Sloppy Win for Buckeyes

Blacksburg,VA - Following back to back blowouts against Central and Eastern Michigan, the top ranked Ohio State Buckeyes had their first real test on the road last night at Virginia Tech. In the mud and rain, Ohio State squeezed out a 21-0 victory that saw the Buckeyes top two running backs go down to injury. Greg Mathews, the Buckeyes All-American and Heisman Hopeful running back ran for 52 yards and a score on 12 carries before pulling a hamstring early in the third. Junior Chris Thomas filled in for 26 yards on 8 carries and a score before he strained his back. Thankfully for Ohio State, third string back Riley Miller had 2 carries for 39 yards, none more important than a 30 yard touchdown with 2 minutes left to put the game on ice. 'We had a tough go of it today' said Buckeyes coach Aaron Jones, 'Greg went down early which really scared us. It's no secret that we need to drastically improve our passing game, and being on the road, especially in this stadium, you never want to have to change your gameplan up at half. We got lucky today, our defense was lights out, they won that game for us today.'

The Buckeyes stout defense racked up 4 sacks and intercepted a pass late while giving up only 101 yards and 4 first downs. 'The weather certainly helped to skew those numbers a bit, but wow, our guys on defense certainly came out flying.' said Jones.

Ohio State improves to 3-0 on the season while Virginia Tech drops to 3-1. The Buckeyes host Northwestern (2-1) next Saturday to open Big Ten play. Kickoff is set for 11am.