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Game Thread Iowa at tOSU, Sat. Oct. 5, 3:30pm ET, CBS

One sleeper team the Ohio State football team needs to worry about in the Big Ten

The Ohio State football team is the favorite to win the Big Ten this year. One sleeper team should be on their radar.

The Ohio State football team is the favorite to win the Big Ten this season. They are ranked as the second-best team in the country for a reason. We've talked at length about how good the roster is on both sides of the football for the Buckeyes. There's a reason they are in a national championship-or-bust mentality.

While they are the favorites, they aren't the only team getting talked about as being able to win the conference. Oregon is a very good team. Michigan is the defending Big Ten Champ. Penn State always looms as a team that can take advantage of situations.

All of those teams are getting talked about as a possible conference champion. If Ohio State wants to win the Big Ten, they have to beware of a certain sleeper lying in the Big Ten. This is a team that actually is on their schedule but has a pretty easy schedule after that.

The Ohio State football team needs to beware of this sleeper Big Ten team

Iowa is a team that has been talked about in recent years due to their terrible offense. The defense they've had is as good as anyone in the conference. The Buckeyes actually take on Iowa in the Shoe the week before they have to travel to Oregon, so that could be a trap game.

There's a shot that the Buckeyes could have to face Iowa in a rematch in the Big Ten Championship Game because the Hawkeyes have the friendliest schedule in the Big Ten. In fact, the Ohio State Buckeyes are the only ranked team that the Hawkeyes play.
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I just realized Iowa gets a Bye week prior to our game.

For sure not ideal.

Because of that and their defense I fully expect some issues early in the game adjusting to the step up to their defense.

With Oregon the next week there’s also the ability to maybe over look them. I wish Iowa would’ve won last week to stay ranked because that would’ve caught our guys attention.

As it stands, I expect we’ll break the rock later in the game to win. If we roll them I’ll be very impressed by that.
 
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I just realized Iowa gets a Bye week prior to our game.

For sure not ideal.

Because of that and their defense I fully expect some issues early in the game adjusting to the step up to their defense.

With Oregon the next week there’s also the ability to maybe over look them. I wish Iowa would’ve won last week to stay ranked because that would’ve caught our guys attention.

As it stands, I expect we’ll break the rock later in the game to win. If we roll them I’ll be very impressed by that.
I hope they're firing on all cylinders that day. I'll be attendance with a couple buddies. Last time I was in the Shoe was the 2015 MSU game. :smash: :ohno:
 
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Ohio State vs. Iowa Set For 3:30 P.M. Kickoff on CBS​

By Chase Brown on September 23, 2024 at 1:00 pm @chaseabrown__
Donovan Jackson vs. Iowa in 2022.

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The iconic music of Lloyd Landesman and CBS college football will set the tone for another Ohio State football game in 2024, as the Big Ten announced the Buckeyes' Week 6 matchup with Iowa at Ohio Stadium will be televised on CBS at 3:30 p.m.
Were heading back to the Horseshoe for a B1G TIME showdown on the banks of the Olentangy!

Watch @HawkeyeFootball at @OhioStateFB on Oct. 5 at 3:30 PM ET on @CBS and @paramountplus pic.twitter.com/ssbkVbFzjM
— CBS Sports College Football (@CBSSportsCFB) September 23, 2024
The Oct. 5 battle between the Buckeyes and Hawkeyes will be Ohio State's second appearance on CBS this fall following its 52-6 win over Akron in the 2024 season opener. It will also be Ohio State's second 3:30 p.m. kickoff in five games, with Western Michigan (7:30 p.m. on BTN), Marshall (noon on FOX) and Michigan State (7 p.m. on Peacock) being on different networks with different kickoff times.
Ohio State is ranked No. 3 in the latest AP Poll. The Buckeyes' resume features some lackluster competition to this point, but that will soon change as the team enters a three-game stretch of Michigan State (in East Lansing), Iowa and Oregon (in Eugene).
Iowa started the season as the 25th-ranked team in the preseason AP poll and improved to No. 21 after Week 1. However, a 20-19 loss to rival Iowa State in Week 2 dropped the Hawkeyes into the "Others Receiving Votes" category of the rankings, and the black and gold have remained there the past two weeks following their wins over Troy and Minnesota.
With Iowa idle on Saturday, it will likely remain outside the top 25 entering its matchup with Ohio State. This could leave the Buckeyes with Oregon as their first ranked opponent of the 2024 season.
 
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Ohio State and Iowa are 1st and 2nd in the league in rushing offense (YPC).
They are 1st and 3rd in the league in rushing defense (YPC).

The talking heads will, of course, make much of that over the next few days.

They are 1st and 12th in the league in total offense (YPP).
They are 1st and 8th in the league in total defense (YPP).

The talking heads will, of course, pretend they don't know that over the next few days.
 
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Ohio State and Iowa are 1st and 2nd in the league in rushing offense (YPC).
They are 1st and 3rd in the league in rushing defense (YPC).

The talking heads will, of course, make much of that over the next few days.

They are 1st and 12th in the league in total offense (YPP).
They are 1st and 8th in the league in total defense (YPP).

The talking heads will, of course, pretend they don't know that over the next few days.
Also off the talking head menu will be that Ohio State holds a 48-15-3* series lead and that 10 of those losses and 2 ties came prior to the Kennedy assassination. Since 11/2/1963 Ohio State is 35-5-1 against these turds. Not exactly a historical threat. Though, to be fair, 11/4/17 proved to be quite a memorable loss for the good guys and there's been some close wins along the way, including 2009 and the vacated 2010 game. The 2004 game may have been the low point (a relative term here) of the Tressel regime (excluding the obvious low point, of course, which led to the vacated game mentioned here ... or the whole Clarett situation, I just mean product on the field low point), capping three straight losses.

* - Ohio State has vacated the 2010 game leading to a 47-15-3 record.
 
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Oh... and then there was the 2003 barn burner.... Not a single offensive TD (for either team).... outgained 219-185... out punted them, though, 44.8 to 35.1!!!!

19-10 win.

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Michael Jenkins huge PR TD that day
 
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