After getting “punked” by the Minnesota Golden Gophers last weekend, the Buckeyes were looking forward to heading home for a matchup with still-winless (in conference play) Penn State on Wednesday afternoon. But on Tuesday it was announced that due to positive COVID tests in the Nittany Lion program, that game would need to be postponed. Since their game against Ohio State was called off, Penn State has also postponed their next two games against Michigan and Rutgers.
Because of that cancellation, Ohio State stayed in Columbus to practice, with five days to prepare for their rematch with Rutgers on Saturday.