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Final Thoughts, Questions and Predictions Before Ohio State’s Season Opener at Minnesota

Nearly eight months removed from the end of the 2020 season, the wait for Ohio State football is just about over.

The fourth-ranked Buckeyes head to Minneapolis to take on P.J. Fleck and the Minnesota Golden Gophers in their own backyard to kick off the 2021 schedule on Thursday. With just a few hours to go until the 8 p.m. kickoff, Eleven Warriors staff writers share their final thoughts, questions and predictions going into the first game.

Final Thoughts

This is Ohio State’s most intriguing season-opening matchup in quite some time

It’s not that Ohio State’s season openers have been devoid of interest in recent years.