COLUMBUS, Ohio — After playing its tightest game in almost two months, Ohio State football is favored to roll past Northwestern on Saturday. Caesar’s Sportsbook installed the Buckeyes as 36.5-point favorites for the game at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. It the line holds or grows, it will be the third time this season OSU has been favored by 36 or more points at kickoff, per Vegas Insider. Ohio State had covered four of its last straight spreads prior to Saturday’s 44-31 victory as a 15.5-point favorite at Penn State. Per the Odds Shark database, OSU has been favored by 16.5 or more points in each of its last four games against Northwestern. It is 2-2 against the spread in that span. It has won nine straight head-to-head since its last loss to the Wildcats, in 2004. Northwestern has lost seven straight games since its season-opening victory over Nebraska in…
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