Let 'em have it, Gophers football fans. The view from Ohio is that Saturday is going to be one-sided in a big way. The Cleveland Plain Dealer college football writers have set the bait two ways.
First prediction: The Buckeyes will hold Gophers running back David Cobb under 50 yards.
Second prediction: The Buckeyes will roll up 50 points, "barring a snowstorm."
Doubtful that reporter predictions make bulletin board material – do teams even still own bulletin boards? – but these guys definitely aren't believers in Jerry Kill's bunch.
Reporter Ari Wasserman writes that he thinks "the Buckeyes drop 50 as they continue their quest up the College Football Playoff poll."
"After Ohio State moved the ball up and down the field with ease against Michigan State – the best team the Buckeyes will face during the regular season this year – it's hard to imagine that Minnesota's defense is going to slow it down," Wasserman writes.
Beat writer Doug Lesmerises, using Cobb's 41 yards against TCU as a measuring stick, predicts "Cobb won't do much because Minnesota doesn't have a passing game to threaten the Buckeyes and get them to back off stopping the run."
Granted, this is all written under the heading of "Outrageous predictions," so we don't expect the PD to have these calls on their front page (and who knows better the pressure to make predictions interesting than prediction-makers?). But, Gophers fans, if you want to pass on feedback, here's the link.
