OSU / Ill.

[MPhillips]

No. 4 Ohio State (8-0, 0-0) begins Big Ten competition this weekend with a road contest against No. 10 Illinois (6-0, 1-0) and then a home meeting with No. 17 Rutgers (8-2, 0-0) at the Covelli Center. The matchup with the Illini will start at 8 p.m. Friday with B1G+ providing the live stream. 
The Buckeyes won a 37-34 edge in the all-time series against Illinois and have won seven of the last duals. Four of the last six battles in Champaign have gone to the Buckeyes. In the series with Rutgers, Ohio State is 10-0-1, which includes a 5-0 record in Columbus. After a tie in the first meeting (24-all) Feb. 10, 1984, Ohio State has won the last 10. 

 

125-No. 10 Brendan McCrone (R-So.) vs. Caelan Riley (Jr.)
133-No. 9 Nic Bouzakis (R-So.) vs. No. 2 Lucas Byrd (R-Sr.)
141-No. 1 Jesse Mendez (Jr.) vs. No. 13 Danny Pucino (R-Jr.)
149-No. 12 Dylan D'Emilio (Gr.) vs. No. 11 Kannon Webster (R-Fr.)
157-No. 9 Paddy Gallagher (R-Jr.) vs. Jason Kraisser (Gr.)
165-No. 11 Sammy Sasso (Gr.) or Bryce Hepner (R-Sr.)/e'Than Birden (Fr.) vs. No. 10 Braeden Scoles (R-Fr.)
174-No. 9 Carson Kharchla (Gr.) vs. No. 21 Danny Braunagel (R-Sr.)
184-No. 14 Ryder Rogotzke (So.) vs. No. 10 Edmond Ruth (R-Sr.)
197-Seth Shumate (R-So.) vs. No. 11 Zac Braunagel (R-Sr.)
HWT-No. 7 Nick Feldman (R-So.) vs. No. 11 Luke Luffman (R-Sr.)

[ILLINIWrestlingBlog]

There's a social media post that popped up today advertising the dual showing Peter Marinopoulos. Is he going heavy? Don't want to start a Mineo-like rumor. He's gonna be good one day, but he's not Luffman.

Good luck tonight ... on the gridiron.