Ohio St vs Cal: Preview and Prediction

[Shanemansj13]

Sorry missed last week guys, won't happen again.

Ohio St at Cal

Memorial Stadium in Berkley, CA

7 ET on FOX

Preview

The Buckeyes 2-0 coming off a 42-7 win against San Diego St in dominating fashion.

Braxton's status is still unknown but "fairly optimistic" and tackling was a big issue last vs Cal. Tey gave up a season-high 512 yds last yr and Bigelow was a big part of that. Hyde is still out, this will be the last game he is out. Hall, Smith and the youngsters will need to have another solid game.

The Golden Bears 1-1 coming off a close win to Portland St 37-30 after dropping the first game to Northwestern.

Cal leads the nation with 97 plays per game, could be tough to stop. But Cal has given up 512 yds/game 116th in nation so far this season and 37 pts/game 104th. They are only averaging about 110 rushing yds a game so far and Ohio St has been good so far. Tbey will have to attack with their passing game

Key Players:

Ohio State- Brax - How limited will he be? And hiw affective with that zone-read will he be? He will most likely be passing more and give to the backs.

Jordan Hall- A team-high 234 yds and 3 TD's. I expect a big game from him.

Cal- Brandon Bigelow- the explosive RB torched OSU for 160 2 TD's on just 4 carries. Need to tackle him well and not give him many running lanes.

Jared Goff- freshmen QB. He has thrown for 935 yds it leads the nation. Second is Mannion with 794. He has a cannon, have to get pressure to limit easy throws.

Prediction

I see Brax playing 2 to 3 quarter but with limited running. I see OSU racking up a lot of yardage and to wear down the Cal defense with multiple guys Hall, Smith and Wilson will break a long run...watch!

Cal will get their yards and wear down this OSU D, but the defense will limit points and play good redzone D. They will have to creat turnover and get pressure on this young and talented Cal QB.


Final Score 45-20

Shit I think OSU could put up 55+. GO BUCKEYES!!!

 

[Shanemansj13]

Memorial Stadium

 

[mall3013]

My prediction will be 47- 17 Buckeyes!!!

 

[Yu Lee - A Nova Lover]

52-16

 

[Shanemansj13]

If we give up less than 14 points against this West Coast, fast paced offense I will be very impressed. Even if you have a great D it is hard to stop especially if your team scores quick. They just have make sure they get pressure on the QB and limit the big plays.

 

[mall3013]

If any Buckeye fans read this before, during, or soon after, hopefully we get this win convincingly on the road w no injuries. Hopefully our guys don't take this game lightly like scUM did against Akron of all schools. Go Bucks!

 

[CaptO]

If any Buckeye fans read this before, during, or soon after, hopefully we get this win convincingly on the road w no injuries. Hopefully our guys don't take this game lightly like scUM did against Akron of all schools. Go Bucks!

Damn shame Akron lost by only 4...

 

[buckeyebill]

You were pretty close with your Prediction Shane. 52 pts scored. Still a little concerned with the defense?
Offense will only get better with Hyde back.
GO Bucks

 

[Shanemansj13]

Yah the game wasn't really close for any part of the gane and Cal got a late TD. Offense can score against anyone w/o Hyde, we be a great offense once he comes back.

D needs to step up, but no huddle, fast-paced offenses are hard to stop. Look at Bama giving up 42!

Still secondary needs some work.

 

[Yu Lee - A Nova Lover]

You were pretty close with your Prediction Shane. 52 pts scored. Still a little concerned with the defense?
Offense will only get better with Hyde back.
GO Bucks

I was the one who said 52 (.. but... we all were way off on Cal's points).

Shane committed to 45 (... and hedged "55+").


Shane... I can't believe you took credit for the 52.

LOL!!!

 

[mall3013]

On a positive note, we won't face an up temp offense like this anytime soon. At least the Cal game got the defense in good shape and their conditioning should great moving forward.