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Here's what you need to know: Ohio State is currently favored by 24 over Illinois with an over/under of 51½.
You have to go all the way back to 2006 to find a line this big in the series, when that Ohio State team, led by Troy Smith and firing on all cylinders, entered the game as 25½ point favorites before eking out a 17-10 road win over the fighting Illini.
Got it? Good. Now it's time for you to submit a comment with your prediction for the final score of Saturday's tilt with Illinois. If you nail the score—or come closest—a new shirt from Eleven Warriors Dry Goods is yours. It will turn heads.
Last week, bassplayer7770 did the unthinkable by winning the contest with the first comment in the thread. So alpha.
The fine print:
- Must be 18 years-old or older.
- One entry/comment per person.
- Duplicate predictions are ineligible — first come, first serve.
- If Ohio State loses this game, there will be no contest winner. You're still free to enter a score, but there will be no shirt in sadness.
- Deadline for entries is kickoff.
Good luck!
Comments
49-10 Good guys
“Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.” - Woody
62-14 Buckeyes
OSU 49-17
If it's too loud, then you're too old!!
OSU - 35
Illini - 10
42-13 Bucks
45-15 ohio state
I dont know karate but i do know crazy and i'm not afraid to use it.
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56-17 Bucks
48 - 10 Bucks
70 - 13 tOSU
"Do not pray for an easy life. Rather, pray for the the strength to endure a difficult one" - Bruce Lee
45-0 Buckeyes. There is downright awful football being played by the Fightin Ex Zookers right now.
4-6 seconds from point A to point B and when you get to point B, be pissed off
41 14 Ohio State
49-3.
38-12 Good Guys
I have no idea, so just for kicks I'm going to forget everything I know about Illinois and go with 17-10 Bucks.
56-14, Bucks
52 - 7 tOSU
If Denard Robinson isn't careful with spooning all that food into his mouth, he's going to end up lookin' like Whoopi Goldberg
52-17, Guiton throws a TD pass.
Dan Isaacs
52 - 21
buckeyes!!!
"We have always had the best damn band in the land, now we have the best damn team in the land"- Jim Tressel 1-03-03
49-7, good guys
33-10
21-20 Bucks.
49-15
56-13
dont see any fg's for the bucks in this one, unless its somehow a close game
31-9 Buckeyes
55 - 17 OSU
49-21 OSU
63-7, Ohio State.
56 - 24 Tosu...
"GIMMIE THAT BEAT FOOL!!! IT A FULL TIME JACK MOVE" Ice Cube jack for beats..
51-17 TOSU
Ohio Stae 56
Illinois 20
44-18 bucks
34-17 Bucks!
PlanningBuck
"Anything easy ain't worth a damn" - Woody Hayes
OSU - 41
Illini - 10
49-13 OSU
OSU 31 - IU 23
Hey, they had a down week vs. Purdue & Indiana after a high vs. MSU and Neb.
I sense another down performance. Illinois, for some reason, always plays them well (not Purdue well, but well).
Oh well, the best thing about being 10 and 0 is it gives you the chance to go 11 and 0.
63-17 Buckeyes
54 - 6 Bucks....
45-17 Go Bucks!
"Winter is coming" - Urban Meyer
Ohio State 49-14
42 - 7 OSU
73-16 OSU
35-21 osu
38-17 bucks
73-21 Ohio state.
56-10 Bucks!
59-10 Buckeyes roll in my first trip to The Shoe in 8 years.
Family ties? Deep cut, there, 11W.
OSU 42 - Illini 10
35-17 OSU go BUCKS!
Buckeye 4 Life!
42 - 3 We almost blank them.
You can kill a fly with your slipper or a cannon. Either way, the fly dies. -Ramzy
OSU 35 Ill 27
Stupid Screens passes the achilles heel in this one just like Toledo last year
38-21 Bucks
70-24
62-0 Ohio State. I might as well continue predicting that we won't play down to our opponents. I'm bound to be right at some point.
48 - 17 Bucks
Bucks 21 Illinois 17
OSU 35, Illinois 18
Real fans stay for Carmen.
OSU 35
Illinois 3
45-7 ... Illinios has looked pretty bad, this is the silver bullets' coming out party.
Buckeyes: 63
Illini: 20
"Because we couldn't go for three"
Ohio State 50 Illinois 0
OSU-84 Illini-3
Because we couldn't go for three.
41-13 Buckeyes
OSU 33-11
52-13 Bucks
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
42-10 Good guys!
48-27
Bucks 62
Illini 10
Ohio State wins 44-20
"What we do in life echoes in eternity"
52-10 Bucks
42-24 Bucks
52-24 Good Guys.
Class of 2008
Did I win this?
Class of 2008
I dont know dmurder had 52-21
63 - 14 OSU
47 - 20 OSU
53 to 11 OSU
Go Bucks
54-17 good guys
"You might outsmart me, but you'll never outwork me"
Wayne Woodrow Hayes
63-10 good guys. Illibuck will be OURS!
66 - 10 Buckeyes. Illini TD comes in the 2nd half with 2nd stringers in. Braxton/Kenny G combine for 400 yards of offense and 7 TD's.
48-7 bucks
31-19 OSU
42-0 buckeyes
...and Michigan still sucks.
87-13 OSU
42-14 OSU
How about 45-10... Also, remember this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJaO2woGAGI
51-7 Buckeyes.
The scores in this thread are hilarious.
Wayne Woodrow Hayes
45-10 tOSU
48-20 OSU
38-13 Buckeyes.
OSU 38 - Ill 10
56-7 Bucks
I wouldn't cheer for Michigan if they were playing the Taliban.
35-16 Ohio State
OSU 45 - 13 Illinois
why not, a shut out 45 - 0 bucks
55-7 bucks
49-10 good guys
~Because we couldn't go for three~
38-17 Bucks
63-3 Buckeyes
45-17 Buckeyes
41-7 OSU
42-34 OSU by a squeaker. We play to our competition... Unfortunately.
54-7 Ohio State.
84-7 Bucks. 3rd team D gives up a touchdown in garbage time.
42-17 tOSU
44-12 BUCKS!
42-27 OSU over Illini!
42-7 Buckeyes
59 - 9 Buckeyes!
55 - 9 OSU
38-16 Bucks
77 - 7 Buckeyes!
No relation to OSUFORLIFE...
Almost snaked my pick, dude...
77-0 Buckeyes
"The revolution will be televised."
45-20 BUCKS
GO BUCKS
48-13 Buckeyes
63-10 Buckeyes
55-6
70-10 Buckeyes
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
TOSU 58 Illi 21
52 - 20 Bucks
70-12!! tOSU
I like football
63-13 tOSU!
Fighting Tebow's favorite team, Ohio State - 56
Flailing Illini - 9
61-13, The Best Damn Team In the Land
"There is a force that makes us all brothers, no one goes his way alone." --Woody Hayes
42-21 o state
36-12 Bucks!
I am not sure what the score will be but I think the Turtle Man has a better shot at getting the Illi-Buck than the Illini do!
Thats ho they do it in S-E-C country! YE-YE-YE-YE-YE!
34 Fighting Bucknuts
14 flatlining Illini (& alma mater)
46-17 good guys
"We hate to lose, but when we do, rest assured we'll be back, and someone will pay the price." Coach Hayes
52-9 tOSU
49 - 0 home team!
38-10 tOSU
Think this one is closer than nearly everyone thinks... 31-17 Ohio State... slow start and rough finish again...be nice to see Kenny G and Rod Smith get in there with a big lead early but who knows.
OSU 28
Chief Petergeist 14
OSU 42
The Fighting Reasons Beckman's Losing Weight 17
JT
44-10 Kerry Coombs
48-17 OSU
48-20 OSU
44-13 Bucks
"It's just another case of there you are". ~ Doc (1918-2012)
37 - 20 tOSU.
I also predict that Illini will be tied or ahead of OSU after the 1st quarter. :(
This is probably the closest prediciton any one has made yet, sad but true we start VERY slow for some reason.
JT
59-13 tOSU
tOSU: 49
illini: 19
tOSU: 28
Illinois: 24
56 - 20 Bucks
I will call it for the Buckeyes 48-16!
Buckeyes 48-30
59-20 OSU
Those who stay will be CHAMPIONS!
~Bo Schembechler
41-24 Ohio State.
Go Bucks.
48-2
56-13
Urban Assault
44-17 Buckeyes
38-3 Buckeyes
42-12 Bucks!
The world is full of kings & queens who'll blind your eyes & steal your dreams - it's heaven & hell - Ronnie James Dio.
27 - 13
OSU
48 - 9
51-13 Buckeyes roll
Can't believe I just put all 154 predictions in my spread sheet.... I'm going with buckeyes 55-9
Ohio State's band SLAUGHTERED Michigan's band. If this were a football game, it would have been Florida State vs. Savannah State. - SB Nation following OSU vs. UM 2012
47-14 BUCKEYES!
let's do 49-16 buxors
the kids are playing their tail off, and the coaches are screwing it up! - JLS
59-17 Buckeyes. Guiton plays the entire 4th quarter and adds ten points to a score that is 49-10 at the end of the third. The bullets give up a late TD that is meaningless and the illini have one other TD drive fueled largely by a couple of those pesky personal fouls that we've been accumulating for having the nerve to hit the QB a moment after he releases the ball. Brax and Hyde both top 100 yards. Miller throws for another 170, and Smith and Dunn both get some quality time on the field, as well.
"Woody would have wanted it that way"
23-17, Buckeyes.
39-18 Buckeyes!
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. - Woody Hayes
First post on the site!
Buckeyes 40-14
one more helmet sticker for you sir... welcome to the club.
The illini usually play the Bucks tough, so I'll be realistic and say:
Buckeyes 73
iLLLLLLLinois 0
(see what i did there... kinda like the old LLLLLLoyd Carr thing!)
Ohio State: 44
Illinois: 6
"You win with people." - Woody Hayes
35 - 16 tOSU
OSU - 32
Illinois - 17
Bucks 29-14.
42-39 Ohio State. But defense blows once again.
28-0 osu