It’s been 301 days since The State of No. Ohio.
He sometimes showed a 52-17 win over Nebraska at last Saturday’s opening season at Ohio Stadium.
No, it wasn’t the heavyweight that some Buckeyes enthusiasts might have imagined when coach Ryan Day said in the spring that he could have an exclusive team in his life.
Ohio State’s defense failed in tackles and received many more hacks than last season. The Buckeyes’ offensive midfields were unable to remain unattended for most of the game.
But the component of the Ohio State game didn’t seem in the least rusty, and that more than enough. Justin Fields took office last year when he was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy.
Fields finished 20 of 21 passes for 276 yards and two touchdowns. His only fault came here in a deep ball to Chris Olave that the receiver could not sustain when he connected in the finish area. Fields also ran for 17 yards.
It was, as expected, a surreal opening. There were more cardboard cutouts (4,770 depending on the state of Ohio) than spectators, as only the players’ parents could see. A total of 1,344 people were inside horseshoe, the smallest “crowd” at the venerable 98th Stadium. year of history.
The Ohio State Band played on the stadium scoreboard but not at the stadium, as did Brutus Buckeye, who jokingly expressed outrage at a half-time stop at the press gallery.
But at least the Buckeyes played, so they had to fight after the Big Ten first canceled the fall season.
After all the wait to play, the start of the attack brought back the bitter memories of last year’s season finale, just as Clemson needed only four plays for the length of the box for his winning landing in the semi-finals of the school playoffs. Nebraska ran 75 yards in the same number of shots, adding a 47-yard run through Luke McCaffrey, to take a 7-0 lead.
Ohio State responded with an 11-game landing that included a fourth-and-fifth conversion to tie the game and took the lead in a 42-yard pass from Fields to Garrett Wilson beaten in the first quarter.
But Nebraska responded with 11 games and 78 yards to tie with 8:24 for playing before half-time. By that time, the Huskers had outperformed the Buckeyes 181-171.
Ohio State regained the lead in a 34-yard area through Blake Haubeil after the confusion in a fourth and a play that resulted in a penalty.
The Buckeyes’ defense then forced a three and a retreat to give the offense to score again, and capitalized. Teague scored in a six-yard landing run to take the score to 24-14.
Ohio State started part of the moment and drove 75 yards to score, the last 17 in a Fields race that included a shrewd rotating move, and the goal in motion. If there’s any doubt about it, it ended when corner Sevyn Banks regained a getaway. quarterback Adrián Martinez and returned it 55 yards for a landing to put the score 38-17.
Field’s landing pass arrived here at an acrobatic reception in Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s freshman year in which he twisted his body to put a foot in the back of the finish area.