COLUMBUS – Ohio State is Apollo Creed and Indiana is Rocky.
“If you’re the champ and you’re the boxer, you know they’re going to try and knock you out every time they go in the ring,” Buckeye head coach Ryan Day said, previewing Ohio State’s Big Ten opener at Indiana Saturday.
(6) Ohio State (2-0) at Indiana (2-0); Sat., Sept 14; Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Ind. (Noon/FOX)
The sixth-ranked Buckeyes can’t afford any missteps, even an early one, if they expect to make the College Football Playoff.
Ohio State has won the last 23 games in a row over the Hoosiers, dating back to a 27-27 tie in 1990, but the last two games at Memorial Stadium have been decided by seven points or less, 52-49 in 2012 and 34-27 in 2015.