The combination of tickets for both a night game in Columbus, and then a 1 p.m. Browns game in Cleveland the next day wasn’t conducive to getting an OSU-Wisconsin game story done this weekend, so I hope some random reflections on the game, and on the season to date are a decent alternative.
--- I’ll start by saying I haven’t had a chance to watch the entire game on TV yet, but being 14 rows up on the north end 25-yard line made it look spectacular. Electric is not a strong enough word to describe the atmosphere at the start. I’m a fan of the chrome helmets. Even a traditionalist can go for a look like that once or twice a year. As far as uniforms go, if the players love playing in them, I’m okay with them.
On top of that, the tickets were courtesy of a friend, a former player at OSU, and were in a section populated by many former Buckeyes. Now, I’m not the type to drop names Doss about the players Carpenter who were sitting around me Krenzel. Because I’m above that sort of thing. Let’s just say it added to the overall buzz of the evening.
The 23rd-ranked Wisconsin Badgers come to town Saturday night to face the unbeaten and 4th-ranked Buckeyes in the Big Ten opener for Ohio State, a game that could go a long way toward deciding the championship of the Leaders Division of the conference, even before the leaves fall. The Buckeyes have won 16 straight under Urban Meyer including this year’s 4-0 mark, and will contend with the nation’s #1 rusher, and the 3rd-ranked rushing attack in the country in the 3-1 Badgers.
Kenny Guiton broke the OSU single game record with six touchdown passes, and the Buckeyes covered the 50-point spread against the Florida A&M Rattlers Saturday at Ohio Stadium. Then they took a break for halftime.
Backup quarterback Kenny Guiton threw four touchdown passes, including three in the game’s first six minutes, and Ohio State never trailed in an entertaining 52-34 shootout victory over California in Berkeley. On the second play of his first ever start as a Buckeye, Guiton executed the longest play from scrimmage in Ohio State history, with a 90-yard touchdown pass to Devin Smith, and OSU went on to grab a 21-0 lead before the wine in the home stands could lose its chill. 
The Buckeyes take their show on the road for the first time in 2013 with the finale of their two-game series with the Golden Bears of California. The 4th-ranked Bucks (2-0) head west with the nation’s longest winning streak, now at 14 games, but also with some uncertainty about who will be playing quarterback come kick-off time Saturday.