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Game Thread Nebraska at tOSU, Sat. Oct. 26, 12pm ET, FOX

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Ohio State-Nebraska Scheduled For Big Noon Kickoff on FOX on Oct. 26​

By Chase Brown on October 14, 2024 at 1:00 pm @chaseabrown__
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Ohio State and Nebraska will battle at noon on Oct. 26.
The Big Ten announced Monday that the Week 9 battle between the Buckeyes and Cornhuskers will be a Big Noon Kickoff on FOX. It will be Ohio State's second noon game and second FOX game of the season along with its 49-14 win over Marshall on Sept. 21.
Ohio State will enter the Nebraska game coming off its second bye week of the year. The Buckeyes' most recent performance will have been a 32-31 loss to Oregon, which came after the team's victories over Akron, Western Michigan, Michigan State and Iowa.
The Buckeyes hold a 9-1 all-time record against the Cornhuskers. Two of Ohio State's wins came in 1955 and 1956 when Nebraska was a member of the Big 7, while the other seven victories and one loss occurred after Nebraska joined the Big Ten 13 years ago. The Buckeyes have won seven consecutive games over the Cornhuskers, dating back to a 34-27 loss in Lincoln on Oct. 8, 2011.
With Matt Rhule in his second season as head coach and former Ohio State commit Dylan Raiola as the team's quarterback, Nebraska is off to a 5-1 start in 2024 with wins over UTEP, Colorado, Northern Iowa, Purdue and Rutgers and a loss to Illinois. The Cornhuskers will have their stiffest test to date this weekend: a road game at undefeated Indiana, the No. 16-ranked team in the AP Poll.

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Ohio State-Nebraska Scheduled For Big Noon Kickoff on FOX on Oct. 26

Ohio State's Oct. 26 matchup with Nebraska will be broadcast on FOX. It will be the Buckeyes' second Big Noon game of the season along with its win over Marshall on Sept. 21.
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Well, that's that. Indiana made suet out of the Huskers. So, it looks like Indiana is real. And, it looks like the Huskers are going to come out smoking, as they are hurt and backed into a corner, looking to make amends. Hopefully Day & Co already have a tape of the game in their hands, to see what worked. Illinois stifled Xichigan, so they're real as well. Makes me happy, in a crazy sort of way, to see the 'middlers' of the B10 doing so well. From what has been posted, Indiana will be ranked inside the top 25, maybe as high as 15? And Illinois might be there as well. Xichigan, is in freefall, with more, and worse, to come. Oh happy day. tOSU cannot take Nebraska lightly, in fact, WE should come out smoking on D, maybe shutting the buggers out? Won't means as much as if they were still undefeated, but might take some of the Oregon sting away. The rest of the schedule just got a little bit harder. Go Bucks!
 
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calibuck said:
Well, that's that. Indiana made suet out of the Huskers. So, it looks like Indiana is real. And, it looks like the Huskers are going to come out smoking, as they are hurt and backed into a corner, looking to make amends. Hopefully Day & Co already have a tape of the game in their hands, to see what worked. Illinois stifled Xichigan, so they're real as well. Makes me happy, in a crazy sort of way, to see the 'middlers' of the B10 doing so well. From what has been posted, Indiana will be ranked inside the top 25, maybe as high as 15? And Illinois might be there as well. Xichigan, is in freefall, with more, and worse, to come. Oh happy day. tOSU cannot take Nebraska lightly, in fact, WE should come out smoking on D, maybe shutting the buggers out? Won't means as much as if they were still undefeated, but might take some of the Oregon sting away. The rest of the schedule just got a little bit harder. Go Bucks!
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Not worried in the least.

Nebraska's 2nd level defenders are not good. Like at all. Ohio State should easily score 40+ and easily have the horses to go higher if the game calls for it. I don't think Nebraska has the offensive talent to go much more than they did against Indiana (despite what you'll hear, Ohio State's defense IS better than Indiana's), so if everything holds, should be a relatively lopsided game.

48-10 or thereabouts.
 
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Mike80 said:
Ohio State's defense IS better than Indiana's), so if everything holds, should be a relatively lopsided game.

48-10 or thereabouts.
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Superior in talent, but inferior in execution/preparation. IU doubled their seam routes and Corn had nowhere else to go. We will just play it straight like usual. We don’t believe in tendencies apparently.

I‘m right with you on the outcome.
 
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heisman said:
Superior in talent, but inferior in execution/preparation. IU doubled their seam routes and Corn had nowhere else to go. We will just play it straight like usual. We don’t believe in tendencies apparently.

I‘m right with you on the outcome.
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We'll see...

Oregon broke every tendency they'd shown on offense, so I don't totally agree with the lack of preparation thing. Lack of adjustments perhaps, but there was a clear gameplan. Oregon wasn't exactly trash to begin with either. Plus, two weeks of hearing everyone whine, bitch, moan and complain in the crucible that is Columbus matters too.

I don't think Nebraska has the talent to do any of what Oregon was able to do. They barely do well what they do regularly and to then try to break tendencies and venture into the unknown, I think it's beyond them. Oregon had, at least, a veteran QB. Nebraska doesn't have that. Oregon had good receivers too (1 of them got himself kicked out the game for being an idiot), and Nebraska has no one on the outside that would be anything more than a rotational receiver at Oregon. Nebraska still looks a lot like the team that struggled to score last year at the moment.

Nebraska's defense is a joke, lacks athleticism and playmakers, doesn't pursue or flow to the ball well and on top of that, is very bad at run fits with the linebackers. It shouldn't be particularly close unless the line isn't functional without Simmons (which would surprise me). Even if the line struggles, Nebraska has no one who can cover any of the top-7 receivers Ohio State can trot out there.

For whatever its worth, I'm more interested in seeing what the offensive line will look like without Simmons. I really hope Zen is ready, that's the type of kid you cheer for when he gets his shot. I think the defense will be fine ultimately and I think (I hope) we will see a more unified defensive game set where there is one voice calling the shots instead of 2, like what happened at Oregon.
 
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