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LINCOLN - One more offseason. One more preseason. One more football season. And one more postseason. All with a new commissioner, and an eye toward a larger future in the league. One more trip around the sun with this iteration of Big Ten football. And one more year with divisional schedules. One more year, for certain, of a Big Ten title game. The…

This article is part of our College Football Picks series. The 2021-22 College Football Playoff showed that it was in fact possible for new blood to finally break into the sport's final four teams. With big question marks hanging around a number of the playoff's annual contenders, could the 2022-23 season repeat with two programs making their…

With the 2022 college football season officially over, it's time to direct attention to the 2023 season. There's no better way to do that than to talk about "way-too-early" top 25 rankings and look at Big Ten Championship and College Football Playoff championship odds, so we decided to do just that. We took a look at where Ohio State falls in the…

Ohio State Buckeyes (11-1 SU, 5-6-1 ATS) vs. Georgia Bulldogs (13-0 SU, 7-6 ATS) When: Sunday, December 31, 8 p.m. Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta TV: ESPN Point Spread: OHST+6.5/UGA -6.5 (Deposit $200 and get $100 FREE at the web's best sportsbook! Find a HUGE wagering menu, the best live wagering platform on the web AND a killer player…

Sports Betting Dime provides exclusive sports betting content to cleveland.com, including real-time odds, picks, analysis and sportsbook offers to help bettors get in on the action. Please wager responsibly. No. 1 Georgia and No. 4 Ohio State are set to do battle in the College Football Playoff at the Peach Bowl on Saturday night. Kickoff is…

Game lines are courtesy of SI Sportsbook and may change after publication Point spread: Ohio State comes into the game as 8 point favorites against Michigan, according to the lines at SI Sportsbook. Total: 55.5 points Moneyline: Michigan+240 | Ohio State -333 Where Michigan is right now: The No.3 ranked Wolverines have passed every test and…

No. 1 Georgia is looking to defend its title as the reigning national champions, but that will be tough to do with a matchup against the No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Peach Bowl. Both of these programs have reached college football's pinnacle as brands, but only one will move on to play in the College…

Sports Betting Dime provides exclusive sports betting content to Newsweek, including picks, analysis, tools and sportsbook offers to help bettors get in on the action. Please wager responsibly. After nearly a month-long hiatus, the top-four teams in the country will take the field on New Year's Eve for the College Football Playoff semifinals. The…

No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs vs. No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes Line: Georgia -6 Total: 62.5 Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia When: Saturday, 12/31 at 8:00 p.m. ET TV: ESPN No. 1 Georgia will continue its quest for back-to-back national titles when it faces No. 4 Ohio State in the Peach Bowl on Saturday night in the second College Football…

The Georgia Bulldogs (13-0) look to defend their crown in the Peach Bowl against the Ohio State Buckeyes (11-1). Ohio State sputtered down the stretch but slid into the College Football Playoff thanks to USC and Clemson faltering later. The Buckeyes have a chance to regroup and have a fresh star, but to get their championship drive back on track…

The Ohio State football team is two wins away from claiming a national championship, but that is easier said than done. To win that championship, the Buckeyes would need to beat the reigning national champion, Georgia (in Atlanta), and then beat either high-powered TCU or their biggest rival, who has beaten them in their their two meetings,…

The chase for a National Title begins this weekend for Georgia and Ohio State as two of college football's biggest programs go head-to-head in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA Ohio sports betting is going live on Jan. 1! New sign-ups who register below can find these great deals! Date: Saturday, Dec. 31st Time: 8…

The Utah Utes (10-3) take on the Penn State Nittany Lions (10-2) in the Granddaddy of Them All- the Rose Bowl- in Bowl Season. Kickoff comes from historic and iconic Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 2, at 4:00 p.m. CT. This is the final Rose Bowl as we know it. The game is a College Football Playoff semifinal next season and…

Sometimes, it's better not to overthink things. The College Football Playoff Selection Committee got it right earlier this month. No ifs, ands or but-we-would-have-been-favored-over-everybodies about it. Talking to you, Mr. Saban. The 2022-23 College Football Playoff is the first to be played without either Alabama or Clemson. TCU went from…

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ATLANTA - While basically every traditional power was either stubbing their toes or struggling with inferior opponents, Georgia was obliterating almost everyone in its path. Tennessee was a contender until the Bulldogs overwhelmed the Vols. LSU ended Alabama's playoff hopes, and was trounced by Coach Kirby Smart's juggernaut in the SEC Championship…

For about six days, Ohio State's odds to win the College Football Playoff National Championship were as long as they had been all season. A 45-23 home loss to No. 2 Michigan on Nov. 26 kick-started a week of devastation as coach Ryan Day and the Buckeyes saw themselves, once again, missing out on a shot at the Big Ten championship following a…

By the time the No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes and the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs take to the field in Atlanta for the Peach Bowl, it will have been 35 days since OSU last played a football game and 28 for the Dawgs. During that time period, both teams have had an opportunity to get guys healthy so that they are entering the College Football Playoff as…

Every Tuesday, Matt Hayes tackles the 10 hottest topics in the Big Ten … With Ohio sports betting apps launching this week, you can pre-register today and get hundreds of dollars in free bets to use on the Buckeyes, NFL games and other sports: Nothing about it feels right. This is the most unpredictable moment of Ohio State football in decades. And…

The 2022 College Football Playoff semifinals are expected to be decided by at least a touchdown. Will they be closer than that? No. 2 Michigan meets No. 3 TCU in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN. The Wolverines are favored by 7.5 points against the Horned Frogs. Our eight-person panel also liked Michigan, but did anybody have TCU keeping…

Ohio State (11-1), Georgia (13-0) Date: Saturday, Dec. 31 Game Time: 8 p.m. EST Network: ESPN Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, Georgia) Capacity: 71000 All-Time Series: Georgia leads, 1-0 Last Meeting: Georgia defeated Ohio State, 21-14, in 1993 When the 2022 season began, many people had these two teams playing each other for a national…

Ohio State's blueprint for winning the College Football Playoff championship will be staring the No. 4 Buckeyes in the face when they play No. 1 Georgia in a semifinal game at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta on Saturday. The Buckeyes (11-1) are coming off a 45-23 thrashing by second-ranked Michigan on Nov. 26 in Columbus, Ohio, and are only in the…

Utah caps off a historic season with its first-ever trip to the Rose Bowl, where the Utes will face Ohio State on Saturday. This marks the 16 time Ohio State has appeared in the Rose Bowl. The No. 6 Buckeyes (10-2, 8-1 Big Ten) have posted an 8-7 record in the bowl game, which is second only to USC in total Rose Bowl victories. Ohio State was in…

College football bowl season is officially underway, and the matchups continue to heat up as the weeks go on. The early bowls have already provided some great games, but the real meat of the season is yet to come. Once New Year's rolls around, college football fans will be unable to escape their TVs with all the great games. College football would…

ATHENS - The SEC portion of the bowl season will get off to an early and somewhat unfamiliar start this weekend. The helmets and uniforms will say "Florida," but the Gators won't have the same bite without projected first-round quarterback Anthony Richardson under center. Florida will also be missing a few other key players: • All-American…

No bowl outside of the College Football Playoffs - or historically - holds the same weight and prestige of the Rose Bowl. It's importance in college football lore earned it the moniker, "The Granddaddy Of Them All" by legendary sportscaster Keith Jackson. Pac-12 Champion Utah (10-3) takes on Ohio State (10-2), the highest-ranked Big Ten team…

The College Football Playoff odds for 2022-23 feature the No. 4 seeded Ohio State Buckeyes and the No. 1 seeded Georgia Bulldogs. Ohio football fans are fired up to see their beloved Ohio State Buckeyes back in the College Football Playoff, and this time around they'll be able to legally bet on all the action. That's because legal sports betting…

I'm struggling. There, I said it. I'm not ashamed to admit that college football is moving a little too fast for my comfort. Given how rapidly the rosters are evolving, it's hard to stay on top of it all. Perhaps I shouldn't admit this. I live and breathe the sport every day, and I tell you those findings and thoughts every week. I am entirely too…

FanDuel is giving bettors the opportunity to bet on any of Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State to win the National Championship at -340 odds, which is an implied probability of 77%. History portends one of these three teams will hoist the CFP trophy on Jan. 9 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. Only six schools - Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Clemson, Ohio State…

With Week Zero of the college football season fast approaching, it's worth analyzing the current odds to win this season's Big Ten Championship, via BetOnline. The reigning champion Michigan Wolverines ended Ohio State's four-year (2017-20) string of dominance by claiming their first Big Ten title since 2004 with a convincing victory over Iowa. Jim…

Ah, you know that sound. Awards season. It's here. It's wonderful. The Home Depot College Football Awards Show will air Thursday night (Dec. 7) on ESPN at 7 p.m. ET. We'll have 9 major awards handed out to the best of the best in college football. Let's predict who'll win each of them: Nominees - Will Anderson Jr. (Alabama), Ivan Pace Jr.…

A pair of Big Ten rivals meet in a cross-division showdown as No. 2 Ohio State welcomes Iowa in college football's Week 8 action on Saturday. Both are coming off idle weeks seemingly headed in different directions. Ohio State owns college football's No. 2 total offense and the sport's most productive scoring unit, averaging 48.8 points per game on…

TCR Staff Predictions are back for the 2022 college football season! The first installment is predicting the 2023 College Football Playoff. Here's what six of our writers think: Ohio State has a total redemption season after a "disappointing" 2021 campaign where they still won the Rose Bowl. CJ Stroud wins the Heisman in a 14-1 season where they…

The end of the 2022 season is a bittersweet moment. While bowls and the College Football Playoff are still on the horizon, our weekdays are quieter and Saturdays aren't as chaotic. But a season's worth of excellent work always deserves recognition, and All-American teams do just that. Bleacher Report's panel of writers-Max Escarpio, David Kenyon,…

Sometimes, it's better not to overthink things. The College Football Playoff Selection Committee got it right. No ifs, ands or but-we-would-have-been-favored-over-everybodies about it. Talking to you, Mr. Saban. Now, onto the actual deserving Football Four: This is the first College Football Playoff without either Alabama or Clemson. TCU went from…

Everybody knows that one of the best parts of being a sports fan is debating and dissecting the most (and least) important questions in the sporting world with your friends. So, we're bringing that to the pages of LGHL with our favorite head-to-head column: You're Nuts. In You're Nuts, two LGHL staff members will take differing sides of one…

The Big Ten has been in the news cycle often this offseason and not because of its reigning champion nor its biggest national brand. But we're not here to talk realignment- let's dive into the landscape of the Big Ten conference for the 2022 college football season. As a refresher, the Michigan Wolverines won their first outright conference title…

As you know by now, the Ohio State football team has made the College Football Playoff. This is the third time in four years under Ryan Day that the Buckeyes have made it. They finished the season ranked fourth in the final College Football Playoff Rankings. Because of that ranking, they will have to take on the defending national champions in…

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day met with the media for approximately 30 minutes on Sunday afternoon to preview the College Football Playoff semifinal matchup with Georgia, which will take place at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta on Dec. 31. Below is a bullet-point recap of everything Day had to say: Day on the Buckeyes' third College Football Playoff…

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Congratulations to Ohio State football quarterback C.J. Stroud and Iowa linebacker Jack Campbell for not falling victim to the curse of expectations. Those stars were picked as preseason offensive and defensive player of the year, respectively, in the 12th annual cleveland.com Preseason Big Ten Football Poll in July. Both were…

Didn't the college football regular season seem to go by all too quickly? It feels like only a couple weeks ago that I wrote my first column of the season. In the meantime, I went to eight games, all for my alma mater Arizona Wildcats and fortunately they exceeded my expectations this season. A 5-7 record with a win over their rivals, ASU, for the…

Seven weeks into the 2022 college football season, let's just say it has not played out as expected. One of the most chaotic seasons of the last 15 years enters the halfway point with Tennessee, USC, Ole Miss and perhaps even Texas in the College Football Playoff conversation while programs like Alabama and reigning national champion Georgia are…

Following an offseason that again delivered a taste of conference realignment (USC and UCLA to the Big Ten in the future) and typical college football controversy (Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher going at it over recruiting), time has come to concentrate on what's actually going to happen on the field throughout the 2022 season. There's no better way…

11-0 Michigan will march into Columbus on Saturday to take on the undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes. It's the first time both teams are ranked in the top five and undefeated since 2006 when Ohio State beat Michigan in Columbus, 42-39. Ohio State has dominated this era of football, but Michigan holds the all-time series record against its rival. The…

The Ohio State football team has its toughest challenge so far coming up this week when they take on Penn State. Penn State is a good team and is ranked 13th overall. To make matters harder for the Buckeyes, it is on the road and is only the second road game they've played this year. Ohio State has an elite offense and defense if you look at the…

NCAAF05:30 PM, November 21, 2022TJ Inman There are seven Big Ten games this week, and every conference team is in action for this final week of the regular season. It is often said you should "throw out the records for rivalry games," but no one ever told you to throw out the point spread! The lines are as follows: Michigan at Ohio State (-7.5) -…

In the end, there was chaos. The play calling was iffy, the pace was stressful and the execution was … brilliant? Yes, brilliant. TCU delivered yet another thrilling come-from-behind win over Baylor, keeping its perfect season intact with a walk-off field goal as time expired. It wasn't easy or pretty, which was a theme that hit just about every…

Everybody knows that one of the best parts of being a sports fan is debating and dissecting the most (and least) important questions in the sporting world with your friends. So, we're bringing that to the pages of LGHL with our favorite head-to-head column: You're Nuts. In You're Nuts, two LGHL staff members will take differing sides of one…

The Rose Bowl, also known as the "The Granddaddy of Them All", is the highlight of the New Year's six matchups. The oldest running College Bowl tradition in 2021 features two 10-win teams in No. 11 Utah against No. 6 Ohio State. When it was reported earlier this week that both Ohio State star wideouts Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave were opting out…

Ohio State has always had an embarrassment of riches at the wide receiver position, including Marvin Harrison Jr., this season has 60 catches for 969 yards and 11 touchdowns. According to PFF College, he is the best in the country against single coverage highlighted here: 658 yards 11 touchdowns 32 catches for a first down 18 catches of 15+…