Originally published at: https://pistolsfiringblog.com/season-predictions-the-pfb-staff-predicts-osus-record-mvps-and-more-for-the-2024-season/
Another season with double-digit wins?
Ill go 9-3/10-2 for the season.
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West Virginia has a very mean schedule. Isu ksu wv and ku all play each. Some one has to go 3 and 0 to make title game.
Isu is my favorite they could make things happen if they go to utah and win that one. Utah still has the easiest schedule
Utah osu title game with osu getting its second win over the utes.
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I’m going to go with the safe bet of 10-3 just like we did in 2013 and 2017. Years we were expected to do well and didn’t meet specific goals. IF we win the conference then that’s cool. I’m just not seeing how we do. Hopefully I’m wrong and they will.
At least you have hope, and definitely nobody can take that from you 
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I have never predicted OSU to go 11-1, but will today. They go to the CCG and win and make the playoff. Remember a prediction is not a bet. My bet was OSU wins over 8.5 games regular season.
I don’t see how the writers of this story do not include Trey Rucker in the top 3 tacklers. Kendall Daniels tackles will go down playing WLB not up. I think Nardo is going to have Kendall Daniels rush the passer from the same side as Oliver! Picking 3 LBs to lead OSU in tackles just doesn’t make sense. Maybe if it was 1975, teams just pass too much today. I would pick top 3 as Martin, Rucker, Rawls.
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Hey Cox, who is “Trent Howard?”
The best pass defense is a good DL rush with blitzing Daniel’s and Martin
Book it if the DL gets a good rush
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Y’all just screwed us. Needed at least one person to say we’ll go like 8-4.
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8-4. There, ya happy? 
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Why do you think Gundy wants to go back to four man front rotations?
I’ll do you one better. 7-5 is my prediction.
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I think we will play some 4 man fronts on first down vs run oriented teams like Kansas St. put in Clay and Kirkland at DT and clog the middle. I wouldn’t be surprised to see it vs South Dakota St as they ran for 237 a game last year.
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Gregory thinks the Cowboys might lose one in Boulder or Provo? If OSU loses in Boulder, then Gundy really does need to retire. Colorado is circus and by late season, the Deion experiment should effectively be over.
We’re rotating to four man fronts because we realized our secondary can’t stop a nose bleed. We were one of the worst teams in the country last season at giving up chunk plays. So I tend to disagree. I think they’ll do that with heavy run teams, but I think the ultimate goal is Gundy is sick of giving up easy points and wants to see more pressure on the QB where he’s forced to make quicker decisions.
Oliver isn’t a linebacker. He might be alright at that position, but his field of expertise is an edge / pass rusher. The fact they’re moving Daniels into one of the linebacker slots and switching up to four-man fronts tells me they want more speed up front and miss Jim Knowles. That’s exactly what they did with Rodrigo in Knowles second year as DC. They moved him from the safety position and made him a linebacker.
I think it’s along the lines they don’t trust the back end of the defense (which I don’t blame them) and something else needs to be done to alleviate that weakness this season.
I suck at predictions but I’m with you on this. This is one of the better teams in the last decade, something we don’t see often if at all so for no reason other than that this team needs to kill it this year barring lots of injuries. If they don’t then the chances of it ever happening will come down to just luck.
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I’m not saying OSU’s transition to a 4 man front won’t help the pass rush or it isn’t even the primary concern. However, OSU run defense gave up 198+ yards rushing 6 times (OSU 3-3 in those games) and I think Gundy/Nardo wants to see Clay/Kirkland on the field at the same time in some instances, think 3rd/4th and short.
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Bring on the Orange Kool-Aid! I’m all for it! 11-2, 10-2 - B12 champs, playoffs! It’s all here!!!
GO POKES!!
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We had an abundance of talent in 2017 and a really good defense in 2013. What makes you think this season is any different compared to those?
That could be true, or it could be the fact your best known edge rusher isn’t getting in as much as he probably should be.