Ohio State thunders past Marshall 49-14

     The Ohio State Buckeye defense finally gave up a touchdown and allowed another one beyond that but still cruised past the visiting Marshall Thundering Herd 49-14 in Columbus.

Quinshon Judkins rushed for one hundred seventy-six yards and two scores while TreVeyon Henderson ran for seventy-six yards and two scores to lead the Buckeyes.

Will Howard threw two touchdowns and two hundred seventy-dive yards with an interception as Ohio State finished their non-conference schedule.

Ohio State will leave Columbus for the first time next week as they travel to East Lansing to battle the Michigan State Spartans.

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1) Quinshon Judkins's day was aided by an eighty-six-yard touchdown run and anyone who thinks that Judkins lacked breakaway speed is certainly in error.

It's hard to believe that the Buckeyes have two backs as talented as Judkins and TreVeyon Henderson in the same backfield.

2) Henderson's day was solid with his seventy-six yards coming on only six carries.

Could Ohio State have the top two running backs selected in next year's NFL draft?

3) Will Howard threw one interception on a long pass to Jeremiah Smith that was slightly underthrown with Smith losing a tug of war for the football with Marshall's Josh Moten.

4) One thing that Howard hopefully learned from the throw?

If you are throwing to Jeremiah Smith, let it fly, and don't worry about an overthrow.

5) Will Howard's two touchdown passes were long ones to Jeremiah Smith (fifty-three) and Emeka Egbuka (sixty-eight) yards but it's amazing the speed that the Ohio State receiving room possesses to take a short pass and run to the house.

6) Give Marshall credit as they weren't afraid of the Buckeyes and played to win, going for it on fourth downs and their opening drive, where the Herd drove seventy-five yards for a touchdown.

7) I'm surprised someone in the Power Four hasn't come after Marshall's Charles Huff as their head coach.

Huff is on his way to one of those jobs shortly.

8) This is shorter than usual and I'll tell you why.

When Ohio State plays Noon or Three-Thirty games, I'm working and while I'm watching the game and know what's going on, it would be a lie to say I watch as closely as I do the Browns, where this season I'll be watching at home (other than the two Thursday games).

So I am considering doing things differently in the future, where I may do a recap on Monday after I can re-watch the game and detail it as I'd like.

Let me know anyone that reads this if you think that's a good idea.