Buckeyes open as double-digit road favorite at Michigan State
COLUMBUS — Ohio State is finally hitting the road.
The Buckeyes are nearly halfway through their season, yet they haven’t played a road game yet, a weird scheduling quirk made possible by the nonconference portion and the Big Ten slate.
So for the first time all season, Ohio State will take its incredible offense and top-20 defense on the road in league play for a showdown with Michigan State, a loser in each of its last three games. The Buckeyes will show up in East Lansing on Saturday for a 4 p.m. kickoff on FOX as a 23-point road favorite, according to the folks at the Circa Sportsbook. The total is set at 61.5.
Ohio State has dominated in the first five games of the season, trampling Wisconsin and Rutgers in the last two games leading up to this road trip. While the Buckeyes seem to be ascending, Michigan State is taking massive steps backward; the Spartans have lost three straight to Washington, Minnesota and Maryland.
A game that was a top-10 matchup a year ago and figured to be a key road trip on the Buckeyes schedule has lost plenty of its luster, but Ohio State knows its heading for an interesting mid-October trip north.
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The Buckeyes will do so as a heavy favorite as they enter enemy territory for the first time since last November.
Ohio State vs. Michigan State gambling notes, trends
- The Buckeyes are 6-2 against the spread in their last eight games against the Scarlet Knights
- Ohio State is 2-2-1 against the spread this season
- The Buckeyes are 4-5-1 against the spread in their last nine games
- The total has gone over in five of the Buckeyes last seven games
- Michigan State is 0-5 against the spread in its last five games against the Buckeyes.
- The total has gone under in six of Michigan State’s last seven games against Ohio State.
- Ohio State is 19-9-2 against the spread in Big Ten play under Ryan Day
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