Ohio State

Ohio State this year is untouchable. With a perfect record (6-0) going into today's game, OSU knew they were going to dominate. After last weekends performance to murder Purdue Boilermakers, everyone knew Kent State didn't even have a chance. How can you stop a team that has a defense like Ohio States, and an offense that can get the job done. It's easy, you can't! After today's game you would wonder if Ohio State has a weakness.

Today Ohio State smoked Kent State 48-3. The biggest play of the game happened in the beginning of the second quarter when Ohio State was only up 7-0. Brian Hartline returned a punt 70 yards to put the Buckeyes up 14-0. They went on in the second quarter to score 28 points.

Some problems Kent State had was they went 4-14 on third down conversions. That is tough to do, I mean really, to go 4-14! Wow, they need to check out there schedule for next season and maybe put some smaller schools like Ball State (HA!) on there schedule. Also, Kent State's total yards were 223 versus Ohio State 401. Ohio States yards almost doubled Kent State's. Like I said, if you cannot play with the big dogs, stay on the front porch.

This brings up two questions. Why would a team like Ohio State be playing a team like Kent State? And, how could Kent State really get blown out by 45 points. The only answers I can make out of all this is Kent State gave up at the end, and Ohio State wanted to play Kent State in order to tune up their skills.

Ohio State really has some tough competition ahead with two out of the last five games they play are against top twenty-five ranked programs. Although three of the teams are not ranked, I think those teams such as Michigan, Michigan State, and Penn State will cause problems. Even though those teams are not necessarily doing great this year, the programs are highly respected, and you can never count them out. It's not how big the dog is in the fight, it's how big the fight is in the dog.

Ohio State performed great today on offense with quarterback Todd Boekman passing 13/16 with 184 yards. Rushing for Ohio State performed up to par also, with running back Brandon Saine rushing nine times for 69 yards. That is almost seven yards a carry! Against most teams, that would be excellent although when facing a team like Kent State, you have to think, well could he have done better against the weaker competition, or was Kent State rushing defense playing well. Well personally, I think Kent State's defense was playing well for as bad as they were getting beat. I mean really, when you get down twenty or thirty points, it's tough to even want to walk back on the field, and to only let Ohio State's running back break free for a 35 yard run is not to shabby. Good luck to OSU as they are going to need it in the future. I hope the Buckeye's coach really prepares his team well for the future because if not, they could be in trouble!