After missing last week's game, Garrett Wilson found the end zone three times in the first half alone against Purdue on Saturday, and added another early in the third quarter.
Ohio State will look to avenge its 2018 loss while Purdue will be gunning it for its third top-five upset of the season when the Buckeyes host the Boilermakers on Saturday.
Although he’s been set back by injuries, Julian Fleming believes he’s improved significantly at Ohio State and “the sky’s the limit” for what he can still accomplish.
Ohio State is listed as a favorite over Cincinnati and Oklahoma and an underdog against Alabama and Georgia in some early College Football Playoff betting lines.
Ohio State is one of two programs nationwide with two Walter Camp Player of the Year semifinalists as C.J. Stroud and TreVeyon Henderson each make the cut.
Mike Carmin, who covers Purdue for The Journal & Courier, says the Boilermakers have a formula for upset wins but the Buckeyes’ talent might be too much to overcome this week.
The Buckeyes have failed to rush for 200 yards in each of the past four games, and Kevin Wilson says the run game must come alive in order to “be the team we need to be.”