3:30PM on ABC 6: Watch Ohio State vs. NIU

It will be just the second meeting between the two schools, with the Buckeyes claiming a 35-12 win over NIU in 2006, and the third time the Huskies have played the top-ranked team in the nation. Webb was the second player to commit to Ohio State’s class of 2014.

Will OSU’s secondary maintain its lockdown play?

COLUMBUS, Ohio The story is one Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has told before, and it is the reason Braxton Miller could not be in better hands.

“Our players will respect them”, he said.

Bell and Conley both intercepted passes against Hawaii.

When Ohio State takes on Northern Illinois on Saturday, it will be doing so without the services of its starting nickel corner.

Safety Vonn Bell has five passes broken up for the season.

Jack Willoughby kicked a 31-yard field goal to cut the deficit to 7-3.

Caroline Rath picked an opportune time to score her first career goal. “They’re strong. They’re well coached”.

Still, Willoughby said there is no excuse for the amount of penalties he has already been tagged for.

“The approach I’ve taken is Cardale started”, Meyer said. He was even less happy with his offensive line.

The Mid-American Conference has won at least one game a season, and 21 in all, against the Big Ten over the last 10 years.

The Buckeyes are extremely dominate and successful in what they have to do to win.

“I would imagine they probably redshirt most of their linemen and let them develop because they’re a really big, physical team”, Meyer said.

Meyer is expecting the unit to bounce back and do just that. Because youre going to ask them to kind of play all over.

Will Bosa make his presence felt?

Four Buckeyes – including All-America defensive end Joey Bosa – served one-game suspensions against Virginia Tech for violations of athletic department policy.

It was a rather anticlimactic return. On the first play of the second quarter, Jones tossed another pick that was turned into three points. Middle linebacker Raekwon McMillan can plug the middle. The more disruptive he is, the easier it his for his teammates to make plays.

Can Cardale Jones get it together? J.T. Barrett will play.

Barrett piloted the Buckeyes for most of last season before breaking his ankle against Michigan.

The Huskies have gone to bowl games the last seven years.

In the first 2 games, Elliott has averaged almost six yards per carry as well as posting four touchdowns.

Braxton Miller, senior, H-back – During his days at quarterback, Miller was a two-time Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year. Defensively, Ohio State yields 138.5 yards in passing and 104.0 yards in rushing.

Saturday’s game could stand as a sink-or-swim opportunity for the quarterback.