Ohio State's Emotional Win Sets Pace for Schedule Ahead
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00:02 They're laying 14 and a half on the road, Joe, under the lights.
00:06 45 and a half is the total.
00:09 I, again, I just think it's going to be very difficult for Wisconsin to score points here.
00:13 It might not be, Carver.
00:15 You know, I broke this game down at the start of the week and it looked like,
00:18 oh yeah, Ohio State would roll because they rolled Penn State and how they won
00:22 Marvin Harrison Jr.
00:23 But I will say this about Wisconsin.
00:25 Two things.
00:26 They have a running back in Braylon Allen.
00:28 They're still averaging well over 170 rushing yards per game.
00:32 Braylon Allen averaging five yards per carry.
00:36 Did rush for over 100 yards against the Illini last week.
00:39 And the kid block that took over for Tanner Mordecai did throw for two touchdowns in the
00:45 comfort behind.
00:46 Why is that important?
00:47 Well, he might be a better fit for the offense than Mordecai.
00:51 You know, Mordecai had only thrown three touchdown passes with Phil Longo.
00:55 They were supposed to be this explosive, you know, wide open attack.
00:58 Maybe Locke understands the system a little bit better.
01:02 And so, you know, again, we talk about a night game, Ohio State coming off the emotional
01:06 win on the road and camp Randall.
01:09 We knew that Penn State did have early success in terms of the rushing attack.
01:13 I lean to Wisconsin here.
01:15 I like Wisconsin catching two touchdowns and a field goal.
01:18 Similar type of situation.
01:20 You don't have to win it.
01:21 You just got to keep it close.
01:23 You know, the fan base is going to be involved.
01:25 Luke Fickle coming up against his former team in terms of this type of environment.
01:30 He's an Ohio guy.
01:32 I think he's going to have them ready.
01:33 And that's secondary for Wisconsin.
01:36 Granted, they haven't seen a quarterback or wide receiver like Marvin Harrison to date,
01:41 but they're only giving up 100 and 156 passing yards over the past few weeks.
01:46 56% completion percentage.
01:49 To me, that's the difference.
01:51 Yeah, I mean, I'm probably not going to play this one, Joe, but I would lay it if I had to.
01:58 I like the points.
01:59 I like the points a lot in that game.
02:01 Yeah, like I just Ohio.
02:03 This is a game.
02:04 It just feels like this is going to be a bully game for a state.
02:09 It was.
02:09 I'm not so sure about that.
02:11 Not that good.
02:12 I know.
02:12 I know they're not.
02:14 But I agree with you.
02:14 They're not good, right?
02:16 They're not.
02:16 They're not what we thought they were at the start of the year.
02:19 But this Super Bowl under the lights with a crazy atmosphere, crazy crowd.
02:25 Look, we saw Ohio State's struggle with Notre Dame.
02:28 Same type of situation.
02:30 Notre Dame is a decent football team.
02:34 Notre Dame is a good quarterback.
02:36 I don't think it's the same situation at all.
02:41 I think Wisconsin just is not good football.
02:43 They lost at home to Iowa a few weeks ago.
02:45 Iowa, we had a water boy playing quarterback.
02:48 I just can't see them covering this number against Ohio State.
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