Ohio State went into the half against Indiana trailing 14-13. It was the second-straight time they had trailed at the half in Bloomington. The last time was 2015, and they needed 200 yards rushing in the second half from Ezekiel Elliott to hold onto a 34-27 victory. This time out things were much easier, however.
Thanks to lingering hamstring issues for starter Mike Weber, freshman running back J.K. Dobbins got the start for the Buckeyes in his first career game Thursday night and set an Ohio State freshman-debut record with 181 yards rushing. He kept the Buckeye offense going in the first half when the passing game was struggling.
Ohio State did about a touchdown better than Vegas expected, which will do little to ease the concerns of many Buckeye fans following OSU’s 49-21 win at Indiana Thursday night. In the end, however, the Buckeyes were as balanced on offense as a team could dream of being, and their defense was bent, but unbroken, and eventually…
Check out Jim Davidson and Dan Harker’s photos from Ohio State’s 49-21 win at Indiana. More photos will be added throughout the night.
Urban Meyer and several of his players spoke with the media following Ohio State’s 49-21 win at Indiana. Even though the Buckeyes won by four touchdowns, Meyer wasn’t exactly in a great mood. Here are the highlights.
There are several mysteries surrounding this game and they come from both sides. We have spent the last nine months discussing Ohio State’s mysteries, but now we turn our attention to the Indiana Hoosiers. Ohio State is a 20.5-point favorite in Bloomington, which means this game should be somewhat of an easy time.
The Ohio State Buckeyes of college football fame play a game tonight. You may have heard. If you haven’t, then boy, you picked one heck of a day to randomly show up at a website that covers OSU. The No. 2 Buckeyes head to Bloomington for the biggest game in Indiana football history. Ohio State is favored by 20.5 points.
Welcome to the first game-week piece of the year. No, it’s not actually game week just yet, but since we are now inside a week until Ohio State kicks off against the Hoosiers, it may as well be. The Thursday night start to the season has altered the way things will normally go around here, but we’re nothing if not begrudgingly flexible.
Hosts Shannon Sommers and Chip Minnich are joined by Zach Osterman (@zachosterman) of the IndyStar to talk about the Indiana Hoosiers. They first discuss Kevin Wilson’s termination from being Indiana’s head coach. Could there be any blowback to the Ohio State program? Was Indiana being proactive or justified in his removal?
