tOSU at Minnesota, Thurs. Sep 2nd, 8 ET on Fox

[Bestbuck36]

Freaking uncanny the plays from practice and then the plays from games matching up damn near identically! If that isnt a ridiculous recruiting and motivational tool, one doesn't exist.

 

[Drubuck]

 

[Telekinesis]

A wise man once said…

“Ha-ha! Fuck you, gopher! Now you’re dead!”

https://www.igra-world.com/kill-gophers-with-bleach-and-ammonia/

Go Bucks!

 

[JCOSU86]

Happy Buckeye Eve! (or is it "Merry Buckeye Eve, I never can remember)

1 thing I do remember - we must kill all the gophers

 

[Don Muenz]

Whack-A-Gopher Day's Eve.......

 

[AJHawkfan]

It'll be close in the first half; we'll open it up in the second and score a final TD in garbage time to make it look worse than it was. There will be a lot of things to be happy about, but also plenty of things to get fixed before Oregon comes to town next weekend. I'll guess a final score of 45-24

 

[Zurp]

It'll be close in the first half; we'll open it up in the second and score a final TD in garbage time to make it look worse than it was. There will be a lot of things to be happy about, but also plenty of things to get fixed before Oregon comes to town next weekend. I'll guess a final score of 45-24

I'll guess the opposite: We'll open up with maybe 28-3 halftime lead. We'll go all-vanilla on both sides and the second half will be won by Minnesota, to make the final about 42-24.

 

[Jaxbuck]

In the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir, gopher'.

 

[cincibuck]

Preseason Test Flight - looks like we're ready to go!

 

[Buckeneye]

In the words of Bill Murray "Fall back on superior firepower and superior intelligence".

Also I noticed most books have tOSU -14. Anyone besides myself looking at taking a (small) cover?

 

[Bestbuck36]

In the words of Bill Murray "Fall back on superior firepower and superior intelligence".

Also I noticed most books have tOSU -14. Anyone besides myself looking at taking a (small) cover?

Already took a large one.

 

[BB73]

I’m feeling 38-17. Gophers run defense was very bad last year, and their running attack barely got 4.5 ypc, which I don’t think they’ll average tomorrow night.

 

[ScarletInMyVeins]

I’m feeling 38-17. Gophers run defense was very bad last year, and their running attack barely got 4.5 ypc, which I don’t think they’ll average tomorrow night.

I think 17 points sound right for Minnesota, however, I think we score more than 38.

 

[Jaxbuck]

I already can't sleep. This is literally Christmas for ohians.

Well technically, that starts as soon as the game before The Game hits 0:00 but a new season starting is like Halloween.

 

[Buckeneye]

Already took a large one.

I'm conflicted, because I feel Minny could do enough offensively to limit possessions and keep tOSU offense off the field. By the same mold, I think the Bucks can do the same thing. We have a mammoth Oline (my thoughts on our straight drop pass pro aside) who will move bodies off the ball.

I also believe Day will be intent on keeping our young QB from harming the offense in any way. So the points might just not be 40+...

It remains to be seen if the minny defense has improved and by that same token - the Buckeye secondary. Tanner Morgan is good enough to exploit them if they play like last year.

I guess that's why I'm feeling a 10-13 point win feeling about right.

Anyone care to chime in and possibly correct my thinking?