Top 25: No. 9 Ohio State 35, Penn State 23

Top 25 football • Penn State's five game winning streak was snapped.

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State College, Pa. • Braxton Miller was his usual self, running for 134 yards and accounting for three touchdowns a week after getting knocked out of a game to lead No. 9 Ohio State to a 35-23 victory against Penn State on Saturday.

Ryan Shazier returned an interception 17 yards for a score early in the third quarter that gave the Buckeyes (9-0, 5-0 Big Ten) the lead for good, and the Nittany Lions (5-3, 3-1) and coach Bill O'Brien had their five-game winning streak snapped in a matchup of the Big Ten's bowl-banned perennial powers.

Miller missed the fourth quarter against Purdue after a hard tackle sent him to the hospital with a case of whiplash. He declared himself good to go by the midweek.

Was he ever. The Heisman campaign can resume.

The sophomore quarterback reached 100 yards rushing for the sixth time this season, carrying 25 times, and only avoiding contact when it was convenient. He also passed for 143 yards.

Matt McGloin and the Nittany Lions had turned an 0-2 start into a reason for Nittany Lions fans to get excited about football again.

It felt like a big game in Happy Valley, something many thought wouldn't happen this year after Penn State was hit with crippling NCAA sanctions for the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal.

But the Nittany Lions weren't quite ready to step up in competition.

Miller's second 1-yard touchdown run in the final 3 minutes, 40 seconds of the third quarter put Ohio State up 28-10.

McGloin and Penn State then rolled to an 18-play touchdown drive that he finished with a 2-yard pass to Matt Lehman to make it 28-16 with 9:49 left in the fourth quarter. The 2-point conversion try was stopped.

McGloin finished 27 of 45 for a career-high 327 yards. —