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00:02 The Buckeyes were greater than a touchdown favorite on the road in South Bend,
00:06 laying seven and a half.
00:08 As we get ready for Saturday, both teams unbeaten, but
00:11 Ohio State's been questionable offensively in two of its first three games.
00:16 Notre Dame has been wildly dominant and impressive.
00:20 Zinno the line now only three and a half of Ohio State.
00:24 What do you think of that line?
00:27 Is the right side still favored?
00:29 Do you agree with where the movement stands at this moment?
00:31 >> Well, I mean, I understand why the line is where it is.
00:38 I don't know that you could actually make Notre Dame a favorite in this game.
00:43 But they are the better team through three weeks of football.
00:47 But that said, just picking Ohio State a dog here would send all sorts of money
00:51 rushing in on the Buckeyes that would create a ton of liability that the Bucs
00:54 don't wanna deal with.
00:56 That said, I don't know that this game is as close as people wanna make it.
01:00 Now, Ben, you said a moment ago that Ohio State's offense hasn't looked good in two
01:05 or three games.
01:06 I got news for you.
01:07 They haven't looked good in 11 and a half of 12 quarters this season.
01:13 Peel back the layers here on that Ohio State win over Western Kentucky.
01:17 It was a 14 to 10 game in favor of Ohio State.
01:20 Western Kentucky had just scored a touchdown.
01:21 There were eight minutes and ten seconds left in the second quarter of that game.
01:25 And it made it 14-10.
01:27 Then a perfect storm of insanity events all occurred over the next eight minutes
01:33 and ten seconds in which Ohio State scored four touchdowns on a total of nine plays
01:39 due to some bad coaching from Western Kentucky, bad decisions by Western Kentucky,
01:43 bad defense, and a couple of turnovers.
01:47 Like, if you take away those eight minutes, this is an Ohio State offense that does
01:51 not know how to find the end zone on a routine basis.
01:54 And that is not the case for Notre Dame.
01:57 This is absolutely a spot here where Notre Dame is able to take advantage of being
02:01 the better team here.
02:02 They finally have a legit offense.
02:04 This is their best starting quarterback since Brady Quinn was under center.
02:07 We need to go through what Hartman has done.
02:09 71% of his passes over 1,000 yards, 13 touchdowns, zero picks.
02:13 They're converting over 54% of their third down conversions.
02:15 They average 55 points a game.
02:17 I mean, their leading rusher, Audrick Esmay, is 8.3 yards per carry.
02:21 Their leading receiver, Chris Tyrant, is 27 yards per reception.
02:24 With five different receivers on this Notre Dame offense, all average at least
02:28 120 yards receiving on the year.
02:31 They're one of four schools, Notre Dame, to average 300 yards passing,
02:35 200 yards rushing so far on the season.
02:38 Ohio State's defense is good.
02:40 They're ready for all of this.
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