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As the Buckeyes began preseason camp this past week, we here at LGHL have been wrapping up our annual summer theme weeks by putting all of our predictions out there for public
consumption during On the Record Week. But, we weren’t the only ones asked to say something about the Ohio State football team, because earlier this week, we asked Buckeye Nation to vote in a fan survey about how they thought the season would go.
We asked two very simple, straightforward questions: What will Ohio State’s regular season record be, and how will the Buckeyes’ postseason conclude? Check out the results below, and let us know what you think of the consensus in the comments at the bottom of the page.
Question 1: What will Ohio State’s regular season record be?
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Depending on what rankings you use, the Buckeyes have a strength of schedule heading into the season anywhere from No. 15 to No. 25 (throwing Ohio and Grambling State into a slate that also includes Purdue will create some variance). But, when you look at the top of their slate, there is no doubt that there are losable games.
The Buckeyes open up against the presumed No. 1 team in the country in the Texas Longhorns, will host another top contender in the Penn State Nittany Lions, and will visit the Washington Huskies, the Illinois Fighting Illini, and the Michigan Wolverines. Throw in scrappy teams like the Wisconsin Badgers and Rutgers Scarlet Knights, and there are a not insignificant number of games that OSU could drop this season.
However, either due to scarlet and gray-colored glasses or faith in Ryan Day and his program, 88% of our survey respondents believe that the Buckeyes will lose no more than two games this regular season, and a solid plurality of 44% are picking OSU to drop only a single contest.
Personally, I am in the 15% in calling for the Buckeyes to go undefeated, but I literally pick the Buckeyes to go undefeated every year, so please take that with a whole heaping helping of salt.
Question 2: How will Ohio State’s season end?
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The Georgia Bulldogs won back-to-back national titles in 2021 and 2022, and then, going back a decade, the Alabama Crimson Tide won twice in a row in 2011 and 2012, so in recent memory, it is certainly possible for teams to win consecutive national championships; but it ain’t easy.
Despite that fact, 28% of Buckeye Nation is calling the shot for Day and company and predicting a second-straight national championship (I am one of those people, naturally). And as proud and foolhardy as we Buckeye fans can be, I do think that it is a fairly reasonable prediction. Ohio State leads the country in Blue Chip Ratio, so they clearly have the talent to win it all, and there’s just something about Ryan Day and being an underdog that has a little bit of magic to it.
So, as people are jumping on the Texas and PSU bandwagons, don’t be surprised if the folks in the Woody Hayes Athletic Center figure out a way to use that as more than enough motivation to shock the world for the second year in a row.
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