Scarlet Sunrise: Buckeyes welcome Iowa for Big Ten home opener
COLUMBUS — It’s been two long weeks since Ohio State took the field in the Horseshoe, but that all changes on Saturday. The Buckeyes host Iowa on Saturday in their Big Ten home opener after going on the road and easily beating Michigan State last weekend.
No. 3 Ohio State (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) hasn’t lost a conference home opener since 2011 when Michigan State won 10-7 on Oct. 1. Head coach Ryan Day hasn’t lost a Big Ten game except for his losses to Michigan in The Game.
It’s an October Game Day in Columbus, Ohio. Lettermen Row has every detail in a game-day edition of the Scarlet Sunrise.
Ohio State v. Iowa: Game time, details
Ohio State and Iowa have squared off 65 times with No. 66 on deck for Saturday. The Buckeyes hold a 47-15-3 advantage in the series with a 54-10 win in 2022 as the latest notch in the series. Iowa last beat them in 2017 behind a 55-24 win in Iowa City. This will be just the second time Ryan Day has coached against Kirk Ferentz.
Iowa (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten) is coming off a bye. The Hawkeyes’ lone conference win was against Minnesota.
- Time: 3:30 p.m. EST.
- Kickoff: 3:40 p.m. EST.
- Weather: High of 79º, 11% chance of rain showers, 4 mph winds.
- The line: The Buckeyes are a 20.5 favorite per VegasInsider.
- Over/under: 45.5 points.
Lettermen Row staff picks
Spencer Holbrook: Ohio State 34, Iowa 10
Andy Backstrom: Buckeyes 34, Iowa 13
Tim May: Ohio State 41, Iowa 13
Matt Parker: Buckeyes 41, Iowa 7
Mick Walker: Ohio State 45, Iowa 6
Alex Gleitman: Buckeyes 34, Iowa 13
Bold predictions for Buckeyes against Iowa
The Lettermen Row staff expects Ohio State to beat Iowa to open the Big Ten home slate. As always, the crew went deeper than their score picks to make Bold Predictions about what will happen in Ohio Stadium.
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Big Ten slate — Week 5
Friday night
Michigan State at No. 6 Oregon (9 p.m., FOX)
Saturday
UCLA at No. 9 Penn State (Noon, FOX)
Purdue at Wisconsin (Noon, Big Ten Network)
Iowa at No. 3 Ohio State (3:30 p.m., CBS)
No. 23 Indiana at Northwestern (3:30 p.m., Big Ten Network)
Rutgers at Nebraska (4 p.m., FS1)
No. 10 Michigan at Washington (7:30 p.m., NBC)
No. 11 USC at Minnesota (7:30 p.m., Big Ten Network)
Counting down
Buckeyes vs. Iowa: Today
Ohio State at Oregon: 7 days
Ohio State at Penn State: 28 days
Buckeyes vs. Michigan: 56 days
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