Maybe it didn’t go quite as expected, but Ohio State held serve at home, found some toughness, and elbowed its way to a win against a top-five opponent 21-10 on Saturday night.
There’s clearly still some work to do, but it’s really hard to judge a team after just one game, and one against what looks to be a pretty good defense at that. At the end of the day, the Buckeyes are 1-0 and still staring at all of its goals right on the table, with some tape now to use for improvement.
After every game, we take stock of what we just saw and pick out five major observations to share with you. Here’s what we think we know after the gut-check win over Notre Dame.