Ohio State is set to face its most prominent opponent of the season to date in its fifth game of the year on Saturday.
For the second time this season, Ohio State hits the road to play a conference opponent this week, and this time it’s for a primetime showdown. Nebraska, who was widely projected as a frontrunner to win the Big Ten West entering the season, will host the Buckeyes in Lincoln for a 7:30 p.m. game that will be the first game under the lights for Ohio State this year.
The Cornhuskers’ start to the season hasn’t lived up to the preseason hype, as they suffered a 34-31 overtime loss in their second game of the year against Colorado and never led until the fourth quarter before escaping from Illinois with a 42-38 win in their first Big Ten game of the season on Saturday.