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Ohio State vs. Iowa: Land-Grant’s experts make their picks
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Every week, we will be picking the score, MVP, and major storyline for each Buckeye game.
Being the Buckeye beat’s black sheep blog, we here at Land-Grant Holy Land like to pat ourselves on the back. So, throughout the season, members of our staff will be making predictions about that day’s game. They will go on the record with what they think the final score will be, who the game’s MVP will be, and what the major storyline will be coming out of the day.
The No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes will host the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 3:30 p.m. ET in a game to be broadcast on CBS. As of this article’s writing, the Bucks are 18.5-point favorites according to FanDuel Sportsbook. College football’s gold-standard advanced analytics model SP+ is predicting a score of 29-12 in favor of Ohio State.
Check out what our staff members think and then let us know your thoughts on the game in the comments below. As we move forward with the season, you will be able to keep up with just how well our prognosticators do on a weekly basis HERE.
Score Prediction: Ohio State 24, Iowa 17
Game MVP: TreVeyon Henderson
Major Storyline: Kaleb Johnson rushing for 100+ and nearly willing Iowa to a win.
Score Prediction: Ohio State 41, Iowa 3
Game MVP: Emeka Egbuka
Major Storyline: Ohio State has its best defensive game this season, holding Kaleb Johnson to under 100 rushing yards for the first time this season.
Score Prediction: Ohio State 34, Iowa 10
Game MVP: J.T. Tuimoloau
Major Storyline: Ohio State did not look ahead to the Oregon game.
Score Prediction: Ohio State 34, Iowa, 14
Game MVP: Lathan Ransom
Major Storyline: Ohio State looks sharp in its toughest test so far this season.
Score Prediction: Ohio State 35, Iowa 10
Game MVP: Quinshon Judkins
Major Storyline: Caleb Downs gets his first two interceptions as a Buckeye.
Score Prediction: Ohio State 34, Iowa 9
Game MVP: Tyleik Williams
Major Storyline: Jim Knowles stops messing around and calls an excellent defensive game.
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
Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Every week, we will be picking the score, MVP, and major storyline for each Buckeye game.
Being the Buckeye beat’s black sheep blog, we here at Land-Grant Holy Land like to pat ourselves on the back. So, throughout the season, members of our staff will be making predictions about that day’s game. They will go on the record with what they think the final score will be, who the game’s MVP will be, and what the major storyline will be coming out of the day.
The No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes will host the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 3:30 p.m. ET in a game to be broadcast on CBS. As of this article’s writing, the Bucks are 18.5-point favorites according to FanDuel Sportsbook. College football’s gold-standard advanced analytics model SP+ is predicting a score of 29-12 in favor of Ohio State.
Check out what our staff members think and then let us know your thoughts on the game in the comments below. As we move forward with the season, you will be able to keep up with just how well our prognosticators do on a weekly basis HERE.
Josh Dooley
Score Prediction: Ohio State 24, Iowa 17
Game MVP: TreVeyon Henderson
Major Storyline: Kaleb Johnson rushing for 100+ and nearly willing Iowa to a win.
Dan Hessler
Score Prediction: Ohio State 41, Iowa 3
Game MVP: Emeka Egbuka
Major Storyline: Ohio State has its best defensive game this season, holding Kaleb Johnson to under 100 rushing yards for the first time this season.
Connor Lemons
Score Prediction: Ohio State 34, Iowa 10
Game MVP: J.T. Tuimoloau
Major Storyline: Ohio State did not look ahead to the Oregon game.
Brett Ludwiczak
Score Prediction: Ohio State 34, Iowa, 14
Game MVP: Lathan Ransom
Major Storyline: Ohio State looks sharp in its toughest test so far this season.
Gene Ross
Score Prediction: Ohio State 35, Iowa 10
Game MVP: Quinshon Judkins
Major Storyline: Caleb Downs gets his first two interceptions as a Buckeye.
Matt Tamanini
Score Prediction: Ohio State 34, Iowa 9
Game MVP: Tyleik Williams
Major Storyline: Jim Knowles stops messing around and calls an excellent defensive game.
Continue reading...