9/29: #14 Ohio State Buckeyes (4-0) @ #20 Michigan State (3-1) [3:30pm ABC]

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• FatHobbit

  

  I have a bad feeling about this game. Our defense is not improving and I can see Sparty running it right down our throats.
• vball10set

  Believe it or not, I'd feel worse about it if it were at home. I think the hostile enviro will give us a jolt, especially our defense.
  
  OSU 24
  Sparty 17
• gerb131

  

  Could go either way. I'll give a slight edge to Sparty being at home.
• sjmvsfscs08

  Slight edge to the Spartans. They won't be able to run the ball, but if they can pass at all they will win. I don't think Ohio State can score often on these guys, the front seven is outrageous and the corners are very solid.
  
  Michigan State 17
  Ohio State 10
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• DeyDurkie5

  

  Buckeyes by 10
• captvern

  This is just what the Buckeyes needed a game that means something. The Bucks by 10
• wes_mantooth

  

  This is the worst buckeye defense I have seen in a long time...I will go with sparty by 6.
• xKoToVxSyNdRoMe

  

  If the OSU run defense steps up I think OSU wins. If Everett Golson can do enough for ND to beat them Miller should be able to do the same. If the run D slows them down, they have no way of scoring.
• vball10set

  End of Line, kudos for knowing the record of our opponent and putting it in the thread title...reps.
• se-alum

  

  I keep thinking Meyer is gonna unveil the full arsenal of this offense, but I just don't think this offense will be good this year. The defense is turrible, and unless they step up, I see Sparty taking this one by 10.
• FatHobbit

  

  se-alum;1279374 wrote:I keep thinking Meyer is gonna unveil the full arsenal of this offense

  It's odd to me how they have at times struggled to get a first down this year, but all of the sudden when they need it they can march right down the field and score.
• vball10set

  FatHobbit;1279395 wrote:It's odd to me how they have at times struggled to get a first down this year, but all of the sudden when they need it they can march right down the field and score.

  It's almost like Meyer says "okay, let the horses out to run", and then after we score a couple of times, it's like, "okay, back in the barn".
• 0311sdp

  Ohio State 24-21, on the legs of Braxton Miller. I think Ohio State will play a little better in a game that means more but I expect Michigan State to have some success running Bell (about 125 yds.) if they can hold him to that, I think OSU can win.
• Terry_Tate

  

  I think this could really be Braxton's coming out party. No chance they win if he struggles and he's a big time player so I think he'll have a good day. Michigan States offense is 97% Bell and 3% Sims so as long as Ohio State keeps Bell in check they will shut down MSU as they have no vertical passing attack.
  
  Ohio State 23
  Michigan State 17
• WebFire

  Before MSU struggled with EMU, I would have picked them without thinking twice. Now I am thinking twice. Should be a good game, but I still think MSU gets the win, though not by much.
• imex99

  

  Excited and nervous about this game. Hopefully hall and Smith can get the running gsne going and the defense down Msu running the ball and a couple turnovers.
• Midstate01

  

  imex99;1279867 wrote:Excited and nervous about this game. Hopefully hall and Smith can get the running gsne going and the defense down Msu running the ball and a couple turnovers.

  
  Sounds like Hyde will be back.
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• Rotinaj

  

  Michigan state sucks. OSU wins 27-20.
• slingshot4ever

  College Gameday will be in East Lansing this weekend.
• bases_loaded

  

  Michigan States offense is the perfect prescription for Ohio States defense
• Benny The Jet

  

  bases_loaded;1280421 wrote:Michigan States offense is the perfect prescription for Ohio States defense

  I agree with this to a point. Yes our secondary blows, thus we'd rather face a team that runs. But, our tackling is ungodly awful. So if Bell gets through the D-Line, he could have a huge game. Our linebackers aren't tackling him and the DB's just trying to put a shoulder into him isn't going to work either.
  I do think our D line will do a good job though, he might break a big one here and there, but for the most part held in check.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  My expectations are so low for this game (I had it as a loss at the start of the season, first away game, first conference game), but with the OSU offense being meh, and with MSU's defense, and the shaky special teams, I do not see a win.
  
  I think OSU can make it a game, but the offense being inconsistent and the defense giving up big plays and not sound fundamentally, I see MSU running away with it late.
  
  Now, I'll miss the game mostly, friends wedding, so if they win, it is a great surprise.