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A nearly nice percentage of Buckeye fans feel good — not great — about Ohio State’s national title chances
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You ask, we answer. Sometimes we ask, others answer. And then other times, we ask, we answer.
Throughout the Ohio State football season, we will be asking and answering questions about the team, college football, and anything else on our collective minds of varying degrees of importance. If you have a question that you would like to ask, you can tweet us @LandGrant33 or if you need more than 280 characters, send an email HERE.
Big Ten season is finally upon us as the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes travel to East Lansing, Michigan tonight to take on the Michigan State Spartans at 7:30 p.m. ET in a game to be streamed exclusively on Peacock. In our weekly fan survey, as we do every game week, we asked Buckeye Nation what they thought the margin of victory would be in the game tonight, but we also wanted to gauge their feelings on OSU’s national title chances.
The expectations for a Buckeye team are always to win the national title, but it feels different this year. The players have been saying “national title or bust,” but the road to a College Football Playoff Championship doesn’t feel as fraught as it has in recent memory, at least not to me. So, we polled the fandom to see where they are following the first three games of the season.
You can check out the collective responses below, and if you want to share your agreement (or disagreement), feel free to do so in the comments at the bottom of the page. You can also sign up to be a part of LGHL and SBNations’ weekly Reacts surveys here.
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I know that Ryan Day — and a certain segment of the Ohio State fandom — are primarily focused on the negative so far this season, but I’ve got to tell you, I am having more fun watching this team through three games than I have in a long time. Perhaps that has to do with me turning over the gameday controls to the Land-Grant Twitter account for the first time since 2017 meaning that I don’t have to see the real-time toxicity during games. Or, it could just be that this time is really good and really fun.
Obviously the Buckeyes haven’t been perfect, there are things to improve — still want to see the offensive line perform against better competition, would like the defensive line to create more havoc, and the special teams... woof — but through three not-very-competitive games, they have exceeded my expectations. I feel far more confident about this unit’s ability to win a national title than I have in recent years. So as they enter Big Ten play, all I have to say is Let’s F***ing Go!!!
So, while the respondents to this week’s survey were ever so close to being nice, I think they are right, but if I could straddle the good and great answers, that’s where I would be.
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When odds for the game were released last Sunday, the Buckeyes opened as 24.5-point favorites according to the FanDuel Sportsbook. The gold standard college football analytics system SP+ projects a score of 35-6 in favor of the Buckeyes over the Michigan State Spartans, so the respondents in the survey were pretty fairly in line with the numbers.
As we do every week, members of the LGHL staff all made our predictions for the game. We’ve got score, storyline, and MVP picks, and while you should click on that link and see what we’ve got to say, I will tell you that I am going 42-6 in favor of the Buckeye. I went further in-depth on this morning’s edition of the “Land-Grant Tailgate Podcast,” which you can listen to below.
Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Ohio State fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
Continue reading...
Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Barbara J. Perenic/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
You ask, we answer. Sometimes we ask, others answer. And then other times, we ask, we answer.
Throughout the Ohio State football season, we will be asking and answering questions about the team, college football, and anything else on our collective minds of varying degrees of importance. If you have a question that you would like to ask, you can tweet us @LandGrant33 or if you need more than 280 characters, send an email HERE.
Big Ten season is finally upon us as the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes travel to East Lansing, Michigan tonight to take on the Michigan State Spartans at 7:30 p.m. ET in a game to be streamed exclusively on Peacock. In our weekly fan survey, as we do every game week, we asked Buckeye Nation what they thought the margin of victory would be in the game tonight, but we also wanted to gauge their feelings on OSU’s national title chances.
The expectations for a Buckeye team are always to win the national title, but it feels different this year. The players have been saying “national title or bust,” but the road to a College Football Playoff Championship doesn’t feel as fraught as it has in recent memory, at least not to me. So, we polled the fandom to see where they are following the first three games of the season.
You can check out the collective responses below, and if you want to share your agreement (or disagreement), feel free to do so in the comments at the bottom of the page. You can also sign up to be a part of LGHL and SBNations’ weekly Reacts surveys here.
Question 1: How are you feeling about Ohio State’s non-conference performance?
I know that Ryan Day — and a certain segment of the Ohio State fandom — are primarily focused on the negative so far this season, but I’ve got to tell you, I am having more fun watching this team through three games than I have in a long time. Perhaps that has to do with me turning over the gameday controls to the Land-Grant Twitter account for the first time since 2017 meaning that I don’t have to see the real-time toxicity during games. Or, it could just be that this time is really good and really fun.
Obviously the Buckeyes haven’t been perfect, there are things to improve — still want to see the offensive line perform against better competition, would like the defensive line to create more havoc, and the special teams... woof — but through three not-very-competitive games, they have exceeded my expectations. I feel far more confident about this unit’s ability to win a national title than I have in recent years. So as they enter Big Ten play, all I have to say is Let’s F***ing Go!!!
So, while the respondents to this week’s survey were ever so close to being nice, I think they are right, but if I could straddle the good and great answers, that’s where I would be.
Question 2: What will the margin of victory be in Saturday’s game against Michigan State?
When odds for the game were released last Sunday, the Buckeyes opened as 24.5-point favorites according to the FanDuel Sportsbook. The gold standard college football analytics system SP+ projects a score of 35-6 in favor of the Buckeyes over the Michigan State Spartans, so the respondents in the survey were pretty fairly in line with the numbers.
As we do every week, members of the LGHL staff all made our predictions for the game. We’ve got score, storyline, and MVP picks, and while you should click on that link and see what we’ve got to say, I will tell you that I am going 42-6 in favor of the Buckeye. I went further in-depth on this morning’s edition of the “Land-Grant Tailgate Podcast,” which you can listen to below.
Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Ohio State fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
Continue reading...