The Ohio State Buckeyes are the road team in this game, but have won 16 straight road games The Buckeyes have yet to be challenged this season, with blowout wins over Bowling Green State and Tulsa. Read on for staff predictions.
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Ohio State burst out of the gate this season at a pace that defies its youth.
Ohio State is next. Those are some bold words considering Ohio State’s defense has yet to give up a touchdown this season. Kendall was raised in Waxhaw, North Carolina, but his parents are from Worthington, Ohio, a ten minute drive from Ohio State’s campus. Ohio State has seven interceptions.
“I think they have a really basic defense”, Kendall said.
“Obviously, our offense is balanced, but we really start with the run game”, Meyer said. Faton Bauta, the graduate transfer from Georgia, started the Week 2 win over UT-San Antonio and continued the poor play at the position, going 6-17 for 82 yards.
Who is Austin Kendall, you ask? The true freshman may have even doomed the Sooners before the game even begins.
Regarding experience, Barrett is 17-2 as a starter over the last three seasons.
Head coach Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes have had this one circled for months.
The Sooners have little margin for error the rest of the way if they want to get back to the College Football Playoff. Bottle up the running back duo of Mixon and Perine and limit their big plays. He creates more time on plays and more time for receivers to get open.
This is a tall order, nonetheless.
Of the Sooners’ defensive front, Elflein said: “They’re big, they’re good with their hands, they play hard”.
There is good news and bad news for Oklahoma’s defence heading into Saturday’s showdown with Ohio State.
Mayfield is a great scrambler who can utilize both his arm and his legs to make plays. Herman crafted both teams’ offenses.
Oklahoma: RB Joe Mixon. Perine wears defenses down with his tough running inside, and often breaks a few big ones in the latter stages.
In my opinion, the only way Mayfield has a chance to move the ball through the air is if Oklahoma runs wild.
Oklahoma’s kicker motioned to the crowd as if leading the “block that kick” chant before making a game-winning field goal. Very similar to Alabama defensive line. And it does not favor the Big 12, where No. 11 Texas (2-0) is the lone potential exception to the OU taint factor among the league’s three remaining undefeated teams because of a 50-47 victory over then-No. “If we flawless the schemes, we can come out with the win at Oklahoma”. The Buckeyes owned total yardage 417-188 with the defense forcing six turnovers while recording a pair of pick six’s. Ohio State is the highest-ranked team to visit Norman since No. 2 Texas Tech in 2008.
The duties of leading the offense for OSU fall on the shoulders of redshirt junior quarterback J.T. Barrett.
Barrett passed for 2,834 yards and 34 touchdowns and rushed for 938 yards and 11 more TDs in 2014 before a broken ankle in the MI game ended his season.
A win: This is it for the week as far as game flow.
On the other sideline, Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett looks a lot like the player that finished fifth in the Heisman voting.
The game of the college football weekend takes place Saturday night when the No. 14 Oklahoma Sooners host the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes.
The storied programs will meet Saturday for just the third time. When Oklahoma Sooners backup quarterback Austin Kendall made a decision to comment on Ohio State’s defense, it immediately became national news.
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Early on in the game, Oklahoma gained a large 20-0 lead, but after a few injuries in the second quarter, Ohio State quickly caught up, eventually taking the lead themselves with a score of 28-20 in the third.
