northcoast goy ohio state
Real Animal
5* North Carolina -4
4* Alabama -3
3* Arkannsas +13
3* Missouri -27
JB Sports
Nebraska
UNC
NC St
Penn St
W Vir
Boston College
Lt Profits
Nebraska
Iowa
Indiana
Preferred Picks
4* Iowa
3* Louisville - OK St - LSU
Score
500 Georgia
400-N Mexico
300 Ohio St
300 Wake Forrest
Carolina Sports
4* Oh St - Okla St
3* S Car - T A&M - SMU - Marsh - Mich
ASA
7-Star GAME OF THE YEAR Ohio State (-11) over Northwestern
Talk about line value. Ohio State is an 11-point favorite in this game when they basically have the same team from a year ago when they were favored by 24 at home. Yes, Ohio State isn’t as good offensively as they were a year ago but the defense is again outstanding. On defense, Northwestern is without standouts defensive end Vince Browne and linebacker Malcolm Arrington, who is out for the season. Both have knee injuries. Offensively the Wildcats are now without running back Omar Conteh after suffering a knee injury in a non-contact drill at Wednesday's practice. Conteh became the starter after Tyrell Sutton suffered a regular-season ending wrist injury against Indiana a few weeks back. The Wildcats will now turn to their 3rd and 4th string backs that have a combined 10 career carries for 20 yards. That makes Northwestern one-dimensional on offense against a Buckeye defense which ranks 7th in the nation in total yards allowed. Ohio State’s stop unit held a potent Penn State offense that averages 459.8 ypg, 41.8 ppg to just 281 total yards and just 13-points two weeks ago. OSU has held 7 of their nine foes this season to 17-points or less with their only really bad showing coming at USC. With a week off you can bet the OSU coaching staff will have the Buckeye’s defense ready to play here against the Wildcats gimmick offense. Last year Ohio State beat Northwestern 58-7 and lead 45-0 at halftime. In fact the last 3 years the Buckeyes have won this series by a combined score of 160-24 which also saw OSU favored by 20+ points in all three games. With a week to put the PSU loss behind them the Buckeyes will be anxious to get back on the football field and pound someone. Northwestern is off a fortunate win over Minnesota as they picked off a pass with just 12 seconds left in the game and returned it for the game winning TD. Statistically, Minnesota outplayed them but that late INT was the difference. NU has not played a very tough schedule and is over-rated by the oddsmakers in our opinion. Northwestern did beat Minnesota and Iowa but those teams are middle of the pack Big 10 teams. The one good team they played was Michigan State and they got beat 20-37. Ohio State on the other hand has faced a much better schedule and just won at Michigan State 45-7. Ohio State is a solid 9-4-1 ATS on the road when coming off a straight up home loss and they have covered 13 of their last 17 away. Northwestern on the other hand is just 4-10 ATS at home when coming off a SU road underdog win and just 1-5 ATS as a double digit dog in that same setting. We have gotten some great reports out of the Ohio State camp this week that it’s been a great two weeks of practice and Tressel has the team really focused for this Saturday’s game. A highly motivated OSU team that is anxious to get back on the field will pound the Wildcats this weekend. Lay the small number with Ohio State.
Insider Sports Report
5* San Jose St. -7
Range: -5.5 to -9
4* W. Michigan +7.5
Range: +9 to +5.5
4* Notre Dame/Boston College OVER 45
Range: 43.5 to 46
3* Nebraska -1.5
Range: +.5 to -3
Teddy June
Clemson
Louisville
Iowa St
Oklahoma St
Vanderbilt
Donn Wagner
All 4*
Iowa
Iowa Under
LSU
LSU Under
Vandy
USC Under
NBA
4* NO
3* IND
3* Port Under
ARCHWAY SPORTS
3* OHIO ST
2* IOWA
1* FLORIDA
ROOT
Perfect Play GOY Iowa
EXECUTIVE
500 Wake Forest
300 Duke
300 Clemson
300 BC
Underdog
SMU