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Friday, October 17, 2008
Spartans could put OSU through the Ringer
Back in early January, a day before Ohio State was dumped by LSU in the national championship game, many of the Buckeyes were asked to reveal their favorite movie.
It was almost unanimous: 300.
Great flick. It’s about 300 bad-ass Spartans who do some serious damage to the Persians back in 480 B.C. The Spartans’ leader, King Leonidas, rallies his troops by yelling, “Spartans! Prepare for glory!”
The Buckeyes probably won’t be watching 300 in their Lansing hotel rooms tonight.
Ohio State is a 4-point favorite Saturday at Spartan Stadium. The line was 3 earlier in the week, which means a lot of folks are jumping on the OSU bandwagon.
Me? I’m taking the points and Michigan State. Even if it’s close and the Buckeyes pull it out, that field goal-plus 1 cushion looks enticing.
You usually can count on Michigan State self-destructing, but this group of Spartans looks pretty solid. MSU has won six straight for the first time since 1999, the last time it beat OSU.
The Buckeyes are a dismal 10th in offense in the Big Ten and there seems to be some discontent about automatically trotting Terrelle Pryor onto the field as Todd Boeckman sits on the sideline and wonders about landing a job after the season.
I’ve never been a big Brian Hoyer fan, but the MSU quarterback is someone competent. The Spartans, of course, will give the ball to Javon Ringer 40 times. The C-J grad has carried 247 times for 1,112 yards this season.
Considering the whole story about his recruitment, I’d say Javon will be extra-special motivated to show his home-state team that it should’ve done everything humanly possible to get him in a scarlet & gray uniform.
LAST WEEK: OSU was a 19-point favorite against Purdue. Both teams looked horrible in the Buckeyes’ 16-3 victory. But the Boilermakers covered, as we predicted.
That gives us a 4-2 record against the spread. We’ve won two straight; let’s make it three.
