No. 2 Buckeyes claw past No. 8 Wisconsin in OT thriller

The offense also struggled, accumulating just 91 yards on the ground in the first half despite averaging over 300 per game. And after some nice runs by Clement, fullback Austin Ramesh was able to punch it in to give Wisconsin a 23-20 lead.

Wisconsin battled No. 4 MI in Ann Arbor to a gritty 14-7 loss and held a 10 point halftime lead against the second best team in the nation in Ohio State.

Senior tailback Corey Clement is averaging 3.9 yards a carry, 2 yards less than his career average. He is just 19 yards shy of 1,000 on the season, and has thrown for 15 touchdowns.

The Badgers were driving near the end of the game with the score tied at 23 a piece.

OSU coach Urban Meyer said he expected nothing less from his veteran quarterback. “It is a very talented team”. That was a real one.

On the next offensive series for Wisconsin, the run game really opened up on a 68 yard run by Clement. The Buckeyes started with the ball in overtime, as J.T. Barrett hit Noah Brown for the game-winning score. Meyer said he was pleased with how the team made plays in the second half, but admitted the passing game is still a work in progress.

“You know what, we got a ton to go forward with”, Chryst said.

Barrett’s ability to escape (yes, maybe with some help of some uncalled holding penalties) allowed for some key plays down the field.

“That was a tough one. We didn’t do as good a job as we planned on with those”.

Injuries have sidelined two left guards, forcing coach Paul Chryst to shuffle the interior of his line.

Ohio State: The Buckeyes play the second of two straight night games at a tough road venue when they visit Penn State on October 22.

Ash’s own social media team decided it was a waste of their time to live tweet his still young rebuilding squad getting torn back down by the Wolverines after Wilton Speight found Jehu Chesson in the end zone to make it 14-0 in the first quarter. The Badgers raced out to a 10-0 lead in the first quarter on a 46-yard field goal from Andrew Endicott and a 24-yard touchdown hookup from Hornibrook to Jazz Peavy. This would result in a field goal for them to go ahead, 3-0. Keep in mind, there’s still six more games to go for the Badgers, and outside of the Iowa rivalry game and a clash with now undefeated top ten team Nebraska, the remainder of the season gets significantly easier for the Badgers. The Buckeyes took over the time of possession battle, and UW started running out of answers for junior Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett.

A career-long field goal of 40 yards by Durbin early in the second quarter cut the lead to 10-6, but that kick, like the one before it, came when another OSU drive was stopped inside Wisconsin’s 25-yard line.

Ohio State hopes to get its passing game going again after it sputtered in last weeks 38-17 win over Indiana. J.T. Barrett completed 9 of 21 passes for 93 yards and a touchdown. Down 16-6 at halftime, Barrett, the undeniable leader on the 2016 squad, came out in the second half determined to leave Madison, Wisconsin, with a zero still hanging in the loss column.