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Game Thread tOSU at Sparty, Sat. Sep. 28, 730pm ET, Peacock

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Believe NJBuck said it first, that Sayin is #2 QB. Last year, when Kyle came off the field, Day was practically yelling at him. In the MSU game, when Sayin tossed it long on 4th and 3, Day (with a half smile on his face), asked him "Really, on fourth down?" (both wifey and I lip-read that). Kinda shows that Day's giving Sayin the kid glove treatment. Didn't think 33 did much, exception of the pass that Jeremiah made a hero out of him. But Sayin did show some cool with real-life fire, hit a pass or two, but was content to hand off to fellow freshman RB. Will be interesting to see who gets the call when the game is on the line....Go Bucks!
 
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Michigan State Recap

1. If you just look at the stats, it's crystal clear that the Buckeye defense played an excellent game last night, holding Michigan State to 7 points, 246 total yards, 13 first downs, and 2/10 on 3rd and 4th downs conversions. Those of us who actually watched the game, however, probably saw a slightly murkier picture. Sparty racked up 190 of their 246 total yards (77.2%) on their first four drives, which went as follows:

First drive: 7 plays, 55 yards, turnover on downs at tOSU 20-yard line
Second drive: 5 plays, 64 yards, fumble at tOSU 11-yard line
Third drive: 1 play, 12 yards, touchdown (after a tOSU interception)
Fourth drive: 9 plays, 59 yards, fumble at tOSU 16-yard line

So Michigan State had no problem moving the football throughout most of the first half, gaining an average of 8.64 yards per play on their first four drives but netting only 7 points due to risky play calling and poor ball security. If Sparty scores on their first and fourth drives of the game, then they go into the locker room with at least 13 points, probably 17, possibly 21, and the Buckeyes are on upset alert in the second half. (On the other hand, if Will Howard doesn't throw a very ill-advised interception – more on that later – then the Buckeye defense might have pitched a shut out.) Often times the difference between winning and losing – or a blowout and a nail-biter – comes down to a few key plays, and in the end the Ohio State defense made three key plays to kill Michigan State drives, and that combined with a relentless Buckeye offense caused Sparty to tap out at halftime.

2. The Buckeye pass defense was particularly suspect in the first half. Sparty quarterback Aidan Chiles entered the contest completing just 54.3% of his passes for 7.7 yards per attempt while throwing an FBS-leading 7 interceptions. In the first four drives of last night's game, Chiles completed 9 of 10 passes for 143 yards (14.3 yards per attempt, with 4 completions of at least 19 yards) and a touchdown. Thereafter, the Buckeye defense began to tighten, and Chiles began to revert to the mean, as he completed just 4 of his final 9 passes for 24 yards (2.67 yards per attempt) and an interception.

3. Buckeye quarterback Will Howard posted some nice numbers (21/31 for 244 yards, 2 TD, INT) but many of completions were on one-read passes. When the Sparty defense forced Howard to make decisions, he often made bad ones. Twice Howard threw into obvious double (or triple) coverage, the first of which was dropped by a Sparty defender in the end zone, and the second of which gave Michigan State the ball at the Ohio State 12-yard line and lead to Sparty's only score of the game. Ironically, Howard's two best passes of the game came on fourth down: the first to tight end Gee Scott Jr. for a 3-yard touchdown, which was the next play after the dropped interception mentioned above; the second to wide receiver Emeka Egbuka for a 33-yard touchdown on 4th-and-5 to give Ohio State an insurmountable 31-7 lead.

4. Four games into his college career, Jeremiah Smith is already playing at a different level. Many people have commented that Smith is NFL ready but I'll take it one step further – he's the next Calvin Johnson. When Smith made his first one-handed catch of the game, towering over a pair of defenders to snatch the ball out of the air, he reminded me of Lebron James going up for a rebound, someone who is simply bigger, faster, stronger, and more athletic than the everybody else on the field/court, but who also has the drive and determination to impose his will on the opponent – "That ball is MINE!!!" Smith's second one-handed reception, just three plays later, was a true thing of beauty, equally amazing for his ability to make the catch in stride and to keep his feet as he raced to paydirt. For the game, Smith had 5 receptions for 83 yards and a touchdown, together with one rush for 19 yards and a second score.

5. Running back TreVeyon Henderson had 7 carries for 69 yards and perhaps more importantly he looked very Zeke-like in pass protection, on at least two occasions making key blocks that gave the Buckeye quarterback time to complete a pass.
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Here's a slightly different recap of the game:


Putting a Blue Jackets spin on Ohio State’s 38-7 win over Michigan State​

Saturday night saw Ohio State pull away from the Spartans in East Lansing.

Michigan State has been where two owners of Ohio professional sports teams earned college degrees. Not only is current Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert a Michigan State alum, the founder of the Columbus Blue Jackets also attended the university in East Lansing. After serving in World War II, John H. McConnell earned a degree from Michigan State in 1949 before founding Worthington Industries.

With the Blue Jackets currently in the midst of their preseason schedule ahead of their season opener in a couple of weeks, along with McConnell’s Michigan State connection, today feels like a perfect time to put a Blue Jackets/hockey spin on last night’s 38-7 win by Ohio State over the Spartans in East Lansing. The game was not only the first road game of the season for the Buckeyes, but it was also their first Big Ten game of the season. For today’s recap, we’ll use some past slogans from the time, along with some other items from the franchise history and a bit of hockey lingo.

Ignite The Night​

For two seasons starting in 2002, “Ignite the Night” was a slogan of the Blue Jackets. One player who certainly shined last night was wide receiver Jeremiah Smith. The freshman wasn’t bothered by playing his first collegiate game in enemy territory, breaking the game open with two touchdowns in the second quarter. The first touchdown from Smith was a 19-yard run in the middle of the second quarter to give Ohio State a 17-7 lead. Smith found the end zone again with 29 seconds left in the first half on a pass from Devin Brown to send the Buckeyes into halftime on a high note.

Smith has now not only scored in each of his four games in the scarlet and gray, he has caught at least three passes for 70 yards in each of his first four college contests. Since Smith arrived at Ohio State, expectations have been through the roof for the phenomenal freshman, and so far Smith has had no problem delivering on the hype. Even though quarterback Will Howard has spread the football around to wide receivers Emeka Egbuka and Carnell Tate as well, it looks obvious that Smith has been Howard’s favorite target, and it’s easy to see why with the talent and ability Smith has shown through four games.

What I am hoping to see if both teams make the playoff is a matchup between the Buckeyes and Alabama just so we can see Smith and Crimson Tide receiver Ryan Williams in a battle of true freshmen who could be playing in the NFL right now.

Stingers​

The Ohio State defense features a bunch of guys who are always buzzing around the football. The performance of the defense wasn’t perfect last night, but it still was really good. Even though Michigan State was able to gain some yardage on the Buckeyes, Ohio State forced the Spartans into turnovers at critical times.

The first big play for the unit wasn’t technically a turnover. Early in the first quarter, Aidan Chiles had Michigan State driving when head coach Jonathan Smith decided to try his luck on fourth down with the Spartans in field goal range. The gamble didn’t pay off with the defense standing Chiles up at the line, not allowing him to gain the short yardage needed to move the chains. While the result might have still seen Ohio State win handily if they kicked the field goal, in that situation early in the game against a team like the Buckeyes, you have to put some points on the board.

The decision to not take the easy points loomed larger in the second quarter when Michigan State again failed to capitalize when they had the ball deep in Ohio State territory. This time Jack Velling had just taken the football inside the Buckeye red zone when he was stripped of the football, allowing Sonny Styles to recover the fumble.

The turnover that broke Michigan State’s back was the fumble by Aidan Chiles late in the second quarter. The Spartans were again threatening to score before Chiles’ mistake, which Jack Sawyer pounced on. Ohio State wouldn’t have the football for long, punting after going three-and-out. The damage was done though, as the Spartans were rattled by wasting a third scoring chance. Against a team like the Buckeyes, you can’t be so frivolous when you are able to drive the ball deep into their territory like Michigan State was at times in the first half.

Carry the Flag​

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As a Spartan fan, my gripe with the officiating wasn’t so much the calls that were or weren’t going our way. It was the fact that the game was being called differently for the two teams. The officials were CLEARLY letting OSU get away with the same ***** that they were flagging MSU for left and right. And regardless of how you want to gripe about fans griping about it, the no call on the face mask was a HUGE momentum changer. If that’s called (and no reason it shouldn’t have been with a zebra looking right at it), we go from a turnover and no points to a likely TD. The game is completely different.
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1. I don't remember Michigan State getting a lot of flags against them.
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So 2 accepted penalties. But he's complaining about them getting flagged "left and right". Were there a lot of declined penalties?

2. He's right that the facemask should have been called and would have changed the game a bunch at that point.
 
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1. I don't remember Michigan State getting a lot of flags against them.
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So 2 accepted penalties. But he's complaining about them getting flagged "left and right". Were there a lot of declined penalties?

2. He's right that the facemask should have been called and would have changed the game a bunch at that point.
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I’ve been watching highlights today as I didn’t have Peacock and listened to the game on a radio stream last night.
On Smith’s first one handed catch, he clearly had his face mask grasped and pulled. Officials were obviously looking at the play as that’s where the ball was. I mention this just as a statement that calls are missed all game. Some are more important than others, but they occur for both teams.
 
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1. I don't remember Michigan State getting a lot of flags against them.
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So 2 accepted penalties. But he's complaining about them getting flagged "left and right". Were there a lot of declined penalties?
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Well they got flagged left once and then flagged right once, so it's a fair complaint.
 
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