Buckeyes blast Tulane in Meyer return.

Dwayne Haskins threw for five touchdowns and for over 300 yards as Ohio State washed over Tulane 49-6 in the return of Urban Meyer as the head coach.

The now 4-0 Buckeyes face a severe test next Saturday night in State College with the waiting and also undefeated Penn State Nittany Lions.

1) This will be a far shorter review than normal because being honest, I didn't watch the game as closely as normal with the Joshua-Povetkin fight being on at the same time and the overmatched opponent.
I was watching, but ...

2) Dwayne Haskins.
What can I write that I haven't of late?
The only real question for Haskins will come next week in the whiteout conditions of State College, if Haskins plays well and leads Ohio State to a win in that environment, there would be no further questions to answer.

3) Ohio State played the second team for almost the entire second half, which gave those players some time on the field, but the Buckeyes would score just one time, late in the fourth quarter on a Tate Martell run.

4) That was made palatable by the touchdowns that the Buckeyes scored on all six occasions in the first half.
Against a team that isn't on your level, that is how you eliminate any upset possibilities.
Don't believe me? Ask a top 15 Virginia Tech team that was defeated yesterday by a 0-3 Old Dominion squad.

5) Eleven Warriors is reporting that Ohio State is considering a plan to make Ryan Day the "Head Coach in Waiting".
This would be a way to keep Day as offensive coordinator for a while, have a quality successor ready for whenever Urban Meyer decides to leave and the most important reason- it would keep Day in the fold and away from a potential job that he might become a challenger to Ohio State.
It's early in the year, but there are a few possible Big Ten openings for Day should he be interested.
Maryland is 3-1 under interim coach Matt Canada, but who knows if Maryland will want an outsider after their problems. Illinois could be ready to stop the Lovie Smith experiment and I still think it only takes the right NFL offer to pull Jim Harbaugh away from Michigan or the right college (USC?)
to remove James Franklin from Penn State.
The coach in waiting doesn't always work out (Remember James Franklin with Maryland?), but it would be a worthwhile attempt to keep an excellent young coach.