LGHL’s 2021 Ohio State and college football season predictions

As the Ohio State football team prepares to embark on the 2021 college football season your favorite Ohio State SB Nation blog, no, not that one... not that one either... the other one. No, I’m talking about Land-Grant Holy Land. To get ready for the season, our panel of experts refuses to be silenced by the inevitable shaming at the hands of Freezing Cold Takes, and is putting their collective knowledge where their typing fingers are.

Fifteen LGHL writers and editors have made predictions about the Ohio State Buckeyes, the Big Ten Conference, and college football as a whole. Let us know who you are — and aren’t — agreeing with in the comments below. And don’t worry, we will be revisiting these come season’s end.

If you want to see how some of our returning LGHL prognosticators did in the 2020 season, check out the results from last season’s predictions.

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Who will lead Ohio State in rushing yardage this season?

True freshman TreVeyon Henderson the clear leader in this predictions category.

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Who will lead Ohio State in rushing TDs this season?

Despite Henderson taking the lead in the yardage question, veteran Master Teague is the presumptive leader in TDs. Henderson and Miyan Williams are close behind.

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Will the coaching staff #FreeDemario this season?

I will never..... EVER..... give up on this. How dare you, person who is certainly not me who asked this question.

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Who will lead Ohio State in receiving yardage this season?

No surprise here, Chris Olave leads the way with 60% of the vote, with Garrett Wilson close behind at 40%.

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Who will lead Ohio State in receiving TDs this season?

Same thing as the question above.

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C.J. Stroud Passing Stats Predictions

While there is some variance amongst the responses, most everyone is in the same, general range.

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How many passing yards will Quinn Ewers have?

Not gonna lie, a lot more zeros in these predictions than I was expecting, but I respect Dante for going big. It’s a longshot, but if it hits, he’s gonna look like a genius.

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Who will lead Ohio State in tackles this season?

Come on, Chris. Pick one. If Simon or Young ends up leading the team, you’re only getting half credit when we tally this stuff up.

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Who will lead Ohio State in sacks this season?

Zach Harrison leading in a big way here. I hope 2/3s of us are right!

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Who will lead Ohio State in interceptions this season?

Sevyn Banks and Lathan Ransom in the lead here, which makes sense.

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How many combined punts and field goal attempts will Ohio State have this season?

This is the one that I am by far the most invested in.

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Which true freshman will end up having the biggest impact this season and why?

I expected a little more for Henderson in here, but I love that there are so many optionsand that all are legitimately viable.

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Which Buckeye that nobody is talking about will step up to make the biggest impact (non-freshman edition)?

Apparently the mileage on “that nobody is talking about” will vary, but good options, nonetheless.

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Which player and brand will end up being the most ubiquitous example of the new NIL rules during the season?

I won’t list all of these, but I will share some of my favorites.

Connor Lemons: Dawand Jones and Buckeye Donuts.

Shane Bailey: Dawand Jones definitely needs a Big Thanos clothing line; although I’m sure Marvel would take issue with that. If no Big and Tall stores have reached out to Dawand yet they are missing out on a huge opportunity.

Gene Ross: Miyan Williams doing a meatball/pork chop ad for a restaurant.

Chris Renne: The OL, people love their linemen and we’re going to see a lot of group opportunities as well as individual. Plus the OL are crafty dudes who will find some great opportunities.

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If no games are canceled, what will Ohio State’s regular season record be?

David and Josh, please report to my office immediately.

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What will the score of the Ohio State vs. Michigan game be?

Apropos of nothing, don’t forget that you can purchase our “Hang 100 on ‘Em” t-shirt here and have it in plenty of time for this year’s edition of The Game.

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Please list your predicted order of finish in the Big Ten East (Top to Bottom)

I would have been pretty upset if anyone had gone off the map with their Big Ten East pick, to be honest.

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Please list your predicted order of finish in the Big Ten West (Top to Bottom)

Lots of Badger love here at LGHL.

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Who is your Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year?

We might be homers, but five of the last nine people to win this award have been Ohio State quarterbacks, so it seems like a good bet to go with Stroud.

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Who is your Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year?

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Who is your Big Ten Coach of the Year?

Of course we all wanted to pick Ryan Day, but we’ve been burnt too many times before.

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What is your boldest, most out-of-left-field prediction for Ohio State this season?

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What is your boldest, most out-of-left-field prediction for college football this season (non-Ohio State version)?

Lots of folks down on Bama, huh?

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Who wins the Heisman Trophy?

Two people picked running backs? What decade are you living in, guys?

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Will Ohio State have a Heisman finalist(s)? If so, who?

It’s ok, you can say it. We’re homers.

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College Football Playoff Seeding Predictions

I’ll take my chances with these lists.

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Who is your National Champion?

What do you want? I told you we were homers.