The Minnesota Golden Gophers and Ohio State Buckeyes face off on Sunday in  a college football showdown at Value City Arena. Let’s look at the betting matchup and give a free Minnesota vs Ohio State prediction.

Ohio State Opens Up Big Ten Play

Ohio State opens up Big Ten Play here and this is a game they feel they should have no issue with. In the last game against Central Michigan, Ohio State scored 88 points and that was enough for the seven point victory. Bruce Thorton put up 25 points, four rebounds, and two assists. Ohio State on the season is averaging 80 points while their defense is giving up 64.6 points per game. One thing to watch is Jameson Battle and how he’s going to perform going against his former team. 

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Minnesota Faces Another Test

The two other games that Minnesota played against good teams they really struggled. Two games ago against San Francisco the offense only managed 58 points and that led to the blowout defeat. In the last game against New Orleans, Minnesota’s offense was strong scoring 97 points on the way to the blowout victory. Minnesota is averaging 79.7 points while their defense is giving up 66.6 points per game. Dawons Garcia is averaging 18.3 points while shooting 49.4 percent from the field and 31.8 percent from behind the three point line. 

Minnesota vs Ohio State Prediction

Every time the Gophers play any team that is decent they have all kind of issues and it’s going to be the case again in this game. Ohio State is giving up 64.6 points per game and they are going to give up even less than that here. Minnesota is averaging 79.7 points per game but they are  going to really struggle to get any type of offense going here. This is going to be a comfortable victory. Back Ohio State against the spread.