June 20, 2026

Ohio State has outscored the Huskers by 101 the past two years; What's different this time?

Pick a stat, any stat, and you can display cleanly what Nebraska and Ohio State fans have seen in recent years. The past two falls, the Buckeyes have outscored Nebraska 118-17. Coach Urban Meyer could have done something with the roster spot designated for a punter, because he wasn’t used in either game. When the Buckeyes finally turned the ball over on downs in the fourth quarter of a 56-14 rout last year at Memorial Stadium, their past 15 drives against the Huskers looked like this: touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, end of half, touchdown, touchdown, field goal, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown. That’s 13 touchdowns, a field goal and a 6-minute, 16-second drive that ended a 62-3 rout in Columbus in 2016. “(Last year) is one of those games that I think everyone’s kind of looked back at and seen everything that we needed to change and…

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