BleedGopher
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I won’t predict 77 points for OSU, but I can see the game unfolding in a similar fashion. Minnesota returns a ton of offensive line experience, as well as a three-year starting quarterback in Tanner Morgan and a first-team All-Big Ten running back in Ibrahim Mohamed. I think the Gophers can move the ball on OSU, which still has questions to answer in the secondary and a remade linebacker corps.
Oregon State scored on touchdown runs of 80 and 78 yards, and that sort of big-play susceptibility would be a bad sign for OSU. The Buckeyes also sacked Oregon State five times in 2018, and I will definitely take the under on that against Minnesota’s veteran protection.
But can Minnesota stop OSU? The matchup between defensive end Boye Mafe and OSU tackles Thayer Munford and Ncholas Petit-Frere is an intriguing one. The Gophers were pretty terrible at stopping the run last season, though. We talk about Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson and the QB competition so much that it is easy to forget how OSU’s run game should again be among the strongest in the Big Ten and elsewhere.
I think Day can rely on the rushing attack to set the foundation against Minnesota, allowing for some play-action and quick strike opportunities to the receivers.
It’s much more likely the final score resembles the 2019 opener, a 45-21 win over Florida Atlantic, than a 46-point blowout with a record-setting score.
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I won’t predict 77 points for OSU, but I can see the game unfolding in a similar fashion. Minnesota returns a ton of offensive line experience, as well as a three-year starting quarterback in Tanner Morgan and a first-team All-Big Ten running back in Ibrahim Mohamed. I think the Gophers can move the ball on OSU, which still has questions to answer in the secondary and a remade linebacker corps.
Oregon State scored on touchdown runs of 80 and 78 yards, and that sort of big-play susceptibility would be a bad sign for OSU. The Buckeyes also sacked Oregon State five times in 2018, and I will definitely take the under on that against Minnesota’s veteran protection.
But can Minnesota stop OSU? The matchup between defensive end Boye Mafe and OSU tackles Thayer Munford and Ncholas Petit-Frere is an intriguing one. The Gophers were pretty terrible at stopping the run last season, though. We talk about Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson and the QB competition so much that it is easy to forget how OSU’s run game should again be among the strongest in the Big Ten and elsewhere.
I think Day can rely on the rushing attack to set the foundation against Minnesota, allowing for some play-action and quick strike opportunities to the receivers.
It’s much more likely the final score resembles the 2019 opener, a 45-21 win over Florida Atlantic, than a 46-point blowout with a record-setting score.
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