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Watch: Buckeyes WR Blue Smith scores game-winning TD catch
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Ohio State four-star commit L'Christian 'Blue' Smith made a touchdown reception he'll never forget Friday night. The Huber Heights Wayne star wrestled a last-ditch heave away from an opposing defender on the way down and came away with the football for ...

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Pleasant Grove hands the Buckeyes a rare home district loss
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Friday, the 13th proved to be an unlucky night for the Gilmer Buckeyes Friday night, as they dropped a 41-38 decision to the Pleasant Grove Hawks in the District 7-4A Division II opener at Jeff Traylor Stadium in Gilmer. The loss was the first home ...
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Buckeyes bring another Top-10 threat to town
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LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) -- The Huskers face a tough day at the office as Ohio State brings the fight to Lincoln Saturday. The Buckeyes come into the game ranked eighth in the nation. That has Nebraska squaring off with a top 10 opponent for the second ...
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Men’s Hockey: Ohio State ties Rensselaer, 1-1
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This did not go as planned.

Rensselaer hockey went 8-28-1 for the 2016-17 season. So of course they come in and tie your Ohio State men’s hockey team, 1-1. (I’m sure the OSU fans in attendance in Columbus, Ohio thoroughly enjoyed this one.)

Much like their cross town hockey bros, the Columbus Blue Jackets, who last season dined out on a higher than sustainable shooting percentage and save percentage, Ohio State had basically a zero percent chance of repeating their otherworldly shooting percentage of last season. Nick Schilkey shot 28.4 percent last season; that may have been cut by two-thirds if he had come back this season.

I had a hard time even picking any offensive breakout players since nearly everyone had higher than average shooting percentages last season. None of this was going to be sustainable offensively.

But you’d think it’d come down over the course of a season.

So naturally, it all comes rushing back to the mean in the third game of the season.

Ohio State registered 57 (57!) shots on goal to RPI’s 24 and somehow didn’t score more than one. Unless 1998 Dominik Hasek decided to travel forward in time and register to take some engineering classes in upstate New York, I have no idea how this happened.

In the scoreless first, the Buckeyes outshot the Engineers (how imaginative) by a tally of 12-4. Okay, not scoring on only 12 shots is not completely abnormal. Then Dakota Joshua scored his first of the year just 2:34 into the second, with assists from Sam McCormick and John Wiitala, and the Bucks sure seemed to be on their way!

They wouldn’t score again, but RPI would!

Seven minutes and a single second later, Jared Wilson scored for Rensselaer on one of their four shots in the second. Ohio State outshot RPI 26-4 in the second frame and somehow the game was still tied.

Talk about a PDO regression. Ohio State’s happened in one period, much less over an entire season.

In both the third and overtime, nobody scored, hence the 1-1 tie. Shots were relatively close in the third, with OSU coming out on top 15-11 on shots. Rensselaer actually outshot OSU in overtime—but still nobody scored.

In the shootout, that doesn’t actually count for anything after the game, Mason Jobst was the only shooter of three for either team who potted one, so Ohio State has that on paper to take home, I guess.

But it’ll still go down in the books as a tie. Yup.

The Buckeyes went 0-6 on the powerplay with seven shots on goal. RPI’s only goal came on the powerplay in the second, though they finished only an alright 1-5 on the powerplay, not capitalizing on their opportunities either.

If I had been at this game I would’ve been having a conniption as Ohio State continued to pepper RPI goalie Chase Perry, who sounds like the new roommate on Zoey 101 after another cast member quit. (I swear, half female cast members on that show quit or were fired every year. Yeah the show was horrible. Yeah I watched every episode. What about it?)

Anyway, at least Sean Romeo stepped his game up and stopped 23/24 shots for Ohio State and they didn’t give this one away completely. Joshua had eight shots and Luke Stork, John Wiitala and Matthew Weis had five each. That’s one shy of the entire RPI total. Yeah.

Thankfully, the Buckeyes will have a chance to redeem themselves on Saturday night when they host Rensselaer once again at the Schott. It can’t get much more infuriating than this one.

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Nebraska football tickets 2017: Buy tickets for Huskers games (October 14, 2017)
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The Buckeyes won the first two games in the series way back in 1955 and 1956. The teams didn't play again until 2011, when Nebraska won 34-27. But Ohio State won the next two, 63-38 in 2012 and 62-3 last year. This season, Ohio State is 5-1 overall and ...
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No. 9 Buckeyes looking to keep rolling on trip to Nebraska
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The ninth-ranked Buckeyes (5-1, 3-0 Big Ten) beat Nebraska by 59 points last year in Columbus and have dominated four straight opponents since their loss at home to Oklahoma. They're bidding for a third appearance in the College Football Playoff in ...
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Presenting the Buckeyes' 2018 recruiting class
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Today in this by position gallery I give my thoughts on who fills those remaining spots and make my predictions on what the Buckeyes' 2018 class looks like come February. These predictions could and probably will change at least a little between now ...


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Yeah...or two spots...Parsons and Oweh. The first isn't coming here anyways but I hope the second we can get to Columbus.

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Or Parsons and Smith... Either way, what was once a foregone conclusion that we could land 2-3 of the DEs, is now an uphill battle to get even 1...

Ohio State vs. Nebraska 2017: Start time, live stream, TV schedule and Game Thread
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The Buckeyes head to Lincoln for the first time since 2011.

The Ohio State Buckeyes put on quite a show for homecoming last weekend, knocking off Maryland, 62-14. Despite controversial targeting calls, the defense appeared just short of flawless, recording six sacks and 12 tackles for loss on the day. The offense, likewise, was firing on all cylinders, with quarterback J.T. Barrett throwing for 261 yards and three touchdowns on the day before being relieved by Dwayne Haskins in the second half.

Now, the Buckeyes head to Lincoln, Neb., to face a somewhat-deflated Nebraska team. The Huskers are 3-3 on the year and, with a loss to No. 7 Wisconsin, have a long road ahead in the Big Ten. While the famed “Blackshirts” defense allowed 38 points against the Badgers last week, they do possess a strong linebacking corps, which may be their best hope of slowing Ohio State’s offense. On the other side of the ball, quarterback Tanner Lee, a transfer from Tulane, has had 11 touchdowns on the season to go along with 10 picks. And rushers combined have accounted for just eight touchdowns. Even so, Lee has his moments, and may be able to find a downfield threat versus a secondary that hasn’t truly been tested since the Buckeyes’ loss to Oklahoma.

Ohio State has won its last two meetings (including a 62-3 romp last season) with the Huskers after losing a heartbreaker in Lincoln in 2011 during Braxton Miller’s freshman season. This matchup will be the Buckeyes’ first trip back to Nebraska since that fateful visit.

When is the game and how can I watch?


Game Date/Time: Saturday, Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m.

Location: Lincoln, NE

TV: FOX Sports 1

Online: FOXSportsGo

Radio: 97.1 FM/1460 AM

Where is GameDay today?


The crew is headed to James Madison this week ahead of the Dukes’ matchup with Villanova. It is the third time that the pregame show has headed to an FCS school, having previously visited North Dakota State and Harvard. James Madison is riding a 17-game win streak and is the top-ranked team in the FCS--yes, even ahead of No. 2 North Dakota State.

What’s the rest of the Big Ten up to this weekend?


At noon, No. 17 Michigan heads to Indiana on ABC while Illinois gets Rutgers on BTN. Next up, No. 7 Wisconsin faces Purdue on BTN, and Northwestern travels to Maryland on ESPN2 at 3:30 p.m. Finally, No. 21 Michigan State heads to Minnesota at 8 p.m. on BTN.

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SteelStacks Hosting Outdoor Viewing Party for Penn State-Ohio State Game
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In this file photo from Oct 25, 2014, Penn State Nittany Lions fans wear white t-shirts for a white out during the game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Beaver Stadium. Penn State fans are invited to create their own white out during a viewing party ...
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ECAC: RPI survives Buckeyes onslaught for tie
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The Buckeyes came out firing 12 shots to RPI's four in the opening period, with Perry stopping all. The tilted ice continued in the second period with the Buckeyes outshooting the Engineers 26-4. But each team would light the scoreboard once in the ...


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Buckeyes could push Cornhuskers over the edge
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The Buckeyes should be able to run the ball against a Nebraska defense that gave up 249 yards to Wisconsin freshman Jonathan Taylor last week. 2. OSU's pass defense could have a huge game against Nebraska quarterback Tanner Lee, who has thrown ...


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No. 9 Buckeyes looking to keep rolling on trip to Nebraska
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Ohio State-Nebraska matches two of the five programs with the most major college football wins in history, but the teams are in very different places entering Saturday night's game at Memorial Stadium. The ninth-ranked Buckeyes (5-1, ...
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Big, bad Buckeyes give NU trouble
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No doubt, Nebraska coach Mike Riley said, the Buckeyes are a standard by which teams in the Big Ten are measured. “That's where we want to go,” Riley said. “And if you want to win the championship then you look into that team that's at least competing ...
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Could there be another Big Ten upset in Week 7 of the college football season?
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Here’s the full slate of college football games this weekend.

Buckeye fans have to wait until the later slate of games on Saturday to catch Ohio State take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers on the road (at 7:30 p.m.), but there are a lot of quality match-ups to check out before then.

Inching closer toward halfway through the season, conference play is in full force and upsets continue to rock the rankings. This week’s slate of games shouldn’t be any different. There aren’t any ranked matchups, but that just means more opportunities for an upset.

Around the Big Ten, conference front-runners Penn State welcomes their open week (two weeks before facing the Buckeyes) and No. 17 Michigan will face an unranked Indiana. No. 7 Wisconsin plays host to Purdue Saturday afternoon, with one of the best chances for an upset among the Big Ten competition. The Spartans moved up into the top 25 after their win over the Wolverines last week, and at the No. 21 spot face off against unranked Minnesota under the lights.

Here’s the full slate of college football games in Week 7:

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Ohio State recruiting: Ohio State in top 2 for Tennessee standout, Texas receiver has Buckeyes roots
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Ohio State vs. Nebraska game picks: Will the Buckeyes score 60 vs. the Huskers again?
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State's offense has had massive games the last two times it has seen Nebraska. The Buckeyes won in 2012, 63-38, and again last season, 62-3. That's a grand total of 125-41 since the Huskers rallied from a 21-point deficit in 2011 ...
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Ohio State has done enough to put the Week 2 loss behind them
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The Buckeyes have spent the past four weeks ironing out the wrinkles from early on in the season.

“If there were any questions after the loss to the Sooners, Ohio State has answered them through patience, practice and defeating its opponents in convincing fashion.”

-Tom VanHaaren, ESPN


Ohio State may have started the season 1-1, but after four weeks throttling opponents, they are finally settling into a nice groove heading into the tougher part of their schedule. The areas of concern early on this year were the lackluster passing game and the inconsistent (read: young) secondary.

Since the loss to Oklahoma in Week 2, J.T. Barrett has found 10 different targets for touchdowns, not to mention the ones on the ground. Once the receivers stopped dropping passes and gained some confidence, their growth has been impressive. Most of the receivers have been outstanding with their spacial awareness, often snagging touchdowns in the narrowest windows with one foot down.

According to ESPN, even WR Parris Campbell admitted they look better, but still have room to grow, “We are making progress week by week, and I think we are getting better, but I think we still leave too much on the field. It’s not going to be perfect, but we are taking it step by step and continuing to get better.”

Not only is the offense on the upswing, but the secondary has come around too. The team snagged their first interception of the season against Rutgers and limited Maryland last week to only 16 passing yards (!).

All these minor battles are leading up to the loaded back-end of the season for the Buckeyes. With the bye week after Nebraska’s road trip, the Scarlet and Grey will get ready to face Big Ten leader Penn State, a burgeoning Michigan State team and lastly an increasingly frustrated Michigan team. These three of the final five games of the season will determine who ultimately competes for the Big Ten title from the East division and likely who will go on to the College Football Playoff.

“You’re not going to have many shots down the field on the way they play. They’re very sound in what they do. Their secondary, they keep everything in front of them and they rally up and run to the ball very, very well and they kind of give you the short stuff.”

-Urban Meyer via Marcus Hartman, Dayton Daily News


Nebraska has had early success on defense this year at limiting big plays, but not so much at preventing solid gains, as noted by Hartman. Meyer dug deeper into Nebraska’s base 3-4 scheme when he met with the media this week, calling it something out of the NFL with two-gap defensive linemen and eight players in coverage.

This should prove to be a good challenge for the Buckeyes, as they transition from the easier slate of games on their schedule to the more difficult. Ohio State has seen improvements in their passing game, but the real bread and butter is still in the rush. With a three-headed attack from Mike Weber, J.K. Dobbins and J.T. Barrett, the Buckeyes will try and create some opportunities for one-on-one match-ups for the receivers by way of screens and short passes.

“Second-year cornerback Artie Burns missed his first tackle of the season, while Ryan Shazier continues to lead the Steelers in missed tackles week after week, but I think a lot of that has to do with the standout inside linebacker flying sideline to sideline making plays.”

-Josh Carney, Steelers Depot


Through five weeks of play, former Buckeye linebacker Ryan Shazier has 13 missed tackles — more than double of any of his other teammates. While that stat line can be a bit head-scratching, as Josh Carney points out in the tackle breakdown, Shazier flies around the field and has far more tackle attempts than most of his teammates.

Despite these misses, the Buckeye is still gearing up for a career-high season. The linebacker recorded 87 total tackles in both 2014 and 2015, and already has 45 through just five games. Shazier has also never been healthy for a full 16-game season — so that could go a long way in making his fifth-year extension worth it for the Steelers. Similarly, he’s only one interception and one forced fumble away from tying his career-highs in both categories — currently at three in each.

While Shazier might have the most missed tackles for Pittsburgh, he’s also in on almost every defensive play, and has a knack for finding the ball. So long as he keeps making big third-down stops, and game-winning picks, the Steelers aren’t going to let a few missed tackles cloud their judgement on one of the league’s best linebackers.

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Binjimen Victor wants to live up to major Buckeye comparisons
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While the Buckeyes don't have either of those players walking through the door -- at least not to suit up once again -- maybe they have the next in a long line of great OSU wideouts in sophomore Binjimen Victor. At least Urban Meyer seems to think so.


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Kurelic: Buckeyes search for next Zeke; Cox and Bama; another LB
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1) On Thursday night I posted the Buckeyes had made a late-night scholarship offer to another star from the state of Georgia, 2019 athlete Steele Chambers from Rosswell (Ga.) Trinity Catholic. “Yes sir they just did,” Chambers said on Thursday night ...
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Former Buckeye Trevor Thompson signs with Golden State Warriors
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He transferred to Ohio State and, after sitting out the NCAA mandated one year, was a fixture for the Buckeyes over the next two seasons. In his final year in Columbus, Thompson averaged 10.6 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.5 blocks while playing 23 minutes ...

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Most projections have Ohio State in the Peach Bowl, however, one projection points to Rose Bowl semifinal
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Jerry Palm of CBS Sports has the right idea for where the Buckeyes are headed.

Unlike last week, there was a consensus for where the Ohio State Buckeyes would be going in the postseason: a New Year’s Six bowl. Entering Week 7 of the college football season—and with the help of the Oklahoma Sooners loss last week to Iowa State—the projections have begun to vary more for the Buckeyes, but a premier bowl game is back on the menu for the Scarlet and Gray, considering everything stays the same.

Let’s take a look at where five outlets have the Buckeyes headed to for their bowl game.


Jerry Palm had the Buckeyes going to the Sugar Bowl in last week’s edition of bowl projections. However, with the Oklahoma Sooners getting upended (and karma’d) by Iowa State, the Scarlet and Gray moved up into the No. 3 spot in the College Football Playoff.

The other playoff matchup, according to Palm, is Alabama vs. Penn State (!) in the Sugar Bowl. So, it appears that Palm has OSU beating PSU—and the Nittany Lions ending with just one loss. For a conference, getting one team into the CFP is tricky enough, let alone two. But, who knows? If the Pac-12 and Big 12 continue the trend of everyone beating up on each other, then it’s plausible that both are gonna miss the boat on getting someone into the playoff.


The more things change, the more they stay the same. As Palm keeps the Bucks in the playoff picture, Eric Single of Sports Illustrated has OSU in the Cotton Bowl for another week. Again, the TCU Horned Frogs are the projected opponent.

Both teams replaced a home-and-home series in 2018-19 in favor for a “neutral” site game next season at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. If Single is right, we’ll get an early dose of Horned Frogs-Buckeyes in Jerry World.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing.


SB Nation’s own Jason Kirk is keeping his Ohio State postseason prediction the same as well. While at the same venue as the National Championship, Kirk has the Georgia Bulldogs basically playing host to the Buckeyes in the Peach Bowl.

Urban Meyer has done well going into SEC territory and pulling out postseason wins against SEC powers since coming to Columbus. I mean, Urbz beat Nick Saban and Alabama in the Sugar Bowl semifinal in 2014. Why would he struggle with a former Saban assistant in Kirby Smart??


Breathes in, sighs heavily

Peach Bowl is the prediction from Erick Smith at USA Today.


Last week, Kyle Bonagura had the Buckeyes in the Citrus Bowl. Now, the tune has changed to the... Peach Bowl. However, unlike Kirk, the ESPN analyst has South Florida taking on Ohio State.

Hot take: If this game happens, no way Ohio State walks out a “winner,” regardless of outcome. If they pound the Bulls, they were supposed to do it. If they don’t, then the sirens go off, and the proclamation that OSU was a pretender all along gets semi-validated—even though that really isn’t a firm truth.

David Hale has the Orange Bowl, again, for the Buckeyes. (And again, it would be a virtual road game as Miami would be the opposition in his prediction.)

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Game On: A closer look at how the Huskers and Buckeyes line up
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Stay strong. The Blackshirts looked worn down by the time UW got done rushing 49 times in 66 plays. The Buckeyes don't need to be on the field for 40 minutes, but they'll run a lot of plays regardless and they can score in bunches. The second half is ...


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Chasing History: Ohio State on doorstep of becoming 3rd winningest FBS program
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With a win Saturday, OSU will tie Nebraska as the third winningest program in FBS history

Eight-hundred ninety two. That’s the number of all-time wins Nebraska has earned since they first lined up for a game of tackle football against Omaha YMCA on Thanksgiving day in 1890. The Buckeyes enter Saturday’s contest as 24-point favorites — and with a win, will move into a tie with the Cornhuskers for 892 all-time victories. In the FBS ranks, only Texas (893 wins), and Michigan (939 victories) have won more games.

The Cornhuskers have one of college football’s richest winning traditions: 46 conference titles, 5 national championships, 3 Heisman Trophy winners. But despite their long, storied program history — there have been only five previous matchups with Ohio State. And the Buckeyes have been dominant. OSU has won by an average margin of 22 points per contest against Nebraska. Ohio State holds a 4-1 all-time edge in the series, and a 2-1 advantage since the Cornhuskers joined the Big Ten in 2011. It's also the case that the home team is a perfect 5-0 in the series, and this marks only OSU’s second trip ever to Lincoln. Below is the short history between two of college football’s winningest programs.

2016: Ohio State 62, Nebraska 3 — The only top-ten matchup of the series also proved to be its most lopsided contest as No. 6 Ohio State dominated the No. 10 Cornhuskers. In one of his best games of the season, Buckeye quarterback J.T. Barrett accounted for 329 total yards, four touchdowns and zero turnovers. The win improved the eventual playoff bound Buckeyes to 8-1 and marked OSU's first win over a ranked team after a setback on the road against Penn State two weeks earlier.

2012: Ohio State 63, Nebraska 38 — OSU’s Braxton Miller broke his own school record for a quarterback, rushing for 186 yards as No. 12 Ohio State took down No. 21 Nebraska. The win moved the Buckeyes to 6-0. OSU would finish the season 12-0 and win the Big Ten Leaders Division. NCAA sanctions from ‘tattoo-gate’ banned the Buckeyes from participating in the postseason.

2011: Nebraska 34, Ohio State 27 — Freshman Braxton Miller left the game with an injured ankle in the third quarter, and Nebraska rallied behind quarterback Taylor Martinez to score 28 straight points as the No. 14 Cornhuskers notched their only victory of the series. Down three touchdowns, the win marked the biggest comeback in Nebraska history. Ohio State would finish the season 6-7 under interim coach Luke Fickell. Nebraska would end the year with a 9-4 mark, falling to South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl.

1956: Ohio State 34, Nebraska 7 — Sophomore OSU halfback Don Clark ran for two scores of 35 and 38 yards as the No. 8 Buckeyes opened the season victorious. The Buckeyes would finish with a 6-3 record — and were ineligible for postseason play after an NCAA investigation found coach Woody Hayes loaned several players money.

1955: Ohio State 28, Nebraska 20 — Senior halfback Howard ‘Hopalong’ Cassady ran for three scores as No. 6 OSU prevailed in their first ever matchup with Nebraska. Cassady would go on to win the Heisman and lead the defending national champion Buckeyes to a 7-2 record.

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