Ohio State Will Beat USC: And Here's How It Will Happen

As we watch the replay of the Pontiac Game Changing Performance—the Jenkins interception and return—Corso says that he’s “pretty darn impressed. Ohio State faced a pretty good opponent and marched through ‘em. These guys are for real!”

So that’s roughly how it should play out tonight. Because, obviously, video games are an accurate portrayal of real life and should be treated as such.

But seriously, I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if it did go this way, especially when I looked at the stats. Boeckman was 13-for-16 with 140 yards, no touchdowns and a pick; Saine was held to 44 yards but had the two touchdowns and also 31 yards receiving; and Sanzenbacher and Nicol were my top receivers, with three grabs each.

For USC, Sanchez finished 12-of-19 with 117 yards and a pick, Johnson rushed for 92 yards and a score while Turner hauled in five passes for 66 yards. Maualuga had nine tackles, Mays had eight, and Cushing returned from his killer back spasms to make three tackles for a loss.

The team stats were also pretty even and belied the defensive dominance that everyone assumes will be the case in the, uhh, real game. USC had 205 yards of total offense and just six first downs, while my Bucks tallied 182 yards. I did convert 7-of-10 third downs though, limiting USC to 2-of-7 and 0-for-3 on fourth downs.

Now, if you’ve actually made it through the first 1,400 words to this point, you are either: 1. A really good friend of mine; 2. Really, really obsessed with soaking up every word written about Ohio State or USC; or 3. A video game junkie.

But no matter what category you’re in, or if you just scrolled to the bottom of this article to see if I actually had a point or if I’m just insane, I say thank you and Go Bucks!

Now it’s time for me to sit back on the couch, enjoy my day off, and watch college football for the next 13 hours…

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