PHOTO : 1926 Ohio Stadium Last Week: The Buckeyes hit the road for the first time last week and defeated previously unbeaten Washington with a solid 24-6 win. Forget all the chatter about Ohio State not looking dominant, they are winning with a balanced offense and a lights-out defense. For our staff predictions, we again were mostly 3-2 but Steven Smith
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Last Year: Ohio State is coming off a Championship season, giving them a national title in each decade this century. Hopefully, we don’t have to wait till the 30’s to win their next one. The team has been enjoying the Championship ride for several months now. But on the 30th, it is time to start a new journey to the next
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Last Week: This week is never easy for Buckeye fans after a loss to Michigan. The Wolverines did what they needed to do and deserved the win. But Ohio State played a bit passive and it cost them in the end. Kyle McCord did not make the plays he needed to make and in the end the two turnovers proved to
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Week 3: Playoff Rankings Well, the regular season is now behind us and it is time for the post season. I think I saw there will be about 8 bowl games on December 16th to kick off the bowls. But before that, we have two more playoff committee polls and a number of conference championship games to be played. But
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Last Week: There were no surprises or concerns in the Buckeye’s game against Minnesota. Although the first two quarters seemed a bit pedestrian, three touchdowns in the first 5 minutes of the second have sealed the deal on the 37-3 victory. The win once again creates a showdown with Michigan for all the marbles. For our weekly staff predictions, Vaughn, Cory
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Week 3: Playoff Rankings There was a bit of status quo once again this week for the top teams. Eight out of the of the top eight teams won and quite frankly the only one with any real excitement or drama was the Michigan game and they brought it on themselves. I will be so glad when all of this
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Week 2: Playoff Rankings If nothing else, we are consistent here at Buckeye50. For the first two weeks of the 2023 Playoff Poll window, we have had the same top 6. But that should really come as no surprise as our top 6 all won this past weekend. It was interesting to see in the first committee poll last Tuesday
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Last Week: There was a lot of talk last week about how Ross-Aide has been a tough place for the Buckeyes to win. This year’s team was having nothing of it, the only thing Purdue was beating was that large bass drum. OSU took care of business, winning 41-7 and setting up for the big showdown with Penn State this coming
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Last Week: The Buckeyes did exactly what they needed to do against the Hilltoppers, too bad the pollsters were not paying enough attention. Kyle McCord had a great showing in his first formal game as the QB starter as the 3-0 Buckeyes remained steady in the polls. In our staff predictions, everyone is still all-together in the standings, either 8-1
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Last Year: I know that everyone Buckeye fan has replayed that Georgia loss in their head for the past eight months. This weekend we can finally put that behind us and start fresh again. Hopefully the 2024 Bucks don’t play in games that come down to a last second field goal. This Week’s Games: Not a lot of big match-ups this weekend. In
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