Urban Meyer isn’t going to win every game he coaches at OSU, but Saturday in Columbus the Buckeyes somehow delayed the inevitable for another week. Ohio State rallied behind their backup quarterback with eight points in the final seconds to tie Purdue, and went on to beat the Boilermakers in overtime 29-22, to stay unbeaten at 8-0. Braxton Miller was knocked out of the game after three quarters, and the Buckeyes trailed most of the day, but Kenny Guiton came on and managed to snatch improbable victory from what looked like certain defeat.
The junior from Houston connected with Chris Fields for a touchdown with three seconds on the clock, and then found tight end Jeff Heuerman for the 2-point conversion to send the game into overtime. Miller was slammed hard to the turf after a 35-yard run late in the 3rd quarter, and was hospitalized as doctors checked him for head, neck and shoulder injuries, but he was released Saturday evening, and was said by an OSU spokesman to be “symptom free”.
The No. 7 Ohio State Buckeyes (7-0) will take the field this Saturday looking to establish, well, anything resembling a competent defense.
- Saturday, October 20, 2012
The initial BCS rankings of the 2012 season were released this week, and there is not a Big Ten team to be found in the Top 25. Ohio State, ranked No. 7 in the AP poll, is not eligible to be considered, as Recap readers are well aware, but the absence of a single Big Ten team is a first in the BCS era. Clearly the Big Ten’s seven year streak of placing a team in one of the BCS bowl games is in serious jeopardy. 