Ohio State vs Rutgers Prediction, Game Preview

Ohio State vs Rutgers prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 2

Ohio State vs Rutgers prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 2


Ohio State vs Rutgers How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 2
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: SHI Stadium, Piscataway, NJ
How To Watch: BTN
Record: Ohio State (3-1), Rutgers (3-1)
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Why Ohio State Will Win

The talent is there. It’s just whether or not the team can get through the rough patches until everyone starts to mesh.

It starts with this – Ohio State has to keep running the ball.

CJ Stroud – who sat out the Akron game with a shoulder injury – doesn’t take off, but he doesn’t have to with freshman TreVeyon Henderson looking every bit the star he was supposed to be when he signed on. He hit Tulsa for 277 yards and ran through Akron for 93 yards on just eight carries.

The Rutgers run defense has been solid so far, but the Buckeyes have to keep pounding and keep pounding some more. Even if it doesn’t always work – Michigan’s rising ground attack couldn’t get going – controlling the clock is a must because …

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Why Rutgers Will Win

Rutgers is more than happy to grind this game down to a dead stop.

Head coach Greg Schiano has created a nice formula. Find guys who don’t miss tackles, come up with third down stops, don’t turn the ball over, force takeaways, don’t get penalized, and own the time of possession battle.

The Scarlet Knights can’t hang punch for punch with the Buckeyes, but they can hold the ball for 34ish minutes. Ohio State is getting crushed in the time of possession battle, but …

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What’s Going To Happen

Lost in the narrative of Ohio State struggling on defense and being relatively down compared to the last few years is one way key element …

The offense is TOTALLY working. Ohio State is second in the nation in total O averaging way over 500 yards per game.

Yeah, Stroud missed some receivers here and there in the first few games, and he wasn’t razor-sharp for stretches against Oregon, and the offensive line isn’t consistent and the team is steady pumping out tons and tons of yards.

Before you blow that off in any way, ask Clemson what it’s like to reload the offense. Check with Oklahoma to see how that thing is working. With that said, be very, very careful here.

Rutgers doesn’t have enough in the bag to win unless there’s a total Buckeye meltdown. There have to be at least four Scarlet Knight takeaways, the red zone D has to be air tight, and everything has to go right when it comes to ball control.

That’s all not going to happen, but a 21-point Ohio State second half explosion will to finally be able to breathe easier.

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Ohio State vs Rutgers Prediction, Line

Ohio State 34, Rutgers 17
Line: Ohio State -15, o/u: 58
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5

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WATCH: Justin Fields finds Chris Olave for fifth TD of the game

Justin Fields finds favorite target Chris Olave to extend Ohio State’s lead over Rutgers 49-21

Justin Fields is on fire once again tonight facing Rutgers. At the moment. he has thrown for over 300 yards and 5 touchdowns.

Fields has been doing an excellent job all night of working through his progressions to find the open receiver. Of course, it helps when you put the ball on a dime as Fields has been doing all year long.

Click on the video below and watch Chris Olave haul in his second touchdown of the night. Rutgers had done a decent job of holding Ohio State in check in the second half to that point.

It’s becoming quite the norm to hear the announcers calling this pair, and every time they do, it’s music to Buckeye fans ears.

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WATCH: Justin Fields hits Jameson Williams for a 38-yard opening drive TD

Justin Fields to Jameson Williams for the touchdown.

Well, that didn’t take long!

Rutgers came out of the tunnel trying several different trick plays, but the Ohio State defense was not fooled. After forcing the Scarlet Knights into a punt, Justin Fields and company took over and made a statement.

Fields has been spreading it around to the vast array of weapons all season and started off hot again. Check out the scoring strike to speedy Jameson Williams below that has the Buckeyes up 7-0 early in the contest.

Click on the below video and watch Williams get behind the defense that must have clearly blown an assignment somewhere along the way because he was all alone in prime real estate.

Kudos to Fields for going through his progressions and finding him.

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Ohio State vs Rutgers Prediction, Game Preview

Ohio State Buckeyes vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights prediction and game preview.

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Ohio State vs Rutgers Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 7
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Venue: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
Network: Big Ten Network

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Why Rutgers Will Win

The defense really has been solid.

Michigan State couldn’t run at all on the Scarlet Knights, and Indiana only cranked up 347 yards of total offense. The seven takeaways against the Spartans made the most splash, but the ability simply get off the field has been the biggest difference.

Last year’s defense allowed teams to connect on 44% of their third down chances, and this year after two games it allowed just 32% so far. Michigan State converted 7-of-17 chances, and Indiana was held to converting 2-of-11 tries.

The pressure into the backfield has been outstanding, there’s a good pass rush, and Justin Fields won’t be able to feel totally comfortable. But …

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Why Ohio State Will Win

The Rutgers offense is still a problem.

It’s scoring – it scored 21 points or more pure three times last year and it has already done it twice in two games – but the O managed just 276 yards against Michigan State and followed it up with 247 against Indiana. The talent and ability just aren’t there to keep up with an Ohio State team that’s rolling.

Penn State has a fantastic defense that’s going to end up statistically being among the three best in the Big Ten. It got hit for 526 yards against the Buckeyes. Rutgers is about to get hit for around that many if the OSU O keeps trying.

Justin Fields has been every bit the Heisman talent he’s supposed to be, completing 87% of his passes for 594 yards and six scores with no picks, averaging close to 11 yards per throw. He might not bomb away against the Scarlet Knights, but if he’s just okay, the offense will be fine.

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What’s Going To Happen

How much does Ryan Day want to run it up? If he felt awful about a final unnecessary Buckeye touchdown against Nebraska, what will happen against Greg Schiano?

It’ll be a fast start with a few early scoring drives to make this easy, but the Rutgers defense will keep this from getting totally out of hand. However, the offense just won’t be able to do much of anything unless the D comes up with a slew of takeaways that won’t be coming in bunches.

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Ohio State vs Rutgers Prediction, Line

Ohio State 41, Rutgers 13
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Ohio State -38, o/u: 64.5
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