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Not exactly a ringing endorsement, but Meyer is sticking with the status quo for now, despite the Buckeyes’ failure to pass for a touchdown for the first time in 25 games. While Meyer was not thrilled with his quarterbacks, he seemed more perturbed by the play of his offensive line.

“We just weren’t – we didn’t play very well”, coach Urban Meyer said Monday. Northern Illinois, the defending Mid-American Conference champion, has no such quandary.

Meyer’s message to the team after the game was that even though they needed to play better, a 38-point win should always be celebrated, even if there were some flaws in the performance which produced that victory.

Players to watch on the Northern Illinois offense begin with Drew Hare, their quarterback. Northern Illinois is also 2-0 on the season while going 1-1 against the spread and 2-0 with the over.

“It was a reality check, not just for me, but for the whole offense, basically saying we’re not as good as we thought we were”. “Offensively, their quarterback is setting all kinds of records”. I don’t anticipate a problem with that because they’re good. But the tackle would step outside to take the outside linebacker. Ohio State won the game 38-0.

Last week was his first start at home after he led the Buckeyes to the College Football Playoff national championship last season and an opening win this year.

“They’re a veteran squad”. And that effort didn’t go unnoticed, which aside from his raw athleticism was perhaps another reason the Buckeyes never lowered their expectations for Conley in the secondary despite those missteps as a redshirt freshman. Obviously the competition has something to do with it, but the NIU quarterback is putting up ridiculous numbers to kick things off. Hitting 78% of the passes against air would be good, but Hare is bombing away, throwing for 718 yards and six touchdowns with no interceptions in the first two games.

This is the world in which No. 1 Ohio State lives: a 38-0 victory against Hawaii just a few days after a rousing Monday night road win at Virginia Tech gets the locals the jumpy. The junior rushed for 101 yards on 27 carries and scored three of the Buckeyes’ five touchdowns. In both of the Huskies’ games this season, he had over 100 receiving yards; 213 in week one, and 144 in week two. Hawaii’s longest drive of the day took place mainly through runs – their vaunted passing game never materialized. Samuel graded out as one of the team’s top players on offense in that game. Against Hawaii, he had two pass breakups and a deflection that led to an interception by safety Vonn Bell.

“We definitely were flat”, Decker said. I know now I’m probably going to have bad plays because nobody’s flawless. “Now I just play to my ability and I know that my coaches and my teammates are confident in me”.

Barrett and Jones were part of a general offensive malaise for Ohio State against Hawaii.