Buckeyes living on the edge

That’s another Jones joke, because you can see the Buckeyes tell Jones not to block when he’s at receiver, which makes sense, and all that does is take away a blocker if the play goes that way. The oversized expectations of Ohio State’s fan base match his own. He also had an intentional grounding penalty that snuffed a drive to complete the first half.

“It felt pretty good”, Marshall said. Warinner, the team’s offensive line coach and usual play caller, moved to the sideline to better work with his group. That wasn’t the case in sluggish outings against Hawaii and Northern Illinois in the past two weeks, which each saw Jones get benched in the first half in favor of Barrett, who ultimately finished last weekend’s win over the Huskies. “He threw for 288.

“I don’t necessarily think it’s him”. Most of the attempts to him fell incomplete, but Jones did hook up with Marshall for a 37-yard score early in the second quarter.

Western Michigan (1-3) came up empty on two sustained drives because of penalties.

Those miscues proved crucial in ruining any Broncos hopes of an upset. Michigan held the Cougars to 105 yards and shut them out for the first time since 2003. “We never gave ourselves a chance”. But make no mistake: There’s still plenty to clean up. Quarterback Zach Terrell threw for 355 yards and four touchdowns in 25 of 30 passes.

While the Bronco special teams struggled, Ohio State’s kicking game shined. Each had more than 100 yards in the last game.

For the second straight week, Ohio State will host a Mid-American Conference team when Western Michigan invades Ohio Stadium this afternoon at 3:30.

Under Fleck, Western Michigan was 1-11 in 2013, the first year. There are some things we left out there. Maybe not all the way back, but enough to quell the unrest. The ball was tipped.

“We were going after a block and they called holding, and we blocked the punt, so that was a big change of field position”, Meyer lamented.

The defense scored a touchdown for the third game in a row when defensive lineman Adolphus Washington intercepted a pass and took it 20 yards for a touchdown for the score that put OSU up 24-6. The two-point conversion failed. Ezekiel Elliott was the Ohio State rushing game with 108 yards on 23 carries but this was a quiet OSU offense overall.

“If you look historically what an Ohio State offense is for us”, Meyer said, “it’s control the line of scrimmage, best perimeter blocking in America, which we had past year, and a very good, solid play, action passing attack”. “That’s an elite opponent with an elite coaching staff, elite football coach”.

The Buckeyes started Cardale Jones under center who threw two touchdowns and one interception. “Their plan worked”.

OSU committed five turnovers against Northern Illinois last week – three interceptions and two lost fumbles – but kept the ball to itself against WMU despite a couple of close calls on deep balls. The Buckeyes also beat MAC foe Northern Illinois 20-13 on September 19…. It was Ohio State’s 17th straight win.

With 19 verbal commitments in the fold, Ohio State has a firm grasp on the nation’s No. 1 ranking.

So now Western Michigan comes to Columbus in what certainly won’t be a cupcake game.