Excel H Sports #3 Ranked Ohio State Dominates Purdue
By Nick Jenkinson/Excel H Sports
Photos by: Eric Thieszen, Excel H Sports/Thieszen Creations
The Excel H Sports 3rd ranked Ohio State Buckeyes handled the Purdue Boilermakers 41-7 at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette Saturday afternoon. Purdue drops to 2-5 overall and 1-3 in the Big Ten while Ohio State is 6-0 and 3-0 in the Big Ten. The Buckeyes were without Running Backs Miyan Williams and TreVeyon Henderson who sat out due to injuries. Chip Trayanum who finished with 28 yards on six carries and once catch for nine yards left in the first quarter after taking a big hit and stumbling as he walked across the field. Memphis, Tennessee, Sophomore Dallen Hayden filled in and ran the ball 11 times for 76 yards and a touchdown. The Buckeyes ran the ball 39 times for 152 yards and 2 touchdowns as Devin Brown scored a rushing touchdown.
The Buckeyes led 20-0 at halftime and 34-0 after the third quarter. Purdue got on the board when Hudson Card threw a six-yard touchdown pass to Deion Burks 30 seconds into the fourth quarter to make it 34-7. The Buckeyes Brandon Inniss caught a 58-yard touchdown pass from Devin Brown with 7:35 left. Starting Quarterback Kyle McCord was 16-28 for 278 yards passing with 3 touchdown passes and no interceptions. Devin Brown was 1-2 for 58 and a touchdown along with 8 carries for 20 yards and a rushing touchdown. Marvin Harrison Jr. caught six passes for 105 yards and a touchdown. Cade Stover caught 4 passes for 53 yards and two touchdowns as the Buckeyes racked up 486 yards of total offense.
Purdue finished the game with 257 yards of total offense. Hudson Card was 13-32 passing for 126 yards and one touchdown pass. Bennett Merdeith came in and was 1-3 for 8 yards passing. Devin Mockobee had 18 carries for 110 yards while the rest of the team had 17 carries for 13 yards. Mershawn Rice had 3 catches for 50 yards, T.J. Sheffield had 2 receptions for 24 yards and Deion Burks had 3 catches for 22 yards and a touchdown.
Ohio State had 2 fumbles, but the Buckeyes defense had three sacks. Purdue’s defense had 3 sacks, but the Buckeyes controlled the time of possession with 32:27 compared to 27:33 for Purdue. Ohio State was 8-13 on third downs and never went for it on fourth down. Purdue was 3-17 on third downs and 2-3 on fourth downs. Purdue will have a bye week next week before they head to Nebraska on October 28. Ohio State has a big showdown next Saturday at Noon with 6-0 and Excel H Sports #5 ranked Penn State in Columbus.
#2 Excel H Sports Ranked Michigan Scores 52 points dominating Indiana University Football
By Nick Jenkinson/Excel H Sports
The #2 Excel H Sports ranked Michigan Wolverines beat the Indiana Hoosiers 52-7 at the Big House in Ann Arbor Michigan Saturday afternoon. Michigan is 7-0 on the season and 4-0 in the Big Ten while Indiana falls to 2-4 and 0-3 in the Big Ten. Michigan continues to dominate the all-time series winning its 62nd game against the Hoosiers in 72 all-time meetings. Indiana has not won in Ann Arbor since October 21, 1967, and is 7-41 all time in Ann Arbor against the Wolverines.
The Hoosiers led 7-0 when Brendan Sorsby threw a screen pass to Donaven McCulley who found Jaylin Lucas down field for a 44-yard touchdown score with 2:17 left in the first quarter to lead 7-0. McCulley who was a quarterback at Lawrence North HS in Indianapolis was moved to Wide Receiver after playing quarterback for the Hoosiers. Indiana looked good in the first quarter holding Michigan to 23 yards in the first quarter and the Indiana Defense sacking Michigan Quarterback J.J. McCarthy three times which equaled the number of sacks Michigan’s offensive line had given up all year coming into this game. The Hoosiers had 141 yards in the first quarter and looked like a fresh team after coming off a bye week.
Michigan got it together to start the second quarter Blake Corum scored two rushing touchdowns and J.J. McCarthy threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Roman Wilson to lead 21-7 at halftime. The Wolverines did not take their foot off the gas in the third quarter. McCarthy thew two more touchdown passes Colston Loveland and Semaj Morgan and James Turner added a 28-yard field goal to make it 38-7 heading to the fourth quarter. The Wolverines would add a Donovan Edwards touchdown run and former IU quarterback Jack Tuttle got his first touchdown pass as Michigan Wolverines finding a wide-open Karmello English in the end zone from four yards out with 6:03 left in the game. Brendan Sorsby threw a pass to Omar Cooper Jr that was called a touchdown with 16 seconds left but after review Cooper Jr stepped out of bounds that summed up the day for the Hoosiers.
Michigan wound up with 407 yards of total offense and the Hoosiers just 232. Michigan outgained the Hoosiers 384-91 in the final three quarters and were 7-7 in the red zone scoring eight straight possessions in 11 total drives. J.J. McCarthy was 14-17 for 222 yards passing along with three touchdowns. Jack Tuttle was 5-5 for 23 yards and touchdown pass as Michigan did not throw an interception. Blake Corum had 13 carries for 52 yards and as Michigan had 42 carries for 163 yards and three touchdowns. Tight End AJ Barner who started his career at Indiana had 1 catch for 18 yards.
The Hoosiers rotated back and forth between Tayven Jackson and Brendan Sorsby at quarterback. Jackson was 7-13 for 52 yards and 2 interceptions. Sorsby was 6-15 for 44 yards and no interception. Combined with McCulley’s 44-yard touchdown pass the Hoosiers were a combined 14-29 passing for 140 yards with 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions. Trent Howland led Indiana in rushing with 35 yards on five carries as the Hoosiers had 92 yards rushing on 33 carries. Jaylin Lucas finished the day with 5 receptions for 56 yards and a touchdown along with two carries for six yards.
Indiana had five turnovers on offense and after an offensive coordinator change with Rod Carey replacing Walt Bell during the bye week, the Hoosiers looked like a team that was starting to click on offense and defense making stops in the first quarter. That was before the number two Excel H Sports ranked team in the nation woke up and made this game what most expected was a blowout win in favor of the maize and blue.
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