Buckeye Breakdown

The Ohio State Buckeyes are coming off back-to-back beat downs of Akron and Rutgers. On the surface, that's what fans expected. But after a Week 2 loss to Oregon and a tumble in the national rankings, several teams ahead of Ohio State lost this weekend and have given the Buckeyes' CFP hopes renewed faith.

Here are our thoughts on how this incredible weekend of college football has given life to the Buckeyes championship hopes.

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Ohio State started fast and never looked back as it raced away from Rutgers, 52-13 on Saturday. Now that we've had a chance to digest the game, here's what we learned that the Buckeyes can take going forward.

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Ohio State just put together its most complete performance of the season and now has back to back stress-free wins after smashing Rutgers on Saturday afternoon.

 

Brendan Gulick and Andrew Lind share their gut reaction postgame after the big road win!

 

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Ohio State won back-to-back games against Tulsa and Akron to get some swagger back and now they're ready to re-start Big Ten play. What should we expect from the Buckeyes this weekend?

 

Brendan Gulick and Tommy Zagorski are here to share their insights and give you a glimpse at what you should watch for Saturday afternoon in Piscataway!

 

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Ohio State jumps back into Big Ten play this weekend with a trip to New Jersey to play the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Rutgers is a far improved team than they were a couple seasons ago and they nearly beat Michigan last weekend.

On this week's episode of Behind Enemy Lines, Brendan Gulick is joined by Rutgers Rivals' reporter Chris Nalwasky to preview Saturday's matchup. They dive into a number of players and storylines for Rutgers coming into this game ... including why the spread this week is (unbelievably) smaller than it was for Rutgers vs. Michigan last week!

 

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On this week's episode of Building the Buckeyes, Andrew Lind chats with SI All-American Director of Recruiting John Garcia Jr. about some of the hottest names the Buckeyes are chasing in the Classes of 2022 and 2023.

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Now that we've had about 24 hours to digest Saturday's big win over the Akron Zips, here are Brendan Gulick and Tommy Zagorski's biggest takeaways from the Buckeyes' Week 4 performance.

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Ohio State just handled the Akron Zips 59-7 and the game looked fairly normal for a Buckeyes team that hasn't had much "normal" so far this year. Brendan Gulick and Andrew Lind give their instant analysis from Ohio Stadium on BuckeyesNow.

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Ohio State wraps up the non-conference portion of it's schedule with the Akron Zips on Saturday evening in Columbus. Brendan Gulick and Tommy Zagorski get you set up for what should be a good day for the Buckeyes, including how to evaluate the Buckeyes against a team they should dominate on the scoreboard. They also chat a bit about a couple of other big games across the country this weekend.

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Akron is coming to town on Saturday, so Buckeye Breakdown continues its weekly Behind Enemy Lines to preview the upcoming opponent. Today's guest is George Thomas of the Akron-Beacon Journal. George shares everything you need to know about the Zips before they come to The 'Shoe!

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