Everything You Want To Know About Ohio State’s Win Over Cincinnati

Ohio State’s slugging of Cincinnati played out as expected. The contest proved to be a high-scoring game, with the Buckeyes sending the downstate Bearcats back home with a 50-28 defeat.

Cincinnati and coach Tommy Tuberville managed some highlights of their own, but ultimately the night belonged to Ohio State. Here’s what you need to know about Ohio State improving to 3-1…

Eyes are always on the quarterback, and J.T. Barrett is going to make things interesting next season, if Miller decides to use his final year of eligibility.

Braxton’s backup threw for 330 yards–a career high–to go along with four touchdowns. He’s now passed for 10 scores in his last two games, while bringing back Troy Smith’s name into Buckeye fans’ vocabulary.

These numbers are encouraging, but its best to keep Barrett’s stats in perspective. He torched Kent State and a Cincinnati team that was allowing 293 yards per game entering the contest. Barrett added 79 yards by the ground, too, meaning he finished with 409 total yards–good enough for second all time (Art Schlichter 412 against Flordia State, 1981).

UC’s Chris Moore had 221 yards receiving. That’s third most productive game an opposing wideout has ever hung own the Buckeyes and to top it all off, he missed the record by only six yards.

How else do you sum up Hartman’s Tweet? It’s been a rough year for Buckeye defensive backs and if the Buckeyes are to stay a one-loss team, the secondary needs fixed–and fast.

Ohio State’s offensive line has been torn apart–and deservedly so–for its play through the the first three games of the season. But after Saturday, the unit should be given its due, as the line opened holes for Ezekiel Elliot and Rod Smith as the Buckeye backs ran for 380 yards.

Gunner Kiel couldn’t steal a UC a win, but the Bearcats clearly have a quarterback. It’s easy to see why the former Notre Dame signal caller was the No. 1 rated pro-style QB in the class of 2012.

If Tuberville can build a defense, the Bearcats could go places with Kiel at QB.. COULD, being the key word, of course. Until then, power-conference teams could keep reeling off some record performances, just as OSU did with 710 yards of total offense–good enough for third all-time in school history.

Credit Buckeye defensive lineman Joey Bosa with the best hit of the game…

While former Buckeye linebacker Anthony Schlegel upstaged him for the best hit of the night…

Remember this important lesson: The field is for the players.

Saturday night’s game was a big recruiting effort for the Bucks, and the No. 1 dual-threat qb in the country was in attendance.

Gibson–a frequent user of Twitter–has been silent since the game.
And if you attended the game at The Shoe, congratulations, you’re a part of history: