00:00Let me bring this Ohio State-Illinois game in, guys,
00:02because this game is on my card at minus 26.5.
00:05Looks like there's some 25.5 here.
00:07I don't think this game is going to land 26.
00:09If it does, that's fine.
00:11I don't think this game is going to land 28, quite frankly.
00:13I think Ohio State are just going to absolutely demolish Illinois
00:16in this football game.
00:17Look, I'm more of a dog player.
00:19I've just kind of learned this about myself.
00:21But Ohio State last year, home Big Ten games,
00:26average final score, 42.5 to 9.
00:3042.5 to 9.
00:33And last year in their Big Ten home opener, they played Minnesota.
00:3623.5 points spread.
00:37They won 42-3.
00:39Illinois are not good this year.
00:40And I'm used to the Illini kind of sneaking around,
00:43oh, 23rd rank, 26th rank, right?
00:46Like, get receiving.
00:46They're not good.
00:47They just aren't.
00:49And you can look at some of the Ohio State props and tell the story.
00:52Jeremiah Smith's got 121.5 yards props.
00:55Julian Sain's around 280.5 passing yards.
00:57This is a team who is supposed to put off
01:00huge, huge points.
01:02And I don't think the Illini I have would it take
01:03to match them on that side of the ball here, Dave.
01:06So I'm going to lay the big number with the Buckeyes in Columbus.
01:09I like that because what Ohio State does to the non-good Big Ten teams,
01:12you hit it on the head with the score.
01:14And, you know, I faded Illinois two weeks ago on the show
01:16with Duke, and Duke wins outright at Champaign.
01:18So I think Ohio State's the right side here.
01:21Last week at the very end of the show, I said, hey, if you're going to play Ohio State,
01:24bounce back from Texas, play them first half.
01:26I know our producer jumped on that.
01:27It was 35-0 at halftime.
01:29That could happen again here with Illinois.
01:31I'm not sure they'll get to 35 at half.
01:33But I could see them winning this game in the neighborhood of that 42-9 average
01:37that you talked about.
01:38So it's not on my card like your card, but I would take Ohio State
01:42and lay the number here.
01:43Illinois is just not good.
01:44They don't have a very good defense.
01:46Ohio State's probably going to pick their number.
01:49This could end up being, you know, a 42-10 type game.
01:52So I would lay the 26-1⁄2 before I took it.
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