In Week 3 of the college football schedule, we saw the first chinks in Ohio State’s armor. The Buckeyes escaped with a 35-28 win over California on Saturday, thanks more to the Bears’ failure to come up big in a couple of clutch situations rather than their own proficiency.
Ohio State lucked out on Saturday. It lucked out that the Bears defense couldn’t find a way to make sure they had a man—any man—on Devin Smith when he caught the game-winning 72-yard touchdown with just over three minutes left. They were lucky that the Bears missed three field goals, including two in the second half.
It isn’t fair to go so far as to say that the game-sealing interception thrown by Zach Maynard was luck. That was a huge play on the part of Christian Bryant. But any time you’re relying on a last-drive pick to seal a win, you’re in trouble.
As Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer said after the game, Ohio State did what it needed to do: It found a way to win. Meyer told the Associated…
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