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Ohio State vs. Northwestern: 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. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes will be playing the Northwestern Wildcats in the ridiculously jacked-up “football field” inside the friendly confines of Wrigley Field on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 12 noon ET in a game to be broadcast on the Big Ten Network. As of this article’s writing, the Bucks are 28.5-point favorites according to FanDuel Sportsbook. College football’s gold-standard advanced analytics model SP+ is predicting a score of 37-6 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 38, Northwestern 6
Game MVP: Will Howard
Major Storyline: It will be a big day for Ohio State linebacker Cody Simon.
Score Prediction: Ohio State 35, Northwestern 7
Game MVP: Jeremiah Smith
Major Storyline: Ohio State could have scored 50+ but grew concerned about players getting hurt IN A BASEBALL STADIUM NOT DESIGNED FOR FOOTBALL!
Score Prediction: Ohio State 38, Northwestern 7
Game MVP: Carnell Tate
Major Storyline: Two touchdowns for Carnell Tate in his homecoming game.
Score Prediction: Ohio State 38, Northwestern 6
Game MVP: Will Howard
Major Storyline: Howard has the best game of his Ohio State career so far... while playing in a baseball stadium.
Score Prediction: Ohio State 38, Northwestern 9
Game MVP: Quinshon Judkins
Major Storyline: The venue! Plus, the return of Tyleik Williams and what it means for the defense moving forward.
Score Prediction: Ohio State 52, Northwestern 6
Game MVP: Carnell Tate
Major Storyline: Escaping with zero injuries playing on the wacky Wrigley setup.
Score Prediction: Ohio State 42, Northwestern 10
Game MVP: Quinshon Judkins
Major Storyline: Ohio State comes out of this week’s game at Wrigley healthy, setting the table for next week’s showdown with Indiana.
Score Prediction: Ohio State 42, Northwestern 6
Game MVP: Carnell Tate
Major Storyline: Carnell Tate will score two touchdowns in his return to his hometown.
Score Prediction: Ohio State 42, Northwestern 0
Game MVP: Sonny Styles
Major Storyline: Sonny Styles talked about being angry that Purdue got into the red zone last week, and I think the defense is going to go out and shoot for back-to-back shutouts as they head into the stretch run of the season.
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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 Jason Mowry/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. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes will be playing the Northwestern Wildcats in the ridiculously jacked-up “football field” inside the friendly confines of Wrigley Field on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 12 noon ET in a game to be broadcast on the Big Ten Network. As of this article’s writing, the Bucks are 28.5-point favorites according to FanDuel Sportsbook. College football’s gold-standard advanced analytics model SP+ is predicting a score of 37-6 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.
Michael Citro
Score Prediction: Ohio State 38, Northwestern 6
Game MVP: Will Howard
Major Storyline: It will be a big day for Ohio State linebacker Cody Simon.
Josh Dooley
Score Prediction: Ohio State 35, Northwestern 7
Game MVP: Jeremiah Smith
Major Storyline: Ohio State could have scored 50+ but grew concerned about players getting hurt IN A BASEBALL STADIUM NOT DESIGNED FOR FOOTBALL!
Justin Golba
Score Prediction: Ohio State 38, Northwestern 7
Game MVP: Carnell Tate
Major Storyline: Two touchdowns for Carnell Tate in his homecoming game.
Dan Hessler
Score Prediction: Ohio State 38, Northwestern 6
Game MVP: Will Howard
Major Storyline: Howard has the best game of his Ohio State career so far... while playing in a baseball stadium.
Jami Jurich
Score Prediction: Ohio State 38, Northwestern 9
Game MVP: Quinshon Judkins
Major Storyline: The venue! Plus, the return of Tyleik Williams and what it means for the defense moving forward.
Connor Lemons
Score Prediction: Ohio State 52, Northwestern 6
Game MVP: Carnell Tate
Major Storyline: Escaping with zero injuries playing on the wacky Wrigley setup.
Brett Ludwiczak
Score Prediction: Ohio State 42, Northwestern 10
Game MVP: Quinshon Judkins
Major Storyline: Ohio State comes out of this week’s game at Wrigley healthy, setting the table for next week’s showdown with Indiana.
Gene Ross
Score Prediction: Ohio State 42, Northwestern 6
Game MVP: Carnell Tate
Major Storyline: Carnell Tate will score two touchdowns in his return to his hometown.
Matt Tamanini
Score Prediction: Ohio State 42, Northwestern 0
Game MVP: Sonny Styles
Major Storyline: Sonny Styles talked about being angry that Purdue got into the red zone last week, and I think the defense is going to go out and shoot for back-to-back shutouts as they head into the stretch run of the season.
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