Though the Buckeyes outgained the Sooners by only 40 yards, there was little doubt nearly from the start which was the better team.
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That wasn’t the only catch of the night for Brown, though. Brown caught the pass with a spectacular one-handed catch around the back of the defender! “I have my quarterback’s back”.
For the second game in a row the Ohio State football team experienced a game delay because of a storm.
“I think we’re in a good place”, Barrett said, “but there’s room for improvement”. “We can get back to the basics like I said earlier”.
Oklahoma (1-2), which lost its opener to Houston, was in desperate need of a big victory to keep its hopes of returning to the College Football Playoff alive.
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.
The Buckeyes lost an unthinkable 12 players to the first four rounds of the National Football League draft last April, but through three games, they look like a team capable of staying right alongside Alabama as the sport’s premier programs. It’s just the fact that we didn’t play very well. “Guys that are all-in will keep us together”. In the loss, he completed only 53.1 percent of his passes for 226 yards and two touchdowns against two interceptions. Ohio State wide receiver Noah Brown beat either Cobb or Quick for his first three touchdowns.
Sophomore linebacker Jerome Baker was named co-Defensive Player of the Week after registering seven tackles, 1.5 sacks and an interception return for a touchdown in the win over the Sooners.
10 – Number of minutes Ohio State possessed the ball longer than Oklahoma in Saturday’s game, despite running only one more play overall than the Sooners (68 to 67).
No. 9 Wisconsin 23, Georgia State 17: Backup quarterback Alex Hornibrook led Wisconsin on three scoring drives in the second half, helping the sluggish Badgers (3-0) win.
■Northwestern 24, Duke 13: Clayton Thorson threw for 320 yards and three touchdowns, Justin Jackson rushed for 94 yards for host Northwestern.
The Buckeyes came out swinging and scored two unanswered touchdowns in the first quarter alone. The electric dual-threat quarterback finished with nearly four hundred yards of total offense and chipped in five touchdowns in the 63-20 blowout of the Seminoles. They capitalized on my mistakes and our turnovers.
■Nebraska 35, No. 22 OR 32: Tommy Armstrong Jr. scored on a 34-yard quarterback draw with 3:30 left, the host Nebraska defense held on Oregon’s final series.
Barrett may have finished the game with only 152 passing yards, but none of those yards, it seemed, were wasted. Two drives later, the Buckeyes took the lead on Samuel’s 36-yard run on fourth-and-1. As the commentary alluded to, Weber ran for a “quiet” 123 yards. All night, the Buckeyes picked up chunks of yards on the ground at will, finishing with 291 yards at a 6.1 average. The first was a tipped ball on a fourth-and-2 play midway through the first quarter.
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OSU went up 42-17 on its first possession of the second half on an 8-yard touchdown pass from Barrett to Brown and added a 31-yard field goal by Tyler Durbin. Neither offense was able to score again in regulation.
