Ohio State Football: Way-too-early game-by-game predictions for 2018

2 of 12

PISCATAWAY, NJ – SEPTEMBER 30: Quarterback Dwayne Haskins #7 of the Ohio State Buckeyes during a game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on September 30, 2017 at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey. Ohio State won 56-0. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images) /

Rutgers has been the Big Ten’s punching bag ever since it joined back in 2014 and that’s not going to stop in 2018 — at least not with the conference’s big boys. Ohio State and Rutgers will meet up early in the season for a rare Week 2 Big Ten matchup and it will be extremely one-sided.

Chris Ash has been doing his best to assemble a competitive team in Piscataway, but the Scarlet Knights just don’t have the draw that the rest of the conference’s teams do.

Urban Meyer and Co. will host the Scarlet Knights and send them home packing a few hours later with a blowout loss. Dwayne Haskins will have a nearly flawless start to his career after an impressive opener against Oregon State and he will top 300 yards yet again.

That backfield duo of Mike Weber and JK Dobbins is going to haunt opponents all season long and that will be the case in this one as they combine for over 200 yards again. The defense will smother Giovanni Rescigno or whoever starts under center for the Scarlet Knights as they finish with 150 total yards.

Final Score: Rutgers 3, Ohio State 45 (2-0, 1-0 Big Ten)

Home/Ohio State Buckeyes