The Indiana game wasn’t exactly one that Ohio State fans had circled on their calendar to start the year. Winners of 24-straight (really 25), the Buckeyes have had some close games with the Hoosiers in recent memory, but they have gotten the job done every season dating back to 1991. Would Saturday’s contest against a Top-10 Indiana team be any different?
Despite some really pathetic defense in a wet and chilly Ohio Stadium, the Buckeyes managed to pull out a 42-35 victory over Tom Allen’s Hoosiers. Justin Fields played perhaps the worst game of his career, uncharacteristically throwing three interceptions, but still finished with 300 yards passing and two TDs and another 78 yards and a score on the ground.