It took a little longer to get there than the first five games of the season, but Ohio State still finished with a convincing win on the scoreboard against Michigan State on Saturday night.
Ohio State scored just three points in the first quarter of Saturday’s game, but eventually pulled away for a 34-10 over the Spartans to improve to 6-0 at the halfway point of the regular season.
Both defenses dominated in the first quarter of Saturday night’s game, in which Ohio State’s offense got out to its slowest start of the season. The Buckeyes didn’t gain a single first down on any of its first three possessions of the game, and finished the first quarter with just 16 yards.