Jaxbuck said:

The cover is really a bet on Ball State scoring or not as I see it.
-50.5
56.5

Right? The bet is does OSU kick a FG or score that 8th TD/does Ball State find a way to score a TD.

Looking at it probabilistically and not trying to predict exact outcomes I'd say the odds are a lot better that OSU can score 8 or more than they are that Ball State scores 1.

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I do mostly agree with this. The problem is you just never know what's going to happen when hyopthetically the deep bench is in later in the 4th quarter of a 56-0 type game though. That's where Ball State might be able to pick up a cheap TD to beat the spread.

BuckeyeNation27 said:

I watched as well. I specifically enjoyed watching the body language of the players once they realized they a) didn't have the plays and b) weren't facing a mind numbingly stupid gameplan. They realized the better team was actually going to win and they just quit.

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Of course, some great parts of that game:
1. Their fans insist that Smith fumbled that touchdown reception and it should be a turnover and touchback. You're grasping for anything you can hold onto.
2. They wanted to defend the M... and Ohio State showed that they had no desire to attack it.
3. In their fans' infinite wiseness (is that a word?), they laugh at Ohio State for celebrating the last interception. It came on 4th down, so by intercepting the ball, Ohio State lost yards, like the idiots that they are. "We're so smart. Our team lost, but at least we didn't lose 10 yards on that play." On top of that, Ohio State got a 15-yard penalty after the play. Anything to take away from the fact that you didn't benefit from the cheating.

buckeyemania11 said:

Ball State from their preseason outlook looks like a pretty bad MAC team.

Their QB is either going to be a guy who only completed 56% of his passes in D2 last year or a guy who has only throw 12 passes (4/12) across 3 seasons between SMU and Texas State and their oline is horrible (gave up the 2nd most sacks per game last season)

Our D should feast easily here.

Defensively they are replacing their top 8 tacklers from a meh MAC defense with a bunch of lower-level transfers. Can't see them being able to stop us much.

We could very well be up like 42-0 at the half. A cover probably depends on how much Day is willing to let the backups actually play.

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The cover is really a bet on Ball State scoring or not as I see it.
-50.5
56.5

Right? The bet is does OSU kick a FG or score that 8th TD/does Ball State find a way to score a TD.

Looking at it probabilistically and not trying to predict exact outcomes I'd say the odds are a lot better that OSU can score 8 or more than they are that Ball State scores 1.

Bestbuck36 said:

That's a crazy line for a first game. It could be a Pitt game where we win 72-0 or it could be sloppy and full of mistakes. You'd probably be on the winning side with those bets.

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I'm assuming you're talking about 1996. If so, FIFY.

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Ball State from their preseason outlook looks like a pretty bad MAC team.

Their QB is either going to be a guy who only completed 56% of his passes in D2 last year or a guy who has only throw 12 passes (4/12) across 3 seasons between SMU and Texas State and their oline is horrible (gave up the 2nd most sacks per game last season)

Our D should feast easily here.

Defensively they are replacing their top 8 tacklers from a meh MAC defense with a bunch of lower-level transfers. Can't see them being able to stop us much.

We could very well be up like 42-0 at the half. A cover probably depends on how much Day is willing to let the backups actually play.

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i want to believe....

Zurp said:

You're the math teacher. You tell me if -$200B is ever good.

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It's better than -$250B

Bestbuck36 said:

FS2 just replayed The Game from last year. What a heart warming, soul- crushing 15 minutes of F You from Ryan Day and the Buckeyes eating clock, smashing them in their POS cheater mouths, and putting the game away at 27-9. And then... Brutus.

An eternally applied, Fuck'em!

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I watched as well. I specifically enjoyed watching the body language of the players once they realized they a) didn't have the plays and b) weren't facing a mind numbingly stupid gameplan. They realized the better team was actually going to win and they just quit.

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Those 12 year old Vietnamese girls are just going to need to put in some extra hours for the good of the Ducks.

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Johnny boy getting feisty, I love it!!!

Bestbuck36 said:

This years Oline is going to be like last years D line. Everybody is getting drafted except maybe RT. Going to crush people

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The OL is going to be excellent this year. I think we'll be forgetting about the Miami and IU performances pretty early in the season (their only two bad games and against some ridiculously tough defensive fronts). Ian taking over at LT and being dominant would be an absolute crucial piece to a run at a title this season.