GAME 2 OHIO STATE v Oklahoma
September 9,
2017 Ohio
Stadium Columbus,
OH
Oklahoma Sooners
Location: Norman, OK
Stadium: Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial
Stadium (86,112)
Coach: Lincoln Riley (1st
year): 1-0 at Oklahoma/overall
Series: OSU 2, Oklahoma 1
Last
Meeting: 9/17/2016:
OSU 45, Oklahoma 24
Last
Oklahoma win:
9/24/1977: Oklahoma 29, OSU 28
Coach Meyer (6th year): 62-6 at OSU/166-29 overall, 43-4 v
B1G, 2-0 v Oklahoma
2016 Oklahoma Sooners (11-2)(9-0) 2016
Ohio State Buckeyes (11-2)(8-1)
23 at Houston 33 77 Bowling Green 10
59 Louisiana-Monroe 17 48 Tulsa 3
24 Ohio State 45 45 at Oklahoma 24
52 at Texas Christian 46 58 Rutgers 0
45 at Texas 40 38 Indiana 21
38 Kansas State 17 30 at Wisconsin 23 (OT)
66 at Texas Tech 59 21 at Penn State 24
56 Kansas 3 24 Northwestern 20
34 at Iowa State 24 62 Nebraska 3
45 Baylor 24 62 at Maryland 3
56 at West Virginia 28 17 at Michigan State 16
38 Oklahoma State 20 30 Michigan 27
(2T)
35 Auburn 19 0 Clemson 31
(Sugar Bowl) (Fiesta
Bowl)
2017 Oklahoma Sooners (1-0) 2017
Ohio State Buckeyes (1-0)
56 Texas El Paso 7 49 at Indiana 21
S9 at Ohio State Oklahoma
S16 Tulane Army
S23 at Baylor UNLV
S30 idle at
Rutgers
O7 Iowa State Maryland
O14 Texas (Dallas) at
Nebraska
O21 at Kansas State idle
O28 Texas Tech Penn
State
N4 at Oklahoma State at Iowa
N11 Texas Christian Michigan
State
N18 at Kansas Illinois
N25 West Virginia at
Michigan
Two of
college football’s most storied programs meet for just the fourth time on the
gridiron Saturday night when second-ranked Ohio State meets number seven
Oklahoma in prime time. Both the
Buckeyes and Sooners are coming off impressive opening-weekend victories. The Buckeyes scored 29 unanswered points to
earn a 49-21 conference victory at Indiana, while Oklahoma routed UTEP 56-7 in
Norman. The Sooners have a rookie head
coach in Lincoln Riley, who, at 34, is the youngest FBS head coach and will be
looking to notch their 12th consecutive road win.
OKLAHOMA OFFENSE v OHIO STATE DEFENSE: The Ohio State secondary was put to
a stiff test, and at times, looked not so good last week and you can bet that
will be a major focus for QB Baker Mayfield and the Sooner offense. Mayfield, a legitimate Heisman candidate, is
9-0 in road games and has completed 70 percent of his throws for 2618 yards and
32 touchdowns against a mere five interceptions. Finishing third in the Heisman balloting a
year ago, Mayfield was on target 71 percent of the time for almost 4000 yards
and a pass efficiency rating of 196.4, a season record in the FBS. Last week, he picked up where he left off,
completing 19 out of 20 passes for 329 yards and three scores, while sitting
out the second half. Dede Westbrook, his
favorite target from a year ago, is gone, but the Sooners still have speed to
burn at WR with sophomore Marquise Brown and freshman Ceedee Lamb and
dependable TE Mark Andrews. Andrews was
first team All-Big 12 in 2016 and set career highs last week with seven catches
for 134 yards against UTEP. Lamb, a
4-star recruit out of Richmond, TX was only the third true freshman to start a
season opener in program history and responded with three catches for 21 yards
and a score. Brown is a JC transfer from
College of the Canyons, and hauled in three receptions for 32 yards a week
ago. Sophomore RB Abdul Adams earned his
first start last week and responded with 53 yards on seven carries after
finishing third on the team in rushing yards as a freshman in 2016. He’ll be joined in the Oklahoma rushing
attack by junior Marcelias Sutton and sophomore Rodney Anderson. Sutton is another junior-college transfer out
of Lackawanna College and ran for 52 yards on nine carries against UTEP, while
Anderson looks to contribute after getting past unfortunate injuries the past
two seasons. He managed four carries for
14 yards last week. The Sooners will
utilize a fullback in certain situations and they have a good one in senior
Dimitri Flowers, who was second-team All-Big 12 a year ago. Although he doesn’t get a lot of carries,
Flowers does come out of the backfield on screens and short throws, so Ohio
State’s front seven will have to account for him on passing downs. Oklahoma’s offensive line is a strength on
this team, led by junior LT Orlando Brown (345 lbs) who was second-team
All-American a year ago and voted a team captain this year. Senior center Erick Wren has gone from
walk-on status to Honorable Mention All-Big 12, while junior LG Ben Powers was
second-team All-Big 12, playing 595 plays and giving up only one sack. Rounding out Oklahoma’s formidable offensive
line is junior RG Dru Samia and sophomore RT Bobby Evans. Samia has shown his versatility by also
playing the tackle position very well, while Evans was Academic All-Big 12 last
year.
Ohio State’s
defensive front seven needs to follow the same recipe as last year when they
were in the backfield quite a bit, harassing Mayfield and causing
turnovers. The front four has to be able
to pressure Mayfield, allowing the linebackers to assist the young secondary on
the short and medium routes that are a staple of Oklahoma’s passing game.
OKLAHOMA DEFENSE v OHIO STATE OFFENSE: Ohio State’s offense slumbered
throughout the first half last week before halftime coaching adjustments and
superior talent wore down Indiana’s defense.
Against Oklahoma’s multiple look on defense, the Buckeyes will have to
be sharp from the get go. The Sooners
can line up in a 3-4 or 4-3. Senior NG
Matt Romar leads a stout defensive line.
He missed four games due to injury a year ago, but still managed 5.5 TFL
and 2.5 sacks good for third and second on the team respectively. Sophomore Neville Gallimore and junior D.J.
Ward will line up with Romar. Gallimore
became a starter late last season and responded with four TFLs, good for fourth
on the team, while Ward is the most experienced of the group, playing in 32
games and also lining up at DT.
Linebacker Ogbonnia Okoronkwo is one of the Big 12’s top defenders and
leads one of the Big 12’s best line backer units. Voted a team captain, his 14 career sacks are
second most by any Oklahoma linebacker.
The other outside linebacker also returns a lot of experience in senior
Emmanuel Beal, who finished second on the team in tackles with 81 last
year. Sophomore Caleb Kelly had 12
tackles in their Sugar Bowl win over Auburn and true freshman Kenneth Murray, a
four-star recruit from Missouri City, TX, recorded three tackles in his first
start last week. Oklahoma’s secondary is
led by senior SS Steven Parker, a team captain, who was honorable mention
All-Big 12 last year. He had three
tackles and broke up a pass last week against UTEP. The Sooners are fortunate to also have
experienced seniors Jordan Thomas (CB) and Will Johnson (FS) joining Parker in
the secondary. Thomas was first-team
All-Big 12 a year ago and has 26 career PBUs and Johnson spent the last two
seasons at nickel back before moving to free safety at the start of fall camp. Sophomore CB Parnell Motley earned the
starting job just before last week’s game after starring on special teams last
year.
The Oklahoma
secondary will be a stern test for Ohio State’s receivers, particularly on deep
routes, so the Buckeyes will probably rely more on swing routes and short
routes over the middle that gives the receivers room to run after the catch, as
happened against Indiana. The Sooners
may have to play more 4-3 defense to try to contend with runs by J.T. Barrett
and J.K. Dobbins. If so, and if the Ohio
State offense can have an effective rushing attack, the Oklahoma DBs may start
crowding up toward the line of scrimmage, which may open up some deep throws to
Parris Campbell and others.
CB Jordan Thomas
Austin
Seibert, a very effective kicker, will handle both the punting and placekicking
chores form Oklahoma, He was a
semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award in 2015 and Academic All-Big 12 last year.
SUMMARY: Although coaches and players will
downplay it, no doubt the Sooners will be motivated for payback after Ohio
State drubbed them in front of their home fans a year ago. There is no doubt Baker Mayfield has improved
since his forgettable outing against the Buckeyes last year and will no doubt
be the stiffest test the secondary, that was toasted quite a bit in the first
half against Indiana, will face all year.
Ohio State’s front four should be able to be effective against the run,
so Ohio State’s defense just needs to follow the same game plan as a year ago,
getting effective pressure on Mayfield and not giving him time to exploit the
young secondary. On offense, effective
running by Barrett, Dobbins, and a healthy Mike Weber should be able to open up
the medium passing game as it did last week and perhaps get a few deep
completions in as well.
With Mayfield
and an experienced secondary, Oklahoma will not get blasted like last year, but
a strong ground game, better speed on the edge, and the home field all
contribute to an Ohio State victory.
OHIO STATE 31, OKLAHOMA 28
OHIO STATE v OKLAHOMA LINEUPS
| OKLAHOMA OFFENSE | OHIO STATE DEFENSE | ||||||||||
| POS | PLAYER | HT | WT | Cl | POS | PLAYER | HT | WT | Cl | ||
| WR | 9 | CeeDee Lamb | 6-1 | 173 | Fr | DE | 59 | Tyquan Lewis | 6-4 | 265 | Sr |
| WR | 81 | Mark Andrews | 6-5 | 254 | Jr | DT | 93 | Tracy Sprinkle | 6-3 | 293 | Sr |
| T | 78 | Orlando Brown | 6-8 | 345 | Jr | DT | 86 | Dre'Mont Jones | 6-3 | 295 | So |
| G | 72 | Ben Powers | 6-4 | 310 | Jr | DE | 6 | Sam Hubbard | 6-5 | 265 | Jr |
| C | 58 | Erick Wren | 6-1 | 306 | Sr | OLB | 33 | Dante Booker | 6-3 | 240 | Jr |
| G | 75 | Dru Samia | 6-5 | 302 | Jr | MLB | 35 | Chris Worley | 6-2 | 230 | Sr |
| T | 71 | Bobby Evans | 6-4 | 312 | So | OLB | 17 | Jerome Baker | 6-1 | 225 | Jr |
| H | 3 | Mykel Jones | 5-11 | 186 | So | CB | 12 | Denzel Ward | 5-11 | 191 | Jr |
| FB | 36 | Dimitri Flowers | 6-2 | 247 | Sr | CB | 3 | Damon Arnette | 6-0 | 195 | So |
| RB | 23 | Abdul Adams | 5-11 | 205 | So | SS | 4 | Jordan Fuller | 6-2 | 207 | So |
| QB | 6 | Baker Mayfield | 6-1 | 220 | Sr | FS | 7 | Damon Webb | 5-11 | 195 | Sr |
| K | 43 | Austin Seibert | 5-9 | 210 | Jr | P | 91 | Drue Christman | 6-3 | 212 | Fr |
| OKLAHOMA DEFENSE | OHIO STATE OFFENSE | ||||||||||
| POS | PLAYER | HT | WT | Cl | POS | Player | HT | WT | Cl | ||
| DE | 87 | D.J. Ward | 6-2 | 260 | Jr | WR | 21 | Parris Campbell | 6-1 | 208 | Jr |
| DT | 90 | Neville Gallimore | 6-2 | 310 | So | T | 74 | Jamarco Jones | 6-5 | 310 | Sr |
| NG | 92 | Matt Romar | 6-0 | 295 | Sr | G | 73 | Michael Jordan | 6-7 | 310 | So |
| LB | 31 | Ogbonnia Okoronkwo | 6-1 | 240 | Sr | C | 54 | Billy Price | 6-4 | 312 | Sr |
| LB | 19 | Caleb Kelly | 6-3 | 240 So | G | 76 | Branden Bowen | 6-7 | 312 | So | |
| LB | 9 | Kenneth Murray | 6-2 | 242 | Fr | T | 59 | Isaiah Prince | 6-7 | 310 | Jr |
| LB | 14 | Emmanuel Beal | 6-0 | 218 | Sr | TE | 85 | Marcus Baugh | 6-5 | 255 | Sr |
| CB | 11 | Parnell Motley | 6-0 | 175 | So | WR | 11 | Austin Mack | 6-2 | 215 | So |
| CB | 7 | Jordan Thomas | 6-0 | 185 | Sr | WR | 1 | Johnnie Dixon | 5-11 | 195 | Jr |
| SS | 10 | Steven Parker | 6-1 | 204 | Sr | RB | 25 | Mike Weber | 5-10 | 214 | So |
| FS | 12 | Will Johnson | 6-0 | 185 | Sr | QB | 16 | J.T. Barrett | 6-2 | 220 | Sr |
| P | 43 | Austin Seibert | 5-9 | 210 | Jr | K | 96 | Sean Nuernberger | 6-1 | 225 | Jr |
| Team Leaders | Team Leaders | ||||||||||
| RUSHING | 23 | Abdul Adams | 7/53 LG 16 | 2 | J.K. Dobbins | 29/181 LG 35 | |||||
| PASSING | 6 | Baker Mayfield | 20/19/0 329 3 TD | 16 | J.T. Barrett | 35/20/0 304 3 TD | |||||
| RECEIVING | 81 | Mark Andrews | 7/134 1 TD LG 45 | 21 | Paris Campbell | 6/136 1 TD LG 74 | |||||
| KICKING | 48 | Austin Seibert | 8/8 PAT | 96 | Sean Nuernberger | 2/2 FG 5/5 Pat LG 27 | |||||
| PUNTING | 48 | Austin Seibert | 1/32 | 91 | Drue Christman | 6/45.3 LG 62 | |||||
| DEFENSE | 14 | Emmanuel Beal | 4 tackles, 1 TFL | 8 | Kyle Sheffield | 7 tackles 2 PBU | |||||
| 93 | Tyreece Lott | 4 tackles | |||||||||
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