Ohio State Football: Three keys to beating Indiana
By Ryan Stano
The Ohio State football team takes on the Indiana Hoosiers on Saturday night. It is a game that many thought would be their toughest before the season started, myself included. Now that IU has struggled, this game is more of a trap game than anything else.
With it being a night game, that gives the Hoosiers a little more juice. The Buckeyes need to stay focused against a team that is upset-minded. They want to be the second team in the state of Indiana to take down a top ten team in the last couple of weeks.
Ohio State is coming off a bye week that saw them get healthier but stifled their momentum. They had been playing like one of the best teams in the country before the bye week brought their play to a grinding halt. Can they rekindle that sort of play again this week?
The Buckeyes are clearly the more talented football team on paper, but that doesn’t always translate into wins. They have to stay focused and execute on both sides of the ball. Jack Tuttle is more of a threat at quarterback than Michael Penix Jr. is and the Bucks know that.
There are three main keys that the Buckeyes will need to focus on in order to win this game. If they are able to do these three things, they should walk out of Bloomington with another win under their belt without too many issues.
The first key has to deal with the defensive side of the ball