Statistical Projection: Fiesta Bowl — Ohio State v. Clemson
The Big Ten Championship Game has long passed, so I won’t bore you with a summary of how my statistical projections for that contest played…
Statistical Projection: Big Ten Championship Game
Recap: Ohio State at Michigan Remember when that first-time head coach went into the stadium of his school’s bitter rival (and preseason conference favorite) and…
Ten Fun Facts About Michigan Football
It’s amazing, isn’t it? Every November rolls around and somehow Michigan fans’ memories get longer and longer. “Yea, but we still own the series record!!” they fat-finger into their Blackberry devices and desktop PCs from mom’s basement. Although that comment holds true, it’s become comical as a defense of their standing in the rivalry.
Statistical Projection: Ohio State at Michigan
Just last year, for instance, Michigan was the betting favorite and came into the contest with the best statistical defense in the nation. That is, until Urban Meyer looked like Red Beaulieu with a stolen playbook. Jim Harbaugh and Don Brown (collective Coach Kleins in this Waterboy comparison) had no answer for a Buckeye team that put up 62 points and won by 23.
Statistical Projection: Ohio State vs. Penn State
Recap: Ohio State at Rutgers Alright, so here’s what happened… the weekly projection write-up made it out just prior to kickoff but I didn’t get…
Statistical Projection: Ohio State at Rutgers
Recap: Ohio State vs. Maryland As has been my common mistake this season, I underestimated this OSU offense once more. They destroyed a Maryland team…
Statistical Projection: Ohio State vs. Maryland
Let me just say that Mountain Time is pretty excellent for old timers like myself when it comes to night football games. They wrap up right around my senior citizen bedtime and that makes me happy. On the other hand, when you’re meeting a good friend in Colorado and have a few local beverages the night before, a noon game (now all of the sudden a 10 am kickoff) makes for a rough showing.
Statistical Projection: Ohio State vs. Wisconsin
And like that, the Buckeye victory train keeps on rolling. Even with their big brains, the Wildcats of Northwestern had no answers for Ohio State last Saturday Friday night. The Buckeyes scored more and gave up less than I projected, making me feel like a Negative Nelly for yet another week, despite picking them to win by nearly five touchdowns.
Statistical Projection: Ohio State at Northwestern
Back when I was younger and far less wise, I predicted that Justin Fields would throw the ball over 30 times in a single contest. It seemed like an astute projection, based on observation of the perceived weakness of the opponent’s defense. As it turns out, the Buckeyes could not have cared less how good Michigan State’s run defense was and proceeded…
Statistical Projection: Ohio State vs. Michigan State
Holy moly, Ohio State! Though my offensive statistical projections for the Buckeyes were pretty close last week, I wasn’t ready for the defense to continue crushing souls quite like they did. I hadn’t been impressed with the Huskers’ defense, so I figured that a Ryan Day offense would cut through it like butter. But the Silver Bullets truly turned heads last weekend.
Statistical Projection: Ohio State at Nebraska
So if you’ll recall from last week’s statistical recap, I thought that OSU would score a lot of points (56, to be exact). Ryan Day and company thought that was hilarious and tacked on an extra 20 for good measure. I predicted that Justin Fields would throw for 213 yards, 4 TDs, 0 INTs, and rush for another score. He had the audacity to toss in an extra ten yards passing and an additional…
