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OSU Preview and Prediction
By MO'Cats
Matchup: THE Ohio State Buckeyes (6-0, 3-0) at Northwestern Wildcats (1-4, 0-3 Big Ten)
Date: FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, October 18th, 2019, 7:30 pm CDT, Evanston, Illinois
TV: BTN (this is utter garbage, the game was moved
to Friday night completely for the purpose to fulfill agreement with
Fox. However, given the rainout in NY last night, FS1 will be
televising the Yankees final game of the season against the Astros,
fingers crossed)
Line: Northwestern +28
Well, we have had nearly two weeks to digest the inedible. The
UNL-NU game was awful to watch and ended with a walk on kicking a field
goal to end the game giving the Conhuskers a 13-10 win. It was
ugly and not worth much of a recap. Smith started at QB (Hunter
is a better quarterback with more athletic ability and more skills, do
not argue this point. You are wrong if you think Smith should
start). Bowser is hurt. The offensive line is bad and our
defense is good but not great. Uggh
This week, Ohio State comes to town. Yes I purposely left the the
off just to annoy my dad and brother. Ohio State is 6-0 and have
humiliated teams like Nebraska, Michigan State, and Cincinnati (who is
currently ranked). They have yet to play a close game winning by
24, 42, 41, 71, 41 and 24. They score points in bunches and
Justin Fields may be the best quarterback to wear the Scarlet and Grey
since Art Schlichter. Their running backs include JK Dobbins
(will play on Sundays), Master Teague III (seriously, not only is his
first name Master but his father and grandfather also carried the same
name) and a freshman named Steele Chambers (wow!). The WR corps
is fast and will be a huge problem for the Wildcat secondary.
Now, we get to the defense. Chase Young is NOT NORMAL. The
guy is 6’5” and 265 pounds. He has 8.5 sacks already and this
number will go up. The rest of the DL and linebackers are all
supremely talented. The secondary will again have a 1st round
pick this year with Jeff Okudah who will be blanketing Riley Lees all
night.
Ok enough of the Ohio State bragging. This team is great.
The Silver Bullets are back and the offense is awesome.
Northwestern is going to do the best they can to make this a
game. The grounds crew sent a picture measuring the grass at 9
inches in height. A former player for the Buckeyes who is
currently a BTN commentary mentioned that NU has used this ploy in the
past and it was the highest grass he had played on in his entire
career. Can Northwestern slow down the Buckeyes to make this a
game, that's the question. Emotions will run high given the
Friday night atmosphere. The ‘Cats are wearing the grey, black,
purple and yellow highlights with gothic letters in hopes of throwing
off the Buckeyes (maybe Fields will get confused). The completely
new basketball team will be announced before the game and undergrads
attending the game will receive an awesome looking sweatshirt.
All of this in hopes of outnumbering the Buckeye fans in the
stands. Well, the scarlet will be plentiful and points will be
the same.
Pick: Let’s just hope Hunter does not die
Ohio State 41, Northwestern 10 Uggh, give the points if you are a Buckeye fan (you know if gambling were legal)
Season to Date:
Straight up (3-2); Against the Spread (2-3)
The Lowes Line is an
e-mailed description of NU's
next
football game, with an invariably fearless prediction of the outcome
and
how NU will fare against what the other "experts" predict. Our
good
friend and Brother Marcus Lowes began the broadcast mailing in 1996.
The crack Lowes Line Staff (alumni Jersey Cat,
GallopingGrapes, P.S. O'Briant, Eric Cockerill, Joel Kanvik, Charlie Simon, and
MO'Cats) have continued the Line in memory of Marcus.
For
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