It was a heart-pumping, sweaty palm affair for a while against Penn State, but Ohio State got its act together in the fourth quarter and earned a huge 44-31 win in Happy Valley against a top-15 opponent. It’s the type of gut-check win you can hang your hat on and build upon.
After every game, we like to reflect and peel the layers back on the scarlet and gray onion to dissect what we saw and what we think we learned about this Buckeye squad.
There is a ton we can examine after the first real, true road test Ohio State has faced this season and one that the Buckeyes absolutely had to have to stay among the top of the Big Ten East race and an inside track to the College Football Playoff.
Here are five things we think we learned after Ohio State took care of business at Penn State.