Jeremiah Smith shines in his college debut, TreVeyon Henderson pancakes an Akron defender and Ohio State showers Buckeye football legend Archie Griffin in praise.
Jeremiah Smith lives up to the hype by scoring twice, James Peoples finds the end zone on his first carry and 10 freshmen play in Ohio State’s season-opening win.
Jeremiah Smith, Lathan Ransom and JT Tuimoloau are Eleven Warriors’ Three Stars of the Game for their performances in Ohio State's season-opening win over Akron.
Jeremiah Smith recorded his first two collegiate touchdowns, Ohio State's defense created havoc and Will Howard tossed three touchdown passes in a 52-6 rout of Akron.
Ohio State is hopeful Donovan Jackson and Cody Simon will return against Western Michigan while Joe McGuire had a “much better week of practice” than Nick McLarty at punter.
Ohio State’s offense scored touchdowns on only two of its first six possessions against Akron but finished strong, which Ryan Day attributed to playing looser in the second half.
Jeremiah Smith predicted the location of his first Ohio State touchdown months ago while touring Ohio Stadium with some of his former South Florida Express teammates.
Ryan Day said Saturday that Jeremiah Smith is “built different” and the freshman phenom put that on display with a 92-yard, two-touchdown performance in his Ohio State debut.
It took a little longer than expected for Ohio State to pull away, but the Buckeyes still earned a blowout win in their season opener, defeating Akron 52-6.
