The No. 1 Buckeyes look to improve to 2-0 on the young season against the Rainbow Warriors during this extremely short week after their 42-24 primetime "revenge" win on Monday night at Virginia Tech.Late in the third quarter,the #Braxspin became a BIG thing, and the Buckeyes never looked back, enroute to their 18-point victory.
There are very few questions surrounding the Buckeyes outside of Cardale Jones and J.T. Barrett being listed as co-starters on this weeks depth chart. Also this week the depth chart gets deeper as Joey Bosa, Jalin Marshall, Dontre Wilson, and Corey Smith all return from their one game suspensions.
Both the offense and defense already looked solid and very capable in the tough Lane Stadium environment against assumingly a better opponent than Hawaii and the old adage says the biggest leap for a team is from game one to game two, That's a potentially horrible nightmare and lopsided blowout awaiting Hawaii.
The top three things I can say about the Rainbow Warriors are one, they have former USC QB Max Wittek as their starting quarterback (there are a few reasons why Wittek is a former USC QB, so don't be too overly concerned), two, they'll be sporting these sweet throwback jerseys (pictured below) in The Shoe, and three, their pregame ritual dance known as "The Hata" definitely gives "Quick Cals" a run for the money.
Here are this weeks historical-data-tidbits and a few recent and/or ongoing trends for your consideration that might be of interest.
Ohio State—Hawaii History Lesson
And Recent Trends• Urban Meyer coached teams are 100-17 when ranked in the Top 25.
• Ohio State is 81-8 at Ohio Stadium since the start of the 2002 season.
• Ohio State is an astounding 296-1-1 all-time when scoring 35+ points.
• Head coach Urban Meyer is 52-5 in his career in games played in August/September.
• Ohio State's defense has held opponents to 10 points or less 42 times since 2006.
• Ohio State looks to extend the nation's longest FBS winning streak, currently 14 games.
• Ohio State has held 85 opponents to 21 points or less since the start of the 2005 season.
• Ohio State is 67-1 in the last 68 regular-season non-conference home games against unranked opponents.
• Ohio State is 8-1 all-time vs. current Mountain West Conference teams, but this is the first meeting vs. Hawaii.
Final Thoughts and Score Prediction
I don't intend or view the following statement as underestimating or disrespecting Hawaii in any way, but the Buckeyes should be able to play their second team the entire game and get a comfortable win here. Since the starters are going to go ahead and play, I'll offer up this semi-conservative game prediction.
Ohio State 62
Hawaii 17
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I was off on the score. Should have taken in to account the short week and predicted less offense. On the positive side, the SILVER BULLETS pitched a shutout in the 38-0 win!!! #GoBucks
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