NCAA Football- Ohio State Buckeyes defeat Indiana Hoosiers

Last week, Ohio State fans were a bit anxious as their talented quarterback, Terrelle Pryor, was sent to the locker room for a while. The talented player, who is one of the top candidates for the Heisman Trophy, had a leg injury and was suffering a bit. He had managed to guide the Buckeyes in their come-from-behind 24-13 win over Illinois last Saturday. From what happened since he came back late during the third quarter, the Ohio State’s fans couldn’t help but wonder how bad was his injury.

And here is the beauty of this young quarterback’s performance this Saturday. Pryor had strained his left tight muscles last week, but after intensive recovery, he was able to guide the Buckeyes with an outstanding performance. After keeping the ball away from his hands during the first quarter, Pryor was able to complete three touchdowns in the game (this is the third time this season he hits that mark) for a career-best 334 touchdowns in 24 of 30 with no interceptions.

He was absolutely fantastic from short to medium and long range passing. Just consider his touchdown passes for a second here. He covered 22 yards with Dane Sanzenbacher, then 60 yards with Brandon Saine and 17 yards for DeVier Posey for their 38-10 win over the Indiana Hoosiers. No doubt that after South Carolina’s crushing of the then-No.1 Alabama Crimson Tide, the Ohio State Buckeyes was going to wake up Monday morning the new No.1 team in the AP polls.

The Buckeyes have had one heck of a season. The team is now 6-0 overall and 2-0 in conference play. This is Ohio State’s 12th consecutive victory and its 16th consecutive win over the Indiana Hoosiers, who haven’t found a way to break pass such a solid defense.

That might be part of the trick. Sure enough, the Buckeyes have an outstanding team in the offensive end. Terrelle Pryor keeps on breaking school records in every game. But there is much more then mere offensive prowess to the latest success of Ohio State.

For instance, Indiana arrived to this game middling 40 points and a very decent 350 passing yards a game. But truth be said, quarterback Ben Chappell had a dishful of problems finding spaces and gaining valuable seconds as the Buckeye’s defenders kept pushing him to the limit. And he was not too launching in such a harassing environment. Chappell’s numbers where far under par. He went 16 of 26 for 106 passing yards with no touchdown passes and 2 interceptions.

Now, head coach Jim Tressel had even more reasons to celebrate. Not only was he the mastermind behinds Ohio State’s brilliant performance this season, and not only was he going to start the week as the coach of the No. 1 ranked team in the Nation, but he had also accomplished his 100th win with the team. Tressel won his 100th game in his 121st game. Not bad at all. As of press-time, he is the third fastest coach to reach the mark among the Big Ten coaches.

The Buckeyes will now play the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday. Now, another victory here against the Badgers would be key once the BCS standings come out. Will keep you informed on their performance as the season progresses.