Toledo @tOSU, Sat Sep 17, 7 ET on Fox

[BB73]

Buckeyes will play the Rockets for the fourth time ever. Ohio State has won all of the prior matchups:

1998 in Columbus, 49-0

2009 in Cleveland, 38-0

2011 in Columbus, 27-22

 

[5 STAR U-G-A]

Buckeyes will play the Rockets for the fourth time ever. Ohio State has won all of the prior matchups

On the other hand...

 

[Don Muenz]

On the other hand...

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Wut about Slappy Appy State?

 

[5 STAR U-G-A]

Wut about Slappy Appy State?

Unfortunately I think TTUN won the second match up against them several years later. The first game is still all anyone remembers.

 

[cjmik_75]

Makes for an interesting reunion...

 

[ScriptOhio]

Could the Rockets be a potential trap game?

Bottom line
Toledo will put up more of a fight than will Arkansas State, but I don’t think that the Buckeyes’ 100-year streak of in-state wins is in any danger. The Rockets haven’t seen the team speed that Ohio State will bring to the game. No, not even from Notre Dame last season. Consequently, they’ll have difficulty covering the receivers and getting to C.J. Stroud. TreVeyon Henderson should be able to break a long one, or two.

OSU leads the head-to-head series, 3-0, winning in 1998 (49-0), 2009 (38-0), and 2011 (27-22). Don’t look for a repeat of the close game in 2011. That’s the year that the Buckeyes went 6-7 with Luke Fickell as interim head coach. I see the Bucks returning to the earlier form, with Finn leading the Rockets to a few points.

Final score: Ohio State 55, Toledo 16.

 

[Zurp]

Don’t look for a repeat of the close game in 2011. That’s the year that the Buckeyes went 6-7 with Luke Fickell as interim head coach.

The Bucks also had some nerd named Joe Bauserman play quarterback in 2011.
Ohio State got 301 yards of total offense. Yikes.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/312530194

 

[BB73]

Bump for game week.

 

[Poe McKnoe]

I have a complicated history with the University of Toledo. May they lose decisively, but go on to win the MAC.

Go Bucks.

 

[LordJeffBuck]

2011 in Columbus, 27-22

This game was an ill omen for the 2011 season....

Toledo's Eric Page (coming off an All American season in 2010) had 16 touches for 214 total yards and 2 TDs. Toledo outgained Ohio State 338 yards to 301(!) yards and probably should've won the game, but Ohio State was bailed out by a fourth quarter 69-yard punt return TD by Chris Fields (remember him?) and a late TD by Carlos Hyde to seal the 5-point victory.

After beating a pair of MAC opponents (Akron, Toledo) in the first two weeks of the season, Ohio State would go 4-7 against its Power5 opponents (and that's including the miracle finish against Wisconsin - Braxton Miller to Devin Smith) and then get whacked by the NCAA for Tattoogate. Luke Fickell would get fired a the end of the season and then Urban Meyer would make history in Columbus.

 

[Bestbuck36]

Let's do 50-10 this week. That would be an improvement on both sides of the ball and keep our PPG against at a very respectable 10.67

 

[twister55]

ohio st afford no let downs after all the early upsets this year

 

[ScarletInMyVeins]

Buckeyes will play the Rockets for the fourth time ever. Ohio State has won all of the prior matchups:

1998 in Columbus, 49-0

2009 in Cleveland, 38-0

2011 in Columbus, 27-22

So we should expect to score only 16 points? Is that what you're saying?

 

[Zurp]

So we should expect to score only 16 points? Is that what you're saying?

Meh. It's a strange phenomenon that people try to find more complicated patterns than they should.
Look: the pattern is that Ohio State scores more points than Toledo does. It's that simple.

 

[JCOSU86]

Burke needs to play better or Toledo will hang around for too long.