On a special night that saw the Horseshoe blacked out with special uniforms,the Ohio State Buckeyes dominated the Penn State Nittany Lions in a 38-10 win.
J.T.Barrett threw for two touchdowns and ran for another two in the game.
The now 7-0 Buckeyes will travel to Rutgers next week.
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1) Ohio State may be making a change at quarterback again.
The offense looked smooth and up-tempo under J.T.Barrett,while in Cardale Jones' possessions,the Buckeyes were rarely able to get things moving.
I think the move comes this week...
2) Barrett threw a jump pass to Braxton Miller for a touchdown and it was a throwback to last year when Barrett would pull that out of the bag.
It always reminds me of the Topps football cards of the 50's where a quarterback was always leaping into the air to throw the ball..
3) The running attack was hard nosed in the win.
Any running game with Ezekiel Elliott has a lot going for it,but last night the offensive line was carving huge canyons out of the Nittany Lions defense.
The offensive line likely played its best game of the season and seems to be jelling...
4) Five sacks and an injury of Christian Hackenburg crippled the PSU passing attack.
Joey Bosa had a sack and three tackles for loss among others that harrassed and shut down the Lions...
5) However,the bad news is that Penn State has themselves a pretty good running back and he's just a freshman as Saquon Barkley rushed for 194 yards in being just about the only effective part of their offense...
6) Penn State was generally inept on third downs-just one of eleven.
Control third downs like that and you'll win a lot of games,even when you do it against a Christian Hackenberg directed team...
7) The Buckeyes did lose one of the linebacking bunch as Joshua Perry left in the first period with an ankle injury.
No word on his availability for Rutgers
8) Six of six in the red zone with five of those being touchdowns.
9) The uniforms.
I really liked them,especially the red buckeyes on the black helmets.
I'll definitely add it to my Buckeye mini-helmet collection,but in the end,they aren't our colors and I'll stick to scarlet and gray...
10) And finally this-Sometimes there are more than words-BWAAA!!!!
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