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Topic: #2 Ohio State (6-1/4-0) at USC (6-2/3-2)
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medinabuckeye1 · « **on:** October 25, 2026, 11:10:24 PM »

The nation's #2 team has lost the last two weeks and there is a very strong chance that streak will continue.

As an Ohio State fan I just don't like the set-up here. Ohio State's QB will be making his first start, in a hostile stadium several timezones from home against a team whose back is pretty much against the wall.

medinabuckeye1 · « **Reply #1 on:** **Today** at 04:38:18 AM »

The series is interesting. USC holds a 13-10-1 advantage in 24 games. That includes a slew of close games. In those 24 previous games:

USC holds a 5-2-1 advantage in 8 games at home.
The teams split 8 games in Columbus.
The teams split 8 bowl games with USC holding a 4-3 advantage in Rose Bowls and Ohio State winning a Cotton Bowl.

The winner won the NC a number of times including at least one Rose Bowl in which #1 played #2 for the NC in a proto NG Game.

Ohio State held a 9-6-1 advantage up through the 1973 season then lost 7 straight over 36 years from the 1974 through 2009 seasons. Ohio state won the last meeting.

Chronologically:

USC swept a H&H in 1937/38.
tOSU swept a H&H right before and after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941/42.
tOSU won a 4-game HH&HH in 1946-1949 by a 2-1-1 count (1-0-1 in Columbus, split in SoCal).
tOSU won the first Rose Bowl game between the two and thus the NC in the 1954 season.
The teams split a H&H in 1959/60 with the home team winning both games.
The teams split a H&H in 1963/64 with the home team winning both games.
Ohio State won the NC by winning a #1v#2 game in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1969.
USC won the NC by winning a #1v#3 game in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1973.
Ohio State won the 1974 Rose Bowl.
USC won the 1975 Rose Bowl.
USC won the 1980 Rose Bowl.
USC won the 1985 Rose Bowl.
USC swept a H&H in 1989/90.
USC swept a H&H in 2008/09.
tOSU won the 2017 season Cotton Bowl.

medinabuckeye1 · « **Reply #2 on:** **Today** at 04:51:35 AM »

Seven of the prior 24 games were decided by one possession with USC dominating the close games 6-0-1:

USC won by 3 in Columbus in 2009.
USC won the 1985 Rose Bowl by 3.
USC won the 1980 Rose Bowl by 1.
USC won the 1975 Rose Bowl by 1.
The teams tied in SoCal in 1949.
USC won by 7 in Columbus in 1938.
USC won by 1 in SoCal in 1937.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #3 on:** **Today** at 04:57:30 AM »

My guess is OSU shows its stuff here and wins going away, but of course ....

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