Game Thread Ohio State 33, Washington 14 (Final)

[TRON]

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]

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.

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

NEAL C. LAURON | Dispatch
The Ohio State defense swarms over Washington tailback Louis Rankin during the second half in Husky Stadium.

NEAL C. LAURON | Dispatch
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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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

Ohio State notebook
Special-teams units come to rescue

Sunday, September 16, 2007 5:51 AM
By Ken Gordon, Bob Baptist and Tim May


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

NEAL C. LAURON | Dispatch
Ohio State's Brian Hartline falls into the end zone after making a catch over Washington defender Roy Lewis.

NEAL C. LAURON | Dispatch
Washington quarterback Jake Locker looks for running room as Ohio State's Malcolm Jenkins applies some pressure in the first half.



SEATTLE -- The Ohio State special-teams units took Ryan Pretorius off the hook yesterday.
The Buckeyes' place-kicker missed a field goal attempt and had another try blocked. It was a big reason why OSU trailed at halftime.
But his teammates picked him up, blocking a Huskies field goal attempt and recovering a fumble on a kickoff as the Buckeyes won going away, 33-14.
"I'm just thankful that it didn't come down to six points," Pretorius said.
For Ohio State, Kurt Coleman blocked a Ryan Perkins field goal attempt. Devon Torrence forced the fumble on the kickoff and James Scott recovered.

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

The Bottom Line

Sunday, September 16, 2007 3:24 AM
By Ray Stein


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Ho-hum wins over a pair of homies proved that the Buckeyes could be bullies only in Mister Rogers' neighborhood. A rare, yet thorough, smack-down on the Coast might get OSU some national love. Leaves are awarded on a zero-to-five basis.

Offense (4 leaves)
Once Todd Boeckman chased away the butterflies ? snap out of it, kid ? OSU was as stout as a double espresso, no room for cream. Of OSU's 481 yards, 300-plus came after halftime. First sighting of the year: Beanie Wells as the big train who could. Dude ran hard all day, just like he oughta.
Defense (4 leaves)
Another first: The deterrence squad allowed lots of yards (346) and sustained drives ? we're not playing NE Ohio anymore, Toto ? but rose up when matters got serious. Young Animal earns the game ball for his two drive-killing picks, one of a shovel pass, and a key sack. Kid's a beast.

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

Six Points

Sunday, September 16, 2007 3:53 AM

Renee Sauer | Dispatch
James Laurinaitis (33) had reason to celebrate after stopping two Washington drives with interceptions.


THE PLAY

Kurt Coleman's block of a Washington field goal attempt with 10:25 left in the third quarter got the Buckeyes off and running on a 14-point blitz.
THE STAR

Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis. His two interceptions stopped potential scoring drives, frustrating the Huskies and their fans.
THE MISMATCH

OSU receiver Brian Robiskie vs. freshman cornerback Vonzell McDowell Jr. Their one-on-one pairing resulted in a 68-yard TD pass that put OSU ahead for good.

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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Scarlet & Gray Matter

Sunday, September 16, 2007 3:48 AM

The game at hand
Short-attention-span synopsis: Unlike Seattle skies, nothing cloudy about Ohio State's defense. It clearly rocks. As for the offense ? another slow start, strong finish: Buckeyes' 2007 shaping up as season of halves (second) and halve-nots (first.) Huskies could use a guy like Laurinaitis -- at receiver.
Pregame buzz: It all depends whether you drank the Kool-Aid -- or in this case, the Starbucks -- that had people believing this would be a "trap" game in which Tress' young Bucks showed the strain of a tough road game against a sturdy opponent. The Buckeyes did look flat early -- what else is new? -- but rounded things out nicely the second half. A pretty impressive season suddenly looks likely.

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NO. 10 OHIO STATE 33, WASHINGTON 14
Ohio State defeats Washington in college football


Sunday, September 16, 2007 Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Seattle -- In 88 seconds, Ohio State transformed from reeling to rolling, from lethargic to legit, from the latest Big Ten upset victim to a team that might have finally earned its top-10 ranking.
The Buckeyes' quarterback quit letting the Washington crowd rattle him, the defense and special teams started yanking the ball away from the other guys and coach Jim Tressel went from jumping like a cheerleader while rallying his players on the sideline to drenched in his sweater-vest from the victory liquid dump that followed career win No. 200.
"We hit them really hard right there, and I think they didn't know really what to do," Buckeyes left tackle Alex Boone said. "They were stumbling, and we were just going and going and going."

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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Head of the Class


Sunday, September 16, 2007

Best stop
The Buckeyes stuck it to the Huskies in the third quarter, but without a stop on the first drive of the half, everything may have changed. Washington started the third quarter on the 41-yard line and in seven plays moved to the 19-yard line, helped a great deal by a personal foul penalty for a late hit on the sidelines by Anderson Russell.
On first down, Larry Grant stuffed quarterback Jake Locker for a 2-yard loss on a run. On second down, Malcolm Jenkins chased down running back Louis Rankin for a 3-yard loss on an option toss. On third down, James Laurinaitis sacked Locker for a loss of 5. That set up Kurt Coleman's field-goal block and stymied the Huskies, who were flying after a touchdown 3 seconds before halftime.

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Locker finds some room, not enough


Sunday, September 16, 2007 Molly Yanity
Special to The Plain Dealer
Seattle- There were times Washington Huskies redshirt freshman quarterback Jake Locker looked the part of the phenom he has become.
His speed, for one, was startling.
Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis said Locker reminded him of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, but that Locker's straightaway speed was better.
His strength was surprising, too.
"He's excellent," Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel said. "He's a good player - tough, strong. The sky's the limit for Jake."
When it came down to it, Washington's Boy Wonder looked the part of a freshman playing against a top-10 team.
Locker, 19, went 16-of-33 for 153 yards. He threw three interceptions, two by Laurinaitis, and made plenty of young mistakes in Washington's 33-14 loss to Ohio State.

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