Saturday had it’s share of nail biter games:
“Bama struggled to beat LSU - 21 to 17. With just 1:34 left in the game A.J. McCarron led the Tide on a thriller 5 play drive that resulted in the game winning TD. LSU blitzed - ‘Bama screened, end of game.
It took Notre Dame 3 OT periods to beat Pitt. 29 - 26. The #3 team did not need this scenario to happen. How badly (if at all) will this damn Dame ?
#7 Florida, in not very impressive fashion, hangs on to beat Mizzou 14 - 7. Close one, will this barely win hurt Florida as well ?
Oregon State as well as USC kept the scoreboard controller at work last night. Oregon wins by a score of 62 - 51. At one point, the Trojans were trailing by 18. They fought back to pull within 3. They got it close, but that high power Duck offense put it into overdrive to keep a couple lengths ahead of the USC surge.
Buck notes :
Ohio Stadium suffered a power outage about 30 minutes before kickoff Saturday. The scoreboards and clocks remained dark until seconds before kickoff.
The Bucks hosted The Fighting Illini of Illinois in Columbus yesterday. They handled this rather easily by winning 52 - 22. This win makes the Bucks 10 - 0 / 6 - 0. One thing that stood out … the OSU defense. They did not give up that “big play(s)” that have haunted them to a degree this season. A last quarter blunder, I’ll call it a “scoop and score” gave Illinois an easy 7 points. Backup QB Kenny Guiton running on an option, ill fatedly attempted to pitch one off to Bri’Onte Dunn (hometown boy btw), which turned into a 77 yard Defensive TD for Illinois.
* Carlos Hyde rushed for 137 yards and 3 TD’s
* Braxton Miller was 12 / 20 for 226, 2 TD’s and a rushing TD
* Bri’Onte Dunn 13 rushes for 73 yards set the final tally with a 3 yard score into the end zone.
OSU is off this upcoming weekend as they will prep themselves to go into a very hostile environment ….. Madison Wisconsin - Camp Randall to square off against the Badgers. Then the following week we host arch rival Michigan.
From Coach Meyer :
"I've been fortunate to have a couple of top-5 teams; this probably has more holes than those other ones," said Meyer, in his first year at Ohio State after winning two national championships in six seasons at Florida. "However, there were also some great performances (today). We are going to dwell on the weaknesses because those weaknesses get exposed when you play two good teams like we have to finish the season."
"I explained to them, the bye week, there's no rights around here; that's earned time," Meyer said. "If we didn't play well we would have been in (on Sunday) working, and going all week like a normal work week. But those guys earned (the day off). I'm proud of them."
Then he added, "And two big ones left."
And then there were 6 …
Only 6 unbeaten teams left in the ‘12 campaign, who can go the distance ?
Alabama (SEC) - has to face Texas A&M, Western Carolina, Auburn.
Kansas State (Big 12) - has to face TCU, Baylor, Texas
Louisville Cardinals (Big East) - has to face Syracuse, Connecticut, Rutgers
Notre Dame (Independent) - has to face Boston College, Wake Forest, USC
Oregon Ducks (Pac 12) - has to face Cal, Stanford, Oregon State
Ohio State (Big 10) - has to face off against Wisconsin, Michigan.
*OSU is Bowl Ineligible*
Buckeye highlights
