Ohio State football: Buckeyes hosting good NIU squad

By RALPH D. RUSSO | AP College Football Writer Published: September 18, 2015 9:00AM COLUMBUS — When Ohio State coach Urban Meyer looks at Northern Illinois, he sees a lot of Big Ten in the Mid-American Conference champions. Considering the Huskies have beaten the last three Big Ten teams they have faced, that is not such a stretch. “Offensively, their quarterback is setting all kinds of records. They’re 305 pounds on the defensive tackles,” Meyer said. “Our players will respect them. I don’t anticipate a problem with that. Because they’re good.” Good enough to beat Purdue, Iowa and Northwestern, though, is not necessarily good enough to beat the top-ranked Buckeyes (2-0) on Saturday. For all of the success Northern Illinois (2-0) has had in recent years, including five straight seasons of at least 11 victories, knocking off Ohio State in the Horseshoe would be the greatest achievement in the history of the program. “They’re exactly what you expect an Ohio State team to be,” Huskies coach Rod Carey said. “They’re big. They’re physical. …

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