Game Thread Ohio State 34, Minnesota 21 (Sep. 27)

[Steve19]

I didn't know the second string WRs were out there at the time, but most of the yards were rushing from what I remember.

And, how many yards were from Ohio State penalties?

 

[bucknutt76]

pretty great game today, If we keep having these upsets in the top 10 we are going to be right back at the top wouldnt everyone just love that.

 

[Steve19]

pretty great game today, If we keep having these upsets in the top 10 we are going to be right back at the top wouldnt everyone just love that.

Realistically. it will take a LOT of losses for Ohio State to get back to the top. Just win out and we get a BCS bowl game. Quite frankly, I'd love a rematch with USC.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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Pryor-Wells Show Highlights Buckeyes Win.............

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Pryor and Beanie carry the Bucks.............

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Ohio State-Minnesota Photo Gallery.................

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Buckeyes Open Big Ten, Down Gophers 34-21..............

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Offensive Notebook: Pryor, Wells Form Terrific Tandem................

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Turnovers Key To Buckeye Victory.................

 

[jwinslow]

2008 Minnesota Photo Gallery

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

ABJ

All's Wells with OSU in 34-21 win
Top running back returns, teams with Pryor to beat Minnesota
By George M. Thomas
Beacon Journal sports writer
POSTED: 07:51 p.m. EDT, Sep 27, 2008

COLUMBUS: Ohio State welcomed Chris Wells back to the lineup with a 34-21 victory over Minnesota, and he thanked them with his second 100-yard performance of the season.
Wells missed the past three games with a toe injury, but against Minnesota, he looked as good as he did in the season opener against Youngstown State. He racked up 106 yards on 14 carries Saturday, including one spectacular play during a drive that put the Buckeyes ahead 20-3.
On second-and-10 from the Gophers' 35, he took the ball up the middle and hurdled safety Kyle Theret on his way to a 21-yard gain. The run proved more a move of necessity than design.
''I had on those big ol' cleats ? I had on lineman cleats ? and I know I really couldn't make a move so the only thing I could do was jump in the air,'' he said.

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[Mike80]

And that's fine. As a fan of OSU, and someone who hopes someway/somehow OSU can slip back into the National Title hunt....it is going to sting a little bit on Monday when all of these teams in front of us have lost this weekend, and we are going to stay right in that 12-14 range.

USC and Florida will both remain in front of us. USC justified obviosuly. If OSU had crushed Minny, they definately move up the ladder and UF slides behind us.

I doubt JT was thinking National Title in the 4th quarter of the game today, but winning pretty doesn't hurt in today's age of glamour polls.

Fuck glamor polls. And Florida would most likely stay ahead of Ohio State in any case. So will UGA for that matter.....

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

One-two punch
Buckeyes turn to ground game to run over Golden Gophers
Sunday, September 28, 2008 3:39 AM
By Ken Gordon


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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Ohio State's Chris "Beanie" Wells got 21 of his 106 rushing yards on this play, in which he hurdled a Minnesota defender.

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Senior quarterback Todd Boeckman is brought down during the second half.



One is a thumping bass line, powerful, guttural and dependable. The other is a guitar solo, freelancing high above the din.
Together for the first time yesterday, Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor and tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells made beautiful music in Ohio Stadium.
The duo combined for 203 rushing yards in a 34-21 victory over Minnesota in a Big Ten opener that was not as close as the score indicated. The Buckeyes (4-1, 1-0) led 34-6 early in the fourth quarter.
It was both players' second start this season, but first in the same backfield. Pryor played three series in the opener against Youngstown State but none with Wells, who suffered an injured tendon in his right foot that day and had not played since.
The results were spectacular. Working often out of the shotgun, Pryor operated with his usual smoothness. Wells was thrilled to run against a defense that out of necessity had fewer players crowding the line of scrimmage.

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

The Bottom Line

Sunday, September 28, 2008 3:11 AM
By Ray Stein


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Is that a clicking sound? Maybe. Or it could be crickets. Buckeye Nation for sure found more reasons to cheer rather than jeer, but there's still a sense that OSU is playing a deck with fewer than 52 cards. Leaves are awarded on a zero-to-five basis.


Offense (three leaves)
Beanie's return wasn't quite on par with a government bailout, but those tree-trunk legs worked to soften the Gophers' hide. At the end of the day, 279 yards by ground-'em-up is always gonna get 'er done. That passing attack, however, is not quite so tight. Dropsies don't help matters.
Defense (two leaves)
The Buckeyes' three takeaways were veritable gifts -- bad pass, bad pitch, bad call. You take what they give you, but sometimes you've gotta take it anyway. This unit doesn't set the agenda, though, and it was on the field too much in the second half. Madison will require nastiness.
Special teams (three leaves)

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[jlb1705]

yes

btw, i think there is an "a" in there somewhere

oops.

 

[craigblitz]

- Bar Stocked- Check
- Ribs smoke'n - Check
- Chips and snacks - Check
- Victory Cigars - Check
- OSU putting that a$$ Whooping on - Check!

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

Defensive ends keep it coming

Sunday, September 28, 2008 3:16 AM
By Tim May


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Ohio State defensive end Thaddeus Gibson, right, is in hot pursuit of Minnesota quarterback Adam Weber.




An academic issue delayed Nathan Williams' arrival at Ohio State this summer, but the freshman defensive end has been making up time ever since.
He played extensively against Minnesota yesterday, when the coaches showed whom they plan to lean on down the stretch. He was credited with only two tackles, but he and defensive end Thaddeus Gibson spent much of the afternoon harassing and containing Minnesota quarterback Adam Weber in Ohio State's 34-21 win.
"Each week has been a progression for me, ever since I got into the USC game," said Williams, of Miami Trace High School. "When I got in the first time against USC, I had butterflies like crazy. I've gotten more comfortable, and I know the playbook now."

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[jlb1705]

This is not true for me at all. Picture and audio are both great for me.

Imagine that. Time Warner is the problem. Who'd've thunk it?

It seems strange to me that that "jumpiness" problem only occurs for me on BTN though. I don't get it on any other games I watch on other Time Warner channels. If dish viewers aren't having that problem though I guess it'd have to be TWs fault.

This has happened during every game I've watched on BTN this year (Buckeye game or not) It's as if the entire feed just randomly hiccups and goes backwards by about a half second. It happens four or five times a game. And it may be TWs fault, but the BTN also has a responsibility for making sure that their product is being represented well by the carriers and I'm not sure that's happening.

 

[leroyjenkins]

2008 Minnesota Photo Gallery

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

CPD

With Wells there's a way; Beanie's back and Buckeyes roll

by [email protected] Saturday September 27, 2008, 11:01 PM



COLUMBUS -- Running backs would wear slippers if they could, the lighter the footwear the better in the constant quest for speed. So to be forced into lineman's cleats, with a padded insert in his right shoe, Ohio State running back Beanie Wells said he felt like he was running in combat boots Saturday.
His right foot injury -- which he called a muscle-tendon thing at the bottom of his foot that also connects to his toe -- had left him in tears of frustration when he missed the USC game. After sitting for three full games, the aching pain remained in his first game back against Minnesota, especially in his first few steps as he sought a burst off the line.
And it's not going away.
"I'm not 100 percent and I don't expect to be for the rest of the season," Wells said. "It's something I'm going to work through and get better as the season goes on."
He lived on cutbacks a year ago during his 1,600-yard season, and the junior surprised himself with his ability to plant and go Saturday, since that hadn't gone well in practice. But scooting around guys in the open field, that's out.
"I don't think I'm able to move as freely as I want to, to make a guy miss here or there," Wells said.

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