Ohio State hosts Colorado on Saturday: Who will win and by how much? Poll

The teams last met a quarter-century ago. Ohio State is 2-1 this season; Colorado, 1-2.

Marvin Fong, The Plain DealerOhio State players gather before the kickoff of their Sept. 10 game against Toledo at Ohio Stadium. The Buckeyes won, 27-22.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ohio State has one game left to play before beginning its Big Ten schedule with a home game against Michigan State on Oct. 1.

That remaining non-league contest is against Colorado on Saturday at Ohio Stadium.

Neither the Buckeyes nor the Buffaloes have been especially impressive in their first three games.

Ohio State routed Akron's Zips, 42-0, in the teams' season-opener. To put that in perspective, though, consider that Akron lost, 59-14, at Cincinnati last Saturday, after trailing, 49-0, at halftime.

A week later, the Buckeyes held on for a 27-22 home win over Toledo, as the Rockets were unable to score after getting a first down at Ohio State's 22-yard line in the final two minutes.

Ohio State's weaknesses were exposed even more on Saturday night, in a 24-6 loss at Miami (Fla.) that dropped the Buckeyes from the national Top 25 rankings for the first time in nearly seven years.

Colorado, too, has had its early-season struggles. The Buffaloes, now in their first PAC-10 season after leaving the Big 12, opened with a 34-17 loss at Hawaii, then lost their home opener to California, 36-33. Colorado won at home, 28-14, over Colorado State last Saturday.

The teams have played four times, but none of the contests are relevant to Saturday's game. The last time the teams met was on Sept. 20, 1986. Ohio State senior quarterback Joe Bauserman, who is 25 and was a minor league pitcher for three seasons after being picked in the fourth round of the 2005 by the Pittsburgh Pirates, had his first birthday two weeks (Oct. 4) after that last Ohio State-Colorado game.

This, though, is how those games played out:

1986: Ohio State 13, Colorado 10, at Ohio State; 1985: Ohio State 36, Colorado 13, at Colorado; Jan. 1, 1977 Orange Bowl: Ohio State 27, Colorado 10; 1971: Colorado 20, Ohio State 14, at Ohio State.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/ohio-sports-blog/index.ssf/2011/09/ohio_state_hosts_colorado_on_s.html

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