College football: Ohio State focused on stopping big plays
COLUMBUS — The usual 100,000 or more fans weren’t there to see it but that provided no cover for Ohio State’s defensive backfield after it was set ablaze by Indiana quarterback Michael Penix Jr. last Saturday. Penix passed for 491 yards and five...
Ohio State defensive shortfalls revealed
COLUMBUS — If defense wins championships, there might be some big questions if this will be a championship season for Ohio State. If that wasn’t already clear before it is now after Indiana quarterback Michael Penix, Jr., passed for 491 yards and five...
College football: Ohio State holds off Indiana
COLUMBUS — The process might have overshadowed the payoff. No. 3 Ohio State stayed unbeaten and took control of the race to win the Big Ten East Division with its 42-35 win over No. 9 Indiana on Saturday at an empty Ohio Stadium. But the way the game looked like...
College football: Ohio State will keep streak going against Indiana
Two or three months ago anyone suggesting that Ohio State’s football game against Indiana could be the biggest game of its season probably would have been laughed at or told they needed to call a cab to take them home. But here we are with No. 3 Ohio State (3-0)...
Ohio State football: Day talks cancellation, Indiana game
COLUMBUS — Ohio State football coach Ryan Day says he liked how the Buckeyes responded to having last week’s game at Maryland abruptly canceled because of eight positive tests for COVID-19 in the Terrapins football program. But he won’t have a final...
Ohio State football: Different Rutgers, but expect same result
Ohio State has never lost to Rutgers in football since the Scarlet Knights entered the Big Ten in 2014, which is hardly breaking news. Ohio State has scored 50 points or more in five of the six games the two teams have played against each other since 2014 and got 49...
Ohio State football: Day updates Haubeil, Brown injuries
COLUMBUS — Ohio State could be without kicker Blake Haubeil for an uncertain length of time and back-up cornerback Cam Brown’s season is over. Those were two of the biggest items to come out of OSU football coach Ryan Day’s Zoom conference with the...
Penn State dangerous, but Ohio State will win
If you have ever made the 380-mile drive from western Ohio to Penn State for a football game you’ve probably wondered how a major university ended up in the middle of nowhere. State College, Pa., the home of Penn State since 1855, and the townships surrounding...
Ohio State football: No answer yet about Olave’s availability
COLUMBUS — Maybe it wasn’t just fans fretting that Ohio State’s 52-17 win over Nebraska last Saturday wasn’t impressive enough who Ryan Day’s postgame press conference positivity was aimed at. He saw some of that same attitude from a few...
Ohio State grade card: Buckeyes win big but still can improve
A grade card on Ohio State’s 52-17 win over Nebraska, which it hopes was the first step toward a Big Ten championship and an invitation to the College Football Playoff: OFFENSE: B+ Justin Fields makes it tough to decide which of his games at Ohio State is his...
