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Ohio State Preview and Prediction
By The Lowes Line Staff
Matchup: THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES (8-1, 5-1) at the Northwestern Wildcats (4-5, 2-4)
Date: Saturday, November 16, 2024, 11:00 am CST
Place: The Friendly Confines, 1060 W Addision St, home of your Chicago Cubs
TV: BTN
Line: Northwestern (+28.5), o/u 43.5
Outlook: There has been nothing friendly about
Wrigley for your Wildcats. 0-3 with the chances of going
0-4 extremely high. Uggh. Maybe we should have stayed at
Medicine Field. But alas, it’s homecoming with promises of seeing
old acquaintances in a sold out stadium. What is over/under on
percent scarlet in the stands? I’ll say 55% with the rest
wearing the purple of the ‘Cats. At least someone is wearing
purple. The team will be adorned in “gothic black with yellow
lettering”. FFS, seriously. WHY??
To match the signs posted around campus. Come on, no one is
falling for it Under Armour. Just wear purple and
white. Plenty of options available. Oh well,
what’s a fan to do. [ed. note: we can agree to disagree with the Lowes Line on this one.]
Northwestern won last they were seen in West Lafayette 26-20 in
OT. Frankly, this Boilermaker team is not good but a win is a
win. Hymon broke through with two scores and Cam Porter
added third. Purdue tied the game in the 4th, with NU winning in
OT after the D held.
Ohio State comes in 8-1 with their lone loss in Eugene 32-31 as the
Ducks used speed abusing Ohio State’s CBs. A
refocused defense especially the pass rush since that game has
catapulted the Bucks back to #2 in the CFP standings with wins against
Nebraska and Purdue at home and in Happy Valley. The
Bucks are led by transfer QB Will Howard who is prone to “do too much”
and can turn the ball over. They have a 2 headed RB combo of
Quinshon and Treyveon who are each averaging over 6 yard per carry and
11 touchdowns between them. Their best offensive weapons
are in their receiving corps. Let’s face it. OHIO
STATE IS WRU for the NFL. The list is crazy and will
only get deeper. Emeka Egbuka is a senior and has 8 touchdowns,
Carnell Tate and Brandon Innis are sophomores and could be starting
anywhere. Then we have freshman Jeremiah Smith who made two
of the best one-handed catches in the same game (YouTube). The only one in college that I like better is this one (YouTube).
Anyway, this kid is special and will make all big ten as a
freshman. The Buckeyes are favored by 28.5 with the o/u at
43.5.
Prediction: ummm. The Buckeyes are going to
win. 28.5 does not seem like a lot to this scribe.
42-10 sounds about right. Take the Buckeyes and give the
points and take the over.
Season To Date: Straight Up: 6-3, Against The Spread: 5-4
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next
football game, with an invariably fearless prediction of the outcome
and
how NU will fare against what the other "experts" predict. Our
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