Not a lot of things went right for the Sooners Saturday night, but A.D. Miller’s 35-yard touchdown reception was the first touchdown allowed by Ohio State’s defense in the 2016 season.
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The game’s kick-off was delayed for 90 minutes by a storm that brought ominous clouds, lightning, strong winds and heavy rain. Defensively, Ohio State football is yielding 184.5 yards in passing and 126.8 yards in rushing against the opposing teams.
6 – Number of OU receivers who caught passes in the Ohio State game, half as many as in the Sooners previous game against Louisiana-Monroe.
So let’s break down his catch: Brown caught the pass essentially blind, with one hand, pinning the ball to the defender’s back.
Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer could have a bridge to sell you, maybe one leading to some prime oceanfront property in Bowling Green. “This is the coming of age game”. It’s not too early, however, to say they are absolutely the team to beat. They’ve gone to Oklahoma and won. The Rebels moved 78 yards in 12 plays, capped by a five-yard strike from Kelly to Damore’ea Stringfellow, to pull within 48-37 with 2:59 remaining, and scored one play later when, after recovering an onside kick, Kelly (421 passing yards, three touchdowns) found A.J.
It looked like big trouble when the Buckeyes lost cornerback Gareon Conley, the only returning starter this season in the secondary, when this was still a game, but his cohorts had him covered. “The maturity of my old guys is outstanding. To have a leader behind center, that really matters”. “I think it’s a tribute to the work they put in with Coach Mick during the off season”.
While Stoops will be directing from the sidelines, that duty falls on the shoulders quarterback Baker Mayfield on the field.
Ohio State scored on four of its six first-half possessions and got a defensive when linebacker Jerome Baker returned a tipped pass for a 68-yard touchdown pass. Oklahoma will need to win or any chance of playoff survival will be over, while Ohio State will play a top 20 team for the first time this season. “I believe I’d be that way whether I’m from OH or not”.
97 – Joe Mixon’s 97-yard kickoff return in the opening quarter was the first in his Sooner career. Barrett had a two yard run to the 4, and then threw a fade route to Noah Brown who made the catch over true freshman defensive back Parrish Cobb and the lead was back up to 14 at 21-7. You get Mike Weber and Curtis Samuel running free and, fittingly on a night that began with biblical rains, a receiver named Noah (Brown) catching everything in a two-zip-code radius.
The Sooners, who are 1-2 for the first time since 2009, are out of the national championship race by an anarchic October and November by the rest of the Top 25.
First-and-10, Ohio State 39: J.T. Barrett takes the snap, heads left on a straight quarterback run play and darts through a hole for another 14 yards.
Showdown alert as #14 Oklahoma (1-1) takes on #3 Ohio State (2-0) in the battle of Big 12 versus Big 10.
Florida State’s offense is just as explosive (509 yards) and features redshirt freshman Deondre Francois, who has passed for 681 yards and five TDs. Luke Fickell, who is still considered the coordinator to Schiano’s “co”, could probably care less who gets the credit for the Buckeyes making it through almost 10 quarters before giving up a touchdown this season. Mayfield was 9 of 17 for 158 yards and a touchdown, but was intercepted twice – once by Baker and once by Marshon Lattimore.
Ohio State’s Gareon Conley (8) knocks the ball away from Oklahoma’s Dede Westbrook during Saturday night’s game at Memorial Stadium on the campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla.
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OSU center Pat Elflein wraps his hand around the football during the first game of the 2016 season against Bowling Green on September 3 in Ohio Stadium.
