Being the Buckeye beat’s black sheep blog, we here at Land-Grant Holy Land like to pat ourselves on the back. So, throughout the season, members of our staff will be making predictions about that day’s game. They will go on the record with what they think the final score will be, who the game’s MVP will be, and what the major storyline will be coming out of the day.
After seven months of wall-to-wall championship celebrations, we are finally back to actual, real-life football. Today, at 12 noon ET,
the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes will face off with the No. 1 Texas Longhorns at Ohio Stadium. The game is expected to be a close one, but (unsurprisingly) our team is almost uniformly going with the home team.
Check out what our staff members think and then let us know your thoughts on the game in the comments below. As we move forward with the season, you will be able to keep up with just how well our prognosticators do on a weekly basis HERE.
And if you think that you can best our team in making predictions, put your money where your mouth is over at the FanDuel SportsBook. As of the writing of this article, OSU is favored by 1.5 points; all but one of our experts is picking them to cover. What do you think?
Michael Citro
Score Prediction: Ohio State 56, Grambling State 3
Game MVP: James Peoples
Major Storyline: Ohio State gets the running game going.
Alex Frank
Score Prediction: Ohio State 63, Grambling State 7
Game MVP: James Peoples will get going after a rough Week 1.
Major Storyline: Can there really be a storyline coming out of a game against an FCS team?
Joey Gertz
Score Prediction: Ohio State 38, Grambling State 0
Game MVP: Julian Sayin has three touchdown passes
Major Storyline: Sayin’s confidence rises, and his arm talent is evident.
Justin Golba
Score Prediction: Ohio State 48, Grambling State 0
Game MVP: Brandon Inniss will score two touchdowns
Major Storyline: Inniss will solidify his spot as the No. 3 receiver.
Connor Lemons
Score Prediction: Ohio State 49, Grambling State 0
Game MVP: Jeremiah Smith; after last week, I think Sayin (and Keinholz) will go out of their way to get him his numbers.
Major Storyline: Ohio State once again has a dynamic 1-2 punch at running back.
Brett Ludwiczak
Score Prediction: Ohio State 66, Grambling State 3
Game MVP: James Peoples bounces back with a big day after a rough opener against Texas.
Major Storyline: The Buckeyes follow up their win over Texas by taking care of business, and staying healthy, with a blowout of Grambling State.
Gene Ross
Score Prediction: Ohio State 52, Grambling State 3
Game MVP: Julian Sayin throws for 340 passing yards and four touchdowns
Major Storyline: Bo Jackson enters the OSU RB conversation with a 100-yard, two-touchdown performance.
Matt Tamanini
Score Prediction: Ohio State 45, Grambling State 0
Game MVP: Basically everybody on the field will produce
Major Storyline: This will be a game in which Ohio State can pick its score, and this is what they pick. Ryan Day will be more focused on working on specific things and getting guys reps than running up the score on a proud, historic program.
Ryan Weckstein
Score Prediction: Ohio State 56, Grambling State 3
Game MVP: Jeremiah Smith
Major Storyline: Gambling State strikes first, but Ohio State finishes with 56 with three rushing touchdowns by James Peoples.
