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Indiana @ tOSU, Sat Nov 12, 12pm, FOX

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In 1951, first year coach Wayne Woodrow Hayes lost to Indiana 10-32. In an act of hubris seldom seen anywhere but in first-year coaches, he vowed to never lose to Indiana again.

He never did.

Beginning 70 years ago, in 1952, Woody started beating Indiana. He paused once for a scoreless tie in 1959, but every other matchup went in the victory column.

35 years after that streak began, and 35 years ago, in Earle Bruce’s last year, The Darkest Day in Buckeye history occurred. I won’t belabor it, I was there and would rather not relive it. Suffice to say that Indiana fans thought they’d caught Ohio State for good and all and that a new rule had been established. This was reinforced the next year during John Cooper’s inaugural campaign, when the Hoosiers won in Bloomington. Indiana fans were insufferable for a few years, a period that was drawn out a bit by a tie in 1990.

That Dark Day right in the middle of this 70 year run that Woody started would prove to be Indiana’s only victory in Ohio Stadium during that time. And that dark day’s whore of a sister in 1988 would prove to be Indiana’s lone win in Bloomington during this run.

The upshot is that the Buckeyes are 58-2-2 against Indiana in the past 70 years. Starting with Woody, no Ohio State coach has lost more than one game against Indiana; most have lost none.

In honor of the 70th anniversary of the beginning of this streak, I offer my prediction for this game. This comes from my vivid memory of walking out of Ohio Stadium on that Dark Day and the behavior of Indiana fans on that day. DSA had nothing to do with this.

Ohio State 70
Indiana 17
 
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For those wondering, the DSA prediction for this game is:

Ohio State: 52-68 with about 550 yards of offense
Indiana: 13-16 with about 243 yards of offense

Rigidity in scoring would skew things in favor of both defenses, but rigidity in running and passing favor Ohio State across the board in terms of yardage gained/given. Here is the DSA prediction for yards per carry and passing efficiency when rigidity is factored in:

Ohio State: 5.5 ypc and 240 PE for Stroud - 225 PE overall
Indiana: 1.5 ypc and 95 PE

Based on those numbers, Ohio State will be moving the ball at will and Indiana will be helpless against the first team defense. This is a name-the-score game for the Buckeyes.
 
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Abenaki said:
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CJ is and SHOULD be the Heisman front runner right now. He's being really smart with the ball, the B1G weather is no freaking joke this time of year. I really think he played a Heisman performance game in those conditions...I don't think Young, Hooker, etc. could have completed a pass in that. But CJ does need a huge performance this week to back up what I said, presuming we don't have 40 mph wind and rain. Btw, Bama and the rest of the SEC, you're welcome up here if you want to play this time of year.
 
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It's a horrible day to be a Hoosier.

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