Four weeks, four times the starting five on the Ohio State offensive line have graded out champions (save for redshirt senior Malcolm Pridgeon one game after a pair of holding penalties).

This group of slobs is looking like one of the better ones in coach Urban Meyer's tenure year-to-date.

Defensively Penn State shows susceptibility to a rushing attack. Appalachian State and Illinois accumulated 245 yards a piece on the ground against the Nittany Lions, and it's a big part of why one has to expect running backs J.K. Dobbins and Mike Weber to get a solid workload from the game's outset.

As it usual does for a back, their success hinges greatly upon that offensive line.

"We're an offensive line driven program," Meyer said. "When they're on we win. And they have to be on [Saturday]."