Ohio State drubs Toledo 77-21

     C.J. Stroud threw five touchdown passes, two each to Marvin Harrison Jr. and Julian Fleming as the Ohio State Buckeyes cruised to a 77-21 win over the Toledo Rockets in Columbus.

Stroud finished the evening with 367 passing yards with Harrison, Emeka Egbuka, and Jayden Ballard (who caught the other passing score) each finishing with over 100 yards receiving.

Dallan Hayden led the rushing attack with 108 yards and a touchdown.

Ohio State improves to 3-0 and will host Wisconsin next Saturday to open Big Ten conference play.

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1) Ohio State scored on every first-half possession and cruised from there- basic but true.

2) C.J. Stroud was accurate as well hitting 22 of 27 pass attempts.

Stroud completed 18 of 20 and four touchdowns in the first half alone.

3) Marvin Harrison Jr. made several sensational grabs including one touchdown catch that he appeared to have little chance of getting his feet inbounds.

Instead of only one, he placed both feet in.

You'd almost think that he had some expert coaching at some time in his life.

4) Jaxon Smith-Njigba returned with two catches for 33 yards, one of those gaining 21 yards.

Returning from his leg injury against Notre Dame, it's good for the Buckeyes to have their star get back into the lineup for a few snaps before the conference schedule begins.

5) It was really nice to see Julian Fleming play a little with two scoring receptions.

Fleming has struggled with injuries since arriving in Columbus but his talent is clear even among the many talented receivers over the past three seasons

6) TreVeyon Henderson scored a touchdown on four carries before leaving the game with an undisclosed injury.

The word from the team is that Henderson was not seriously injured but stayed on the sidelines since the game was well in hand.

7) The Ohio State line kept all three quarterbacks clean as Toledo didn't register a sack.

Ohio State will be tested next week against the always physical Wisconsin Badgers.

8) Ronnie Hickman's interception was the first of the season for the Buckeye defense.

9) They haven't been a turnover machine thus far but some of that could be the improved defense staying off the field.

10) I write every year that the hardest posts to write are the blowout non-conference games.

That hasn't changed.

Glad to step into conference games next week.