Bill Landis

I don't think Iowa's particularly good, but the last time I saw Ohio State play in Iowa, they got their butts kicked.

So they haven't played there since 2017 when Iowa boat raced them.

So that's a really tough place to play.

Iowa gave...

Oregon and Indiana, two awesome games in Kinnick last year.

So I don't think I'd pick Ohio State to go 9-3.

We did our playoff picks, and I wasn't quite there.

But I can absolutely see a scenario where it happens against this schedule.

Because even at Texas...

The last time Ohio State played a marquee non-conference game on the road, they won because the other team had 10 guys on the field on the last play.

I don't think this is a slam dunk Ohio State's winning 10 games because Ohio State always wins 10 games kind of year.

I think there's enough turnover on the roster, and this is one hell of a slate they're staring at.

If I had to bet, if somebody forced me to bet it, I would probably say Ohio State still finds a way to win 10 games, but...

This makes a lot of sense to me, looking at what they have in front of them and sort of what's happened this offseason in terms of the roster.

Can I squeeze a question in here that doesn't have anything to do with win totals, but I didn't realize that Ohio State was now the betting favorite to be the national champion on FanDuel.

What has happened in the last three weeks that Ohio State has gone?

I think Ohio State was plus 750 and Notre Dame was the favorite, and now Ohio State is plus 550.

and Notre Dame is plus 750.

Like, did something happen that Marcus Freeman decided he was going to go coach the New York Giants or something in the last three weeks?

The thing that I'm kind of trying to work through... People are getting their tax returns and putting it on Ohio State.