Michigan State linebacker Joe Bachie, on Ohio State…”You know you’re playing the best, and that’s how it’s been the past few years…You’ve seen Ohio State be successful year in, year out. They’ve got a great program down there. It’s another challenge for us….You want to be the best, you want to be a champion? You gotta beat those guys.”
Holy moly, Ohio State! Though my offensive statistical projections for the Buckeyes were pretty close last week, I wasn’t ready for the defense to continue crushing souls quite like they did. I hadn’t been impressed with the Huskers’ defense, so I figured that a Ryan Day offense would cut through it like butter. But the Silver Bullets truly turned heads last weekend.
One of the most-pressing concerns for Ohio State head coach Ryan Day heading into this season was finding a running back who could help carry the load with junior starter JK Dobbins. Battling through injuries in fall camp and therefore lacking practice reps, redshirt freshman running back Master Teague was on the outside looking in for that job — at least until the games got underway.
In the game many Ohio State fans — including this one — anticipated as being one of the biggest challenges for the Buckeyes in 2019, Ohio State travels to Lincoln, Nebraska, to take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers. At 3-1, the Cornhuskers believe that this is the type of game that will help put their program back into the national conversation.
So if you’ll recall from last week’s statistical recap, I thought that OSU would score a lot of points (56, to be exact). Ryan Day and company thought that was hilarious and tacked on an extra 20 for good measure. I predicted that Justin Fields would throw for 213 yards, 4 TDs, 0 INTs, and rush for another score. He had the audacity to toss in an extra ten yards passing and an additional…
The Miami RedHawks have a tradition of occasionally pulling off upsets against superior opponents. 1986, the then-Miami Redskins upset eighth-ranked LSU in Baton Rouge, 21-12, en route to an eventual MAC Championship. 1995, Miami traveled to Evanston, Illinois, and upset eventual Big Ten champion Northwestern in week two, 30-28.
Not a lot of sense wasting time on last week’s statistical recap. I was accurate on a couple of predictions, but undervalued the offense and it showed in the overall yardage. When you rush for over seven yards per carry and better than 300 yards, overshooting the passing yardage is possible. I did just that. I hit on another Justin…
The Buckeyes are undefeated in conference play after going to Indiana and playing with their food against the Hoosiers. Ohio State dominated in all phases of the game in an outing that, while not perfect, was darn impressive for a team still building chemistry around a first-year starting quarterback. We break down the good, the more good, the great…
Ohio State junior running back JK Dobbins was named Big Ten co-Offensive Player of the Week today following Saturday’s game against Indiana where he rushed for 193 yards on 22 carries and a touchdown in a 51-10 win over the Hoosiers. Dobbins also added two catches for 14 yards and a touchdown. The first half of the game Saturday saw Dobbins rush for 175 yards…
For a second week in a row, the Ohio State Buckeyes faced an opponent capable of not being run over and ran them right over. Ohio State wandered into Indiana and left the highways teeming with roadkill. The Buckeyes opened up a 30-3 and closed out just as devastatingly, driving away with a 51-10 win over the Hoosiers. I wouldn’t call it a vacation…
