The Ohio State Buckeyes (6-0) will kick off their seventh game of the season against the Iowa Hawkeyes (3-3) at noon ET on Oct. 22 in Columbus, Ohio. This series has been very interesting. The home team has gone 5-2, but 3-3-1 against the spread, during the last seven contests.
Our friends at Tipico, our official odds provider, have Ohio State listed as a mighty large 29.5-point favorite with the total points set at 49.5. We covered that this opened up at 29.5 at the beginning of the week and there has been no movement.
This number has ranged between 28-points and 30-points at various books, which doesn’t seem like a huge gap, but that 28-point mark is a key number. Most pundits have mentioned that they felt this number was high, which also makes it odd that we haven’t seen it lowered at any point.
The total in this contest also hasn’t budged at all as it sits at 49.5-points. You can catch 50-points at some books, but half of a point shouldn’t be a determining factor.
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