Here we go with another week in what feels like a bob and weave type of Big Ten college football season. Ohio State travels to Illinois and there are rumors that the Buckeye program is dealing with a mild coronavirus outbreak.
However, the game is on at this point, and the team even went through a practice Thursday. Buckeyes Wire also received confirmation from an Illinois spokesman that the game is still on.
So, off we go. Ohio State needs a good bounceback from a poor defensive performance the nation saw and took to heart against Indiana last week. So much so that the Buckeyes were only ranked No. 4 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings revealed on Tuesday.
OSU should outmatch Illinois in almost all areas of the game, but the Illini are riding a two-game winning streak.
With all of that in mind, we asked two of our writers to pick the final score and winner of Saturday’s game in Champaign. Here’s what they had to say.