Saturday's win for the Ohio State Buckeyes was hardly a thing of beauty.
But for the second week in a row, Ryan Day's team found a way to gut out a victory during challenging circumstances and the Buckeyes won for a seventh consecutive time. Ohio State now sits at 8-1 on the season through nine games with three extremely difficult contests ahead of them against Purdue, Michigan State and Michigan.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba had one of the best days in the history of Ohio State football, breaking David Boston's record with a 15 catch performance. He racked up 240 receiving yards and also contributed on punt return to have a monster performance for the Buckeyes.
The defense stepped up again on Saturday, giving up two big plays all game that led to another nice performance. The D-Line in particular had another great game, sacking Adrian Martinez five times and adding three more tackles for loss.
Here are our initial thoughts on the Buckeyes' road victory, including how we are digesting another win that didn't have a resounding feel to it.
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