{"id":7469,"date":"2010-08-29T20:43:55","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T01:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=7469"},"modified":"2010-08-29T20:43:55","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T01:43:55","slug":"ncaa-football-betting-predictions-ohio-state-buckeyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/ncaa-football-betting-predictions-ohio-state-buckeyes\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Football Betting Predictions: Ohio State Buckeyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ohio State Buckeyes are the second most talented team in the nation behind Alabama. <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.bodog.com\/welcome\/1861245\">Bodog<\/a> previews the Buckeyes year.<\/p>\n<p>The Ohio State Buckeyes are almost always in the hunt, but they look like legit BCS Championship contenders this year (5\/1 odds). Ohio State is next in today\u2019s college football preview.<\/p>\n<p>The Buckeyes look like a shoe-in to win the Big Ten with 2\/5 odds. With 16 starters returning, they\u2019re more loaded than Bill Gates. The defense, among the nation\u2019s best in 2009, has a few question marks but returns seven starters. A greater pass rush will be key to going the distance this year. Overall, it\u2019s somewhat of a no-name\u2014but effective\u2014unit.<\/p>\n<p>If Terrell Pryor can be a little more accurate, the offense could go through the roof. Pryor completed 57 percent of his passes last year; anything north of 60 would be fantastic, especially considering he does so much work with his legs. The offensive line looks downright nasty with four starters returning.<\/p>\n<p>Get your <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.bodog.com\/welcome\/1861245\/sports-betting\/ncaa-college-football.jsp\">NCAA Football Odds<\/a> in the Bodog Sportsbook! <a href=\"http:\/\/offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=140\">Grandmaster Sports Handicapper<\/a> Joe Duffy\u2019s expert take: The Buckeyes are easily the best team in the Big 10. All 14 of our projections have them winning the conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ohio State Buckeyes are the second most talented team in the nation behind Alabama. Bodog previews the Buckeyes year. The Ohio State Buckeyes are almost always in the hunt, but they look like legit BCS Championship contenders this year (5\/1 odds). Ohio State is next in today\u2019s college football preview. The Buckeyes look like &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/ncaa-football-betting-predictions-ohio-state-buckeyes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NCAA Football Betting Predictions: Ohio State Buckeyes<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_betting_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7469"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7471,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7469\/revisions\/7471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}