Social Reactions: Julian Sayin Continues Heisman Campaign with Another Laser Show in 34-10 Win for Ohio State Over Purdue

By George Eisner on November 9, 2025 at 10:35 am
Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin
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Just call him Julian "Laser Show" Sayin from now on.

On a week when many of the top teams in college football had to struggle to survive and retain their spot in the polls, Ohio State continued to dominate and demonstrate why it deserves to sit atop the College Football Playoff rankings. The Buckeyes went into an environment the team has had a handful of inconsistent performances within across roughly the last two decades and emerged from West Lafayette with a 34-10 victory over the Purdue Boilermakers.

Sayin continues to sling the rock in remarkable fashion. Ohio State's Heisman hopeful quarterback has now thrown for over 300 yards while also completing at least 80 percent of his passes in three straight wins. This marks the sixth time this season he has recorded at least 300 passing yards and the fifth time in which he has completed no less than four of every five of his passing attempts.

For context, Will Howard hit that standard of accuracy in six regular season games last season, which was far and away the most by any Buckeye quarterback ever. Sayin still has three games left before the start of the postseason.

These aren't dink and dime dump offs to players at the line of scrimmage, either. Sayin only threw for one passing touchdown yesterday, but only because Ohio State's three other trips to the end zone all transpired via goal line plunges of three yards or less. Ryan Day continues to have his quarterbacks playing at an elite level season-after-season, and Sayin has merely become the latest extension of that.

The rest of the college football world has started to take notice as the Heisman race appears it will come down to Sayin versus Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza in a potential No. 1 vs. No. 2 Big Ten Championship game. That is, unless Jeremiah Smith goes on his own tear down the stretch.

Let's examine how social media took in the day of college football yesterday and appreciated the latest win along Ohio State's national title defense campaign:

YOU ABSOLUTELY DID NOT NEED TO SAY THAT, URBAN 

YOU ABSOLUTELY DID NEED TO SAY THAT, MATT LEINART

CURT "NO CONCERNS" CIGNETTI 

THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONCERNS

THERE IS NO HEISMENDOZA WITHOUT OMAR COOPER JR.

 YOU'RE SAFE FOR NOW, CIG

 DO NOT MESS WITH GRAMBLING STATE

YOU CAN STAND UNDER MY UMBRELLA, ELLA ELLA

BEAUTIFUL SLOP: THE ART OF FERENTZBALL

RAIN OR SHINE, YOU GOTTA DELIVER

GOD FORBID A WALK-ON GET A LIL MOTION

LUKE FICKELL STOPS THE BLEEDING IN MADISON

WE SEE YOU YOUNG BOSTON

IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, JOIN 'EM

REJOICE, BADGER NATION

 WAKE FOREST HANDS VIRGINIA ITS FIRST ACC LOSS

CAL WALKS OFF LOUISVILLE ON 4TH AND GOAL IN OT

OK, LET'S GET BACK TO WEST LAFAYETTE

THE LASER SHOW IS IN THE BUILDING

TBDFITL

EVEN THE WARM-UPS ARE HIGHLIGHTS

OH CAPTAINS, MY CAPTAINS

DO NOT MEET CALEB DOWNS IN THE OPEN FIELD

YOU CAN'T GUARD HIM, YOU CAN ONLY FOUL HIM

BIG DON DOING BIG THINGS

DADE COUNTY RECEIVERS RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER

ANOTHER LOOK AT THE LASERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

A NEW KING RISES IN OHIO

RUN THE TIP DRILL, REAP THE REWARDS

REAL PROS TAP TWO TOES

YOU WILL RESPECT THE KIENHOLZ TEBOW PACKAGE

IT AIN'T NO FUN IF THE BACKUP CAN'T HAVE NONE

DOING MORE WITH LESS

A NEW CAREER LONG

ONE-FOR-ONE FOR ONE OF ONE

STOP LOOKIN' AT MY LEMONADE

LET'S KEEP IT MOVING

10-0 LOADING...

DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY INTO THE LASERRRRRRRRRR

WE'LL TAKE TWO HEISMANS

GIVE IT TO THE OTHER GUY

THE FLOOR IS LAVA: GRIDIRON EDITION

YOU CAN'T HANG WITH US

DOCTA PEPPA TIME

THE KEY TO SUCCESS IS...

... SO LET'S KEEP THE GOOD VIBES GOING TODAY

RESPECT A LEGEND

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND...

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, Buckeye fans. See you next Saturday for UCLA.

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