No. 5 Ohio State survived a road scare Saturday, beating Nebraska 26-17 to pick up its seventh straight win and improve to 8-1 on the season. After a slow start that saw the Buckeyes go scoreless in the first quarter for the first time since their September loss to Oregon, both teams picked up the pace. With the Buckeyes holding a 10-3 advantage late in the first half, receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba took a short hitch route from quarterback C.J. Stroud and turned it into a 75-yard touchdown. It was the kind of play that gave you the sense Ohio State was about to blow the game open, but the feeling did not last long. A couple of plays later, Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez hit Samori Toure for a 72-yard touchdown for the immediate answer. Unfortunately for Nebraska, however, the offense struggled most of the day outside of a couple of…
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