Top Ranked Buckeyes Stay on Schedule 

By Nick Jenkinson/Excel H Sports

     The Top Ranked Ohio State Buckeyes handled the Purdue Boilermakers 34-10 Saturday afternoon at Ross Ade Stadium in West Lafayette. The Buckeyes are 9-0 overall and 6-0 overall in the Big Ten as Purdue drops to 2-8 overall and 0-7 in the Big Ten.

     The Buckeyes remain on schedule for the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis on December 6. Ohio State will host UCLA and Rutgers before traveling to Michigan in the Regular Season Finale. The Buckeyes have not allowed more than 16 points in a game, and this was the third time a team has scored 10 points or more on Ohio State in game this season.

     Julian Sayin threw for 303 yards and one touchdown pass as Ohio State scored on four straight drives in the second quarter to pull away. Sayin was 27-33 with one Interception. Jeremiah Smith had a season high 10 catches for 137 yards and caught a 35-yard touchdown pass to break open the game. It was his 10th touchdown catch of the year and 25th of his career tying him with Santonio Holmes for sixth on the Buckeyes all-time list.

     C.J. Donaldson scored the opening and final touchdown for the Buckeyes both on 1-yard plunges. The Buckeyes have won 13 games in a row. Which is the nation’s longest active winning streak

     Ryan Browne was 10-19 for 76 yards passing and one Interception. The Boilermakers had 186 total yards and took a 3-0 lead in the first quarter, but Ohio State scored 24 second quarter points, and it was a sea of red at Ross Ade Stadium as the Buckeyes were without starting Wide Receiver Carnell Tate.

       Purdue heads to the Pacific Northwest to play Washington and then will have bye week before hosting Indiana in the Old Oaken Bucket Game on the Friday Night after Thanksgiving.