UCLA Rewind and Rutgers Preview

UCLA Rewind and Rutgers Preview

From Silver Bullets Podcast by Michael Citro & Chip Minnich

November 18, 2025 · 59 min · Episode 209

About this episode

The episode reviews Ohio State's victory over UCLA and previews the upcoming game against Rutgers while discussing other Big Ten matchups.

Ohio State was again without Carnell Tate, used Jeremiah Smith and Caleb Downs sparingly, and still beat the brakes off of UCLA at the Shoe Saturday night. Things went more or less as expected, even if Ryan Day seemed aggravated with the offense’s start to the second half. Maybe some of the mojo rubbed off on the special teams, though, because the Buckeyes recorded a blocked punt and a kickoff return for a touchdown on the evening. We looked back at our score predictions, broke down all the key players/moments/stats from the game, and checked on our picks to click to see how they performed. (Spoiler: they did well.) After yapping about the Buckeyes for a bit, we turned our attention to the rest of the Big Ten. There were some top-notch games over the weekend, including Iowa at USC and Michigan needing a last-second field goal to avoid a loss to Northwestern at Wrigley Field. Penn State got its first Big Ten win, while Michigan State and Purdue did not. We looked ahead to this weekend’s slate of games in the conference, and USC-Oregon is a critical game for the Trojans’ hopes of reaching the College Football Playoff. Northwestern will be playing for bowl eligibility. Finally, we…

Topics covered

  • Ohio State football
  • UCLA game recap
  • Rutgers preview
  • Big Ten football

Keywords

  • Carnell Tate
  • Jeremiah Smith
  • Caleb Downs
  • Ryan Day
  • special teams
  • blocked punt
  • kickoff return
  • score predictions
  • key players
  • stats
  • USC-Oregon
  • bowl eligibility

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Places: Columbus

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