Ohio State turns in most dominant effort of season in routing Rutgers

Ohio State destroys Rutgers 49-7 J.T. Barrett accounts for five touchdowns in leading Ohio State to a dominating 49-7 road win over Rutgers. 0 Shares print There were no flaws to be found this time. As it heads into a bye week following its most complete performance of the season, Ohio State can officially put questions about what might be wrong with it to bed as the program gears up for the stretch run in November. With J.T. Barrett back leading the offense on a full-time basis, the Buckeyes were almost impossible to slow down on the ground or through the air. The defense bottled up everything Rutgers tried to do against it. The nation’s top-ranked team didn’t even commit a penalty, leaving nothing to quibble over in a 49-7 blowout of the Scarlet Knights on Saturday night at High Point Solutions Stadium in its final chance to impress before the first College Football Playoff rankings are released Nov. 3. If the selection committee had been waiting for the Buckeyes to unleash a truly dominant display, it has certainly seen one now. …

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