Ohio State’s defense was put on skates last week and pushed down the stairs, and if that happens again this week, the Buckeyes will need to find a running game in order to control the ball and slow things down for a defense that might be reeling. Finding a running game, however, is not very easy to do against Michigan State.
The Spartans enter this matchup versus the Buckeyes coming off a last-second field goal to defeat Penn State a week ago. Michigan State relies heavily on a stingy defense and timely offense to sit at 7-2 on the season thus far. Defensively, the Spartans rank 12th in Total Defense (303 yards per game) and an impressive 3rd nationally in…
I have put off tallying up my predictions over the previous three games due to outstanding excuses. If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s thinking of reasons why I can’t do something right now. That being said, I’ve put this stuff off too long. I won’t run through it all, but I will let you know that before tallying up these last three games…
Hondo Carpenter from spartannation.com joins Shannon Sommers to discuss the Michigan State Spartans. They talk about the Spartans coming into Columbus with the Big Ten East on the line. talks about how he believes Buckeye Nation has a sense of entitlement. He also talks about how some bad apples of Buckeye Nation go onto…
Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer takes part in his weekly call-in show on Thursday. He will provide updates on his football team and look ahead to Saturday’s game against Michigan State. We will provide live updates when the show begins shortly after noon. Refresh for updates.
Despite OSU’s defense giving up 48 points to Iowa last week, so much of the talk coming into Saturday’s game against Michigan State centers on Ohio State’s offense. The Spartans will bring the Big Ten’s best run defense into Ohio Stadium. Generally, in order to run against a defense like this, an offense will need to utilize the pass to loosen things up.
“There is nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you…” ~ Woody Hayes Recently, my sister Col suggested that I alter and adjust my usual quote that begins my “Opponent Watch” segment here on The Ozone.net. “Why not vary it up?”, Col suggested. After Ohio State was soundly beaten at Iowa, I felt a good quote about…
The title of this podcast borrows from an old Tom T. Hall song about a cold night at a hotel in Des Moines, but I thought it fit here so I’m using it. It was 13 below in Tom’s song, so I doubt he was tough enough to go without a coat like I do. Anyway, we obviously talked about the Iowa game and how it relates to the Michigan State game.
Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer met with the media Wednesday following practice, as did a number of players. They all looked back a bit at what went wrong last Saturday and looked ahead to what must go right this Saturday against Michigan State.
Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer spoke with the media following practice on Wednesday. He provided updates on his football team and looked ahead to Saturday’s matchup against Michigan State. Here are the highlights.
