I’m not going to make a formal prediction for this game. There’s too much on the line, I’m not dispassionate enough and the big point spread makes me nervous. I can see the contest going in several different ways.
Here’s what I want to happen and, in fact, what I think will happen. OSU will score touchdowns on four of its six offensive possessions in the first half and take a 28-7 lead into the locker room. The Irish won’t have any answers for C.J. Stroud, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and TreVeyon Henderson, and the Buckeyes will win going away — a win that should shorten the voters’ gap between No.