Ohio State gets past Minnesota

Miller hauled in a 45-yard pass from Jones on a skinny post to move OSU down to the Minnesota 24-yard line, but after being tackled, Miller remained supine on the ground after his helmet appeared to careen into the turf.

Ohio State’s reign as the nation’s No. 1 team is over. A stupid late hit notwithstanding (for which momentum was at least partly to blame), Lewis had an absolutely outstanding performance for the Buckeye defense. “I give our defense credit for giving us the opportunity to get back on the field and get a few drives together”.

Miller is prepared to jump in at quarterback if called upon.

He also completed 15 of 25 passes for 200 yards and three touchdowns.

“Offensively we were sloppy and not executing at a high level”, Meyer said. “So we’re confident that he will do whatever he needs to do to help us win a game”.

Ohio State is too strong of a team this year for Minnesota to come close to pulling an upset.

The combination of gap and horizontal runs with stretches off play action should sound familiar – it was largely the strategy that Ohio State used against Alabama and Oregon’s odd-front defenses last season.

Get ready for tonight’s Ohio State Minnesota game that could see the Buckeyes suffer their first loss of the season.

Sell: Ohio State’s watchability rating.

Minnesota hasn’t had much success against Ohio State, beating the Buckeyes only once (in 2000) since 1981, and is at. 500 this season after several years of upward mobility under Jerry Kill.

The Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-4) are coming from a 29-26 win loss over MI last week. “They were very inspired”.

Overall I’ve been rather impressed with the toughness and resiliency of this team. “The hit was in the chest, so they picked up the flag”.

WEBB RETURNS: Defensive back Damon Webb, who was indefinitely suspended on September 19, returned to practice on Monday. Jones was solid earlier this season as the starter, but was replaced in mid-October by Barrett, who sparked OSU’s offense. He did throw a touchdown pass, and he did avoid interceptions, but he failed to energize the offense the way J.T. Barrett did in the previous game against Rutgers.

Maye is quietly having an outstanding season for the Gophers. Yet he’s a Heisman Trophy candidate. Possessing a 21-game winning streak, the Buckeyes’ offense is led by Ezekiel Elliott, who has 1,130 rushing yards (6.8 avg.) and 13 touchdowns, and Michael Thomas, who has 35 catches for 536 yards and six touchdowns.

A season ticket in 2016 is set to cost $614, while this season’s Buckeyes-Wolverines game in Ann Arbor are selling for no less than $196 online.

Setting aside one non-debatable topic (greatest TV show of all-time) for one that is far more arguable: I explained last week that I base my power rankings on a team’s resume to date. For instance, against IN, Ohio State had little success running tight zone until they turned to power IN the second half – resulting IN three 40+-yard touchdown runs.

Kareem Walker had 12½ months to change to his mind after giving his unofficial commitment to top-ranked Ohio State. Braxton Miller also saw time at QB, but was held to 11 yards on five carries.

-LB Raekwon McMillan was named this week as one of the finalists for the Butkus Award.