Buckeye bowl game time

Be sure to check out our new message boards, Buckeye Forums. We'd love to have you part of the conversation during the season. Ohio State QB C. Stroud Named Manning Award Finalist. Join the BuckeyesNow community! Buckeyes In the NFL. Buckeye Forums. The most severe of those injuries was that of Lathan Ransom who was carted off with an air cast on his leg. Dayton native Tavion Thomas, who grew up a Buckeyes fan , rushed it in six yards untouched to mark the third straight drive on which the Utes have scored.

Ohio State's defense has been plagued by missed tackles, they have shown confusion in dealing with Utah's bunch formations, and they have been flagged for a couple crucial penalties. And now, on a yard, Cameron Rising scramble, OSU's Jack Sawyer has be penalized for targeting, costing the Buckeyes 15 yards and leading to the freshman's ejection.

Ohio State halved Utah's edge as Buckeyes freshman Marvin Harrison made his first collegiate touchdown grab. Stroud's pass went for 25 yards, and he now has 78 yards today. Stroud dropped a dime to Marvin Harrison Jr. Ohio State receiver Emeka Egbuka has a yard reception for the Buckeyes today, after going five straight games without a reception. OSU does not disclose the reasons for a player's absence.

Cameron Rising now has two scores in the first quarter. The latest was off Micah Bernard's stretched-out grab that traveled 12 yards. Utah has yards, is averaging 7. Utes quarterback Cameron Rising found Britain Covey for a yard pass that opened today's scoring. The drive was aided by a pass interference call that went against Kourt Williams. The Buckeyes defense held Utah to 27 yards on their opening drive and forced the Utes to punt.

Kourt Williams was a starting defensive back. When Ohio State had its turn, the Buckeyes went just 13 yards. Matt Jones was at left guard with Thayer Munford at left tackle. Jim Knowles wasn't leading the Oklahoma State defense today.

He departed soon after announcing he would be joining Ohio State Jan. But as senior cornerback Jarrick Bernard-Converse pointed out, the Cowboys had "the same structure, same game plan" for today's kick off against Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl. The result? Oklahoma State did hold the Fighting Irish ever so slightly below their season average for points per game Oklahoma State triumphed in the Fiesta Bowl.

A huge roar from Utah fans erupted when the Utes specialists came out on the field for pregame warmups. This crowd split will be heavy against Ohio State. It is definitely a pro-Utah crowd.

By far the most lopsided in any neutral-site game that I can recall. Everything is coming up roses in Pasadena. Ohio State has added a special rose detail to the stripe that runs down the center of players' helmets.

Utah has added the flower to side of the Utes' helmets. Without Simon suited up in practices on Tuesday and Wednesday, Tommy Eichenberg was seen taking reps in his place alongside Steele Chambers. It's also a rare one, as this will be only the second meeting between Ohio State and Utah in football.

Let's hope this one is closer, as Ohio State won the lone meeting in Ohio State without key players on both sides of the ball: It's an unfortunate reality these days that players with NFL futures often opt out of bowl games when they aren't playoff games, even the Rose Bowl.

Ohio State will be without Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave in this game, a duo that combined for catches, 1, yards and 25 touchdowns this season.

Now the good news is if there's an area the Buckeyes can afford to be without players, it's the receiver position. Jaxon Smith-Njigba is playing, and he was the team's leading receiver this season. Let's not forget that Ohio State's receiver room was so deep that Jameson Williams transferred to Alabama for playing time before the season.

Players who might not be as easy to replace include defensive lineman Haskell Garrett and starting left tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere. Third downs will be huge: Yes, it takes a real football genius to tell you that third downs are important, but they are! And these are two offenses that happen to be two of the best when it comes to converting on them. That's the best in the nation. Odds are the defense that does the best job of getting the opposing offense off the field on third down will be the winning team.

He didn't even finish in the top two. No, those spots were occupied by two Utes. Mike Tafua led the league with 9.