Connor Cook listed as sole starter vs OSU

The natives are actually restless.

Last week, against Northern IL, the Buckeyes struggled mightily in several capacities.

“My shoulder is good”, Cook said Tuesday. “We have to perform better”. “They get you exhausted and then they pound you, pound you, pound you”. The Buckeyes are once again heavy favorites, but that’s not seemed to matter the last couple of weeks.

“I think we were just so determined to just show how good we were”, Decker said.

MI State has also turned things around against the spread recently with a 3-1 SU and ATS record over its last four games since starting the season off 0-6 ATS. “He’s a product of those around him”. Last year’s 49-37 victory in East Lansing announced the Buckeyes as a College Football Playoff contender. Meyer dates back to last season when Jones took over for the injured Barrett and proceeded to lead OSU to the Big Ten, Sugar Bowl and National Championships. Meyer said of trying to evaluate his team in advance of its upcoming stretch. “That might not be everyone’s philosophy”. People had them No. 1 in the country and they were playing great, but they lost. Michael Thomas and Jalin Marshall have combined for 1,046 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns while Braxton Miller has 22 receptions. Coach Mark Dantonio said afterward that Cook would have played had the game been closer. “It’s not something I have written down”. So we’ll see if the Buckeyes air attack figures it out when they host Sparty.

One area where Price is not disappointed, however, is in run blocking, evidenced by how the offensive line routinely clears gaping holes for Elliott to run through. “No one really gives us the kind of respect that we deserve, that we think we need”.

“We know what’s coming down the road next week and we have to be a little bit more balanced”, he said.

Meyer, while praising his defense and the running of Ezekiel Elliott, is concerned about his team’s pass protection.

It landed right in the arms of junior safety and Hilliard, Ohio, native Caleb Day, who returned it 19 yards. The Buckeyes now have 23 consecutive SU wins (13-10 ATS) since losing the 2014 season opener to Virginia Tech.

So, J.T., are you good enough to beat MI State? But as running backs Ke’Shawn Vaughn (concussion) and Josh Ferguson (undisclosed injury) fell by the wayside, Ohio State’s rugged defense tightened its grip.

Zac Terrell is the Broncos’ quarterback.

The physicality mentioned by Harris was evident with a rare blocking opportunity as well, Hicks delivering a shot to help MSU linebacker Riley Bullough return a pick 44 yards for the winning touchdown. He’s backed up by Tom Flacco, who is the younger brother of Baltimore Ravens’ quarterback, Joe Flacco. Chesson caught 10 passes for 207 yards and four touchdowns, becoming the first Big Ten receiver to register 200 yards receiving and four touchdowns in a single game since 2003 and matching the school record for touchdown receptions in a game.

What happened a week earlier to turn a dormant UI run game into a 382-yard monster? He’s accumulated 242 yards and has one touchdown. He has been impressed, however, with how the Buckeyes keep rolling, despite what a few critics say.

The Illini defense was the bright spot in the loss, keeping IL in the game well into the second half, allowing just 14 points in the first half. He leads the FBS with 15 straight 100-yard rushing games. If the Irish can run the table and finish 11-1 with victories against Stanford and USC and a two-point loss at Clemson, they have to like their chances against an 11-1 Big 12 champion.

“Our secondary is playing at a high, high level”, Meyer said.