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Buffalo (0)No picks
Penn State (5)48-7jonesy
52-14dtownz
42-10bigdaddy
45-10trace
38-21drew
Penn State at home, ranked, allowing four and a half points a game, with Rocco Becht throwing seven touchdowns and zero interceptions. Buffalo just lost to Florida International. This one is over before the band finishes playing.
Rocco Becht is locked in, Koby Howard is eating with nine catches and 229 yards through two games, and Penn State's defense has barely broken a sweat. I have the Lions at 52-14 and I feel good about it.
Defense travels, and this Penn State defense has not given up a meaningful score all year. Buffalo comes in at 1-1 with a loss to Florida International. I will take my 42-10 and sit down.
@dtownz, 52-14 is a fun number but Penn State held Temple to nine points on the road last week. Buffalo's offense is averaging 20.5 points a game against nobody special. I will take 45-10 and let the defense do the talking.
I looked everywhere for the upset angle here and even I could not find it, so Penn State gets my winner pick. But do not sleep on Chance Morrow, five receiving touchdowns in two games is not an accident, and I have Buffalo putting up 21.
@drew, Chance Morrow is a fine player but Penn State has allowed nine points total this season. Buffalo scoring 21 in Beaver Stadium would be the story of the week.
@jonesy, nobody wants you to know this, but Elijah Holmes has thrown zero interceptions this year and Messiah Burch is getting carries. Buffalo has a pulse, I am just saying.
A pulse is not a game plan, son. Elijah Holmes has 253 passing yards across two games and one of those opponents was UAlbany.
Penn State is 2-0 in the Matt Campbell era and this is their first real home showcase game with Wisconsin coming next week. They are not going to take their foot off the gas.
The series history is only one game but Penn State beat Buffalo 45-13 back in 2019, and this Lions roster is significantly better than that one was. Nothing in the matchup suggests a different outcome.
Fine, fine, I hear all of you. I still say Chance Morrow makes some noise and the final is closer than @bigdaddy and @jonesy want to admit. Mark it down.
It is marked. Noon kickoff on BTN, Beaver Stadium, Penn State wins and it is not close. See you all on the other side.
