COLUMBUS, Ohio — Here’s our schedule breakdown of Ohio State’s season, as we assign a percentage chance for each opponent to beat the Buckeyes. We’ll continue multiplying those chances until we reach our final number, the chance we think Ohio State has to go 12-0 during the 2016 regular season. Tulsa Golden Hurricane vs. Ohio State: Saturday, Sept. 10 at 3:30 p.m. at Ohio Stadium. The game will be televised on ABC. 2015 record: 6-7 (3-5), finished in fourth place in the American Athletic Conference West Division. Bowl: Lost to Virginia Tech, 55-52, in the Independence Bowl. Returning starters: 14 (seven offense, seven defense). Phil Steele preseason rank: No. 88 Week before the OSU game: The Golden Hurricane will be coming off a home game against San Jose State, a team ranked No. 87 in the preseason by Phil Steele. The Buckeyes will be coming off a home game against Bowling Green. Chances to beat Ohio State: 2 percent. Tulsa has lost its last 12 games against ranked opponents, and is 3-18 in its last 21 road openers. Yet two percent is a high number considering the chances we’ve given Ohio State’s nonconference opponents from non-Power 5 conferences in the past. All of that two percent is a credit to Tulsa’s offense. [embedded content] How they could compete with Ohio State: Tulsa head coach Philip Montgomery comes from the Art Briles coaching tree. He worked as Briles offensive coordinator at Houston and Baylor. While that might not be the greatest endorsement…
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