Big Ten Football 2021 Preview and Projections: 1. Ohio State Buckeyes

The battered and embattled Maize n Brew readers voted Ohio State as the best team in the Big Ten.

By Anthony Broome@anthonytbroome Aug 16, 2021, 7:00am CDT

Luke Ghiardi (@LukeGhiardi on Twitter) and Anthony Broome (@anthonytbroome) continue the 2021 Big Ten Football preview and projection series with a look at the Ohio State Buckeyes, who MnB readers and followers ranked as the best team in the Big Ten this season.

NOTE: Michigan fans ranked the Wolverines as the fifth-best team in the Big Ten. We skipped them and will do a full preview of them LAST in this series scheduled for Aug. 23.

The guys discuss:

— We tried to talk ourselves into a down year for Ohio State football

— It did not work

— Key departures/returnees

— Expectations for this season

— Schedule breakdown

— Vegas over/under prediction