Ohio State Welcomes Physical Matchup With Wisconsin Team That Represents “The Epitome of the Big Ten”: “We Have to Be Able to Play in These Styles of Games”

. Although Notre Dame suffered a catastrophic upset to Marshall the week after dropping to the Buckeyes, its talent at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball can’t be denied.

“We've been talking about this for a long time and knowing that every week it's gonna be a new challenge. What are these challenges? A lot of them are the same, you gotta tackle, you gotta run the ball, you gotta stop the run, you gotta take care of the football, you gotta play well on special teams. We know all of those types of things.”

“It definitely does mean more. I feel like it's a reason why some people, they go play in the SEC to play those SEC opponents. It's a reason why I come to the Big Ten and play in these type of games,” Johnson said Wednesday. “This is one of those games that I knew when I committed here was gonna be a big one because they're known for bigger, stronger guys. So I feel like this was always a game I've looked forward to since I was in high school, a game like this.

Luckily for the Buckeyes, captains like Cade Stover have made a point to stress the importance of toughness and physicality all offseason, and especially ahead of a game that should require no shortage of either.

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It’s only a grind-it-out game if we can’t stop people from running and staying ahead of the sticks. This is a one demensional team and we should be stacking the box and forcing them to try and throw. If it’s not a easy victory we once again have top flight talent underachieving

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