Maryland Terrapins (4-1) vs. Ohio State Buckeyes (4-1)
October 9, 2021 12:00 pm EDT
The Line: Ohio State Buckeyes -21 / Maryland Terrapins +21; Over/Under: 69.5
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The Ohio State Buckeyes and Maryland Terrapins meet in a week 6 Big Ten college football contest from Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Saturday.
The Maryland Terrapins will try to bounce back from a 51-14 loss at the hands of Iowa in their last game. Taulia Tagovailoa’s thrown for 1,497 yards, 12 touchdowns and 6 interceptions while Tayon Fleet-Davis has a team-high 331 rushing yards for the Terps and Dontay Demus Jr. leads Maryland’s receivers with 29 grabs for 507 yards this season. Rakim Jarrett and Jeshaun James each have 200+ receiving yards as well this season. On defense, Jordan Mosley leads the Terps with 24 total tackles while Sam Okuayinonu has a team-high 5 sacks.
The Ohio State Buckeyes will try to build on their 52-13 win over Rutgers last time out. C.J. Stroud’s thrown for 1,293 yards, 13 touchdowns and 3 interceptions on 64.5% passing while TreVeyon Henderson has a team-high 510 rushing yards and Miyan Williams and Master Teague III each have 200+ rushing yards. Garrett Wilson leads Ohio State with 26 catches for 462 yards while Chris Olave and Jaxon Smith-Njigba each have 300+ receiving yards on the year. On defense, Ronnie Hickman leads Ohio State with 44 total tackles while Haskell Garrett has a team-high 3 sacks this season.
Maryland is 6-13 ATS in their last 19 games as an underdog and 7-20 ATS in their last 27 road games while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games as a road underdog. Bowling Green is 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games against a team with a winning record and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 home games while the over is 5-1-1 in their last 7 conference games.
Well, just when I thought Maryland had turned a corner and could hang with Iowa at home, the Terrapins put up a dud and Taulia Tagovailoa remembered how much he likes turning the ball over. Ohio State hasn’t been as dominant as year’s past, but the Buckeyes are clearly the better team here and Maryland is dead to me from a betting perspective. It’s Ohio State or pass for me here.
