Saunders Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 2019 Game 5 “Expert” Picks: Ohio State @ Nebraska ————— CollegeFootballNews.com https://collegefootballnews.com/2019/09/ohio-state-vs-nebraska-fearless-prediction-game-preview-2019 Why Nebraska Will Win If anyone has the offensive upside to stay with the Ohio State juggernaut offense, it’s Nebraska at home. The O finally started to kick it in over the last few weeks on the ground. The rushing attack has gotten better in each of the four games, rolling for 238 yards in the win over Northern Illinois – ripping apart the Huskies at will – and destroyed Illinois for 346 yards last week. Somewhat quietly, the offense is looking like it’s supposed to. The explosion is there, the balance is in place, and Adrian Martinez is looking the part. He gave the Buckeyes fits last season with 72 yards and two scores and threw for 266 yards in the loss, and now he’s finding his stride. Ohio State has yet to play an offense with enough playmakers to make the defense worry. Indiana has some nice parts, and Cincinnati has a decent backfield, but for a team that has yet to be pushed in any way, it’s about to have to deal with a cranked up team that’s looking for a signature moment under Scott Frost. Why Ohio State Will Win Nebraska, welcome to Chase Young. It’s partly because Martinez is so mobile and runs so much, but the Nebraska offensive line allows a ton of sacks and too many tackles for loss. Now it has to deal with Mr. Young, who if he isn’t playing like the best defensive pro prospect in college football, he’s not far off. He has taken his pass rushing skills to a whole other level, with seven sacks on the season as an unstoppable disruptive force. He’s not alone, the Ohio State defense is second in the nation in tackles or loss and third in sacks. On the other side, it takes something special to be the most dangerous player in a game with Adrian Martinez. Justin Fields has been every bit the player Ohio State was hoping it was getting when he transferred over. Flawless, he has yet to throw a pick, has thrown 13 touchdown passes, is spreading the ball around well, and he’s running wild when he gets room to move. In terms of skill parts around him, Alabama’s are better, and Clemson’s are fantastic, but Ohio State’s are right there. What’s Going To Happen The Nebraska secondary is about to get lit up like a Christmas tree. The team just doesn’t have the D. Martinez will come up with enough big plays to make it fun early on, and then the Buckeye machine will turn on and pull away in the second half. Both teams will hit their share of home runs, but Ohio State will come up with a defensive stop. Nebraska won’t. Ohio State 45 - Nebraska 23 https://collegefootballnews.com/2019/09/college-football-expert-picks-predictions-week-5 Gill Alexander: Ohio State Jeff Feyerer: Ohio State Pete Fiutak: Ohio State Dan Harralson: Ohio State Phil Harrison: Ohio State* Isaiah Hole: Ohio State Will Hunter: Ohio State Jeremy Mauss: Ohio State Kegan Reaneau: Ohio State Johnny Rosenstein: Ohio State Nick Shepkowski: Ohio State Scott Steehn: Ohio State Keith Stewart: Ohio State Joe Vitale: Ohio State* Chris Wassel: Ohio State Joe Williams: Ohio State ————— Dallas Morning News https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/2019/09/24/our-week-5-college-football-expert-picks-predictions-for-am-arkansas-houston-unt-oklahoma-tech-and-more/ Scott Bell: OSU* Sam Blum: OSU Chuck Carlton: OSU Corby Davidson: OSU Ric Renner: OSU Jose Rodruquez: OSU New Scrugs: OSU Kevin Sherrington: OSU Bret Vito: OSU ————— 247 Sports https://247sports.com/Article/College-football-coach-announces-firing-on-Twitter-vanishes-136049990 Chris Hummer I really like the Buckeyes here. The Huskers are 1-4 against the spread this season (Ohio State is 3-1), and they’re allowed 36 points per game against Power Five competition (Colorado, Illinois) thus far. And if Illinois could drop 38 points on Nebraska, the Buckeyes certainly will. More troubling for Nebraska, perhaps, is its o-line. Illinois had 15 tackles for loss last Saturday, and Ohio State’s front is even better Ohio State 45 - Nebraska 24 Brad Crawford This was a game I considered taking the outright upset in before the season — then I saw Ohio State's offense and noticed Nebraska wasn't the team I thought they'd be. No disrespect to the Huskers, but the ceiling looks like eight wins while the Buckeyes should eclipse double-digits and be in line for a Playoff berth. Ohio State is better up front and Ryan Day's squad will show it in Lincoln. Ohio State 38 - Nebraska 17 ————— ESPN FPI https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401112241 Ohio State - 89.8% Win ————— DRatings https://www.dratings.com/predictor/ncaa-football-predictions/ Ohio State 35 - Nebraska 32 Ohio State - 55.9% Win ————— FOX Sports https://www.foxsports.com/college-football/predictions?season=2019&seasonType=1&week=5 Ohio State 34 - Nebraska 28 Ohio State - 65.3% Win ————— Bill Connelly SP+ https://twitter.com/ESPN_BillC/status/1176919129766453248 Ohio State - 86% Win Ohio State 39 - Nebraska 20 ————— Big Red Wrap-Up http://netnebraska.org/interactive-multimedia/sports/big-red-wrap-ohio-state-prediction-3 Mike’l Severe: Ohio State 34 - Nebraska 31 Jay Moore: Ohio State 38 - Nebraska 24 Steve Sipple: Ohio State 38 - Nebraska 31 ————— More to come... 1 Quote Link to comment
hskrfan4life Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY THINK! WE ARE HERE TO WIN! F THEM AND EVERYONE WHO PICKS AGAINST US! WE WILL WIN! LET'S GO!!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 And they call themselves "experts". Quote Link to comment
It'sNotAFakeID Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 What does DRatings know that the other metrics don't? Quote Link to comment
CapoValley Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 26 minutes ago, It'sNotAFakeID said: What does DRatings know that the other metrics don't? That drugs are rad Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 So basically the opposite of the Colorado game? We should be good..... 3 Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Yeah...this game is (sadly) easy money. Quote Link to comment
4skers89 Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 21 points seems like a reasonable spread for a top 5 team vs. a top 30-35 team (if that highly ranked). OSU respects our program and usually gives us their best game. They will do everything they can to blow us out so I doubt this will be one of their letdown games. I wouldn't be upset over a 21 point loss unless all of our points are in garbage time. That means we were somewhat competitive but were beat by a much better team. Of course a close game would be a better result and provide hope for the future. Illinois getting 15 TFL is concerning. Something other than bad O-line play is going on and OSU will exploit whatever it is even more. Quote Link to comment
huskerfan74 Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 I have a good feeling about this one...I don’t know why but I really believe Nebraska is overdue on a little miracle and it might just happen this Saturday night. I say Huskers 28 - Herbstreits 24. 2 Quote Link to comment
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