With all due respect to Michigan, there are really only two teams in the Big Ten that will pose a real challenge for the Ohio State Buckeyes this year. One is Joe Paterno’s Penn State, which is having a pretty good year so far.
The Buckeyes faced the other team last night and beat them 20-17:
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -Ohio State looked much different under the lights with its new double-threat backfield.
Terrelle Pryor ran for an 11-yard touchdown with 1:08 left, and Chris ”Beanie” Wells had 168 yards rushing and a score, lifting the 14th-ranked Buckeyes to a 20-17 victory over No. 18 Wisconsin on Saturday.
”Guys really don’t know who to key on, me or Terrelle,” Wells said. ”I like that about our offense, having two guys out there who can really run the ball.”
The last time the Buckeyes (5-1, 2-0 Big Ten) played a marquee game at night, they got pounded by Southern California last month. Wells didn’t play in that game and Pryor, the talented freshman, wasn’t the starter.
But Wells is feeling better and Pryor is getting comfortable at quarterback.
”All the hype, and all the people saying, ‘You’re great,’ this is the time to show it,” Pryor said.
The 19-year-old Pryor sure did, leading Ohio State on two fourth-quarter scoring drives and snapping a 16-game home winning streak for the Badgers (3-2, 0-2). He also helped his coach, Jim Tressel, even his record at 3-3 against Wisconsin.
”Every snap he gets, he learns from. He was under duress tonight,” said Tressel, after his first game in Madison in five years. ”They were playing hard, they were coming after him, they were going to make him do things with lots of people in his face and he’s coming of age.”
Making this kid the starting QB is looking to be the smartest move Tressel could’ve made this year.
October 14th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
The Buckeyes are looking good but Papa Joe has Penn State running on all 8 cylinders. The 25th looks like it’s going to be a great game, maybe the best of the year. Winner of that one will take the league title cause there’s nobody else that is even close.
As far as the Michigan game, I predict the Buckeyes by AT LEAST 3 touchdowns.