2016 Game 9 “Expert” Picks:
Nebraska at
Ohio State (-17)
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CollegeFootballNews.com
http://collegefootballnews.com/2016/nebraska-ohio-state-game-preview-prediction-line-tv
No matter how this game shakes out, this could still be a preview of the Big Ten Championship – but it’s more likely to happen if Nebraska loses.
The Huskers are coming off a loss to Wisconsin, but they’re in even with a loss in Columbus, as long as they win out and the Badgers lose again.
Ohio State’s season is effectively over, though, if it loses.
It’s been panic time in Columbus after the close call against Wisconsin, the fourth quarter collapse against Penn State, and the sluggish win over Northwestern, but 1) the Badgers are fantastic, and there’s no dogging a win in Camp Randall, 2) the Buckeyes had a bad ten minutes against the Nittany Lions where they flat gagged, and 3) the Wildcats are better than you think.
So while this isn’t the Ohio State crushing and killing machine it was over the first month of the season, it’s still very, very good, and the defense is still getting the job done overall.
The Buckeyes are still amazing at stopping opposing passing games, and the turnover margin continues to be terrific, going a +10 on the year and only losing the battle once – in a 58-0 win over Rutgers.
But there is a real, live concern on the offensive front that’s not generating a big-time push. The ground attack is still working – no one’s stopping it cold – but it’s not dominating, and the downfield passing game isn’t able to blow games open.
Basically, Ohio State is playing very Nebraska-like over the last month.
The Huskers are fine. They aren’t sensational, they don’t do anything that keeps coaches up at night, and they aren’t going to come out and hang 45 on the board, but they’re good, sound, and tough.
They don’t make a slew of big mistakes, they play great defense – especially against the pass – and they’re able to keep games tight, for good and for bad. The Huskers tend to play up and down to their competition, but now it’s time to come up with a big, giant win to jumpstart the national interest.
Husker QB Tommy Armstrong has been way too erratic, failing to hit 40% of his passes against Indiana and Wisconsin in the last three games, with two scores and five picks at the wrong time. He has to be fantastic, and he has to be the star – Nebraska can’t win if Armstrong isn’t the story.
But he can’t get the offense to control the clock and the game like he’ll need to. Ohio State might not be sensational this week, and there won’t be anything that happens that gets everyone excited about a national title possibility, but the offense will own the time of possession in a tough, methodical game that’ll win the war of running game attrition.
Ohio State 27 - Nebraska 20
(Part 2)
http://collegefootballnews.com/2016/week-10-college-football-expert-picks-predictions
Fiu -
O
Russ -
O*
Rich -
O*
Phil -
O*
Crow -
O
Con -
O
Dave -
O
Jere -
O
Chris -
O
Schmo -
O*
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BTN.com
http://btn.com/2016/11/01/polls-its-time-to-pick-your-week-10-big-ten-football-winners-2/
Tom Dienhart:
Ohio State 28 - Nebraska 17
Brent Yarina:
Ohio State 31 - Nebraska 16
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CBSSports.com
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/features/writers/expert/picks/straight-up/10
Dennis Dodd -
O*
Jon Solomon -
O*
Jerry Palm -
O*
Tom Fornelli -
O*
Robby Kalland -
O*
Ben Kercheval -
O*
Chip Patterson -
O*
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Big Red Wrap-Up
http://netnebraska.org/interactive-multimedia/sports/big-red-wrap-ohio-state-prediction-0
Kevin Kugler:
Ohio State 31 - Nebraska 21
Blake Lawrence:
Ohio State 31 - Nebraska 24
Damon Benning:
Ohio State 31 - Nebraska 24
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Daily Nebraskan
http://www.dailynebraskan.com/sports/football-score-predictions-nebraska-at-ohio-state/article_6859030a-9f22-11e6-b6a2-5fae16c87044.html
Bret Nierengarten:
Ohio State 34 - Nebraska 17
Michael Dixon:
Ohio State 28 - Nebraska 17
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Associated Press Picks
http://collegefootball.ap.org/article/ap-college-football-picks-lsu-auburn-back-contention
T
he Cornhuskers have not beaten a top-10 team on the road (0-9) since coach Tom Osborne led the Cornhuskers to a victory at Washington in 1997
Ohio State 31 - Nebraska 20
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Athlon Sports
http://athlonsports.com/college-football/predictions-every-college-football-game-week-10-2016
Steven Lassan:
O
Mitch Light:
O
Bryan Fischer:
O
Jim Weber:
O
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ESPN FPI
http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=400869647
Ohio State 86.3% Win
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ESPN Big Ten Blog
http://www.espn.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/138382/week-10-b1g-game-picks-penn-state-on-upset-alert
Brian Bennet:
Ohio State 27 - Nebraska 21
Josh Moyer:
Ohio State 31 - Nebraska 24
Dan Murphy:
Ohio State 35 - Nebraska 21
Jesse Temple:
Ohio State 24 - Nebraska 20
Austin Ward:
Ohio State 31 - Nebraska 17
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FEI Projections
http://www.bcftoys.com/2016-game-projections/
Ohio State 34 - Nebraska 15
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FootballStudyHall
http://www.footballstudyhall.com/2016/11/3/13509036/college-football-week-10-schedule-tv-listings-picks-projections
S&P+:
Ohio State 35.0 - Nebraska 19.5 (OSU 81% win probability)
F+:
Ohio State by 13.6
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