On Saturday night, both the crowd and the home team’s jerseys were blacked out as the No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes hosted their first night game of the season as Mark Dantonio’s No. 25 Michigan State Spartans came to Columbus for OSU’s homecoming game.
However, the Buckeyes’ offense was anything but blacked out following the first 15 minutes, as Justin Fields and J.K. Dobbins paced the home team to a 34-10 victory against what had been the nation’s No. 7 defense.
The first quarter proved to be the defensive struggle that many anticipated, but when the scoreboard moved to the second quarter, the game’s script completely flipped and turned into a high-scoring affair, with the Buckeyes establishing a lead that they would not surrender.