Saunders Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 2016 Game 9 “Expert” Picks: Nebraska at Ohio State (-17) ————— 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* ————— 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 ————— 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* ————— 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 ————— 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 ————— Associated Press Picks http://collegefootball.ap.org/article/ap-college-football-picks-lsu-auburn-back-contention The 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 ————— 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 ————— ESPN FPI http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=400869647 Ohio State 86.3% Win ————— 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 ————— FEI Projections http://www.bcftoys.com/2016-game-projections/ Ohio State 34 - Nebraska 15 ————— 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 ————— 2 Quote Link to comment
Saunders Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 Not even a flyer pick on the Huskers. Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Not even a flyer pick on the Huskers. Moiraine: Nebraska 24 - Ohio State 20 2 Quote Link to comment
Red Five Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 ESPN Big Ten Blog http://www.espn.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/138382/week-10-b1g-game-picks-penn-state-on-upset-alert Austin Ward: Ohio State317 - Nebraska 17 Austin Ward doesn't think much of our defense. 1 Quote Link to comment
Saunders Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 ESPN Big Ten Blog http://www.espn.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/138382/week-10-b1g-game-picks-penn-state-on-upset-alert Austin Ward: Ohio State317 - Nebraska 17 Austin Ward doesn't think much of our defense. Ha, woops. Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 What do asterisks denote? Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 What do asterisks denote? Picked to win, but not cover the spread 1 Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 What do asterisks denote? Picked to win, but not cover the spread got it thank you. If we could pull out the upset this would be the biggest husker win since? Quote Link to comment
Lyons in the Sea of Red. Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Real nervous about this game. OSU has alot more ways to attack our defense than Wisconsin. We essentially had to focus just on the run game and we couldn't handle that. Quote Link to comment
ADS Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Not surprised no one picked Nebraska. A win here would be pretty shocking and a program changer. Quote Link to comment
TAKODA Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Obvioulsy Ohio State U is mocking us with this nice depiction of our game with them! Hope we make them eat it! Quote Link to comment
HuskerInLostWages Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Unfortunately i've been right the last 3 weeks on the poll so this week I chose NU by a score to see if I jinxed us last week. Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I can never bring myself to vote against Nebraska 1 Quote Link to comment
HuskerMav11 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 What do asterisks denote? Picked to win, but not cover the spread got it thank you. If we could pull out the upset this would be the biggest husker win since? This win would be bigger than last year vs MSU, simply due to it being more meaningful for our season, however that was a big win. We beat a #9 MSU in 2011 that was a big game, followed by a #12 Penn State. Unfortunately we got blown out by Michigan that year. In 2010, we beat a #7 Missouri. I think otherwise, you have to go all the way back to 2001, beating a #2 Oklahoma. Quote Link to comment
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