Ohio opens at -18.5 with the o/u set at 73.5 according to odds shark.
Both seem high to me. It is interesting that they've begun putting lines on these FCS opponents, they didn't used to.
What they're saying is that Ohio should win something like 46-27, which would be okay with me. But yes, the spread seems a little high, although the O/U might actually be a little low. Fordham is averaging almost 50 pts and 500+ yds a game on offense (albeit against 1AA teams that are 1-8 combined), while our D is giving up 40+ pts a game, although against better competition. Still, given the issues we've had on defense the first three games, Fordham could easily put up 35+ pts against us. We should score plenty ourselves; Fordham is giving up 42 pts and right at 500 yds a game. They're giving up an average of 193 rushing yds a game, so we should get at least 250 -- 300 isn't out of the question. If that happens, we could score in the 50s. Given what we did against FAU, we should get at least 40. We can't afford turnovers and mental mistakes, we need to get good field position to start drives, and we need to tackle better.