
DE Dominic Nichols (Oakdale - MD)*
DT Deyvid Palepale (Hempfield - PA)
LB Gabriel Williams (Laurel, MD)
DB Jon Mitchell (Mandarin - FL)*
DB Jacob Oden (Harper Woods - MI)*
DB Omilio Agard (St. Joes Prep - PA)
ATH Kylan Fox (Grayson - GA)


CLASS OF 2025
QB Ryan Montgomery (Findlay - OH)*
DB Anthony Sacca (St. Joe's Prep - PA)*

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Via @Kathrynbrody

Inspiration:

Caution: those who cannot count, will be mocked. Mercilessly.

.....he was less than 100% health-wise which probably limited his ability to run.

1. Iowa

2. Ohio St

3. Penn St

I will say Penn State at night is pretty tough. Although a day game at Penn State is nothing special. If I remember correctly, Michigan beat Penn State on the road last year.

Do everyone in both Pennsylvania and Ohio a huge favor. Kick Michigan's butt Saturday.

Just about all seem to be this week and about how Michigan is much better than PSU. Hmmmm

Via @Kathrynbrody

Penn State Hockey is set to open up the 2022-23 season tonight as the Nittany Lions welcome Canisius to town with puck drop set to take place at 7:00pm inside of Pegula.

Clifford plays hard, but have seen this so many times. Offense needs a spark, I say its time to start Allar. Will have two weeks to prepare for Michigan.

Via @Kathrynbrody

The FBI and DOJ have confirmed that a copy of Penn State wrestling’s 3 inch binder has been found at Mar a Lago.

A spokesperson for the FBI said a 3 inch binder titled ‘ Making wrestling fun while winning team National Championships’, was discovered late last week. The binder was found buried among many other top secret government documents in a box. The spokesperson said “ We’re 99% sure this was written by Cael Sanderson, with some additional writing from Cody Sanderson and Casey Cunningham. There were many references such as ‘ Being grateful for the opportunity to wrestle or blessed to be out on the mat.’

The 3” binder only has 4 basic chapters. The 1st chapter is titled ‘ Dodge balling your way to a National Championship.’ The 2nd chapter is ‘ Stretching your scholarships with slush funds.’ The 3rd chapter is on weight loss techniques titled ‘ Fasting your way to the top of the podium’ The 4th chapter deals with adverse environments and is titled ‘ Pinning down the noise in Carver.’

The FBI spokesperson said “when taking everything in to account, this 3 inch binder came from Penn State Wrestling. I’ve watched enough of the NCAA Wrestling Championships and heard many PSU wrestlers interviewed to know this came from Penn State. We need to get this back to Coach Cael before the wrestling world finds out there’s a copy floating around. We’ve already discovered a leak, which led to 3 different high profile Division 1 wrestling coaches showing up at the gates of Mar a Lago on Friday”.

“ The first coach to show up was a wild eyed looking Tom Brands. He was jumping around like my kid’s hamster and yelling “ Illegal stall tactics!” while he was bending a sneaker in half. The next coach to show up was Tom Ryan. He said “ That’s not how I’d write it, and while I’m in Florida it’s time to hit the beach!” The last coach was a dejected looking John Smith, who wanted a peek at chapter 3, about weight loss techniques. John told me that they thought Oklahoma State could patent their weight loss program. He said they invented a human vacuum sealer their wrestlers use every day after practice. We also preach strict dieting as we expect our guys to wrestle one or two weights below their senior high school weight. Most people think of Cauliflower ears as a wrestler’s trademark. Not here at Oklahoma State, our trademark’s are protruding cheek bones and sunken eye sockets”.

The FBI spokesperson said the 3” Binder is currently in route back to State College.

Injured early, does anyone know the extent of his injury?

Penn State Hockey is set to open their season on Friday, but before that @Jcheris23 takes a look around the B1G this year.

I'm just going to list guys already getting significant reps and a few OL with good early reviews.

Freshman:
Singleton, Allen, Allar, Evans, Saunders, Carter, Dennis-Sutton, Durant getting good reps. Shelton has had strong reviews at OT and Loane at OG albeit not in game action.

Redshirt freshmen:
Tengwell, Wheatley, Kobe King, Wallace, van den Berg, DeLuca, Dinkins, Veilleux

Sophomore:
Fashanu, Chop Robinson, Parker Washington, Lambert-Smith, Kalen King, Elsdon, Jaylen Reed, Theo Johnson, Warren, Lee (may not stick around with the FR RBs)

That's a ton of guys we are reliant on already in those 2 classes. Many of their peers will season into good players as well.

I see PSU steadily improving as these 2 classes grow up. We are already heavily reliant on them.