Scarlet Sunrise: Buckeyes return from idle week with test against Nebraska
COLUMBUS — Finally after two long weeks with a bad taste in the mouth, Ohio State can get back on the field and play football again. The Buckeyes face Nebraska with every goal still on the table for this season.
It’s a late-October game day in Columbus, Ohio. Lettermen Row has every detail in a game-day edition of the Scarlet Sunrise.
Ohio State at Nebraska: Game time, details
Ohio State and Nebraska have squared off 10 times before with No. 11 on the way. The Buckeyes hold a 9-1 series lead with the Cornhuskers’ only win back in 2011 — a 34-27 win in Lincoln. Ohio State is rested after coming off its road loss to Oregon.
Nebraska is coming off a 56-7 road loss to Indiana.
- Time: 12 p.m. EST.
- Kickoff: 12 p.m. EST
- Weather: High of 63º, 13% chance of rain showers, 9 mph winds
- The line: The Buckeyes are a 25.5-point favorite, per Fanduel
- Over/under: 47.5 points
Lettermen Row staff picks
Spencer Holbrook: Ohio State 45, Nebraska 14
Andy Backstrom: Buckeyes 42, Nebraska 10
Tim May: Ohio State 56, Nebraska 7
Matt Parker: Ohio State 38, Nebraska 13
Mick Walker: Ohio State 45, Nebraska 7
Alex Gleitman: Ohio State 45, Nebraska 13
Bold predictions for Buckeyes against Cornhuskers
The Lettermen Row staff has some confidence in the Buckeyes in a bounce-back effort against Nebraska. As always, the crew went deeper than their score picks to make Bold Predictions about what will happen in the Horseshoe on Saturday.
READ: Bold Predictions as Buckeyes, Nebraska meet in Big Noon matchup
Series Fun Fact
Nebraska’s starting quarterback Dylan Raiola is in his first year of college football and he will make his first trip to Ohio Stadium. Only, this is his first trip to Columbus not pulling for the Buckeyes.
Raiola verbally committed to Ohio State in May 2022 and that lasted all the way until December 2022. He eventually committed to Georgia before finally flipping to Nebraska near signing day for his respective recruiting class.
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Around the Big Ten…
Friday night
Rutgers at USC (11 p.m., FOX)
Saturday slate
Washington at No. 13 Indiana (Noon, Big Ten Network)
Northwestern at Iowa (3:30 p.m., Big Ten Network)
Maryland at Minnesota (3:30 p.m., FS1)
No. 3 Penn State at Wisconsin (7:30 p.m., NBC)
Michigan State at Michigan (7:30 p.m., Big Ten Network)
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Counting down
Buckeyes vs. Nebraska: Today
Ohio State at Penn State: 7 days
Buckeyes vs. Michigan: 35 days
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