Ohio State-Michigan State postgame rants: Mike Hall Jr., JK Johnson, easy passing yards and UCLA

EAST LANSING, Mich. — 5 rants because the Ohio State Buckeyes beat the Michigan State Spartans 49-20 on Saturday.

* Defensive deal with Mike Corridor Jr. stays simply probably the most disruptive pressure on the inside of the Ohio State defensive position. That makes it curious why he wasn’t enjoying like a starter Saturday. He did miss a sport earlier this season with an harm. And Ohio State has at all times preferred to rotate at deal with. Possibly defensive position coach Larry Johnson is saving the second-year participant, who barely performed final season, for the lengthy haul.

However he’s as a lot of a distinction maker as any participant on the protection. He led the Buckeyes with 2.5 sacks Saturday. In opposition to opponents who can provide the Buckeyes extra bother, Ohio State will want extra Corridor.

* It’s at all times a bit startling how simple Ohio State can decide up passing yards. There have been moments Saturday when C.J. Stroud surveyed the protection with loads of time and appeared to accept a 12-yard move. Most groups work onerous for a 12-yard move. Ohio State’s prime three receivers — Marvin Harrison Jr., Emeka Egbuka and Julian Fleming — mixed for 16 catches for 355 yards. That’s a mean of twenty-two yards per catch. Any time an OSU receiver caught a move whereas transferring again towards the road of scrimmage was a minor victory for the Spartans.

* The longer term at cornerback for Ohio State could also be now. The Buckeyes changed fifth-year cornerback Cam Brown with second-year nook JK Johnson for an extended stretch on Saturday. It wasn’t an harm concern, as a result of Brown was again in when the Buckeyes went to a few of their backups later within the sport.

Johnson didn’t play in any respect within the opener towards Notre Dame, however due to accidents to others, he performed 50, 30, 51 and 50 snaps the earlier 4 video games. He entered the sport fifth on the protection in whole snaps and second amongst corners behind Denzel Burke. However with Brown and Burke each wholesome, Johnson started Saturday on the bench.

The Buckeyes have gone with a scorching hand on protection in different video games, and perhaps Johnson’s snaps Saturday had been simply that. However the Buckeyes additionally want to consider beginning him once they come again from their off week and face Iowa on Oct. 22.

* Michigan State’s success throughout Mark Dantonio’s 13 years as head coach was partially outlined by competing with Ohio State. Dantonio was 3-8 vs. the Buckeyes, with wins in 2011, 2013 and 2015, and Michigan State additionally had two 17-16 defeats in his tenure in 2012 and 2016. However he did construct to that. He began 0-2 towards Ohio State, and the 2011 win was within the bizarre season of OSU sanctions. So his first large win over Ohio State didn’t come till his seventh season in command of the Spartans.

By way of three seasons, Mel Tucker’s Spartans haven’t competed with Ohio State. They’d an awesome 11-2 season a yr in the past and completed ninth within the nation. However they’ve been blown out by the Buckeyes in every of Tucker’s three seasons. The mixed rating is now 157-39.

That’s not going to vary till the move protection in East Lansing is overhauled. And they should increase the extent of QB play. Freshman Katin Houser, a top-250 nationwide recruit from California within the Class of 2022, is perhaps the long-term reply for the Spartans. However Saturday was ugly. Payton Thorne completed 11 of 118 for 113 yards.

* UCLA and USC can’t get to the Large Ten quick sufficient. It appeared like the sport of the season within the Pac-12 can be USC at Utah subsequent week. However UCLA took care of the Utes 42-25 on Saturday to maneuver to 6-0. USC was 5-0 heading into a house sport with Washington State on Saturday night time.

They’ll each be part of the Large Ten in 2024, they usually’ll face off on Nov. 19. In the event that they had been each within the Large Ten now, they may each make a case because the second-best staff within the league. With Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State, the Trojans and Bruins would create a fairly sturdy prime 5 for a 16-team league.

If UCLA retains it up, we will begin theorizing a few playoff matchup between Ohio State and Ryan Day, and his mentor Chip Kelly, in his fifth yr as head coach of the Bruins.

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