After having a bye week to chew on their embarrassing loss to Purdue, Ohio State got back in the win column last week against Nebraska. The 36-31 win over the Cornhuskers wasn’t the cleanest win, but it was enough to keep the Buckeyes alive in the College Football Playoff race.
Return to normalcy
The biggest takeaway from Saturday’s win over Nebraska was the resurgence of the Ohio State running game. The Buckeyes finished the game with 229 yards, snapping a streak of six straight games with less than 200 yards on the ground, which was their longest streak since the 2002 Ohio State team failed to reach that mark in seven straight games.