Iowa Debriefing: Ohio State's Defense Records a Half Dozen Takeaways While the Offense Has a Field Day in the Second Half

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Iowa slowed Ohio State down early... and it barely mattered as the Buckeyes ultimately scored 54 points and Jim Knowles' defense took advantage of every opportunity.

Buckeye fans were certainly in their feelings early as it seemed like the Hawkeyes had cracked the code to slowing down the vaunted Buckeye offense. The home team struggled to run the ball, the passing game felt a little disjointed, and things just felt... off.

Things got off to a shaky start for the Buckeye offense, and ultimately the team only scored a single offensive touchdown in the first half, on a Miyan WIlliams scamper. Noah Ruggles was dynamite, however, putting four of four field goal attempts through the uprights, getting Ohio State on the board when the Hawkeyes stymied their efforts to find the end zone.

: This guy has perhaps been the unsung hero of the Knowles era thus far, but with two picks to his credit Saturday, he won't be unsung much longer.DID THE DEFENSE SUCK 30% LESS THAN LAST SEASON? That is an astounding year-over-year improvement. Consider that the Silver Bullets have now held three separate opponents to just 10 points each, and none have scored more than 21 heading into the final stretch of the season.Noon games in October against gritty, old-school conference opponents like Iowa are catnip for Coach Tressel. The weather, the pageantry, the stakes of the best offense in the country versus the best defense in the country, it's the stuff dreams are made of.

"First one to miss cooks supper?" he asked Miss Ellen as they each took their stations behind the trap house at the Country Club. After shooting through a full set of 50 pigeons, the Tressels got back to the house just in time to enjoy some butternut squash soup before kickoff. The former head coach knew it was going to be a spooky Saturday when the combatants traded turnovers early and Iowa took an early 7-3 lead.

 

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When you play your worst offensive game of the season and still flat out annihilate the other guy, that what championship seasons are made of. God loves The Ohio State University.

The defense only gave up three points. Iowa scored a touchdown on CJ's fumble; that is not on the defense!

Zach Harrison dominated. Give him a helmet sticker

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