Today's match-up has great historic resonance -- for fans of college basketball. Bobby Knight famously played on an OSU team that won the national championship in 1960, then later coached Indiana to national titles in 1976, 1981, and 1987. But that was basketball, not football.
In football, OSU leads the all-time series 74-12-5. There are few series with more than 90 meetings that features so few interesting games. The Buckeyes have not lost to the Hoosiers since 1988. Here are the last three match-ups in the series:
10/08/2016: Ohio St. 38 - 17 Indiana
08/31/2017: Indiana 21 - 49 Ohio St.
10/06/2018: Ohio St. 49 - 26 Indiana
This week, Ohio State is ranked number 6 in the country by the AP. Indiana is 2-0 after wins over Ball State and Eastern Illinois, but the Hoosiers are unranked. The folks in Vegas have OSU as an 18-point favorite in a game where they expect 60 points. That would be a 39-21 victory for the Bucks, which would be relatively consistent with recent history.
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