The fans at Lucas Oil Stadium will be treated to a game between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Ohio State Buckeyes when they take their seats on Saturday.
Wisconsin at Ohio State
When: 8:17 PM ET, Saturday, December 6, 2014
Where: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana
TV: 8:17 p.m. ET, FOX.
LINE: Wisconsin -4
PREDICTION: Wisconsin 28, Ohio State 24
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Oddsmakers currently have the Badgers listed as 3½-point favorites versus the Buckeyes, while the game’s total is sitting at 55.
Head coach Urban Meyer’s lone loss in 25 games as a Big Ten coach came in last season’s title game against Michigan State, and his resolve during a tough week has his team pointed in the right direction. “We believe in a very, extremely close team that leans on each other in tough times and someone usually steps up and makes a tremendous play or says something,” said Meyer, whose team learned on Sunday that defensive lineman Kosta Karageorge had been found dead of a gunshot wound to the head. Meanwhile, Jones – a sophomore who stands 6-foot-5 and weighs 250 pounds – gives the Buckeyes plenty of athleticism at quarterback, having averaged 7.8 yards per carry on 43 rushes in his career.
Ohio State was a 42-28 winner in its last match at home against Michigan. They failed to cover the 21.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score of 70 sent OVER bettors to the payout window.
Team record: 11-1 SU,7-5 ATS
Current Streak: won 10 straight games.
Ohio State is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Ohio State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Ohio State’s last 11 games
Ohio State is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Wisconsin
Gordon and the Big Ten’s top defense gain the bulk of the headlines, but quarterback Joel Stave has quietly picked up his game after sitting out four games to start the season due to throwing issues. Stave, who threw for 2,494 yards and 22 touchdowns in 2013, completed just 48 percent of his passes and had three TDs versus three interceptions through his first four games but has a 66.7 percent completion rate with four TDs and one pick over the last four. “He is seeing the field very, very well,” Andersen said after Stave threw for 215 yards and a pair of scores – including the clincher with 4:41 left – against the Golden Gophers.
Wisconsin won its last outing, a 34-24 result against Golden Gophers on November 29. Wisconsin failed to cover in that game as a -16-point favorite, while the 58 combined points took the game OVER the total.
Wisconsin:
Team record: 10-2 SU,5-7 ATS
Current Streak: won 7 straight games.
Wisconsin is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Wisconsin is 5-10 ATS in its last 15 games
Wisconsin is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Wisconsin is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Ohio State
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