Last week, the Buckeyes shook free of Hawaii in the second half, but they couldn’t do the same with Northern Illinois (2-1).
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Lurry made at least four critical plays against a Buckeyes offense that came in averaging 40 points and 467.5 yards a game.
Meyer bristles at the suggestion he is platooning. “The guy didn’t perform well, so we went with the backup”. When the offense can’t get their rhythm going, we can’t have an off day. The defense is in championship form.
A crowd of 102,591 at Kyle Field watched the Aggies (3-0) in its final tuneup for SEC play next Saturday.
A lot of people were ready to crown the Buckeyes after an impressive offensive display in week one, but things aren’t looking as good as they once did in Columbus.
Darron Lee returned an interception 41 yards for a touchdown and the Ohio State defense bailed out its struggling, two-quarterback offense as the top-ranked Buckeyes beat Northern Illinois 20-13 on Saturday. Therefore, the Buckeyes are relying on a devastating, dominant defensive unit keeping opponents off the scoreboard until the power-spread offensive attack finds its footing again. That came in the second quarter on an acrobatic catch of a Barrett pass by Michael Thomas in which he dragged one foot in bounds.
“Good question”, Meyer said. “I wish we could play tomorrow”, he said. Its something that I have to make sure that youre on the same page that they are, and thats not easy.
Those shirtless frat boys who spelled out T-R-E-S-S-E-L on their chests Saturday might have been better suited – I know, poor choice of words – painting A-A-R-R-G-H-! on their torsos.
For the season, Jones has completed 26 of 46 passes for 334 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions. Damion Jones-Moore scored on a 10-yard sweep on Toledo’s second overtime possession and Rockets defensive end Tre James ended Iowa State’s night with a sack of Sam Richardson on a fourth down play. He’s rushed five times for 65 yards. With the offense lacking their usual spark and appearing to be completely out of sorts against NIU, Urban Meyer admitted that it may be time to pick a single starter and commit to him, which could be the understatement of the young college football season.
“If you think you’re going to play at the next level, there is going to be probably someone better than you standing right next to you, so get used to it”, Meyer said. Turnovers, if you can’t control the line of scrimmage, you’re not going to win a big game. That doesn’t mean you get hooked. Because it’s unlikely any league will get more than one bid. That might not be everyones philosophy and thats OK..
“We’re turning the ball over at an alarming rate”, Meyer said Monday. After a heated battle throughout training camp and now three games into the season, Ohio State still hasn’t definitively settled on a full-time starter at the most important position on the field. Mitch Leidner and Minnesota survived another shaky showing by the offense, using a second-quarter touchdown pass to K.J. Maye to eke out a 10-7 victory over Kent State….
“The whole defense played really well”, Carey said, according to NIU Athletics. The 3-0 Spartans, coming off a 35-21 home win over Air Force on Saturday, got seven first-place votes after receiving two last week. This team is nine months removed from dismantling Alabama and Oregon.
In fact, it was the defense that made the play that put the game just barely out of reach of the upset-minded Huskies. “We were able to get up early and become balanced”.
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There are 2 games next week that feature ranked team vs ranked team and they’re both in the Pac-12.
