Ohio State has won all of its last three games by 31+ points and all eight of its games against Rutgers by 22+ points. It will look to keep both of those streaks going on Saturday.
Ohio State typically does a good job of avoiding bulletin-board material, and this week has been no different. None of the Buckeyes who met with the media this week predicted a blowout win or talked down on Rutgers. Ryan Day said the Scarlet Knights are “better than they’ve been in the past,” and J.T. Tuimoloau described them as “a sneaky good team.”
Rutgers is ranked ninth in the country in yards allowed per game and has given up only seven offensive touchdowns in four games, and Day is impressed by what he’s seen from the Scarlet Knights defense. Rutgers, meanwhile, has been dealing with multiple injuries at the quarterback position. Noah Vedral, the Scarlet Knights’ starting quarterback for the past two seasons, has not yet played this season due to an upper-body injury. Gavin Wimsatt, a highly touted recruit who split snaps with Evan Simon in Rutgers’ first two games of the season, did not play in the Scarlet Knights’ loss to Iowa last week after limping off the field with an injury in their previous game against Temple.
Evan Simon has been Rutgers’ starting quarterback with Noah Vedral and Gavin Wimsatt both recovering from injuries. Realistically, it would come as a surprise if Rutgers is even able to keep Saturday’s game close, and the Buckeyes will be disappointed if they allow that to happen. The Buckeyes are favored to win Saturday’s game by 40 points, their second-highest spread of the season behind only the non-conference opener against Arkansas State.
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