If you get in Friday and feel thirsty, definitely check out the Short North area of bars and restaurants, which is between downtown and campus. There's a lot of construction going on right now, but a ton of cool places to go
Most bars open early on game days. If you want to hop around, I'd start at Out R Inn, head north to The Library and Little Bar, then west on Lane over to Thirsty Scholar, ending at Varsity Club, which is right across from the stadium
Meyer has often described his job as being a "coach of coaches". Thus, his coaches being able to take the reins and keep the team well-prepared reflects highly on Coach Meyer, IMO
There were definitely some back 7 guys out of position, but a couple of the safeties looked downright slow relative to what Ohio State normally has back there. Linebackers were often nowhere to be found. Luckily for them, the front four and offense will make their lives a whole lot easier
How is the Rutgers run defense?
OSU's bread and butter is running the football, and then passing the ball off of that. If you can stop the run (at least a little bit) then things get a lot tougher for OSU, forcing Barrett to complete third and longs. Tulsa was somehow able to do this for a half...
To a Buckeye fan,
Watching Penn State and Michigan fans in a Rutgers Football Forum argue over which program has been less mediocre over the past ten years
... priceless
That OSU fan was incorrect. Ash implemented his style and system, and ran the defense. Fickell is a Linebackers coach, recruiter, and motivator with a "co-dc" title so they can justify paying him more
Ohio State's defense was stacked with talent before he got there, yet it was garbage for multiple years between the firing of Tressel and the arrival of Ash. It took about half a season for Ash's system to take hold on defense. Ohio State has not looked back defensively since then