The Ohio State football team came out and showed all the naysayers and critics that yes — when executing at the level it can — the points will come in bunches. The Buckeyes came out and put up over 600 yards of offense for the game and scored 42 points before even heading into the locker room at halftime.
OSU pulled the throttle back a little in the second half but finished the game with 59 points and surrendered 31 to Purdue to walk away with another victory on this 2021 journey it hopes ends in another Big Ten championship and run to the College Football Playoff.
Take that, national pundits.
Count Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm as a believer. He met with the media after the game to talk about what he saw and it turned into a six-minute informercial for Ohio State. He couldn’t stop talking about the talent level, how well the Buckeyes executed, and even said the Boilermakers were probably destined to give up more points.
“They (Ohio State) have tremendous talent,” Brohm said. “That offensive line is enormous, they do a tremendous job. The quarterback is athletic. He can throw it, he can move and make throws. The receivers across the board, I mean I don’t know if you can guard them. They have receivers on the outside — both sides — on the inside, they got really good running backs, and I think they’re well-coached. So, they know how to score points, they know how to move the ball. They get into the best play they can by looking at the defense and adjusting and doing those things.
“You know, in order to beat them you have to match up to them, you got to challenge them, you got to get up and guard them, and try to create some turnovers,” continued Brohm. “The other side of the ball they play well too, so like I said, I give them a ton of credit. They definitely came ready to play and executed at a high level and got it to their playmakers it seemed like whatever they wanted. We were lucky to hold them to 59.”
You can listen to the comments for yourself by clicking on the below thanks to the Journal & Courier’s YouTube Channel.
To be honest and fair to Brohm, it seemed like all of the questions that were lobbed to him were about how good Ohio State was, so he was just being honest, taking his medicine, and giving the Buckeyes their due credit after what we all witnessed on Saturday. Still, the six minutes of the interview was pretty much an advertisement for why you might want to come to the banks of the Olentangy to play some good ‘ole American football if you’re a strapping young lad that can play the game at a high level.
Ohio State will now prepare for another big one. The Buckeyes will host Michigan State this coming Saturday. They just keep getting bigger.
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