Ohio State’s first true road test of the season ended in heartbreak. The Buckeyes dug a big hole early, fought back to pull within one, but sloppy play in the opening 20 minutes left them down 10 at halftime. The second half looked promising: Ohio State stormed back to take the lead 12 minutes in and appeared poised to escape
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Last Week: Ohio State once again did what they have done all year, take care of business. I have grown tired of the media narrative describing the OSU schedule as ‘soft’. The bottom line, they are beating the team across from them the way they are supposed too. They have one more ‘lesser’ opponent before starting a streak of 4-5 games
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Last Week: Another week, another dominating conference win for the Buckeyes. As the season progresses, it appears that the Buckeyes and Hoosiers are on a collision course for Indy. The 34-10 victory over Purdue is just the latest steppingstone on the road to the playoffs. For our Buckeye50 weekly predictions, Andy, Vaughn and Trout were all 5-0 for the week
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Last Week: Everything in the preseason implied Ohio State would drive, drive on down the field every time they had the ball. They were not able to do that against the Irish but at this point, we don’t know just how good Notre Dame will be in 2022. And the Buckeyes are still the only team in the country with a
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Last Year: To say the 2021 season was a disappointment for the Buckeyes would be an understatement. Most of their issues centered around a leaky defense. Most programs would consider an 11-2 record and a win in the Rose Bowl a sucess. Ohio State has spent the last 8 months working to forget last year. Only one defensive coach remains with
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Last Week: Indiana played a great game, they are a great team and took Ohio State to the wire. In the end though, the Buckeyes prevailed for a 42-35 victory. At the end of the season I hope the playoff committee gives the Hoosiers the credit they deserve. OSU has some things to tighten up on defense but they have the
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