{"id":444206,"date":"2011-09-25T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2011-09-25T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com\/?p=18055"},"modified":"2011-09-25T12:00:26","modified_gmt":"2011-09-25T16:00:26","slug":"buckeye-notables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/buckeye-notables\/","title":{"rendered":"Buckeye Notables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a few week&#8217;s since we&#8217;ve been able to run one of these posts.  Hopefully the wait wasn&#8217;t too much for you, loyal reader.<\/p>\n<h4>Stats<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The Buckeyes are now 4-1 against Colorado all time, and 1-1 against Colorado at home.<\/li>\n<li>Braxton Miller is only the third freshman quarterback to start for the Buckeyes.  The first two were Art Schlichter (1979) and Terrelle Pryor (2008).<\/li>\n<li>Miller tallied a career-best 83 rushing yards on a career-high 17 carries.<\/li>\n<li>Jordan Hall scored his first rushing touchdown of the season and third of his career, a 1-yard run in the first quarter.<\/li>\n<li>Hall tallied a career-high 231 all-purpose yards.<\/li>\n<li>Devin Smith caught a career-high two touchdown passes, a 32-yard reception from Braxton Miller in the second quarter and a 17-yarder from Miller in the third quarter.<\/li>\n<li>The Buckeyes were 5-for-6 in the red zone, with three touchdowns and two field goals.<\/li>\n<li>Since the beginning of the 2005 season, the Ohio State defense has allowed only 10 100-yard rushers during a span of 80 games and only six since the start of the 2007 season. Both of those marks are the third best among FBS schools during those spans.<\/li>\n<li>OSU has surrendered 127 TDs in 80 games since 2005, the fewest in the FBS in this span. TCU is second with 130 allowed in this span.<\/li>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<li>Storm Klein notched his first career sack in the fourth quarter.<\/li>\n<li>The Silver Bullet Defense forced six three-and-outs and claimed two turnovers against the Buffaloes.<\/li>\n<li>The OSU defense did not allow a first down in the entire first quarter and six minutes into the second \u2013 Colorado claimed its first conversion at 6:55 in the second quarter \u2013 a 21:55 span of no conversions.<\/li>\n<li>Sophomore defensive tackle Adam Bellamy claimed his first career fumble recovery on the Colorado 22-yard line at 6:59 in the opening quarter.<\/li>\n<li>Nineteen Buckeyes recorded tackles in the game.<\/li>\n<li>Sophomore defensive back Christian Bryant led the team with a career-high six tackles with one pass breakup. Freshman Ryan Shazier was second with a career-best five tackles.<\/li>\n<li>The Scarlet and Gray have held 65 opponents to 21 points or fewer since the start of the 2005 season \u2013 tied with TCU for the most among FBS schools.<\/li>\n<li>The Buckeyes have allowed 119 touchdowns from scrimmage since the start of the 2005 campaign \u2013 the fewest in the nation among FBS schools in that span.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Player Quotes<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Adam Bellamy<\/strong> On the team\u2019s defensive play:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s great to have someone like Coach (Jim) Heacock to work with. It\u2019s easier to play faster now that we\u2019re starting to understand who we are as a team.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Zach Boren<\/strong> On improvements from last week\u2019s game at Miami:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis whole week at practice we knew we had to change our attitudes. We had to keep fighting. We wanted that to be our mentality.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>John Simon<\/strong> On the defense:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think we are ready for conference games. There are a few things we have to correct, like the big plays at the end of the game. We know Michigan State will capitalize on those opportunities, but today we had a good day.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Travis Howard<\/strong> On the play of the defense:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe came out really physical and we were well prepared. Last weekend we left with a bad taste in our mouth and we jumped out to a great start today.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Reid Fragel<\/strong> On facing Michigan State next week:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m ready for it [the Big Ten season] to begin. A lot of my buddies go there, so I\u2019m excited that we get to travel there to start the Big Ten.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Mike Brewster<\/strong> On what Miller did well:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe used his natural instincts. That\u2019s what I did as a freshman and he\u2019s doing it now. He got a little banged up out there but tried to get as many yards as possible. He probably could have gotten out of bounds a little more to take a few of the hits away so he doesn\u2019t get as banged up, but he&#8217;s a fighter.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Fickell Quotes<\/h4>\n<p>You have to like Fickell&#8217;s downplaying of Braxton&#8217;s role, and emphasizing the team aspect:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Q.  Braxton&#8217;s play today, and overall how big a lift did he give this program to turn it from the direction it was last week?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p> COACH FICKELL:  This is a big team thing, and we know there&#8217;s a lot of guys &#8212; Jordan Hall gave us some lifts.  Defensively we got us some lifts.  Sometimes it&#8217;s obviously focused on the quarterback.  But he gave us a lift, gave us some things we needed offensively as well as keeping plays alive and things.<br \/>\n But we&#8217;re not going to throw everything at him right off the bat and say anything more than just it&#8217;s still about the team.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For those worried about the quantity of running done by Braxton Miller:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> Q.  Did you expect to run him that much today? <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>COACH FICKELL:  Probably not.  But you know you wait and see how things really go.  You&#8217;ve got some ideas of what&#8217;s going to happen. And probably some more of those were, he made the decision to run a little quicker, maybe.<br \/>\n But we&#8217;re going to figure out a way we can continue to get better.  And obviously he&#8217;s a big part of that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also aimed at the worries in the passing game:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> Q.  You talked about how offensively your primary goal was to run the football.  What were your passing goals, given how things went last week through the year?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p> COACH FICKELL:  Obviously the whole goal of an offense is to be balanced.  I think that&#8217;s the number one most important thing.  To me you don&#8217;t want to lead the nation in rushing, because if you lead the nation in rushing you probably can&#8217;t throw the football.  If you lead the nation in passing, you probably don&#8217;t run the football too well.  So we&#8217;ve got to continue to figure out how we can be a little bit more balanced in everything we do.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There was a big question in the stands as to whether or not Devin Smith caught that ball on the sideline in the third quarter.  Seems the coaches had a feeling about that as well:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>COACH FICKELL:  I kept hearing from upstairs that that  was a catch over there on the other side, but seems  like the officials didn&#8217;t quite think so.  But the guys up in the box kept telling me:  It&#8217;s a catch.  It&#8217;s a catch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a few week&#8217;s since we&#8217;ve been able to run one of these posts. 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