Leading up to Saturday night's matchup with No. 15 TCU, the talk focused on how Dwayne Haskins would handle a consistently dirty pocket and how Ohio State might respond if forced to face its first real adversity of the season.
It wasn't always pretty but Haskins and the Buckeyes passed both tests thanks to a 27-7 run to close the game after the Horned Frogs took a 21-13 lead with 10:43 left in the third quarter.
Credit Gary Patterson and company for proving a worthy adversary and while a lot went right for the Buckeyes as the offense churned out 526 yards behind Haskins, J.