Sunday, November 11th, 2007
by spokenword
The dreams of another 12-0 season are gone. Illinois beat OSU on Saturday in front of a home crowd and on Senior Night. This was OSU’s first home loss since Texas in 2005.
OSU’s defense could not contain the versatile rush attack of Illinois, giving up nearly 250 rushing yards in the game (OSU had not allowed anywhere near that total all year). Illinois went into the half with a 21-14 lead and never looked back. They were not forced to throw the ball and didn’t throw it often.
The Buckeyes pass attack wasn’t as lucky. Boeckman threw for three interceptions (the only turnovers of the game). Todd just looked confused out there as he constantly overthrew, under-threw or threw into double coverage.
The season is not done for the Buckeyes; they travel to Ann Arbor next Saturday. The winner will decide the Big Ten Champion and an automatic BCS bowl bid.