Ohio State Football: Week 6 unit grades vs. Indiana

3rd Quarter:

Offense:

The question for Tom Allen at the beginning of the second half probably had to be something like this. How in the world do you leave Paris Campbell that wide open!?

Buckeye fans were probably asking themselves the same question but something tells me that both of those questions had different tones to them. Either way, it was a big start to the 3rd quarter and it gave Dwayne Haskins his fourth touchdown pass of the game.

The Buckeyes opened up a 35-20 lead in the second half and had the ball with that same score. With the potential to blow the game wide open, they instead forgot what a quarterback sneak is again and fail to convert on a fourth and short.

Now I am getting worried. Dwayne Haskins throws his second interception of the game and an Indiana offense that had been able to move the ball against us was getting the ball in good field position.

The offense slowed down a bit at the end of the half and allowed this one to be close going into the 4th quarter.

Grade: C+

Defense: 

After a rough first half to say the least, the Buckeye defensive front started to get pressure on the Indiana quarterback, and in turn took pressure off of the secondary. Leading the charge was Chase Young as he was a frequent customer in the Hoosier backfield. All this pressure eventually led to the second fumble recovery by Ohio State.

The Buckeyes lived in the Hoosier backfield in the first part of this quarter. Not so much in the latter half. What was the result?

Another huge passing play that set up a wide open slant route in the middle of the Buckeye’s own end zone and now the game is close again.

I have got to give credit where credit is due. The Buckeyes came through when their backs were against the wall and got two big stops when Indiana had good field position. Good stuff by the secondary to keep their heads up after a rough day.

Grade: B

Special Teams:

It is always a good sign when the first punt of the game comes in the third quarter. This was the case for the Buckeyes and Drew Chrisman picked up right where he left off from last week booming a punt into Indiana territory for a short gain.

Right when I give Chrisman praise, he lets Indiana have good field position after a weak punt which took a Hoosier bounce.

Still, the special teams unit was good on coverages in this quarter but they get a knock down because of the bad punt.

Grade: B