No. 1 Ohio State struggles then shakes off Maryland 49-28

It truly was music to the coach’s ears, and should be an enormous difference-maker for the offense if it keeps up at anywhere near that success rate. “We want to do whatever it takes to win“. I know our coaches are going to have answers.

So looking at Ohio State’s schedule, who else can exploit an apparent weakness against the quarterback run game? “Guys saw a great opportunity and wanted to take advantage of it. There’s no bigger stage than this”.

On Thursday, reports indicated that Maryland head coach Randy Edsall would be handed the pink slip following its Week 6 matchup with Ohio State. Or a product of Meyer’s genius? All you have to do is go out and do that to the best of your ability at each play’.

For now, everything’s peachy. Cardale Jones played in the final three games while Barrett healed.

Jones completed 21 of 28 passes for 291 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions.

Terrapins quarterback Perry Hills had a record day as he now owns the school record for most rushing yards in a game by a quarterback with 170 yards including a 75 yard near the end of the first half.

If inserting J.T. Barrett as a red zone specialist was meant to light a fire under starter Cardale Jones, it seemed to work. “I think they complemented each other perfectly”.

In the postgame press conference, Meyer was asked about the team going six for six in the red zone. The offense showed significant improvement in every area that was lacking in the first fives games. His 28-yard return gave the Buckeyes a short field on a second quarter TD. The loss to the Falcons underscored not only the Terrapins’ plaguing on-field issues, most notably their lack of a viable starting quarterback, but inflamed the dissent among the fan and donor base that helped lead to Saturday’s move.

Here’s a grand list of the FBS teams Edsall managed to beat in his time with the Terps. And Leak was more of a game-manager who didn’t have an argument for having the job all to himself. Putting a statistical emphasis on the Tide’s defensive dominance, the Hogs averaged just five yards per pass attempt and 1.8 yards per rush attempt. Edsall used three players at the position, none of whom performed effectively.

Given Jones’ shaky play in recent weeks, why not leave him in Saturday on those promising drives? Good thing they scored or OSU might have tried four on the next possession.

Head coach Randy Edsall, amidst rumors that he could be fired during the upcoming bye week, pulled out all the stops against the Buckeyes.

But the explosive Buckeyes were inevitably too much. But the move does nothing to quell any simmering quarterback controversy. “I can’t imagine… I don’t read my phone very often, but I can imagine what those two young guys hear”.

For what it’s worth, Meyer didn’t come to this decision easily.

Urban Meyer doesn’t mind talking about his No. 1 team, flawed as a few believe it is. A couple commits have re-opened their recruitment, but perhaps, a coaching change may cause them to change their minds.

“I agreed with him”, said Jones, the half of the winning duo to meet with the media. He felt like J.T. brings an extra element to the game down in the red zone.