Game Thread tOSU vs. Northern Illinois, Sat 9/19 @ 3:30pm ET, ABC/ESPN2

[Jake]

bench the entire o-line next game

Yeah, that'll help.

 

[Wells4Heisman]

Can't muster a single first to buy our D some rest... Defcon 1

 

[Mike80]

DAVE how I miss thee

 

[Honor&Glory]

wow....can't get a 1st down against NIU at home when you need it....if this were another hyped team other than OSU all of us would be laughing our asses off at them.

 

[Steve19]

Great special teams play

 

[SEREbuckeye]

NIU came into the game believing they will win this game.

Unfortunately Ohio State came into the game guaranteeing they will win this game.

 

[Bestbuck36]

Have got to get an OC in the box. No other way around it.

 

[UpNorth_Buckeye]

Offense looks like 2011 fickell offense. Ergo, fire fickell.

 

[scarletngray]

Can we just play smash mouth football for once this game?

Apparently not

 

[Onebuckfan]

Urban having indigestion and so am I...

 

[CookyPuss]

 

[Drubuck]

Third and 3, let's get cute again. Came up short.

I give up. I don't know what our offensive coaches are thinking.

This is 70% coaching and 30% execution today. Horrid

 

[Systems_id]

Offense looks like 2011 fickell offense. Ergo, fire fickell.

Well he IS the only constant...

 

[Buckeyebred97]

This is the sloppiest game I have seen all year. I still can't believe we are letting NIU stay within a score!!!!!!!

 

[GoBucksForever]

NIU came into the game believing they will win this game.

Unfortunately Ohio State came into the game guaranteeing they will win this game.

Exactly, they looked at being 34 point underdogs as motivation most likely.