For the past month, the chatter engulfing Ohio State football focused on the lack of productivity on offense after scoring no more than 24 points in the three games heading into last Saturday night’s prime-time matchup with then-No. 10 Nebraska. Those concerns were buried in a resounding manner with the 62-3 manhandling of the Cornhuskers in Ohio Stadium that was the largest point total against a top-10 team in school history. The fifth-ranked Buckeyes not only improved their image around the country with the blowout win over the No. 10 team in last week’s College Football Playoff rankings, they stayed on track for a monster Big Ten showdown with No. 3 Michigan in three weeks. Before the Buckeyes (8-1, 5-1 Big Ten) turn their attention to the Wolverines, they have to attend to the next two games on the schedule, starting Saturday (3:30 p.m., ESPN) in College Park, Md., against Maryland (5-4, 2-4) and then staying on the road at Michigan State the following Saturday. “We really didn’t do anything different. It’s about execution,” Ohio State H-back Curtis Samuel said after Saturday night’s beatdown of Nebraska. “In previous weeks, we didn’t execute at the highest level whereas (Saturday) we did.”…
Continue Reading: Buckeyes know there's no room for error
