Week 6 college football best bets and predictions
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Maryland Terrapins at Ohio State Buckeyes
Maryland has lost by an average of 52.0 points per game in its last three trips to Ohio Stadium. Of course, this Terrapins team is better than some recent ones, with Maryland being 5-0 for the first time since 2001. And the team does have a good quarterback in Taulia Tagovailoa, who has thrown for 1,464 yards with 13 touchdowns and three interceptions this year. Tagovailoa is also coming off a game in which he torched Indiana for 352 yards and five touchdowns. The problem is that Maryland is now facing an Ohio State team that is a completely different beast.
While the Terrapins offense has the ability to put up points, the Buckeyes have arguably the best defense in the nation. Only Michigan is giving up fewer than the 8.5 points per game that Ohio State is allowing this season, and the Buckeyes are especially tough against the pass. This season, they’re allowing just 149.0 yards per game through the air. And we saw exactly how good this passing defense was in a win over Sam Hartman and Notre Dame. Hartman has been one of the best quarterbacks in college football for years, but he wasn’t able to get anything going against Ohio State. I think the Buckeyes will similarly bottle up the Terrapins receivers, and they’ll also get some pressure on Tagovailoa.