Nebraska head football coach Mike Riley spoke for a few minutes on Tuesday’s Big Ten coaches teleconference. He spent time previewing Saturday’s upcoming matchup against Ohio State under the lights in Lincoln. Here are the highlights.
Every week during Urban Meyer’s Monday press conference, he will read off the list of Buckeyes who graded out as champions in the previous game. The grading scale changes for each position group, but for each player it is a mark of how well they played at their respective positions. Since this is the halfway point of the regular season…
Little brother is back, and he looks like an annoying pain in the ass again. Michigan State went into Ann Arbor and outraced a monsoon to a 14-3 lead at the half against Michigan, and then battened down the hatches in the second half, withstanding win, rain, and pretty much nothing of any substance from the Wolverines on their way…
So much of what we see on television is what also shows up in the stat column, with the exception of big hits. Though, I suppose even those show up as “stats”, you just have to look under the “Player Ejections” category underneath the attendance, referees and weather report. The topic of targeting aside, it is often the unheralded play…
Ohio State has released their weekly game notes for Saturday night’s matchup at Nebraska, which means they have also released the Players of the Game and the Champions from OSU’s 62-14 win over Maryland. Quarterback J.T. Barrett was named the Offensive Player of the Week, while linebacker Jerome Baker earned Defensive Player of the Week.
Ohio State lost a pair of talented underclassmen cornerbacks to the NFL after last season, which means that the process to replace them had to be sped up. The Buckeyes were able to bring in Kendall Sheffield from junior college to help out returning players Denzel Ward and Damon Arnette, but the rest of the unit has been outfitted…
When cornerback Denzel Ward was flagged with targeting and ejected in the first half of the Buckeyes’ 62-14 win over Maryland on Saturday, it left Ohio State cornerbacks coach Kerry Coombs with a decision. Either he could scrap the three-man rotation that the Buckeyes have used since last season and just stick with Damon Arnette…
It’s a pretty good sign when you can make as many mistakes as Ohio State did and still secure a 62-14 win over a Maryland team that could be headed for a bowl game this year. The Buckeyes weren’t the only ones making mistakes in this one, but they were still able to overcome every error made. Dominance has its virtues.
The targeting rule in football — both professional and college — was implemented with the best of intentions. The rule was created to protect players and to decrease the number of serious hits to the head and neck area of every player on the field. The penalty is immediate disqualification seems steep to some, but the only way…
Late in the first quarter with Ohio State looking to tack onto their 20-7 lead, redshirt sophomore right guard Branden Bowen got his leg pinned beneath him, fracturing both his tibia and fibula according to a tweet from his mother. After the game, Meyer said Bowen would undergo surgery on Sunday. Bowen had started all six games…
Jim Davidson and Dan Harker’s photo gallery from Ohio State’s 62-14 win over Maryland. Photos will be added throughout the night.
