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Four-star cornerback Jay Timmons flips his commitment from Florida State to Ohio State.
Eleven Warriors is home to the most knowledgeable Buckeye fans on the planet. It is now time for you to prove it.
We’ll put together a 10-question quiz each week to test your knowledge of Ohio State football and its upcoming opponent. The Buckeyes are coming off a pasting of Penn State and heading to Purdue's house of horrors. If Ohio State can win, it will be the first time since 1996 for the Buckeyes to win consecutive games in West Lafayette.
There are two simple rules: Please use your brain (not a search engine) and only play once.
Note: After you answer all of the questions, you must click on "Finish Quiz" to see your results.
Penn State Report Card
The correct answers from last year’s quiz and the percentage of participants who got each question correct can be found in the table below.
| No. | QUESTION | CORRECT ANSWER | % CORRECT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three Buckeyes on this year’s roster are from Pennsylvania. Senior safety Keenan Nelson Jr., freshman defensive tackle Maxwell Roy and the running back in the photo above all graduated from Philadelphia’s St. Joseph’s Prep. Who is the ballcarrier in the picture? | Isaiah West | 71% |
| 2 | Ohio State’s current winning streak against Penn State is the longest in the series’ history. How many straight games have the Buckeyes won against the Nittany Lions? | 8 | 73% |
| 3 | This Big Ten Network color commentator was a linebacker for Penn State in the late 1970s and a four-time Super Bowl winner. Who is he? | Matt Millen | 70% |
| 4 | 2011 was the last time Penn State defeated the Buckeyes in Ohio Stadium. Luke Fickell was on the sidelines for his only season as Ohio State’s head coach. Who was the head coach of the Nittany Lions? | Tom Bradley | 23% |
| 5 | Who is the only Ohio State quarterback to throw for 300+ yards and not start the game? Hint: He came off the bench in a game against Penn State. | Joe Germaine | 58% |
| 6 | Speaking of 300-yard games, in the Ohio State vs. Penn State series, each school has had one quarterback throw for 300+ yards in back-to-back games. For both programs, this happened in the 2021 and 2022 contests. Sean Clifford (361, 371) did it for the Nittany Lions. Which Buckeye signal-caller threw for 305 and 354 yards in the 2021 and 2022 victories? | C.J. Stroud | 78% |
| 7 | Since Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1993, the Nittany Lions and Buckeyes have played in four games in the rain. Which star of Singin’ in the Rain briefly attended Penn State until the 1929 stock market crash forced him to quit school and help his family financially? He eventually graduated from Pittsburgh in 1933. | Gene Kelly | 83% |
| 8 | Ohio State’s record for tackles in a game is 29. Two players have accomplished this feat. Tom Cousineau did it in 1978 against Penn State. Can you identify the other Buckeye who racked up 29 tackles against Michigan in 1986? | Chris Spielman | 95% |
| 9 | This will be FOX's fourth consecutive year to carry the game between Ohio State and Penn State. What has been the scheduled kickoff time for the four games played since 2022? | 12:00 | 87% |
| 10 | The last time Ohio State lost a regular-season game following a bye week was in 2005 at Penn State. When was the last time the Buckeyes lost a game following a bye week when the game was played in Ohio Stadium? | USC | 21% |
Overall, the Eleven Warriors community selected the correct answer for 8 out of 10 questions. On two questions*, the incorrect answer received more votes than the correct answer.
- 66% incorrectly selected Bill O'Brien as the last Penn State head coach to defeat Ohio State.
- 50% went with Wisconsin (2003) for the answer to when the last time Ohio State lost a regular-season game played in Ohio Stadium following a bye week.
*Before updating the community's overall grade, I'm taking responsibility for some confusion on the Tom Bradley question. Originally, Joe Paterno was listed as an option for the correct answer instead of Bradley. In 2011, Paterno was Penn State's head coach for the first nine games of the season. However, Paterno was let go and Bradley was Nittany Lions' head coach against the Buckeyes.
Due to the inexcusable error, that question is being forgiven. I am also giving myself a grade of F for screwing up that question and meshing Spielman's 29-tackle performance to Penn State with Cousineau instead of his iconic game against Michigan in 1986.
For only the third time this season, the community did not have a perfect score. The season's overall score is now 77 out of 80 correct for an impressive average of 96%.
