Ohio State vs. Minnesota: Can the Gophers Cover the Number?

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00:00 I don't know that this is necessarily a danger spot for Ohio State, but again, like Michigan,

00:07 a look ahead spot.

00:09 Generally speaking, the Gophers have been good, but man, they're catching 27 and a half

00:13 points in this game against Ohio State.

00:15 By the way, with a low total, I know the offense has been a problem for Minnesota this season,

00:19 total 49 and a half in this game.

00:22 It's like I'm looking at this line thinking, my gosh, this is just so many points to give

00:26 to a team that, like Bill, if Ohio State is up, do they even put their foot down in this

00:31 game?

00:32 Do they want to show Michigan anything next week?

00:34 My inclination is to think that this could be a little bit closer.

00:36 Am I crazy?

00:38 No, not at all.

00:39 It's a lot of points in a game like this where the Gophers can slow the game down a little

00:45 bit.

00:46 One area of concern, if you're going to take Minnesota, is that Ohio State hasn't allowed

00:49 more than 17 points in a game.

00:52 So you figure, with Kyle McCord, since Travion Henderson returned, he's completing 71% of

00:58 his passes, they're getting a Mecca bouquet back, Marvin Harrison's playing like the Heisman

01:02 frontrunner, right now he has my vote, quite frankly.

01:06 But I think Minnesota can slow it down a little bit with P.J. Fleck.

01:09 They can play that super underdog card, maybe get a couple drives going, and it is a very

01:16 large number with, I don't want to call it a look-ahead game, but maybe a peek-ahead

01:21 game because they know what's coming around the corner.

01:24 I'd like the Buckeyes to win comfortably, but that's too many points.

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