*** 2016 Game 9 "Expert" Picks: Nebraska at Ohio State***

What is the outcome of the game?

  • Ohio State wins and covers.

    Votes: 5 10.4%

  • Ohio State wins and doesn't cover.

    Votes: 23 47.9%

  • Nebraska wins by one score.

    Votes: 19 39.6%

  • Nebraska wins by multiple scores.

    Votes: 1 2.1%
  • Total voters
    48
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Heisman Trophy Winner
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

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

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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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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.

 
Not surprised no one picked Nebraska. A win here would be pretty shocking and a program changer.

 
Obvioulsy Ohio State U is mocking us with this nice depiction of our game with them!

Hope we make them eat it!

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Nebfanatic said:
GSG5545 said:
Nebfanatic said:
What do asterisks denote?
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Picked to win, but not cover the spread
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got it thank you.

If we could pull out the upset this would be the biggest husker win since?
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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.

 
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