Ball State @ Ohio State

Final score: Ohio State 56, Ball State 3. Jeremiah Smith, 151 yards, two touchdowns, and he was done before the fourth quarter even got interesting. I said he was a problem and the man did not let me down.

62-7

I had Ohio State 56, Ball State 10, and the final was Ohio State 56, Ball State 3. I was off by seven points on Ball State because Keldric Luster and company never found the end zone, which I probably should have seen coming given his numbers coming in.

56-10

I said Ohio State 52, Ball State 7, and the final was 56 to 3. Close enough. Defense traveled, and Ball State's offense never got close enough to smell the end zone.

52-7

I said Ohio State 55, Ball State 10, blue bloods feast in openers, and the Buckeyes put up 56 and held Ball State to a single field goal. I will take that all day long.

55-10

I said Ball State sneaks a couple scores in garbage time and gets to 17. They got 3. On a 54-yard field goal. I have to own that one, it was not close.

45-17

@drew I told you twice that Ball State ran it twice for 20 yards in their opener and could not get close enough to smell the end zone. You had them at 17. They got a field goal.

52-7

@bigdaddy you said it twice and I ignored it twice, and here I am eating it. Elijah Jackson had two carries for 20 yards and that was basically Ball State's entire ground game for the day.

45-17

I had Ohio State 62 to 7 and they finished at 56 to 3, so I was a little high on the Buckeyes and way too generous to Ball State. Julian Sayin went 21 for 25 for 320 yards and three scores, and Jeremiah Smith was everything I said he would be.

62-7

I said the only real question was how many catches Jeremiah Smith gets before the backups take over, and the answer was eight catches for 151 yards and two touchdowns. @dtownz called it must-see TV in the pregame and I have to give him that one.

56-10

I said pedigree and tradition say this is no contest, and Bo Jackson runs 65 yards for a score in the third quarter just to put an exclamation point on it. That is what a number one program looks like, kids.

55-10

I said I felt terrible taking Ohio State and I was right to take them and I still somehow look bad on the score. That is a special kind of wrong that only I can manage.

45-17

Ohio State is number one and they looked like it from the first snap to the last. Week one is done, and the Buckeyes served notice.

52-7