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Ohio State Football: 5 wild Big Ten predictions

By Thomas Scurlock

COLUMBUS, OH - OCTOBER 6: J.K. Dobbins #2 of the Ohio State Buckeyes celebrates his first quarter touchdown run against the Indiana Hoosiers with Thayer Munford #75 of the Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium on October 6, 2018 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)
COLUMBUS, OH - OCTOBER 6: J.K. Dobbins #2 of the Ohio State Buckeyes celebrates his first quarter touchdown run against the Indiana Hoosiers with Thayer Munford #75 of the Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium on October 6, 2018 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images) /
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COLUMBUS, OH – NOVEMBER 24: Jeffrey Okudah #1 of the Ohio State Buckeyes hits Tarik Black #7 of the Michigan Wolverines in the first quarter after a gain at Ohio Stadium on November 24, 2018 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)
COLUMBUS, OH – NOVEMBER 24: Jeffrey Okudah #1 of the Ohio State Buckeyes hits Tarik Black #7 of the Michigan Wolverines in the first quarter after a gain at Ohio Stadium on November 24, 2018 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images) /

With Big Ten football right around the corner I will make some wild predictions for the upcoming season. The one concerning the Ohio State football team may surprise you.

With a little over a week before Ohio State football team plays the first game, I think I’ve dissected every unit. I am switching gears and making five off-the-radar, unlikely but definitely a chance to happen predictions for the Big Ten this season.

I am not saying these will happen.  I just think the chances are within the realm of possibility.

I will begin with the Big Ten East.

Ohio State has a Top 10 defense

Allowing 17.8 points-per-game was good enough to be in the Top 10 in scoring last year.  Pretty much the same over the last four seasons.

The Ohio State defense allowed 25.5 points-per-game in 2018.  Arguably the worst in 40 years.

I don’t care.  I am going to go out on a limb and say this defense will be better than the 2015 unit that finished No. 2 allowing just 15.1 points-per-game.

That’s a bold prediction, but there is too much talent on this side of the ball for it to be anything but smothering.

Michigan State wins the Big Ten

No one is giving the Spartans a shot.  That’s understandable given the last three seasons have not been spectacular by Mark Dantonio standards, but he’s the only active Big Ten coach with three titles.

Dantonio returns 17 starters from a team that had the best defense in conference last year.  If the offense is marginally better, the team might earn Dantonio his fourth title.

Now for the Big Ten West Division.

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