Posted on September 22, 2024
By David Cobb, CBS Sports: The drudgery of facing weak out-of-conference opposition finally comes to an end next week for teams like Ohio State and Ole Miss after a series of blowout wins for both programs early in the 2024 season. The Buckeyes will open Big Ten play at Michigan State after improving to 3-0 with a 49-14 Week 4 drubbing of Marshall.
Ole Miss will host Kentucky after beating Georgia Southern 52-13. It’s an “all-in” type of season for both the Buckeyes and the Rebels as both teams went hard in the transfer portal to supplement strong returning talent cores. For that reason, we’re grading both on a championship-level curve this season.
Neither team is going to receive an automatic ‘A’ just for a blowout victory. We’re going to hold them to a higher standard. As such, it should be pointed out that Ole Miss and Ohio State finally allowed touchdowns for the first time this season in Week 4. Both starting quarterbacks also threw interceptions.
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