Welcome back to Friday Night Fights.
This is your chance to prove to yourself, or to others, that you are an expert in predicting Ohio State's football success. FNF keeps the receipts and shows everyone how good your takes were – if you are feeling particularly bold, get in the comments and defend your take.
When we last fought, Ohio State's defense won the day against the Nittany Kitties while the dumpster fire in Ann Arbor flamed on. Congrats to Teeedawg for my FNF Take of the Week:
Pretty on the nose! Well-executed prediction from Teee here, hopefully he didn't steal any signs to make it.
Here's how FNF works:
- Vote in the Strawpolls for each question.
- Comment below with how you think the game will go. Be bold, funny, correct, or a mixture of the three.
- Check in on Fridays to see if your take gets framed. Then we'll rinse and repeat next Friday.
Here's how you voted last week:
Question 1: Which team will win the yardage battle, and by how much?
I think up until PSU's last drive, Marv was keeping pace in terms of yardage with the entire PSU offense as a whole. That's pretty amazing.
Question 2: Who will lead the game in rushing yards (across both teams)?
In hindsight, this was a pretty dumb question to ask when we had no idea which of the OSU running backs would be available. Still not gonna stop me from doing it again, though.
Question 3: How many explosive plays of 20 yards or more will the Ohio State defense allow?
Truth be told, I could have also circled 0! The two plays were a run of exactly 20 yards by Singleton, and the pass to the TE where JT literally got tackled.
Question 4: Which quarterback, if any, will throw a pick?
Sure, just about every other part of Allar's quarterbacking performance was horrid, but at least he didn't throw a pick!
Question 5: All the chips are on the table in Columbus. How does this one end?
Ignoring my somewhat lacking poker humor, 7-0 BABY LETS GO BUCKS NATTY BOUND WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Here are this week's questions:
Question 1: One interesting tidbit I found is that the high school quarterbacks of Chris Olave, Garrett Wilson, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Marvin Harrison Jr. are all playing quarterback in the Big Ten in some capacity this year.
Jack Tuttle (Olave) is off this week, while Kyle McCord (Marv) and Braedyn Locke (JSN) play each other at Camp Randall. Meanwhile, Hudson Card (Garrett) is playing at Nebraska.
Of McCord, Locke, and Card, who will have the most and who the least passing yards this week?
(Vote: https://strawpoll.com/LVyK8KYr6n0)
- McCord will have the most, Locke the least
- McCord will have the most, Card the least
- Card will have the most, Locke the least
- Card will have the most, McCord the least
- Locke will have the most, McCord the least
- Locke will have the most, Card the least
Question 2: Guess who's back, back again?
(Vote: https://strawpoll.com/ajnEOKmDkZW)
- Early 2021 TreVeyon is back! 150+ yards.
- Late 2021 TreVeyon is back! 100-150 yards.
- 2022 TreVeyon is back! 50-100 yards.
- The 2023 Ohio State Run Game never left! 0-50 yards.
- Ryan Day False Health Updates are back! TH32 doesn't play.
Question 3: Ohio State's sack count per game: 1, 2, 2, 0, 2, 3, 4.
(Vote: https://strawpoll.com/e2narKVP9gB)
- Looks like a pattern to me. 5+ sacks.
- Seems like a trend that could continue. 3-4 sacks.
- They'll take a step back. 2 sacks.
- Wisconsin runs a lot, it ain't happening. 0-1 sacks.
Question 4: Ohio State is currently a 14.5 point favorite, with the over/under set at a modest 45.5.
(Vote: https://strawpoll.com/40Zmq7LjoZa)
- Ohio State covers, hammer the over.
- Ohio State covers, hammer the under.
- Wisconsin covers, hammer the over.
- Wisconsin covers, hammer the under.
- Wisconsin wins, and at that point I don't think anyone cares about the over/under.
Question 5: Help manifest a weird upset to happen this weekend.
(Vote: https://strawpoll.com/w4nWrKPM3yA)
- Wake Forest beats Florida State
- Kansas beats Oklahoma
- Florida beats Georgia
- Stanford beats Washington
Happy fighting!
