Ohio State 33, Washington 14 (Final)

[TRON]

Originally Posted by OCBucksFan

The kids just a freshman and he was pretty damned impressive. Say what you want, he faced one helluva defense today and if you look at the Pac-10, he's gonna have a good shot over the next few years.

Pretty damned impressive??

Hold on now my friend, someone who goes 16/23 for 153 yards and 3 int's isnt doing his job.

102 yards on 14 carries looks good in the stat sheet, but anyone who watched this game saw a freshman play like one against one of the better D's in the country.

I'm sure Locker will turn out to be a good qp for the Huskies, but as the second coming of Christ in Seattle, he is not.

[Bobby Hoying]

I think we can be a little happy about this win:

1. First big road win since Texas last year
2. Beat a mobile quarterback-something people said the Big Ten couldn't do
3. Got the O-line and the running game going
4. TB played a Krenzel-like game in his first road start with no INTs
5. Came back from a halftime deficet (which we haven't had to do in a long time)

[DaddyBigBucks]

Originally Posted by OCBucksFan

The kids just a freshman and he was pretty damned impressive. Say what you want, he faced one helluva defense today and if you look at the Pac-10, he's gonna have a good shot over the next few years.

Originally Posted by TRON

Pretty damned impressive??

Hold on now my friend, someone who goes 16/23 for 153 yards and 3 int's isnt doing his job.

102 yards on 14 carries looks good in the stat sheet, but anyone who watched this game saw a freshman play like one against one of the better D's in the country.

I'm sure Locker will turn out to be a good qp for the Huskies, but as the second coming of Christ in Seattle, he is not.

You're both right, you're just talking about different parts of the game.

Locker did look impressive... until he was beaten half to death. He looked more and more like a freshman as the game wore on; which is easily attributable to the shots he kept taking.

Franklin and Cunningham couldn't stop talking about how tough Locker was... until the second half. In his first game against a GOOD D1 Defense, he took the beating of his life; and it showed.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

OSU 33 | Washington 14
Star Bucks
Blocked kick, long TD let OSU leave Seattle on a high
Sunday, September 16, 2007 3:57 AM
By Ken Gordon


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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The Ohio State defense swarms over Washington tailback Louis Rankin during the second half in Husky Stadium.

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Ohio State's Brian Hartline, right, fights off Washington's Nate Williams after making a catch.



SEATTLE -- It was a small jump for Jim Tressel, but a giant leap for Ohio State.
Tressel, a normally stoic coach, was more animated than he has ever been after the Buckeyes blocked a field goal attempt yesterday at Washington. He jumped, yelling excitedly and pumping his fists.
"I've never seen him do that before," running back Chris "Beanie" Wells said.
Reflecting the emotion of their leader, the 10th-ranked Buckeyes rallied. They blitzed the Huskies for 24 straight points, turning a halftime deficit into a resounding 33-14 victory in front of an overflow crowd of 74,927 in Husky Stadium.
It was a strong statement for the Buckeyes (3-0), who had opened the season with two relatively lackluster wins over teams they were supposed to beat. They were a young team coming a long way into a hostile place.

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

Offensive line provides Wells with room to rumble

Sunday, September 16, 2007 5:49 AM
By Tim May


The Columbus Dispatch
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Washington defenders grab for Chris "Beanie" Wells, who finished with 135 yards rushing.



SEATTLE -- Chris "Beanie" Wells was seeing things yesterday, and they weren't illusions. They were beams of daylight provided, he said, by the Ohio State offensive line.
"I am so proud of our offensive line," Wells said after gaining 135 yards on 24 carries in the Buckeyes' 33-14 win over Washington. "It's a blessed football team, and I'm just blessed to be out there."
Despite it being his second straight 100-yard game, Wells, a sophomore tailback, insisted he could have had even more.
"I missed a few reads and a few cuts," he said. "I could have done a lot better."
He did make some good reads, however, like on a 14-yard touchdown run off the left side that pushed Ohio State's lead to 17-7 in the third quarter. First, he saw the hole provided by his line, then he saw the Washington cornerback cheating to the inside, opening things outside.

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

Opposite sideline

Sunday, September 16, 2007 5:49 AM
Facts of the matter

Washington led 7-3 until letting the game get away early in the third quarter. In 98 seconds, a Huskies field goal was blocked, they lost a fumble on a kickoff return and they gave up two touchdowns to the Buckeyes, one on a 68-yard pass. Consequently, the Huskies' 7-3 halftime lead was gone for good.
Shining moment

Jake Locker's 23-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Russo with three seconds left in the first half gave the Huskies a 7-3 lead and seemingly the momentum heading into the second half. It was short-lived.

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