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College hockey: UMD women finish off Buckeyes in Columbus
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Twice in the third, the Buckeyes cut the Bulldogs' lead to one with Maddy Field making it a 2-1 game with 13:25 to play and Samantha Bouley scoring with the Buckeyes' net empty to make it 3-2 with 2:03 left. Buckeyes goaltender Kassidy Sauve stopped 44 ...

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Big Ten Power Rankings: Michigan bolsters case as top team
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Michigan continues to hit on all cylinders, as it distances itself from the pack. Can anyone beat the Wolverines? See BTN.com senior writer Tom Dienhart's latest Big Ten Power Rankings, presented by ArcelorMittal, inside.

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Northwestern comes close, but Buckeyes survive upset bid to improve to 7-1
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The Wildcats couldn't pull off a win in Columbus — something they haven't done since 1971 — but came mighty close, putting together some terrific drives and playing some stout defense for stretches. But the Buckeyes, who have no room for error if ...

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How did we do? Week 9 Big Ten predictions revisited
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Before we turn our attention to Week 10, it’s time to revisit how the BTN.com team and Big Ten fans did with their Week 9 Big Ten game predictions. BTN.com’s Tom Dienhart went 6-0 to pace the group and move into first place in the season standings, while BTN.com’s Brent Yarian and Big Ten fans both went 5-1. See all of our Week 9 predictions below. Tom Dienhart (@BTNTomDienhart) 2016 record: 57-20 Week 9 record: 6-0 Week 9 picks: Minnesota 38, Illinois 14; Michigan 44, Michigan State 13; Penn State 38, Purdue 24; Indiana 35, Maryland 24; Ohio State 28,

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Ohio State demolishes Niagara again, 6-2
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Nick Schilkey scored career goal number 50 en route to Ohio State’s weekend sweep.

The Ohio State mens hockey team heaved Niagara over the edge of the falls again on Saturday night with a 6-2 victory in New York. Nick Schilkey scored his 50th career goal and the Buckeyes rolled once again to remain undefeated on the season.

The Buckeyes improve to 5-0-2 on the season and remain the only team in the NCAA without an official loss. They should rise once again in both the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine official polls this week. Niagara falls to 0-5-2 on the year with their second consecutive loss to the Puckeyes.

Matt Tomkins again got the start in net for Ohio State with Christian Frey on the shelf and played reasonably well, though he didn’t face a tremendous amount of pressure. Niagara didn’t breach the 25 shot barrier for the game, but Tomkins played more than well enough with Ohio State’s continued supreme offensive output.

Freshman Ronnie Hein again found a place on the scoresheet for the Buckeyes, scoring at 13:18 of the first period, with the sole assist coming from fellow freshman Tanner Laczynski. It was Hein’s third on the year. Hein wouldn’t be done on the night either, but we’ll get to that.

Laczynski followed that up just over three minutes later at 16:55 with his third of the year, on the powerplay, from Matts Weis and Joyaux. The Bucks took the 2-0 lead powered by the freshmen into the break, with no serious threat coming from Niagara as OSU allowed just three shots in the frame, recording 11 of their own.

Sean King would break Tomkins’ shutout 9:39 into the second on the powerplay, but Niagara wouldn’t be able to find the tying score. Hein would score his second of the game and fourth on the year, with Tommy Parran recording the sole assist, at 16:36 of the second and that one would prove to be the official game winning goal.

Ohio State took that 3-1 lead into intermission despite the increased threat from Niagara, who put up ten shots in that period to OSU’s 16. In the third, it would be all Buckeyes, however, and captain Nick Schilkey made sure of it.

Number seven scored his 50th career goal just 36 seconds into the third period. Josh Healey had the lone assist as Schilkey put the game on ice with his milestone tally. Matt Weis would score one of his own at 4:00, with assists from Laczynski and Parran, before John Wiitala scored the final Ohio State goal for the second consecutive night, at 4:39 of the third.

Niagara would get a second goal in garbage time, at 15:20 from Stanislav Dzakhov, but make no mistake: this game was a complete Ohio State domination on offense. The football team could learn a thing or two from the hockey team dominating in possession and offense versus an inferior team.

Ohio State outshot Niagara 41-24 and scored twice on the powerplay. They had ten more shot attempts than their opponent despite leading for almost the entire game. Matt Tomkins had a .917 save percentage, a positive effort. Schilkey scored a big goal for both his career and in icing the game. Laczynski had a goal, two assists and seven shots on goal. Parran, Weis and Hein had multipoint games.

There isn’t much more that you can ask for here. Ohio State dominated a team they’re supposed to dominate and will look to do that again when they host Robert Morris next Friday in Columbus, in just OSU’s second home game of the young season. But it’s the team’s best start since 1983 despite the road trips, so things can’t get much better for the Bucks.

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Fans scouring the bench of the Ohio State women's basketball team this season likely will see an abundance of healthy players — a rare site in recent years.

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Ohio State fans add light show to ‘O-H-I-O’ chant
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Ohio State's "O-H-I-O" chant always is cool. It's something else when it's done to a light show at Ohio Stadium.

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Ohio State vs. Northwestern 2016 final score: OSU hold on for 24-20 win over NU
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It wasn’t easy, but the Buckeyes bounce back with a win.

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After last week’s crushing loss to Penn State, the No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes rebounded with a hard-fought 24-20 win over an incredibly game Northwestern squad on Saturday.

Though OSU dominated the time of possession, J.T. Barrett and the Buckeyes were never able to get the ball downfield. The explosive plays that highlighted the early season slate seem to have disappeared for this offense. However, the offense was extremely balanced, racking up 223 yards through the air and 210 on the ground.

The story of the game was nearly Northwestern’s ability to convert on third-down. NU quarterback Clayton Thorson’s offense was eight for 16 in such situations, often because of the playmaking ability of wide receiver Austin Carr.

After moving the ball inside Ohio State territory on the first drive of the game, an official review wiped out a big completion to WR Carr that would have put Northwestern into scoring position less than a minute into the game. The OSU defense held strong from there.

Following the subsequent Wildcat punt, Ohio State marched 94 yards on nine plays in under three minutes, mostly through the air, to score on their first possession. After having to wait for more than a quarter to get his first touch last week, H-back Curtis Samuel caught a pass for a three-yard gain on the first offensive play from scrimmage. After a 15-yard reception was ruled down at the one by the replay official, running back Mike Weber finished the drive by punching it into the endzone. The touchdown was the first on a Buckeye opening drive of the season.

After the kick-off and a 16-yard run by Northwestern’s John Moten IV, Thorson’s 1st down pass was deflected by middle linebacker Raekwon McMillan and intercepted by cornerback Damon Arnedt, setting up the Buckeyes at their own 49 yardline.

On the ensuing drive, the Buckeyes drove into the red-zone, but a third down end-around to Dontre Wilson was snuffed out, forcing a Tyler Durbin fieldgoal to extend the lead to 10-0. Technically, the 33-yard FG was the walk-on’s 11th in as many tries this season, as last week’s block was credited to the team.

After converting a 4th and 3 in the red-zone earlier in the drive, Thorson plowed his way into the endzone on the first play of the second quarter to bring the score to 10-7. However, after Barrett went through his progressions on a 3rd and 12 from NU’s 36, he found a wide-open tight-end Marcus Baugh, who was able to hold onto the pass for the first down. On the next play, Weber bounced outside and raced to the endzone for a 23-yard TD, upping the score to 17-7.

On the next drive, on second down from their own 45, Thorson gashed the Ohio State defense for a 35-yard run, which led to a 23-yard Jack Mitchell fieldgoal to cut the Buckeye lead to 17-10. However, the drive was more evidence of how much the Wildcat offense has progressed since a 9-7 loss to Illinois State. In the first half, NU accounted for 218 yards (89 rushing, 129 passing).

In the final two minutes of the first half, Urban Meyer exhausted his timeouts on defense to ensure another possession for the Buckeyes. However, after back-to-back incompletions, OSU was forced to punt. Even though NU’s Jared McGee got a hand on the ball, the blocked punt didn’t lead to points. However, for the second week in a row, punter Cameron Johnston had a kick blocked, a previously rare sight from the Aussie.

Concerned about Northwestern stud WR Carr, the defense was content to rush four and drop into coverage for most of the first half. Nonetheless, Carr accounted for 66 yards on five receptions before the intermission, including a handful of impressive sideline grabs.

After three consecutive drives ended in a punt to start the second half, Thorson hit Carr for 30 yards to move Northwestern to their 46 yardline. After a holding call, Northwestern picked up 16 on a 3-and-18 to get into OSU territory. Rushing just four, Ohio State dropped everyone else deep into coverage, leaving vulnerable the underside of the defense for Justin Jackson to pick up significant yardage. After picking up six on the next play to extend the drive, Carr gained 35, leading to a two-yard TD catch for Garrett Dickerson to even the score at 17-17.

After five straight punts for the Ohio State offense, Barrett found K.J. Hill for a 34-yard gain on a second-and-1 from NU’s 44. Two plays later, he handed the ball off to Samuel, who sliced through the defensive line for a three-yard TD, to reclaim the lead 24-17 with 9:43 remaining in the game.

On 3rd-and-7 from Ohio State’s 44, Thorson kept it on the zone-read to pickup 18. Three plays later, on 3rd-and-14 with Nick Bosa bearing down on him, Thorson hits a crossing Carr for 27, to move the Wildcats down to the Ohio State three. However, the Buckeyes tightened up to force a 33-yard FG to make the score 24-20 with three and a half left.

On the following drive, Barrett hit a streaking Noah Brown for a 16-yard game on 3rd-and-8. Later on the drive on third down, Barrett scrambled 35 yards down the NU 22 to essentially ice the game.

3 things we learned:

1.) Ohio State coaches can get creative, but only after losses.


Over the last three weeks, Ohio State’s offense has been vanilla, and that might be unfair to the flavor. However, against Northwestern, play-callers Ed Warinner and Tim Beck pulled out an end-around to Wilson, a reverse to Parris Campbell, and a few (unsuccessful) speed options. So, after weeks of zone-read bludgeoning, for some reason, the coaching staff decided to open up the playbook this week. This has become something of a pattern; after bizarrely conservative play calling led to a loss against Michigan State last year, derailing a chance at back-to-back National Titles, the offense opened up in the following two weeks outscoring No. 12 Michigan and No. 8 Notre Dame by a combined 86-41.

The offensive playcalling wasn’t nearly as exciting as it was early in the season, but the Northwestern game, especially in the first half, proved that those plays were still on the call-sheet. With games against Nebraska and Michigan still to come, the Buckeyes can’t expect to run the straight-forward, predictable offense, if they want to meet their postseason expectations.

2.) The Ohio State coaching staff does not have faith in their players one-on-one.


On both sides of the ball, it became painfully evident as the game progressed that the Buckeye coaches did not think that either their offensive or defensive playmakers could handle Northwestern one-on-one. On defense, the line was continually left alone to supply pressure against five and six-man O-lines, in order to allow as many defenders to cover the pass. Clearly, it didn’t work as for the second week in a row, an OSU opponent put up a season-high passing total (245 from PSU, 258 from NU). Instead, the lack of a pass-rush allowed Thorson to pick apart the Buckeye defense for much of the game.

The situation was similar on offense; though Barrett had a fairly efficient day passing (especially early), the offense only attempted one pass downfield, which was wildly over-thrown. Instead, the playcallers settled for the traditional inside runs and swing passes. When those plays are effective, as they were on the game’s first drive, they can result in clock-eating, methodical drives. But, that also requires the offense to string together more than a handful of positive plays in a row, which was tough to do against the stout defense Northwestern has become over the past month.

The lack of faith that Warriner and Beck have in OSU’s receivers to provide any kind of deep threat puts a ton of pressure on Barrett and the backs to magically turn small gains into big ones; something that is not easily done against quality opponents.

3.) Reports of J.T. Barrett’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, but the downfield passing game is still lacking.


After especially rough first halves the last three weeks, a certain contingent of Ohio State fans began to question whether Barrett was the right QB to lead this Buckeye team. Well, he is certainly not one of the best passers in Ohio State history. He isn’t the best running quarterback in school history either. However, when you combine both aspects of his game, and mix in his record setting stats, an argument can be made for him to be amongst the school’s Mount Rushmore of signal callers.

He showed his efficiency this week going 21 for 32 and 223 yards through the air, routinely going through his progressions to find the open man; a fact that was allowed because of improved offensive line play.

The staff also did not call on him to run nearly as much as they had throughout the season. In the first half, Barrett only rushed the ball on two designed runs and one keeper. He held onto the ball more in the second half, including that huge third down run late in the fourth quarter to effectively seal the victory.

While he might not have the arm of Cardale Jones, or athleticism of Braxton Miller, this team will only go as far as J.T. Barrett can take them. However, it would be nice to see Brown, Campbell, Wilson, Hill, Terry McLaurin, or literally anyone else provide a deep threat to open up the box for Weber, Samuel, and Barrett.

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Ohio State Big Ten tiebreaker tracker: What Michigan, Penn State results mean for Buckeyes
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Michigan fan leaves miniature flag on yard of Urban Meyer's home
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Northwestern vs. Ohio State: Live Score, Highlights for Wildcats vs. Buckeyes
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The Ohio State Buckeyes are facing a harsh reality after being upset in Happy Valley a week ago. Win out, or no College Football Playoff berth. The first step in reaching that goal sends the Buckeyes back home to try to upend the Northwestern Wildcats, ...
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Ohio State men's basketball | Buckeyes can use Purdue's blueprint to bounce back
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As coach Thad Matta aims to get the Buckeyes back into the tournament and among the conference elite following three consecutive difficult seasons, his adversaries to the west have shown that it is possible to pick yourself back off the mat and rebuild.

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Craig Anderson’s Wife Diagnosed with Cancer: Dorion Updates Goaltending Situation
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For an organization that has dealt with so many saddening medical episodes in recent years, the Senators and its fan base were delivered another blow when general manager Pierre Dorion announced this afternoon that Craig Anderson’s wife Nicholle had been diagnosed with cancer.

Although there was no mention of when the diagnosis was made, Anderson was granted a leave of absence for personal reasons on Thursday. That he was even playing at all recently is remarkable, but most incredibly, thanks to the lower-body injury that Andrew Hammond suffered in last night’s 5-2 loss to the Calgary Flames, Nicholle Anderson pushed for Craig to return to the team and help his club.

“Nicholle told Craig to phone me, which he did during the game,” explained Dorion. “We talked to Craig after the game and it was determined that because they were in a wait period and they were going to drive to Ottawa as a family today, that it would be alright for Craig to come and rejoin his team.”

Words cannot even describe how incredibly unselfish and courageous Nicholle’s choice is.

I can’t imagine the demands and stressors that come with being a professional athlete, let alone being a professional athlete who has to handle a personal tragedy like this, but hopefully the presence of his teammates and friends will be therapeutic for the goaltender.

There is never a silver lining in a situation like this, but the Senators have exhibited a strength and resilience in these types of situations. From Bryan Murray’s battle with Stage-4 colon cancer to Eugene Melnyk’s liver transplant, their very public battles have helped raise awareness and money towards these causes. There’s no question the organization will do everything within its means to do the same now.

It is unclear how long Anderson will remain with the team, but with Hammond being placed on the injured reserve for at least one week, both Matt O’Connor and Chris Driedger will remain with the team.

My thoughts and best wishes go out to the Andersons, their friends and family and to the Senators organization.

Fuck cancer.





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WATCH: Ohio State Buckeyes arrive for Northwestern game
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Ohio State hockey destroys Niagara, 10-2
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Ohio State sent Niagara over the Falls with a 10-2 obliteration Friday night.

Niagara probably would’ve had a better chance of surviving going over Niagara Falls in a barrel than they did against Ohio State last night. In a complete obliteration and domination, the Ohio State mens hockey team defeated Niagara 10-2 at Niagara.

The Buckeyes improved to 4-0-2 on the season, staying technically undefeated despite a shootout loss to Air Force earlier in the season. Niagara still has yet to win a game this year and falls to 0-4-2, and it sure doesn’t look like they’ll be getting their first win on the second leg of this weekend series.

The most shocking thing about this game was that Ohio State only needed 31 shots to get ten goals. If OSU would’ve scored half as many goals, that would’ve been a poor save percentage for Niagara’s goalie. This might as well have been an audition for the hockey Washington Generals.

Matt Weis opened the scoring just 40 seconds into the game for his third of the year, with assists from Josh Healey and Tommy Parran. Then just a minute and 19 seconds later, Luke Stork finally got his first tally of the year, with assists from emerging freshman Ronnie Hein and Christian Lampasso. It’s nice to see the latter on the scoresheet after a good freshman campaign followed by a frustrating sophomore one.

Things quieted down after that...for about eight minutes until Parran scored his first of the year at 10:56 from the pair of sophomores Miguel Fidler and Dakota Joshua. Niagara would quickly erase that goal just a minute and one second later, with Nick Farmer’s second of the year on the powerplay, which would be followed by Nick Schilkey matching that one 50 seconds later with his fifth of the year. Weis had the solitary assist on that one.

Boy was that sure an interesting first period with a few particularly brutal minutes for Niagara. Things would calm down in the second right? Nope, Niagara’s team would turn into the “This is Fine” dog and sit there while the whole thing still went up in flames.

After OSU scored four goals on only eight shots in the first, at least Niagara stopped seven of their twelve in the second. If you shoot for the moon but miss, you’ll land among the stars, right?

David Gust scored his third of the season, on the powerplay, at 7:12 from Mason Jobst and Healey to make it 5-1 OSU and Stork would score just 23 seconds later with his second of the game, with Lampasso getting his second assist of the night on a Stork goal. Tommy Parran would score his second of the game just 50 seconds after that to make it 7-1 with assists from Kevin Miller and Joshua. And just forty seconds after that, Schilkey scored his second of the game from Weis and Tanner Laczynski.

That was a hell of a two minutes. And now, all of a sudden, it was 8-1 Ohio State. Schilkey wasn’t done, however. He scored his third of the game for his first career hat trick at 17:39, with assists from Weis and Laczynski once again.


Ohio State went into the second intermission up 9-1. Even the most optimistic Buckeye fans (not me) would never have predicted this. The third would finally calm down, though, with it looking like a normal hockey game. Both teams would score once and get out of there.

Niagara scored the first of the third period, with Derek Brown scoring his third of the year at 5:49. John Wiitala would match that for OSU with one at 14:55, his third of the year, from Jobst, with OSU officially winning 10-2.

There’s not much more you can ask for out of a team, folks. Schilkey had a hat trick. Weis had a goal and three assists. Tommy Parran (!) had two goals and an assist. Lampasso had two assists. Luke Stork was revitalized. Super freshman Laczynski had two assists. Matt Tomkins 19 out of 21 shots for a “good enough” .905 save percentage.

Ohio State scored ten goals for the first time since 2008! They’re earning their current No. 14 ranking in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine College Hockey Poll and No. 15 ranking in the USCHO.com poll. There’s a lot to like about this team, and while they’re not going to shoot it like this every night and chase not one but two goalies, it’s still a nice feather in the cap.

The two teams will meet again tonight at 7pm eastern. Niagara probably felt like they wanted to jump down one of the waterfalls like Harrison Ford in The Fugitive last night, and hopefully they will again tonight too.

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No. 6 Ohio State football looks to rebound vs. Northwestern: Buckeye Breakfast Gameday
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Ohio State vs. Northwestern 2016: Start time, live stream, TV schedule and Game Thread
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The Buckeyes hope to bounce back against a hot Northwestern squad.

It has been a tough week for the Ohio State Buckeyes as they work to come back from a close loss on the road to Penn State. But the Buckeyes are finally heading home to Columbus to take on perhaps one of the most confusing teams in the conference--Northwestern--whose wins over Iowa and Michigan State are balanced with a head-scratching, 9-7 loss to FCS foe Illinois State.

But Urban Meyer is nothing if not resilient. The Buckeyes have had just one back-to-back loss under Meyer’s tenure (to Clemson in the Orange Bowl in 2014, following Ohio State’s loss to Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship), and otherwise have most-effectively throttled their next opponent, including a 66-0 wallop of Kent State following the Buckeyes’ loss to Virginia Tech in 2014, and a 42-13 beatdown of Michigan in 2015 after losing to Michigan State.

Ohio State has won 29 of the last 30 matchups against Northwestern. The Buckeyes are favored by 27 at home, but the Wildcats remember well when their 2004 squad toppled 7th-ranked Ohio State in Evanston.

When is the game and how can I watch?


Game Date/Time: Saturday, Oct. 29, 3:30 p.m.

Location: Columbus, Ohio

TV: ESPN

Online: WatchESPN

Radio: 97.1 FM/1460 AM

Where is GameDay this weekend?


For the second-straight year, College Gameday is heading to Utah for the matchup between the 17th-ranked Utes and the No. 4 Washington Huskies. Washington is 7-0 on the season, but is 0-4 in games where Gameday is on site.

What’s the rest of the Big Ten up to today?


Headlining Big Ten action this week is the primetime matchup of No. 11 Wisconsin facing No. 7 Nebraska in Madison at 7 p.m. on ESPN. In a long-awaited revenge match, No. 2 Michigan takes on Michigan State in East Lansing at noon on ESPN. Also at noon, Minnesota faces Illinois on BTN and No. 24 Penn State plays Purdue on ABC. At 3:30, Maryland takes on Indiana on ESPNU.

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The Buckeyes are back, and so are the smiles
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Edwards did as much as anyone on the N-Y side to help bring the Buckeyes back to the top. He authored perhaps the best game of his four-year career. Edwards hit 8 of 11 passes for 150 yards and a touchdown, and rushed for 132 yards and two more ...

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Last week's stunning loss to Penn State shook the Ohio State Buckeyes to their core. After winning their first six games and ascending to No. 2 in the polls, the Buckeyes may have taken their success just a bit for granted. What happened in Happy ...
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After big win against Buckeyes, Penn State can't take Purdue for granted - Lewistown Sentinel
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After big win against Buckeyes, Penn State can't take Purdue for granted
Lewistown Sentinel
Had John Reid held a late interception against the Buckeyes, Penn State, down 21-17, would have gained possession inside its own 10 with less than five minutes remaining. Instead, Reid dropped the ball, leading to Marcus Allen's blocked field goal on ...
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Ohio State football: Buckeyes offensive line needs return to form after shaky game in loss to Penn State - Akron Beacon Journal
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Ohio State football: Buckeyes offensive line needs return to form after shaky game in loss to Penn State
Akron Beacon Journal
Ohio State football: Buckeyes offensive line needs return to form after shaky game in loss to Penn State. By Brad Bournival Special to the Beacon Journal. Shares. Comment(s). Published: October 27, 2016 - 11:16 PM | Updated: October 28, 2016 - 08:59 AM.
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