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tOSU @ Northwestern, Sat Nov 5, 12pm, ABC

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A few pregame facts concerning the series....

1. After losing in 2004, Ohio State has won the last nine meetings by a combined score of 388 to 121, or 43.1 to 13.4 on a per game basis. During the streak, Ohio State has scored 40 or more points seven times.

2. Ohio State leads the series 64-14-1, for a winning percentage of .816, which actually isn't the Buckeyes' most dominant performance against the "original" members of the Big Ten. Ohio State owns the Indiana series with a record of 77-12-5 (.846 winning percentage) and the Minnesota series with a record of 46-7 (.868 winning percentage).

3. During the first ten contests (1913-1931), Ohio State held only a narrow advantage in the series. The Buckeyes won six games while losing four (.600 winning percentage), including three in a row from 1929 to 1931, which marks Wildcats' only three-game winning streak against the Buckeyes.

4. During the next twelve contests (1932-1943), Ohio State did only slightly better, posting a record of 7-4-1 (.625 winning percentage). The Wildcats won back-to-back games in 1940 and 1941, their second winning streak in the series.

5. The Buckeyes really started to pull away from the Wildcats from 1945 to 1963, when they won 13 of 17 contests (.765 winning percentage) and increased their overall record in the series to 26-12-1 (.679 winning percentage). The Wildcats won back-to-back games in 1962 and 1963, their third and final winning streak in the series.

6. Since 1964, the Buckeyes have absolutely dominated the series, posting a record of 38-2 (.950 winning percentage) against the hapless Wildcats. In those 38 victories, Ohio State scored 40+ points twenty times; 50+ points twelve times; 60+ points four times; and even hit the 70-point mark on one occasion (a 70-6 curb stomping in 1981).

7. Ohio State has shut out Northwestern sixteen times, the most recent being a 20-0 whitewashing in 2003, while Northwestern has shut out Ohio State three times. The teams played to a 0-0 tie in 1938.

8. Twice the Buckeyes have beaten the Wildcats by the strange score of 6-2, the first time in 1956 and the second time in 1967.
 
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UNAVAILABLE
WR JAXON SMITH-NJIGBA
RB TREVEYON HENDERSON
CB CAMERON BROWN
S KOURT WILLIAMS
RB TC CAFFEY
RB EVAN PRYOR
DE MITCHELL MELTON
WR KAMRYN BABB
CB LLOYD MCFARQUHAR
LS BRADLEY ROBINSON
LB JALEN PACE
RB CAYDEN SAUNDERS

Ryan Day said this week he expects to see true freshman Dallan Hayden and Arizona State transfer Chip Trayanum, who switched over from linebacker to running back following a season-ending injury to walk-on TC Caffey, receive snaps in the backfield against Northwestern. Fellow walk-on running back Cayden Saunders is also out for Saturday’s game.

Just sayin': The old coaches' adage that "you can't have too may RBs is definitely true".
 
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I just heard that TreVeyon isn’t playing today. What’s up with that? Is he sick? Did he get hurt in practice this week? I don’t recall him getting dinged up at PSU at all. I wonder what’s wrong.

Hopefully Miyan’s hand is fine. Day said during the week that he’d gotten it tangled up in the linesman’s chain when he was falling out of bounds.
 
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Ryan Day said this week he expects to see true freshman Dallan Hayden and Arizona State transfer Chip Trayanum, who switched over from linebacker to running back following a season-ending injury to walk-on TC Caffey, receive snaps in the backfield against Northwestern.
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It will be interesting to see how Chip Trayanum does at RB.

 
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Ohio State will top 80 points
The Buckeyes will certainly have an opportunity to blow out a conference opponent this afternoon. Northwestern is allowing almost 29 points per game (12th in the Big Ten and 83rd in the FBS) while Ohio State is scoring 49 points per game (1st in-conference, 2nd in the FBS).

While the average is a far cry from 80, the Buckeyes did drop 77 against Toledo earlier this season. The Wildcats also gave up a relative offensive explosion against Iowa last week (33 points). The question remaining is when the Buckeyes’ starters will stick around and keep dropping scores through the fourth quarter.
Might we see an 80-plus point performance from the Buckeyes today?
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Just sayin': Hell, hang 100 on them (it's called "style points" now).....:lol:
 
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Well I don't like seeing all of our RBs out in Evanston with high winds and rain...which also means a true frosh is going to carry the ball in wet conditions. And who knows if Meatball is full go, but I hope to the Midwestern gods that he is. Not saying I don't have confidence in Hayden, he's very talented and shown a lot, but the conditions will be tough for any RB to play in.

That said, lets slap these over-turfing, wind city nerds in the face and put up 50 on them! We have a new Buckeye game watch in Boise and luckily it is at my favorite sports bar. Will be a nice change of scenery. Beer will be had, wings will be had, and a Buckeyes victory will be had. I will keep a running treat tally for my pup when I get home, but he has the Buckeye scarf on per the usual. LET'S GO BUCKS!
 
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Hetuck said:
I just heard that TreVeyon isn’t playing today. What’s up with that? Is he sick? Did he get hurt in practice this week? I don’t recall him getting dinged up at PSU at all. I wonder what’s wrong.

Hopefully Miyan’s hand is fine. Day said during the week that he’d gotten it tangled up in the linesman’s chain when he was falling out of bounds.
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He was limping all over the sidelines the whole 4th quarter. Just sucked it up and played his ass off anyways, but you could tell he was dinged up.
 
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GO BUCKEYES !!!!!
HIT EM AND BEAT EM AND SCRATCH EM AND PUMMEL EM AND SMASH EM AND SHOVE THEIR FACES IN THE DIRT/FAKE TURF AND STEAL THEIR WOMEN AND PILLAGE AND BURN !
GO BUCKEYES !!!!
 
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