In what was a very lopsided game and Penn State’s worst loss in 114 years., Ohio State beat Penn State 63-14 Saturday night.

The Nittany Lions were expected to put up a good fight against the Buckeyes, but things changed rather quickly. The outcome of the game was basically determined at halftime – Ohio State led 28-0 halfway through the second quarter and 42-7 at the half. The Buckeyes’ 35-point lead at halftime over Penn State is its largest at the half of a Big Ten game since 2010 against Purdue (led 42-0). Ohio State had not led Penn State at the half by more than 14 points in any meeting over the last 10 seasons.

The game was by far the Buckeyes best game of the season, both offensively and defensively. Ohio State’s offense put up almost 700 yards of total offense.

Braxton Miller (18/24, 252 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs – 11 carries, 68 yards, 2 TDs), Carlos Hyde (16 carries, 147 yards, 2 TDs – 1 catch, 14 yards), Jordan Hall (8 carries, 81 yards), Devin Smith (5 catches, 90 yards), Corey ‘Philly’ Brown (4 catches, 67 yards, 1 TD), and were determined to score on every possession. The Buckeyes’ junior quarterback accounted for five touchdowns and threw for a career-high 252 yards in less than three quarters. With his performance, Miller was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. Also, Dontre Wilson (49-yard kick return and 26-yard touchdown catch) was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week.

Urban Meyer put the second-string offense in the game before the end of the third quarter. Backup QB Kenny Guiton (2/2, 26 yards – 3 carries, 23 yards, 2 TDs) even had a couple of touchdowns. Even more amazing, third-string QB Cardale Jones (5 carries, 52 yards) even received some playing time. Who would have thought that Ohio State’s third-string quarterback would play in a Big Ten game, with no injuries to the players ahead of him.

The Buckeyes have had 44 plays of 20+ yards this season, 11 of those such plays came Saturday against Penn State.

Led by Ryan Shazier (10 tackles, 1 sack), C.J. Barnett (5 tackles, 1 INT), and Corey ‘Pitt’ Brown (5 tackles, 1 INT), the Buckeyes’ defense had a tremendous game. With Penn State’s second touchdown coming late in the fourth quarter against Ohio State’s second-string defense, the Buckeyes first-string defense only allowed 7 points in the game.

With the blowout win, Ohio State remains #4 in the BCS rankings, but did gain points so they are closer to #3 Florida State and farther ahead of #5 Stanford.

Saturday’s game marked Ohio State’s 7th 50-point game in less than 2 seasons under Urban Meyer. In comparison, the Buckeyes had 6 such games under Jim Tressel from 2001-2010.