Ohio State football is baaaaaaaack!
It seems much longer than just 14 days ago that Ohio State suffered its heartbreaking loss at Oregon. That said, the Buckeyes are back on the gridiron this afternoon, returning to Columbus to host Nebraska in a get-right game for OSU.
Ohio State and the Cornhuskers will kick off at noon on FOX, with Big Noon Kickoff on campus prior to the game.
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As the Buckeyes prepare for their matchup against Nebraska, the Eleven Warriors staff expects another dominant performance from OSU in the Shoe.
Score Predictions
Andy Anders - Ohio State 38, Nebraska 10: There will be some growing pains for Zen Michalski at left tackle after Josh Simmons’ injury, but Ohio State finds an offensive groove and wins handily.
Chase Brown - Ohio State 48, Nebraska 13: Ohio State bounces back from its loss to Oregon with a dominant performance against Nebraska, handing the Cornhuskers their second consecutive blowout in which their opponent outmuscles them from start to finish.
George Eisner - Ohio State 42, Nebraska 14: Dylan Raiola fails to bounce back from his worst game of the season last week as the Buckeye defense forces the former OSU commit into committing multiple turnovers that set up short fields and easy scores for Chip Kelly's crew.
Johnny Ginter - Ohio State 42, Nebraska 13: Ohio State comes out angry on offense and probably trying to do too much on defense, which makes everyone annoyed for the first half and bored in the second.
Matt Gutridge - Ohio State 45, Nebraska 20: The last time Ohio State lost a regular season game before a bye week was to Purdue in 2018. Who did the Buckeyes play and beat after the off week? Nebraska. Ohio State has won the 13 previous times Eleven Warriors has hosted a tailgate party. The average score in those
games? 43-18, let’s bump it up to a more common score of 45-20.
Garrick Hodge - Ohio State 45, Nebraska 10: Ohio State bounces back in much-needed fashion, handling an overmatched Nebraska team and overwhelming freshman QB Dylan Raiola.
Dan Hope - Ohio State 45, Nebraska 10: I don’t think Nebraska lets this game get quite as out of hand as its 56-7 loss to Indiana last week, but I still expect a dominant performance from the Buckeyes, who should be hungry to make a statement after two weeks to stew on their loss to Oregon.
Kyle Jones - Ohio State 35, Nebraska 10: Nebraska comes out with something to prove after a woeful loss to Indiana and competes hard for the first two quarters, but Ohio State pulls away in the second half as Raiola throws 3 INTs in the effort to come back.
Chris Lauderback - Ohio State 45, Nebraska 9: The defense gets back on the board with at least four sacks while Emeka Egbuka and Jeremiah Smith both top 100 yards receiving as OSU rebounds nicely from the Oregon loss.
Ramzy Nasrallah - Ohio State 49, Nebraska 17: The Huskers quit last weekend in Bloomington and should come out swinging. Unfortunately the Buckeyes have been thinking about how they were one second away from being ranked no.1 in the country and they're going to do the same thing.
Josh Poloha - Ohio State 42, Nebraska 10: The Buckeyes' defense gets in the backfield plenty of times against former OSU quarterback commit Dylan Raiola, Ohio State takes care of business and gets back in the win column ahead of a big-time matchup in Happy Valley next week.
Jason Priestas - Ohio State 41, Nebraska 13: Ohio State has had two weeks to think about that stinging loss in Eugene and make a few course corrections. Unfortunately for Nebraska, they’re the team that gets to find out.
Jordan Raines - Ohio State 42, Nebraska 7: Ohio State looks lethargic early, but eventually finds its footing and wins comfortably.
Will Ohio State Cover?
After OSU opened as a 25.5-point favorite, the spread quickly fell to -24 and has since climbed back to its opening number. The Buckeyes enter this afternoon's game as 25.5-point favorites over Nebraska.
While all of 11W's staff belives Ohio State will dominate the Cornhuskers, two members of the Eleven Warriors staff – Kyle Jones and Matt Gutridge – believe the Buckeyes will barely miss covering, losing the spread by the hook, as both Jones and Gutridge believe OSU will win by 25.
What About the Over/Under?
Unlike the spread, the over/under has only increased since opening at 46.5. As of this morning, it is 48.
The majority of the 11W staff believes Ohio State and Nebraska will hit the over, as only one member, Kyle Jones, believes the matchup won't reach that mark.
Eleven Warriors Prop Bets
Looking for more lines to evaluate? Take a peek at our in-house prop betting lines for this matchup to get a greater sense of what oddsmakers are expecting from individual performances. Leave your predictions for us in the comments and compete for bragging rights!
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How many passing yards will Will Howard have?
- Over 274.5 (-125)
- Under 274.5 (+100)
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How many rushing yards will Ohio State have?
- Over 249.5 (+115)
- Under 249.5 (-105)
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Who will have more receiving yards?
- Jeremiah Smith (-115)
- Emeka Egbuka (-105)
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Will Will Howard score another rushing touchdown?
- Yes (-250)
- No (+200)
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How many points will Nebraska score?
- Over 10.5 (-110)
- Under 10.5 (-110)
