Arapahoe

BRB

Toughest mediocre team the Buckeyes ever play, they always play us tough, I see us pulling away near the end though, Juice keeps them in it.

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jtothero

Anyone know if Benn will be back?

Aesculus glabra

Yep, disregard the loss to Missouri, Illinois always brings it when they play us. I'm glad we've been preparing for the spread attack all last week, and did a damn good job stopping it. Let's keep up that momentum and stop Juice in his tracks.

louts8wings

i think our defense will bottle up juice. i don't expect us to blow them out with our crapy play calling. TP should make some big plays with his feet like he did last year against these guys. my prediction 24-10 osu.

Arapahoe

Hopefully we play like we did last week vs Toledo.

BRB

Game notes

• This is the 96th meeting between the schools in football; Ohio State leads the series, 61-30-4

• Since joining the Big Ten Conference in 1913, Ohio State is 69-23-4 in conference openers

• Sophomore quarterback Terrelle Pryor leads the Big Ten in total offense at 263.0 yards per game

• Saturday will be Coach Jim Tressel’s 300th career game as a head coach. Tressel is 85-20 in nine seasons at Ohio State and 220-77-2 in his 24th season overall

• Illinois coach Ron Zook was an Ohio State assistant from 1988-90. Saturday will be the third-consecutive week where Ohio State’s opposing head coach was a former Ohio State assistant

• Ohio State has won at least 10 games in each of the last four years, played in the national championship game twice and two other BCS bowls

• Ohio State is the Big Ten preseason favorite, followed by Penn State and Michigan State

• Forty former Buckeyes were on 2009 NFL opening-day rosters

• Ohio State has won four Big Ten titles in a row

• Crowds of more than 100,000 have seen the last 50 games at Ohio Stadium

“BOOM” TD STREAK REACHES SEVEN

Sophomore tailback Dan “Boom” Herron has scored at least one touchdown in seven consecutive games dating to last season. In his last five games he has rushed for 268 yards with six touchdowns on 63 carries -- an average of 4.3 yards per carry.

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footsteps Falco

Juice will give us a few turnovers and pryor makes plays with his arm and feet to give us a 31-10 win.

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hollis

I'm not as afraid of Juice this year as much as I was last. I feel like this defense is much better prepared to stop the spread.

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"As hard as it is for me to actually say this, I have to say that I am a fan of The Ohio State University" - Tim Tebow

Arapahoe

Is he a senior this year?