Next game: Ohio State plays Tulsa at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Ohio Stadium.
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With Barrett in control, the Buckeyes scored three unanswered touchdowns in quick succession.
Barrett tied his own school record, which he shares with former Buckeye Kenny Guiton, with six touchdown passes. Coaches would like him to touch the ball 10 to 15 times. “There’s a lot of things happening in his football career already”.
Outside of his interception and a near-pick late in the second quarter, Barrett had good chemistry with his receivers, some of whom were first-time starters.
“If I won the Heisman, that would be insane”, Weber said. After that they went on to have a game that most people won’t soon forget. “That’s why we have to get better every week and play our best ball at the end of the season”. There will also be games on the road against Penn State, Wisconsin and Michigan State, before returning home to host Michigan in the regular season finale.
The Buckeyes are, as has become de rigueur under Urban Meyer, loaded. He caught it in stride at the 8-yard line and broke a tackle as he crossed the goal line for a 47-yard score.
“I do (think we’re game ready) and the the one thing about those guys is they’ll continue to grow throughout, because some are real young”, Meyer said. “But I’m not looking for that, I just want to win”. Curtis Samuel was all over the field for the Buckeyes; he rushed for 84 yards, but he also had 177 yards receiving. He ended the day with 19 carries for 136 yards.
If Ohio State fans were anxious about the drop off in talent with Elliott’s departure, those fears were to put to rest with the performances of H-back Curtis Samuel and freshman running back Mike Weber Jr.
“(Samuel is) the first true hybrid I’ve had in a while where he’s big enough.
“Mike Weber had a very good day”, said Meyer. The tandem backfield of Mike Weber Jr., and Curtis Samuel didn’t let Buckeye fans down. His first college action was in the Buckeyes’ 66-0 win over Kent State on September 13 when he saw time in 27 plays, and he made his first catch – a 9-yard reception – versus IL on November 1.
Assistant Head Coach Larry Johnson in a well publicized pep talk may have described the current state of The Ohio State football program best. “But I think that can be a really good one-two punch”. “We just have playmakers everywhere”. Barrett threw for 992 yards and 11 touchdowns last season as he shared playing time with Cardale Jones, who is now in the NFL.
Joe Burrow’s 36-yard touchdown pass to freshman running back Demario McCall on the first play of the fourth quarter made it 63-10.
Ohio State’s defense limited Bowling Green to 244 total yards. Redshirt sophomore safety Malik Hooker is going to be a heck of a player. Freshman Rodjay Burns capped the scoring with a 75-yard interception return.
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More than 105,000 are expected to shoehorn into the venerable Ohio Stadium for a noon kickoff against the Bowling Green Falcons as the fifth season of the Urban Meyer tenure begins with a youthful cast that features 41 players who have freshmen eligibility.
