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Ohio State vs. Clemson Fiesta Bowl Buckeyes Wire staff predictions

We’re putting it in writing again. Members of our staff take turns at picking the final score of Ohio State and Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl.

And. Here. We. Go.

Finally, after a couple of weeks of talk, buildup, media sessions, plane flights and swag bags, it’s now time to put the product on the field. Ohio State and Clemson on just about ready to face off in the Playstation Fiesta Bowl and it feels like a bit of a coin flip.

Both teams have a ton of athleticism and speed, great coaching, and a pedigree to pull it off. In fact, this one might come down to a play or two being the difference in the sixty minute contest.

Ohio State is 0-3 all-time against Clemson, and the last time these two matchup up in 2016, it didn’t go so well. But this year could be different.

As we always do, we through it out to our contributors to provide their score predictions and rationale for which team wins the game. So here we go …

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Ohio State vs. Michigan Buckeyes Wire staff predictions

It’s almost time for the next installment of The Game between Ohio State and Michigan. Here’s our staff predictions, take ’em or leave ’em.

It. Is. Time.

It’s about the closest thing to a holiday as you can get. In fact, some would call it just that. It’s The Game between Ohio State and Michigan. It only comes around once a year, and we’re on the doorstep of another installment.

Once again, optimism is running high in Ann Arbor because the Wolverines look like an improved squad much more capable of ruining the day of their arch rival than what we saw early on in the year.

Everybody is throwing out predictions on this thing, and we’re no different. We do it every week anyway, so why not for the biggest game of the year? As usual, here’s our Buckeyes Wire staff predictions for Ohio State vs. Michigan.

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ESPN’s Mike Greenberg picks Michigan to beat Ohio State

Mike Greenberg of Get Up on ESPN made a bold prediction that Jim Harbaugh and Michigan will get it done Saturday.

We are starting to get the annual optimism about Michigan’s chances against Ohio State. It seems to be a yearly tradition just like turkey and stuffing this time of year. Many are starting to believe that Michigan is going to finally get it done against Ohio State by the time the game rolls around Thanksgiving weekend.

Here we go again.

Several media members are now zipping up their khakis and starting to make the trendy pick that Jim Harbaugh is finally going to get that Ohio State monkey off his back.

You can count ESPN’s Mike Greenberg among them apparently. When appearing on a segment to preview The Game, the ESPN personality as wheeled in to give his gut feeling on what’s going to happen in Ann Arbor Saturday.

“I just have a feeling,” said Greenberg. “Look at how these two teams are trending. Look at how Jim Harbaugh has this Michigan team playing since halftime in that game against Penn State. I have a feeling that this weekend is the weekend that Jim Harbaugh climbs Mount Columbus. Michigan is going to beat Ohio State in the Big House on Saturday.”

He then turned to Paul Finebaum to continue his prediction.

“And Finebaum, I’ll take it a step further,” said Greenberg. “Harbaugh rewrites his entire narrative if he knocks this Ohio State team out of the Playoff, which he might do — they might actually still make it with a loss to Michigan. But I’m telling you right now, I think he’s got a real good shot to me.”

If you’d like to watch the entire exchange for yourself, you can click on the below video link shared by @GetUpESPN.

So there you have it. Mike Greenberg of ESPN believes Michigan can seal the deal Saturday. Don’t be surprised if we see more and more of this as the game gets closer.