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Ohio State Knows it Must Keep Baker Mayfield in the Pocket to Beat Oklahoma

Greg Schiano's career in coaching football has led him to four universities and two NFL franchises. As good a defensive mind that you'll find in the game, Schiano is often tasked with devising a plan to stop the opposing team's star quarterback.

His safeties teamed up with Kerry Coombs' cornerbacks to snag seven interceptions in the first two games on Ohio State's 2016 schedule, a brilliant start for the unit headed by Luke Fickell. But Saturday at Oklahoma poses a much bigger challenge than either Bowling Green's James Knapke or Tulsa's Dane Evans. Sooner quarterback Baker Mayfield finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting a year ago and reminds Schiano of one of the greatest NFL quarterbacks of all-time.