Land-grant Holy Land: For Ohio State Buckeyes Fans

Ohio State passed its first road test with flying colors in Saturday’s 49-20 win over the Michigan State Spartans in East Lansing. The Buckeyes were never seriously challenged and charitably gave the Spartans some free points to flatter them a bit with a final score that wasn’t wholly indicative of the game. After five home games, the Buckeyes went into enemy territory for the first time but C.J. Stroud wasn’t fazed and Marvin Harrison Jr. put on a clinic. On the other side of the ball, Cam Brown returned and then probably wished he hadn’t, but Mike Hall Jr., Tommy Eichenberg, and Ronnie Hickman had big games. The Spartans couldn’t run the ball and could hardly protect Payton Thorne despite some serious holding on both defensive ends throughout the game. We went through the scoring and the stats, checking in on our predictions and picks to click, and we probably whined a little too much about Kyle McCord not getting to run the actual offense. This is something that could come in handy if he ever had to actual