Another Saturday and another dominating performance by the Buckeyes as Ohio State beat Minnesota 41-31. From the report, it doesn’t seem like the game was even as close as the score indicates.
No. 12 Ohio State showed off its speed on Minnesota’s fast track.
By beating the Gophers in a game of catch-us-if-you-can on the Metrodome’s artificial turf, the Buckeyes stayed in step in the congested Big Ten race.
Antonio Pittman rushed for two second-half touchdowns and a career-high 186 yards, springing Ohio State to a 45-31 victory over Minnesota on Saturday.
”He showed how fast he really is,” Buckeyes receiver Anthony Gonzalez said. ”We all knew that, but hopefully everybody else realizes that now as well.”
The teams combined for 1,027 yards of offense, and that didn’t include Ted Ginn Jr.’s 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown that gave Ohio State (6-2, 4-1) a 17-7 lead late in the first quarter.
The Buckeyes remain in the hunt for the Big Ten Championship, right behind Penn State and Northwestern — all three teams have only one conference loss. The Buckeyes will face Northwestern in two weeks, right before the penultimate game against Michigan.
Meanwhile, its not very often that I get to be even slightly enthusiastic about the fortunes of the football team of my alma mater, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, but it looks like this year may be different. The Knights are now 6-2 overall and 3-1 in the Big East after beating the Midshipmen of Navy 31-21 in Piscataway. This guarantees Rutgers its first winning season since 1992 and, possibly its first bowl appearance since 1978. Good for them.
