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Notre Dame @ tOSU, Sat Sep 3, 7:30PM (ABC)

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DaddyBigBucks said:
It was 95, but yeah

Hang 96 for Martin
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"PapalBullshit. I hit 'em with 99, but that royal fat ass Vienna schnitzel, Chuck Five, and Pope Leo Ten, that Medici piece of shit, gathered a bunch of wealthy boosters at Worms and managed to get the media to take away the two safeties I scored in the third quarter. Probably the same sonsabitches who gave that Ped State asshole, Joesus, his wins back despite enabling a pedophile. Just look at 'em. Leo probably procured a young boy in a cake for each of 'em if they'd take those points off the board."
 
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The visiting Irish will led by a 36-year old head coach in Marcus Freeman who has held that role on the sidelines just once prior to this contest in Ohio Stadium. Additionally, a true sophomore, Tyler Buchner, is Freeman's choice to line up under center for the ND offense, making his first career start while having attempted just 35 career passes at the collegiate level.

Of course, their opponents have plenty of questions of their own left to be answered.

Jim Knowles was brought in with great fanfare, expected to instantly revive the moribund defense that kept the program from reaching its lofty goals the past two seasons. But there are many a Buckeye fan surely wondering just how quickly his presence will be felt.

In most instances, such a matchup in Week 1 would lead to many writers like this one giving a Bosa brother ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ when asked to predict the outcome ahead of time. This time, however, there is a very clear blueprint for what we can expect when the Fighting Irish try to move the ball against Knowles' defense, as we can simply turn on the tape from their last game.

While most readers of this site remember January 1st as Jaxon Smith-Njigba Day after his record-setting performance that evening in Pasadena, fans of a different OSU recall that day for a different reason. Oklahoma State's win over Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl has been called the biggest win in program history, after the Cowboys came back from 21 points down to stun the Irish 37-35 in Freeman's debut as head coach.

While the former Buckeye linebacker has made a number of changes to the coaching staff after formally taking over for Brian Kelly, the offensive brain trust remains largely intact with Tommy Rees calling plays for a third straight season. Though his opposing number, Knowles, had already left Stillwater for Columbus by the time the bowl preparations were underway, the rest of his staff remained in place, as did the players who earned their place as one of the best defenses in the nation last year.

“You just have to prepare for what you’ve seen on film," Rees said of Knowles' departure ahead of the Fiesta Bowl. "I can’t imagine 14 games into it they’re going to be deviating from what they’ve done. They’ll probably have some wrinkles, but at the end of the day, you’ve got to prepare for what you see on film and get ready to handle whatever they throw at us.”
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
Vegas doesn't have a Notre Dame bias. Their bias is to not end up in a metal drum at the bottom of Lake Mead. I trust Vegas over the voters.
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Vegas just wants the same amount of money on both sides of the line, so they can pay the winners with the losers' money and keep their 10% vigorish. It *should* be a 10-13 point spread, but all the money was coming in on Ohio State, so they had to bump to 17.5 to get some ND money in play.
 
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DaddyBigBucks said:
So AJ Hawk’s retard brother-in-law is saying on one hand that Ohio State was soft against the run and ND has an NFL line, and on the other hand that the new scheme didn’t do well vs ND in the bowl game.

I’ll set aside for the moment my astonishment that Brady exchanged his NFL-themed cup of coffee for a microphone rather than taking a job as a rocket scientist. If the secret to cracking the Buckeye nut is to run the ball, tell me more about how the 42 yards that ND’s NFL OL ground out in the running game in the bowl game is a sign of impending doom for Ohio State. Do you think that scheme with Ohio State’s players instead of Oklahoma State’s is going to be so much more vulnerable that ND will limit Ohio State to 10 or 11 possessions?

yeah

good luck with that
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