Good game, but not great

OSU rolled over Iowa yesterday, 31-6. A blow out yes. Should it have been a bigger blow out, absolutely. The defense was awesome. Iowa was forrtunate to get 6. The offense looked pretty good too. Troy Smith looked like the QB the OSU has always needed. He was mobile and accurate and the offense made short work of the Iowa defense. Why, you ask, do I say 'good game, but not great?' Well, there were three huge mistakes by OSU, or the game would have been 52-6. The Bucks fumbled twice inside Iowa's 10 yard line and Ted Ginn finally ran back a punt that was called back because of an illegal block. Essentialy, these mistakes took 13 to 21 points off the board for OSU. Still, Ohio State completely dominated Iowa. If they would have played this well against Texas, they would be undefeated right now.

I Ohio State is off next weekend, so I have to hold myself over by watching Michigan at Michigan State. Right now, Michigan is not looking good, so Michigan State could very well be the team that Ohio State needs to beat to claim the Big Ten title this year. Minnesota beat Purdue, Wisconsin beat Michigan, and Ohio State clobbered Iowa. Purdue, Iowa, and Michigan were supposed to be the elilte teams in the Big Ten this year. Michigan State rolled up 61 points on Illinois. Are you kidding me? That's a point per minute. Now, M. State, Penn State, Wisconsin, and Minnesota are all undefeated this season and Ohio State plays all but Wisconsin this year. Now, remember that Penn State has been warming up on smaller, less talented programs so far, so when the Buckeyes roll in to Happy Valley on the 8th of October, it could be a bit of a wake up call for the Nittony Lions. Well, from what I have seen, Ohio State is playing the best football of all of the Big Ten teams. Of the seven games lefft in the season, the teams to watch out for are Penn State, Michigan State, and scUM. The team up north are always a threat to the Buckeyes, no matter what the standings are at the end of the year. I have a pretty good feeling that the Bucks can win out and play in a BCS game. It may not be the title game, but I don't know that I would feel that good about playing USC in the title game. I suppose that I had the same feeling when they played Miami and that turned out pretty well. Maybe the Nation's top defense can handle the nation's best offense. It'd sure be a pretty good game to watch.