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Buckeyes Escape Pesky Hoosiers 38-17
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The Buckeyes hosted the Indiana Hoosiers this afternoon in a toughly contested match-up that the Buckeyes ended up winning 38-17 thanks to a stout defense and a solid running game. The passing game was completely off the mark all game and will need to be rectified before next week at Wisconsin.
The Buckeyes started the game with the ball and they didn’t have it for long before a pitch between J.T. Barrett and Mike Weber went awry and Indiana jumped on the fumble to take possession on the Ohio State 29 yard line. The Hoosiers came out with junior Richard Lagow under center, and got the ball down to the Ohio State four before settling for a field goal.
The Buckeyes got the ball back and on a 3rd and 9, J.T. found Marcus Baugh for 25 yards out of a bunch receiver pattern leading to a big first down. J.T. connected with Noah Brown on a couple of throws and the Buckeyes drive stalled after his pass to Noah Brown on 3rd down was broken up. Tyler Durbin came out and made his 5th field goal of the season to knot the game at 3-3.
Each team then punted twice and Indiana took over with the ball on the Ohio State 11, and Lagow scrambled out of the pocket after a big rush and it looked like he had thrown the ball forward while being hit by Tyquan Lewis, and the ball came out and was recovered by the Buckeyes. The play would be reviewed, and the call on the field stood and the Buckeyes had the ball 1st and goal on the nine yard line after the recovery by Jayln Holmes. Two plays later and the Buckeyes were in the endzone as Mike Weber took the handoff and went nine yards for the touchdown, his 3rd of the season.
More stout defense by the Buckeyes and the Hoosiers led to three straight punts again before Ohio State took over at their 27 yard line with 5:30 to go in the 2nd quarter. Since J.T. had been struggling throwing the ball so far, they decided to keep the ball on the ground and ran it four times with Curtis Samuel and once on a QB keeper to go down and score to make it 17-3 with 3:32 to go in the half.
Indiana, who had not been able to do much of anything on offense up until this point took over on the 35 after a kickoff out of bounds and marched right down the field and scored a touchdown right before the half making it 17-10. The key play was on 3rd and 6 when Lagow hit Ricky Jones on a 32 yard quick slant that got the Hoosiers down to the 18. Lagow then found Mitchell Paige two plays later on a slant as he beat Damon Webb for the touchdown.
With 1:03 left on the clock and only one timeout left for the Buckeyes, it was likely that they would have taken a couple shots before the half to get some points, but luckily for them Parris Campbell had other ideas. He took the ensuing kickoff 91 yards, getting tackled at the six yard line setting the Buckeyes up with only a few yards to go to grab that two touchdown lead before halftime. A first down wildcat snap to Curtis Samuel went for no gain, so on 2nd down Barrett took it himself to the left side for the touchdown to make it 24-10 at the half.
Here's another look at Barrett's touchdown scamper. pic.twitter.com/IvQbJ6Nzpi
— Eleven Warriors (@11w) October 8, 2016
Indiana got the ball at the beginning of the second half and marched down the field on a 13 play drive that ended when Lagow found Danny Friend for a seven yard touchdown on a missed communication by the Buckeye secondary. The Hoosiers had run the wide receiver screen earlier in the game successfully and they ran the same play again, but the defensive back and linebacker both bit on the wide reciever leaving the tight end wide open in the end zone making the score 24-17. The Buckeye fans were starting to get worried as Indiana once again was hanging tough with the boys in Scarlet and Grey.
The Buckeyes got the ball back, and they too went 13 plays down the field, converting twice on 3rd down with J.T. Barrett running the ball. The Buckeyes did not attempt a pass play the whole drive, running for the entire 85 yards on the way to Mike Weber’s 2nd touchdown of the day. With the score now 31-17, the Buckeyes looked to be ready to put away the pesky Hoosiers, but Indiana had other thoughts.
After a back and forth punting exchange, the Buckeyes had the ball again but J.T. Barrett’s pass to Marcus Baugh was a little high and it ricocheted off his hands and into the hands of Indiana defender Ashon Riggins who returned it 31 yards down to the Buckeye 13. The Buckeye defense again stood on their heads stuffing Devin Redding on a 4th and 1 to give the Buckeyes the ball back and leave Indiana off the scoreboard.
Again the Buckeyes couldn’t get anything going through the air, and Indiana’s front seven were holding tough and the Buckeyes punted again however Indiana went 4 and out again giving the Buckeyes the ball on their 33, and they went down the field and finally J.T. found an open receiver in Dontre Wilson for a 37 yard touchdown making the score 38-17 and putting an end to the worry rumbling through the Horseshoe.
Malik Hooker made a nice interception that was returned for a touchdown, but was called back because of a block in the back or the final score would have been 45-17.
On the day J.T. Barrett was 9/21 for 93 yards, but ran for 137 and a touchdown in what he probably knows was not his finest afternoon performance. The wide receivers/tight ends only caught 3 passes all game, leaving many concerned with the state of the passing game through five games.
The Buckeyes travel to Madison, Wisconsin next weekend for a tough match-up against the Wisconsin Badgers at 8pm.
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Ben van Ooyen via our good friends at Buckeye Battle Cry
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
The Buckeyes hosted the Indiana Hoosiers this afternoon in a toughly contested match-up that the Buckeyes ended up winning 38-17 thanks to a stout defense and a solid running game. The passing game was completely off the mark all game and will need to be rectified before next week at Wisconsin.
The Buckeyes started the game with the ball and they didn’t have it for long before a pitch between J.T. Barrett and Mike Weber went awry and Indiana jumped on the fumble to take possession on the Ohio State 29 yard line. The Hoosiers came out with junior Richard Lagow under center, and got the ball down to the Ohio State four before settling for a field goal.
The Buckeyes got the ball back and on a 3rd and 9, J.T. found Marcus Baugh for 25 yards out of a bunch receiver pattern leading to a big first down. J.T. connected with Noah Brown on a couple of throws and the Buckeyes drive stalled after his pass to Noah Brown on 3rd down was broken up. Tyler Durbin came out and made his 5th field goal of the season to knot the game at 3-3.
Each team then punted twice and Indiana took over with the ball on the Ohio State 11, and Lagow scrambled out of the pocket after a big rush and it looked like he had thrown the ball forward while being hit by Tyquan Lewis, and the ball came out and was recovered by the Buckeyes. The play would be reviewed, and the call on the field stood and the Buckeyes had the ball 1st and goal on the nine yard line after the recovery by Jayln Holmes. Two plays later and the Buckeyes were in the endzone as Mike Weber took the handoff and went nine yards for the touchdown, his 3rd of the season.
More stout defense by the Buckeyes and the Hoosiers led to three straight punts again before Ohio State took over at their 27 yard line with 5:30 to go in the 2nd quarter. Since J.T. had been struggling throwing the ball so far, they decided to keep the ball on the ground and ran it four times with Curtis Samuel and once on a QB keeper to go down and score to make it 17-3 with 3:32 to go in the half.
Indiana, who had not been able to do much of anything on offense up until this point took over on the 35 after a kickoff out of bounds and marched right down the field and scored a touchdown right before the half making it 17-10. The key play was on 3rd and 6 when Lagow hit Ricky Jones on a 32 yard quick slant that got the Hoosiers down to the 18. Lagow then found Mitchell Paige two plays later on a slant as he beat Damon Webb for the touchdown.
With 1:03 left on the clock and only one timeout left for the Buckeyes, it was likely that they would have taken a couple shots before the half to get some points, but luckily for them Parris Campbell had other ideas. He took the ensuing kickoff 91 yards, getting tackled at the six yard line setting the Buckeyes up with only a few yards to go to grab that two touchdown lead before halftime. A first down wildcat snap to Curtis Samuel went for no gain, so on 2nd down Barrett took it himself to the left side for the touchdown to make it 24-10 at the half.
Here's another look at Barrett's touchdown scamper. pic.twitter.com/IvQbJ6Nzpi
— Eleven Warriors (@11w) October 8, 2016
Indiana got the ball at the beginning of the second half and marched down the field on a 13 play drive that ended when Lagow found Danny Friend for a seven yard touchdown on a missed communication by the Buckeye secondary. The Hoosiers had run the wide receiver screen earlier in the game successfully and they ran the same play again, but the defensive back and linebacker both bit on the wide reciever leaving the tight end wide open in the end zone making the score 24-17. The Buckeye fans were starting to get worried as Indiana once again was hanging tough with the boys in Scarlet and Grey.
The Buckeyes got the ball back, and they too went 13 plays down the field, converting twice on 3rd down with J.T. Barrett running the ball. The Buckeyes did not attempt a pass play the whole drive, running for the entire 85 yards on the way to Mike Weber’s 2nd touchdown of the day. With the score now 31-17, the Buckeyes looked to be ready to put away the pesky Hoosiers, but Indiana had other thoughts.
After a back and forth punting exchange, the Buckeyes had the ball again but J.T. Barrett’s pass to Marcus Baugh was a little high and it ricocheted off his hands and into the hands of Indiana defender Ashon Riggins who returned it 31 yards down to the Buckeye 13. The Buckeye defense again stood on their heads stuffing Devin Redding on a 4th and 1 to give the Buckeyes the ball back and leave Indiana off the scoreboard.
Again the Buckeyes couldn’t get anything going through the air, and Indiana’s front seven were holding tough and the Buckeyes punted again however Indiana went 4 and out again giving the Buckeyes the ball on their 33, and they went down the field and finally J.T. found an open receiver in Dontre Wilson for a 37 yard touchdown making the score 38-17 and putting an end to the worry rumbling through the Horseshoe.
Malik Hooker made a nice interception that was returned for a touchdown, but was called back because of a block in the back or the final score would have been 45-17.
On the day J.T. Barrett was 9/21 for 93 yards, but ran for 137 and a touchdown in what he probably knows was not his finest afternoon performance. The wide receivers/tight ends only caught 3 passes all game, leaving many concerned with the state of the passing game through five games.
The Buckeyes travel to Madison, Wisconsin next weekend for a tough match-up against the Wisconsin Badgers at 8pm.
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