Ohio State received four first-place votes.
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Ohio State likes using Samuels in a manner similar to how former Notre Dame star Raghib “The Rocket” Ismail was deployed when Lou Holtz, a mentor of Meyer, was the head coach. He scored the game’s first touchdown on a 36-yard run on an end-around.
“I think I snapped more footballs this week than I have the past month combined”, he said.
“But getting the chance to stand in front of my teammates and talk was the most surreal moment of my Ohio State career”, Mawhirter added.
But Ohio State drove 75 yards on 10 plays without a timeout to go up 35-17 six seconds before halftime on a 21-yard touchdown pass from Barrett to Brown, who reached both hands around a defensive back to secure the ball and get down in bounds. Before Saturday, he had a two-game total of four catches for 62 yards and one touchdown.
87,979 – Announced attendance for Saturday night’s game at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, a stadium record and the largest crowd to witness a sporting event in the history of the state of Oklahoma.
Before the season, there was the expectation that Stoops’ team could contend for the national title and that his quarterback once again could be in the Heisman Trophy conversation. “We need to restart and go from the fundamentals on … we’re close in a lot of things but it’s the minor details that are kind of killing us right now”.
“Personally, I haven’t played well this season”, Mayfield said.
Mayfield has taken a step back because the whole team has taken a step back.
The offensive line hasn’t played well.
Last night, Ohio State beat up on Oklahoma in a win that would have been a lot more impressive had the Sooners not been upset by Houston in the first week of the season.
Oklahoma has real problems with pass coverage.
The combined score in Oklahoma’s first three games this season is 106-95 in favor of the Sooners, but only because of OU’s 42-point margin of victory over Louisiana-Monroe its home opener a week earlier. Over time, he has recruited at a high level and has invested in his players.
The Ohio State Buckeyes moved up to No. 2 in the AP Top 25 football poll released Sunday afternoon.
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OU, now 1-2, dropped from No. 14 to No. 25 in this week’s AP poll and the three touchdown loss to the Buckeyes showed – at least for now – the Sooners were overrated.
