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    IU football game day: Ohio State at Indiana primer and predictions

    Mike SchumannBy IU Football 3 Comments

    Indiana opens the 2023 season on Saturday afternoon in Bloomington with a formidable foe.

    In front of a national television audience, the Ohio State Buckeyes visit Memorial Stadium to kick off the 139th season of IU football.

    Can the Hoosiers snap a 28-game losing streak to OSU that dates back to 1988?

    Here’s everything you need to know about Indiana’s week one matchup.

    No. 3 OHIO STATE (0-0) at INDIANA (0-0)

    • Kickoff:  3:30 p.m. Eastern, Saturday
    • Location:  Bloomington, Ind., Memorial Stadium (52,626; field turf)
    • Television: CBS — Brad Nessler (pbp), Gary Danielson (analyst), Jenny Dell (sideline)
    • Stream:  CBS Sports
    • Radio:  IU Football radio network
    • Odds:  Ohio State is a 30-point favorite
    • Weather at kickoff:  86 degrees, mostly sunny, wind 8 mph, 0% chance of precipitation.
    • Series:  Ohio State leads 79-12-5 (OSU won 56-14 in 2022)
    • The Coaches:
      • Tom Allen is in his seventh year as the head coach at IU.  He holds a 30-40 record.
      • Ryan Day has a 45-6 record in four full years as the head coach at Ohio State.

    IU Football Week One Coverage:

    TALE OF THE TAPE

    2022 stats

    THE COMPLETE BIG TEN WEEK ONE SLATE

    Thursday, August 31, 2023 Football
    Away Home Result Location Links
    Nebraska10
    Minnesota13
    Final
    		 Huntington Bank Stadium  Box Score
    Friday, September 1, 2023 Football
    Away Home Time Location Links
    Central Michigan 7
    Michigan State 31
    Final
    		 East Lansing, MI TV: FS1 Stats Radio: Spartan Media Network
    Saturday, September 2, 2023 Football
    Away Home Time Location Links
    Utah State
    Iowa
    12:00 P.M.
    		 Iowa City, Iowa TV: FS1
    Towson
    Maryland
    3:30 P.M.
    		 College Park, MD TV: BTN  Stats Radio: Maryland Sports Radio Network Audio Video
    Toledo
    Illinois
    7:30 P.M.
    		 Champaign, Ill. TV: BTN  Stats
    Fresno State
    Purdue
    12:00 P.M.
    		 West Lafayette, Ind. TV: BTN Stats Radio: WAZY (96.5 FM) Video
    East Carolina
    Michigan
    12:00 P.M.
    		 Ann Arbor, Mich. TV: Peacock Stats Video
    Buffalo
    Wisconsin
    3:30 P.M.
    		 Madison, WI TV: FS1 Stats Radio: Badger Sports Network
    Ohio State
    Indiana
    3:30 P.M.
    		 Bloomington, Ind.  TV: CBS Stats Radio: https://thevarsitynetwork.com/audioapplink Video
    West Virginia
    Penn State
    7:30 P.M.
    		 University Park, Pa. TV: NBC Stats Radio: Penn State Sports Network

    OHIO STATE WEEK ONE NOTES

    • Ohio State’s 2023 team will feature 16 players who earned all-Big Ten honors last season, including first team honorees WR Marvin Harrison Jr., DE JT Tuimoloau, LB Tommy Eichenberg and OG Donovan Jackson. Also returning: 2nd-team all-Big Ten honorees WR Emeka Egbuka and OG Matt Jones; 3rd-team: DT Michael Hall Jr., TE Cade Stover and RB Miyan Williams; and honorable mention: CB Denzel Burke, LB Steele Chambers, RB TreVeyon Henderson, P Jesse Mirco, SAF Lathan Ransom, DE Jack Sawyer and DT Tyleik Williams
    • A total of 16 starters are back, with seven each on offense and defense.
    • On special teams, the Buckeyes will be replacing two-year starting kicker Noah Ruggles and veteran longsnapper Bradley Robinson.
    • The positions of wide receiver (38 combined career starts between Marvin Harrison Jr., Emeka Egbuka and Julian Fleming) and linebacker (44 career starts by Tommy Eichenberg, Steele Chambers and Cody Simon) are the most veteran and experienced for the Buckeyes entering the season.
    • In the transfer portal, the Buckeyes added 85 combined starts to the roster in the form of the addition of Victor Cutler Jr., (21) and Josh Simmons (13) along the offensive line and Ja’Had Carter (28) and Davison Igbinosun (10) in the defensive backfield.
    • The team also added long snapper John Ferlmann, who snapped in all 12 games for Arizona State in 2022.
    • Ranked No. 3 in the Associated Press preseason poll, Ohio State is beginning a season ranked in the top five for the 10th time in the last 11 years.
    • The Buckeyes’ 27-game winning streak over IU is the nation’s longest over a single opponent.
    • Indiana’s last wins over Ohio State were back-to-back in 1987 (31-10) and 1988 (41-7). The teams played to a 27-all tie in 1990. Bill Mallory was IU head coach for each of those seasons.
    • Ohio State has four players from the state of Indiana: DE Caden Curry (Greenwood; Center Grove H.S.), OL Josh Fryar (Beech Grove; Beech Grove), OL Zen Michalski (Floyds Knobs; Floyd Central) and DL Josh Mickens (Indianapolis; Lawrence Central)
    • Ohio State second-year offensive line coach Justin Frye set the IU school record with 45 consecutive starts for the Hoosiers between 2002-06 and, as a senior, was a team captain and the team’s most outstanding offensive lineman. He played under Gerry DiNardo and Terry Hoeppner.
    • Frye embarked on his coaching career at IU, as an offensive graduate assistant in 2007-08 under head coach Bill Lynch.

    PREDICTIONS

    Ohio State is still figuring some things out at quarterback.  They are expecting to play two on Saturday.  They have new faces on the offensive line too.

    Perhaps that will give IU a puncher’s chance?  Maybe, just maybe.  But probably not.

    You know the drill.

    TDH PREDICTION:  OHIO STATE 48  INDIANA 15

    ESPN SP+ (Computer) Ohio State 46  Indiana 12

    ESPN FPI (Computer):  Indiana has a 2.9 percent chance to win

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