Ohio State Jumps over Wisconsin 52-21

  The Ohio State Buckeyes were favored against the Wisconsin Badgers on their "wear black" night and were never threatened by the invaders from Madison in a 52-21 win that wasn't that close.

C.J. Stroud threw five touchdowns with one interception to go with his 281 yards, two each to wide receiver Emeka Egubka and tight end Cade Stover.

Egbuka finished with 118 receiving yards while both TreVeyon Henderson and Miyan Williams eclipsed the century level in rushing yards against the Badger defense.

Ohio State (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) will host Rutgers (3-1, 0-1 Big Ten) next week as the Scarlet Knights attempt to rebound from their first loss of the season against Iowa.

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1) Cade Stover has changed how Ohio State uses tight ends and the converted linebacker could be making himself into a possible NFL draft pick at the position. 

2) Stover caught four passes for fifty-one yards as one of only four Buckeye players to catch passes in the win but what I like is his good hands and ability to break tackles after the catch.

I wondered about this move in the offseason but I was wrong, Stover is proving to be a standout.

3) Ohio State scored touchdowns on their first three possessions and Wisconsin spit the bit out early in this one as the Badgers trailed 21-0 and for the first time moved the ball near midfield before a fourth-and-one situation.

4) I know it's tough either way but when Paul Chryst meekly decided to punt the ball away, you could see even at a very early point in the game that Wisconsin was simply hoping to get out of town without too much humiliation.

5) Ohio State's offense is doing all of this damage without Jaxon Smith-Njigba.

How good will they be when he returns?

6) Ohio State played without both of their starting cornerbacks, Denzel  Burke and Cameron Brown, due to injuries.

Jyaire Brown and JK Johnson played in their absence with Wisconsin finishing with only 104 yards passing.

7) Ohio State played the Wisconsin staple "Jump Around" in the third quarter in a troll move.

I really didn't like ribbing Wisconsin in a blowout but Bucky needs to realize that their tradition (and it is theirs) has become so popular that they may have to get used to more teams using their traditional anthem because it's just plain fun to Jump Around.

8) The black uniforms are always troubling to me as they look so great with the red buckeyes on the black helmet but Ohio State's colors aren't black, so I'm conflicted.

9) I am starting to miss the old days of college football.

Games that once were anticipated are now borderline squash matches and the crushing margins are becoming mundane, not electric.

A cautionary note.