Game Thread tOSU at USC, Sat. Oct. 31st, 7:30 pm ET, NBC

[Jaxbuck]

games aren't played on paper

It would have to be a big ass piece of paper if they were

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

It would have to be a big ass piece of paper if they were

it would be several hundred pieces after one play.

 

[scarletngray]

this

USC is a different team in LA


Edit: or so I thought until I actually looked into it. After typing that I had to ask myself what I based that belief on. I realized I’d heard it repeated by a lot of media members, but it wasn’t based on more than that. I don’t have more than numbers to go on, but the numbers do not support USC being significantly better at home.

It is still highly doubtful that an aberration like their performance in Madison will be repeated on Saturday

Good to see you again friend!

 

[jwinslow]

 

[brodybuck21]

 

[Jaxbuck]

56 degrees and a 1/4 inch of rain...misery they say

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

56 degrees and a 1/4 inch of rain...misery they say

better bundle up. don't wanna risk frost bite.

 

[scarletngray]

I don't know about this. Have we ever played in the rain or snow? Asking for a friend.

 

[scarletngray]

USC is #77 in scoring defense giving up an average of 25 points per game.

 

[RB07OSU]

I think we still have to score 24+

They have JJ Smith and the Wisky game isn’t going to happen again.

Fify but in a way that agrees.

 

[gmen6981]

When will the conference schedule these mooks to play at Minnesota in November?

 

[Jaxbuck]

better bundle up. don't wanna risk frost bite.

I've been in L.A. when it gets down into the 50's.

North Face ski stuff wall to wall

(but goddamn do some of them wear it well)

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Neither FPI nor Massey have changed there probabilities of victory for the Buckeyes as a result of Sayin’s injury. Perhaps a few points, but not what I would expect. I posted on this in the Fahey thread… seemed like the best place for it.

What I did not say in that thread is that it costs them nothing to just keep their model more or less where it is and then adjust once they’ve seen Fahey play. But there is a group that none of that applies to; of course I mean the guys who have built steel and glass palaces in the desert. Vegas has not moved the line on this game since before the Sayin injury.

What gives? Is it a coincidence that the Trojans laid a massive egg in Madison on the same day as the injury? That doesn’t seem to be it… they haven’t moved the lines on Ohio State’s other games either. Seems … odd

 

[brodybuck21]

Never Forget!

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

One of the bluebloods with whom we have an all-time losing record. Time to close the gap by 1.