What the Ohio State football team should expect from Western Michigan

The Ohio State football team is taking on Western Michigan in Week 2. For some reason, this is a night game at the Shoe. It'll be the second time that Will Howard gets to run the offense and Quinshon Judkins is running the ball in the backfield. We get to see more of Jeremiah Smith.

While Ohio State ran through the Akron Zips 52-6 in Week 1, Western Michigan will provide a bit more of a challenge, The Broncos are actually playing a Big Ten team for the second week in a row. They took on Wisconsin last week and gave Luke Fickell and the Badgers some problems.

In fact, Wisconsin only won that game 28-14. The Broncos aren't a complete dud of a team. So what should the Ohio State Buckeyes expect from the Broncos in this game? First off, they should expect more pushback than what Akron was able to provide in the opener.

The Ohio State football team should expect more resistance against Western Michigan

According to DraftKings, the Buckeyes are currently favored by 38 points. The over/under for the game is set at 54. If you can recall, Ohio State was favored by 48.5 last week against Akron, so the oddsmakers are already giving Western Michigan more respect.

Ohio State should as well. The Broncos ran for 120 yards against the Badgers and scored both of their touchdowns on the ground. Defensively, they only allowed 192 passing yards. Granted, Wisconsin is not a great passing team, but that's still impressive.

The Buckeyes need more push in the running game. Wisconsin ran for 192 yards against them, so they can be had on the ground. With TreVeyon Henderson and Judkins in the backfield, there's no reason they shouldn't be able to gain yards at will on the ground.

Whether or not the offensive line improves remains to be seen. Hopefully, they do. I have the Buckeyes winning this game 45-7 right now.