September 20, 2024

Can Ohio State Score 100 Points Against Rutgers?


Jamie Sabau/Getty Images As they try to cement their position in this season’s College Football Playoff, Ohio State couldn’t have asked for a more favorable late-season schedule. This week, they faced a Maryland Terrapins team that basically amounted to an early-season FCS cupcake. The results on the field showed it — a 73-14 victory in which the game was effectively decided after the first quarter. During that first quarter, an Ohio State defense missing the services of defensive end Chase Young held the Terrapins to a single yard of offense, while the special teams attempted and recovered an onside kick while up two touchdowns. This has to put a scare in Ohio State’s next opponent, an even more hapless Big Ten school on their second head coach of the season – Rutgers. For context, Ohio State’s latest victims, Maryland, actually defeated Rutgers in Piscataway earlier this season, 48-7 — the…

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