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Claeys said he was satisfied with the play of defensive end Gaelin Elmore, who played tackle Saturday, as well as defensive tackles Andrew Stelter and Yoshoub Timms. Replays did show Leidner’s head snapping back and the quarterback admitted after the game there was a few pain in his neck.

As long as the Buckeyes keep winning, they should be fine. An undefeated regular season looks possible.

“I’ll be watching film”, Dantonio said Tuesday before the rankings were announced.

The university’s athletics council has made pricing recommendations for the 2016 season, including a permanent move to the variable model introduced in 2013, and trustees will consider the proposals this week.

This week has finally allowed us to fully embrace what makes college football so much fun: arguing in the middle of the season about an arbitrary poll.

“The football part is easy”. Or maybe you just think I’m an idiot. I’ve learned to not worry about things I can’t control.

“I just wanted to be a spark and make plays for the team”, he said. Mitch Leidner has thrown for 1,627 yards and eight touchdowns this year to lead the offense while Rodney Smith has run for 541 yards and a score.

The penalty would have meant the Gophers kept the ball, gained 15 yards, and Perry would have been ejected from the game. A 57-yard pass set up the second touchdown. The Gophers’ last win in the series was in 2000 in Columbus. “We expect to play better”. “So it is what it is”. Braxton Miller also saw time at QB, but was held to 11 yards on five carries. For instance, against Indiana, Ohio State had little success running tight zone until they turned to power in the second half – resulting in three 40+-yard touchdown runs. Ohio State has won nine straight meetings over Minnesota, going 6-3 against the spread in those nine games. Leidner responded with one of his best games as a Gopher. Short, quick passes may be a good recipe to help supplement the ground attack. He put his 13-game streak of rushing for at least 100 yards on the line Saturday night at Ohio State against Minnesota.

The Illinois Fighting Illini could use a big win to become bowl eligible for a second straight season. His 1,130 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns top the Big Ten. His 141.3 yards per game are 10 yards better than anyone else. And it’s amusing during the game to hear fans in the upper deck screaming at the players – or the referee – far, far below as if they can actually hear them.

With Cardale Jones back under center, the Ohio State Buckeyes claimed victory over the Minnesota Golden Gophers 28-14 as Ohio State played without the suspended J.T. Barrett.

Even without the guy who accounted for 12 total touchdowns in the previous three games, Ohio State claimed victory behind the quarterback that started their first seven wins of this season to deliver yet another victory, this one a 28-14 defeat of Minnesota at Ohio Stadium.

Kareem Walker had 12½ months to change to his mind after giving his unofficial commitment to top-ranked Ohio State. The big question for Minnesota is whether senior punter Peter Mortell will be available this week. They sacked Jones four times. Early on the defense carried the Bucks, but eventually the offense found its footing and was able to lead the Buckeyes to 9-0.

And kicker Ryan Santoso is 14-of-17 in field goals.

“This is not new to us”, Gophers cornerback Briean Boddy-Calhoun said.