Snap Judgments: Ohio State relies on its athletes, knocks out game Michigan State team on the road

[@markt5746]

I am so proud of our receivers and rb’s blocking this year. Didn’t think that was true the last few years. That is why we have had so many long plays.

[@r.searcy5627]

I'm also proud of the rb blocking in the pass game.

[@chrislane3228]

Yes. It seems that the WRs are all Evan Spencer on run plays.

[@chrislane3228]

The 2014 receivers were so good and a lot like we are seeing.... although these guys really catch and run extremely well.

[@stonecoldsteez]

Julian Fleming was I believe the 4th highest rated PFF blocker on last year’s team.

[@markt5746]

I agree that Fleming was a really good blocker. The rest of them didn’t want to.

[@jerrico001]

BTW, this is the first game Ohio State actually NEEDED Caleb Downs to be Caleb Downs. There's much more there.😉😁

[@DERISNER]

JJ Smith is great. D had problems for a while (got over it). PEACOCK IS A F***ING JOKE!

[@davidcook7847]

Love Peacock

[@stonecoldsteez]

Shout out Devin Brown man

[@markstandohar5977]

On point analysis guys, rest of week to discuss other stuff - my main takeaway from tonight was OSU’s best Offensive Player (Smith) & best Defensive Player (Downs) played exceptionally well, have to appreciate players of that caliber being at “THE”…Go Bucks‼️🅾️

[@JosephGross17]

All I have to say is Jeremiah Smith is a absolute beast. That 1 handed cone snag on a dart between 2 defenders was absolutely on another level.

[@e.h3286]

Emeka blocked his ass off tonight. Reminded me of Terry M.

[@annarborbuckeye95]

JJ And Bama boy Williams are dumb dumb good Both top 5 wrs in the country as TRUE freshman

[@md-8866]

Not top 5, 1 and 2.

[@tylertreese3150]

The broadcast from peacock should be considered a punishable crime. The analysts constantly got names wrong and felt like they graduated high school yesterday.

[@19MarkDavid]

BIG should be penalized for allowing OSU MS to only be viewed on Peacock and making that broadcast deal with NBC. Guess that 7 billion dollar deal speaks volumes

[@Night_City_Vibes]

No they are young announcers, you start some where and they were better than last weeks. They are better than the refs!!

[@joelpalmer116]

Not to mention the same six commercials every commercial break for 3.5 hours and no way to record/bypass those. It was very painful.

[@chrismorgan6917]

Cutting the grass immediately following the game…really??? Not sure I’ve ever seen that before. So they clearly grew their grass out. Guess that didn’t work so well.

[@joelpalmer116]

I never understood the "keep the grass long to slow down the faster team" as if the slower team is not also effective as much by the field and they are only running on the "shorter grass" LOL

[@poindextertbrutha4926]

Trey is a devastating blocker! its almost as fun to watch him pass block as it is to run the ball!

[@LarryDawson-d5i]

Agreed on Sonny let’s see more C. Hicks and G. Powers

[@mecahhannah]

Awesome as always thanks guys go bucks ❤

[@MS-co3pu]

Spot on guys. Thanks for all your efforts!

[@curtisrutledge910]

Linebackers can't cover tight ends...that has been our weakness for 2 seasons now..

[@larrychannell7056]

Waaaaaaah

[@yissaskarlg4708]

Offense Stay on schedule. Sliver Bullets stay on 🔥! BUCKEYES Against The 🌎🌍 Go Bucks!

[@jd3428]

"Im not going to knit pick". The defense looked very lost in the first half. Of course the tuenovers helped mask the deficiencies. You can certainly knit pick the defense.

[@Rokemon0404]

Jeremiah Smith Heisman talk?!?! Dude is a different species!

[@chrislane3228]

I walked to 7-11 during halftime. I thought about Smith being in New York on the way there and back. If you are someone in the Heisman situation, he has to be in the conversation somewhere.

[@UncleRicoOSU]

It’ll be hard with how many playmakers are on this team. Ball gets spread around a lot. But he’s got 3 years to get to New York and I’m sure he’ll win the Biletnikoff at least at once.

[@davidbarnes8128]

Travis will get it playing both sides of the ball but JJ is different

[@RKA91]

GO BUCKS😤💯

[@kana-35]

As much as Michigan state moved the ball, they only had 248 yards,, 1-3 Mississippi state had 295 on Texas

[@jerrico001]

VERY good victory. Buckeye Twitter is harsh, Ohio State remains 'under the radar' nationally, and Jeremiah Smith = Marv + G-Dub. Thanks, fellas. Go Bucks! 🅾🌰🏈

[@derrickjones5041]

Sonny is struggling bad at LB.. Hopefully with more reps we see improvement.

[@tonyr1950]

He should be playing DE by next year. Sonny is more of an attack player versus a read and react player.

[@cberan14]

I could agree but not toooo big of a concern

[@LKeithG]

He continually found ways to get blocked or to get screened such that his effectiveness at the point of attack was greatly reduced. At times, he just seemed not to belong there at all. This is not a small thing and our linebacker Plplay as a whole is suffering because of this.

[@deeplorable8988]

Jack Sawyer also constantly loses the edge because all he seems to care about is sacks. And sacks that he's not even getting. It seems, for him, this year is an audition for the NFL instead of playing sound defense.

[@demetriusevans4139]

Get OSU off Peacock

[@donschultz525]

I wish we could ask the players about how chippy things were on the field

[@takecareofyrshoes]

i was at the game. sparty fan was NOT happy about that missed face mask call on the fumble.

[@cberan14]

Mannn lets go…go bucks 🅾️

[@Mr_Substantial]

Michigan St was playing a great game and playing out their minds and still scored only 7 points. Dang. Go Bucks!

[@buckeye4ever419]

Sayin looked great. JJ saved DB on the one hander.

[@jeremyking9094]

Coach Day needs to Let Jim Knowles handpick his defensive staff. Oklahoma State's defense was different from what we're doing now. It doesn't seem like everyone is on the same page defensively. We did play much better this week though.

[@nathanhatzer]

I need to see more Gabe Powers at outside LB.

[@UrbanKnightMedia]

I love Gabe he needs more reps!

[@silkyjohnson7366]

Doesn't every football team rely on their athletes?!

[@MS-co3pu]

It’s a W on the road. Go Bucks!!

[@MrBeast9000]

#4 is a menace

[@rustyanderson3557]

Defense got gashed early and the run game could have been a lot better. Let’s not pretend we all didn’t see that. Otherwise nice game. When you’re on the road facing an underdog you don’t allow the momentum to swing their way. Especially early. M.S. moved the ball easily and fast two or three drives early. If not for turnovers things could have gotten tight. Yes I’m happy with the win but we have some things to clean up and I’m really hoping we do to be a dominant team. Go Bucks

[@bootneyfarnsworth2844]

The defense definitely has some things to clean. MSU did move the ball early. But, u do have to give the OSU defense credit for causing the turnovers

[@RickNelson-s6b]

Very true Rusty. I agree with everything you said

[@dustinstanley5366]

Why was that not targeting when the hit will ?

[@reginaldprice446]

Exactly. I counted twice the mich state defender used their helmets and I'm pretty sure it was the same player and they didn't call anything and the terrible broadcasters didnt say anything

[@jlog7395]

Will slides with 1 sec left. If our coaches were on the ref with a timeout it might have made it. But Will was told he needed 10-15 yds to get in range. He did everything in his power to get those yards. Came up 1 second short of winning this game. Great job Will. Defense needs to own this one!

[@yardvarkslawncare7866]

Gotta switch out Sonny. Hes so confused. Not triggering even once

[@curtisrutledge910]

Glad we won...Cornerback needs to tighten up this 10 yds off coverage is killing them..Made the quarterbacks look good. TACKLING IS A MUST FIX...The only person who was hitting and tackling to the ground was Caleb Downs if everyone plays like him. We will dominate

[@Utiger619]

Bring back the gray sleeves!

[@thespot5722]

I'm gonna be honest I love this team but I don't think they ready for bama or Texas yet. For some reason this defense is having problems against teams they shouldn't be. Then the run game should of been better in my eyes

[@trentenmanns9676]

They gave up 7 points

[@RickNelson-s6b]

So true defense is getting exposed and the O-line can't run block. Still not physical enough there. I hate to say it but ttun can run the ball when they want to and with all of the So called 4 and a couple of 5 star o-linemen we have we can't take over and run the ball like that when we have to. A problem

[@reginaldprice446]

Our defense is great great this year but just like last year teams know our weak link is Ig. He got picked on all the way down the field. Sonny Styles is next up and close to being a weak link but I wouldn't call it that extreme yet

[@markgriffin5889]

Where's Katzenmoyer? Last dominating linebacker at OSU is .... he's out there somewhere. Michigan State tackled better than us. And yet, GO BUCKS!! I would put Texas No. 1, Alabama, then my Buckeyes. Love those white road unis tonight.. Gives me and my pops goosebumps. On to Iowa. (Nice job this week Austin and Co.)

[@stonecoldsteez]

It’s AR

[@Utiger619]

Shazier… Hawk

[@andyoswald4978]

Lowe Village

[@heidelbergdawg6934]

Knowles better get the defense ready as Iowa has a local kid that will be trying to prove OSU wrong for not recruiting him. Iowa has a good Oline and a really good defense

[@HughMorristheJoker]

Defense did what it needed to do and made big plays. Offensive fire power not in question.

[@md-8866]

Coverage was really bad.... run defense was not much better Offense was very composed from the first snap, really impressed by their start. Running and passing looked good. OL pass blocking was a 10/10, phenomenal effort. Smith is the most talented freshman weve had since pryor

[@matta9316]

JJ is Megatron reborn

[@annarborbuckeye95]

Mega was 6'5" 240 lol

[@PatriciaClark-p3e]

Jacobson Tunnel

[@mikedean2529]

Why does Jimmy have DB's playing 10-12 yards off the ball on 90% of snaps? Is it because we can't get no pressure on the QB and he doesn't trust his DB's in coverage.

[@msmith837]

JJ will over take eveey receiving record b4 hes done at TOSU

[@tombrady2688]

Thats great that you want to be optimistic but the OL still has issues that will be exposed when we play real teams.

[@RickNelson-s6b]

Very true. Not impressed at all with Justin Frye. Line of scrimmage is where Natty's are won. Jus sayin

[@rogersmith5503]

LeBroness, how about Larry Bird. You know! Indiana's state Bird 😅

[@Montythedog123]

Ohio State won fair and square but Aidan Chiles clearly got facemasked when he fumbled. Austin you’re blinded by fandom if you think otherwise.

[@robertpeterson376]

Jeremiah best player on team. Sonny styles worst linebacker on the team

[@NickEvans-i2x]

Osu hot red hot

[@ScottTaylor-k4g]

Rodriguez Michael Gonzalez Betty Lopez Laura

[@jasonvandagriff2691]

Running game wasn’t its best and lb play is still questionable.

[@HughMorristheJoker]

Simon made some plays, so did Styles.

[@smalltowntxscratcher6573]

​@@HughMorristheJokerstyles was horrible again. Bad angles and he doesn't trigger fast enough

[@LKeithG]

​@@HughMorristheJokerI saw that Sonny made two of his tackles from behind catching up to a Spartan who is already in the defensive backfield. In one of those, the runner came through the gap that he should have secured had he not let an off-center block take him off course for a couple steps.

[@WAH-y2i]

Michigan State was top 30 in CFB in run defense and we ran for almost 200 yards and over 5 yards a carry against them. Don't know what you're watching in terms of the run game. And as for Styles, He should get better as the season goes on as he gets more experience at LB.

[@smalltowntxscratcher6573]

@@WAH-y2i but he hasn't that's 2 bad games in a row . Need to let Arvel play more

[@treywelch8226]

First

[@germandrummer13]

Good game. Honestly Michigan State is not good, but the Buckeyes did well.

[@UrbanKnightMedia]

I disagree they are tough and will be a tough team to beat down the stretch!!

[@1stDownScouting]

Can Birm stop being such a fanboy, and start becoming more professional and have some REAL takes?????

[@RickNelson-s6b]

There all pretty much fanboys except for Helwagen

[@1stDownScouting]

@@RickNelson-s6b We need a more broader selection of persons on the Buckeyes beat. Too monolithic of thought!

[@BrandonThreatTV]

Will Howard is an mediocre QB. Day has whiffed again, why didn't he Pursue Cam Ward who showed interestin coming!!!??!

[@craighofmann638]

All he needs to be is a ball distributor, getting the ball to the RB's and our WR playmaker, he's done that well so far.

[@johnbishop7572]

he's better than any of the other transfer QB's

[@KeiFresh]

@@johnbishop7572 Other than Cam Ward

[@HughMorristheJoker]

Disagree. Howard will keep getting better throughout the season.

[@derrickjones5041]

He did the man chose Miami

[@sc0tthollar890]

D fence slow up front D backs play to far off the player the second line players are hungry play hard

[@TedHayes67]

You guys can’t keep ignoring these awful defensive starts, it’s going to bite us against legitimate opponents…. If tonight was Oregon we would have been down 21 to 3 on the road.

[@schrodawg1]

So Oregon struggled to beat 2 mediocre teams and you think they will overpower the Buckeyes?