We dive into the biggest questions, players to watch and best bets for Ohio State entering its sixth game of the season against Purdue in West Lafayette.
While the Boilermakers are just 2-4 this season, Saturday’s game carries plenty of intrigue nevertheless as the Buckeyes look for better results than their last trip to West Lafayette in 2018, when they lost 49-20 to Purdue. Ohio State is just 3-5 at Ross-Ade Stadium since 2000, so it’s important for the Buckeyes to bring their A-game on the road even though they are sizable favorites over their unranked opponent.
If TreVeyon Henderson is healthy, getting him back this week should help, but still OSU is averaging 4.4 yards per carry on the season. It's just the second time since 2011 that the Buckeyes have fallen below 5 yards per tote. Purdue ranks 87th nationally in rushing defense, and with an elite Penn State ball-stopping unit on tap for next week, there's a lot of urgency to make headway running the football.
In 2022, Ohio State's defense forced 18 turnovers, a number that ranked 68th in the FBS. This season, the Buckeyes have already forced seven turnovers in five contests, with interceptions from Josh Proctor, Steele Chambers, Lathan Ransom, Denzel Burke and Jermaine Mathews Jr. and fumble recoveries from Tyleik Williams and Davison Igbinosun. Three of those takeaways resulted in touchdowns for the Buckeyes.
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