Ohio State dispatches Akron 52-6

    Will Howard threw three touchdowns in his Buckeye debut, two of those to freshman Jeremiah Smith as the Ohio State Buckeyes survived early season jitters to cruise past the Akron Zips 52-6 in Columbus.

The Buckeye defense scored two touchdowns and sacked Akron quarterbacks five times.

Ohio State (1-0) will host Western Michigan, who gave Wisconsin a tough tussle in week one next Saturday night.

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1) Freshman wide receiver Jeremiah Smith has a chance to be the best receiver Ohio State has ever seen.

That's a lot from a program that recently had the likes of Marvin Harrison Jr and Chris Olave in their lineup.

2) Smith is starting as a freshman, which is nearly unheard of at a school with the talent that is consistently recruited to Columbus and the history of the program.

This guy will be here for three seasons and gone, enjoy him while you can.

3) And for the great performance, it could have been better on the second play, Will Howard hit Smith with a short pass that was open for a sixty-yard scoring play and Smith dropped the ball.

Bet that doesn't happen often over the next three years.

4) I know it's Akron but I see signs of a defense that could be dominant by the end of the season.

This team looks strong at every defensive position and it just might be the best in the nation as the season goes on.

5) Defensive player that I'm really going to like? Linebacker Arvell Reese.

Reese seems to be everywhere and I really was impressed with him in the win.

6) Will Howard started okay but picked up the pace in the second half.

I liked what I saw from the Kansas State transfer and I think OSU is going to be just fine.

These blowouts are harder to write when I didn't have the time to watch them in detail (watched at work), please remember that when they are shorter in brevity.