Evaluating Ohio State’s Performance Against Rutgers As Ramp-Up to Michigan Game Continues

Ohio State might be making a habit of winning ugly, but it still covered the spread in Piscataway.The Buckeyes had their most competitive game ever against Rutgers this year but still came away with a 35-16 win, and we felt there was more good than bad to take away from Ohio State’s performance – even if it wasn’t the most prolific day for the Buckeyes’ passing offense, run defense or special teams.We begin this week’s episode by sharing all of our takeaways from the Buckeyes’ performance against the Scarlet Knights. We follow that by making our predictions for this week’s home night game against Michigan State, looking at the other games this weekend that could shake up the College Football Playoff race and breaking down what we saw from both Ohio State basketball teams in their season openers on Monday.The full rundown for this week’s show:1:25: Rutgers is better than usual, so it wasn’t shocking the Buckeyes had to battle in Piscataway3:29: TreVeyon Henderson further proves he’s one of Ohio State’s biggest game-changers7:26: Ohio State’s run blocking improves as Donovan Jackson has his best game of the year9:27: Kyle McCord didn’t play badly against Rutgers, he took what the defense gave him16:04: Red-zone defense leads Buckeyes to victory21:41: Ohio State’s run defense shows vulnerability, but has time to improve before The Game25:21: Ty Hamilton, Jermaine Mathews Jr., Malik Hartford among defenders who stepped up30:22: Parker Fleming’s seat heating up after latest special teams miscue36:58: Ohio State should dominate Michigan State41:24: Buckeyes can play it safe with injured players this week43:05: This could be our best chance to see Tristan Gebbia and/or Lincoln Kienholz play this year46:17: Score predictions for Ohio State vs. Michigan State48:40: Michigan is in for a battle against Penn State in Happy Valley51:07: We hope to see you at the Eleven Dubgate on Saturday52:00: Georgia, Washington, Florida State and Oregon all face challenges this week54:48: It’s just one game, but Ohio State men’s hoops has plenty to work on after Oakland battle57:36: Roddy Gayle Jr., Zed Key and Scotty Middleton stood out in the season opener1:03:05: Bruce Thornton didn’t have his best game, but he rose to the occasion late1:04:47: We’ll learn more about Ohio State in a tough game Friday vs. Texas A&M1:07:03: OSU women’s hoops must work on rebounding, 3-point shooting after season-opening loss