The prediction: Ohio State 31, MI State 24.
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The #9 MI State Spartans head to Columbus OH to take on the #2 team in the nation. MI State hosts Penn State at 3:30 next week.
Coaches: Urban Meyer is 48-3 in his fourth season at Ohio State. “Last game in the Horseshoe and they’ll be honored”.
We all know Connor Cook, Ezekiel Elliott and J.T. Barrett will have huge impacts on the game, but here are a couple under the radar players who could end up deciding this epic clash.
“Forty-eight wins since their freshman year, which is an Ohio State program record”, he added.
The Ohio State football team plays its biggest game of the season against MI State this Saturday at Ohio Stadium.
They’ll need to open a few running lanes and protect Cook, and he’ll need to throw like he’s been throwing for most of the season – he has said multiple times this week the shoulder is fine – to give the Spartans a chance at this upset.
Meyer admits Saturday will be a tough day for two reasons. “We play at least three or four every year so it was time for us to do that”.
“An incredible group of people”.
MI State finds itself in the same position. The home team has not won in the OSU-MSU series since the 2007 Buckeyes prevailed in Columbus.
“I’m trying not to think about that, because obviously it’ll be emotional for me”, Decker said. “We can’t change that, but I always want them looking forward”. Theirs and ours are very comparable and just very, very good players. That’s how you value a quarterback. Usually this is one where you hope it was just an ugly game, and it doesn’t really matter who wins. Spartans backers will be somewhat reassured with the fact that the dog has gone 4-0 against the spread in the previous four meeting between these Big Ten powers, but it doesn’t seem to matter since the majority of action is supporting Sparty as of Friday afternoon. He’s tied with Stanford’s Kevin Hogan for the most wins among active quarterbacks.
After missing a field goal on their first drive, the Buckeyes dominated MSU’s defense from then on, scoring touchdowns on seven of their next eight drives while putting up 568 yards of total offense. “We want to win the Big Ten and get into the playoff”, he said.
The Buckeyes likely need to beat both MI State and MI to reach the conference title game.
QB Deshaun Watson, sophomore, Clemson: Last week, 34-for-47 passing for 360 yards and two touchdowns with one interception; 14 carries for 105 yards and one touchdown in 37-27 win at Syracuse. Boykin left last week’s game against winless Kansas with an ankle injury, while Doctson has been battling a wrist injury that he suffered during the first half of their loss to Oklahoma State two weeks ago. He has completed 56 of 85 passes for 622 yards and six touchdowns, while being picked off three times times. On the ground this season, LJ Scott has rushed for 519 yards and nine touchdowns. He has caught a pass in 26 straight games. Although the Buckeyes have had to sweat out a few games this season, they’re still dispatching opponents by an average margin of 22.3 points when they play at the Horseshoe.
It’s the same type of approach the Buckeyes used past year.
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Jake Long, a 2006-07 All-America offensive lineman now with the Atlanta Falcons, and Jake Ryan, a rookie linebacker for the Green Bay Packers, both swallowed hard and admitted they wouldnt mind seeing Ohio State win this week.
