Following the No. 5 Ohio State Buckeyes’ 45-21 season-opening victory over the Florida Atlantic Owls, Buckeye head coach Ryan Day indicated that his favorite play from quarterback Justin Fields in his first collegiate start was on a third down in which the dual-threat QB decided not to force a pass or risk injury trying to gain the yards on the ground, but instead simply threw the ball away and lived to play another down.
While Fields was pretty impressive against FAU (18-25, 234 yards, 4 TDs), he was even more so against a better defense on Saturday in Ohio State’s 42-0 win over the Cincinnati Bearcats.