Scarlet Sunrise: Ohio State hosts Florida Atlantic for 2019 season opener
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How to watch Ohio State-Florida Atlantic
Time: Noon ET
Date:Â Saturday, Aug. 31
Location:Â Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
TV channel: FOX
Streaming: FOX Sports Go
Weather:Â High of 80 degrees with zero-percent chance of rain
The line: Ohio State is a 28-point favorite, per BetDSI
Over/under:Â 65.5 points
Ohio State releases status report
Ohio State released its first status report of the season on Friday, listing which players would be unavailable for Saturday’s game against Florida Atlantic. As expected, the list included defensive end Jonathon Cooper.
Game-Time Decision
- DEÂ Tyler Friday
- RB Demario McCall
- DE Tyreke Smith
Unavailable
- WR Kamryn Babb
- TE Rashod Berry
- DE Jonathon Cooper
- DT Noah Donald
- SAF Owen Fankhouser
- TE Cormontae Hamilton
- SAF Ronnie Hickman
- LB Justin Hilliard
- CB Lloyd McFarquhar
- DT Jaden McKenzie
- H-B C.J. Saunders
- DT Taron Vincent
Bold predictions for Ohio State’s season
What’s going to happen in the first year of the Ryan Day Era? How high is the ceiling for Ohio State? Lettermen Row has five bold predictions from our contributors ahead of the opener against Florida Atlantic, and here’s what our staff is is expecting to see this season.
ESPN names Ohio State No. 2 most exciting team
ESPN put together a list of the teams it believes will be the most entertaining to watch in 2019, and the Buckeyes were slotted at No. 2. Oklahoma topped the list.
Top 10
- 1Hot
New CFP Top 25
College Football Playoff rankings revealed
- 2New
Strength of Schedule
CFP Top 25 SOS ranking
- 3Trending
12-Team CFP bracket
Updated College Football Playoff bracket
- 4
Hunter Dickinson ejected
Kansas big man kicks Duke player in head
- 5
Colbie Young status
Kirby Smart reveals latest on Georgia WR
Here’s what ESPN wrote about the Buckeyes:
The best part about being an Ohio State fan is trying to figure out before the season even begins which road game the Buckeyes are going to blow. It was Purdue in 2018, Iowa in ’17 and Penn State in ’16. It might be Nebraska or Northwestern this season. (At least we know it won’t be Michigan, right?)
New Buckeyes coach Ryan Day inherits a wealth of playmakers on offense, and Georgia transfer Justin Fields replaces Dwayne Haskins at quarterback. A word of unsolicited advice: Don’t use Fields on fake punts in the fourth quarter.
The Buckeyes are going to be really fun to watch. They’re going to score a bunch of points, and they might surrender a lot of points, too.
Not really sure why that incredibly stupid opening paragraph was needed, especially since it tried to frame a close road loss to the 2016 Big Ten champions as embarrassing, but whatever.
Counting down
- Ohio State vs. Florida Atlantic (season opener): Today
- Ohio State at Michigan: 91 days
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