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is his stamp in that spot right now they told us he's he's got the lead in this third running back spot a track guy he's got speed he's got physicality he's got everything he wants [Music] again you know putting jj back in this game i think it's a product of the situation you're down here it's two minutes left in the half that's a valuable valuable situation for a young quarterback you have a certain amount of plays that you like to run you see they're running up tempo hurry up how is he operating the offense getting guys lined up making his reads getting the snap off on time all those reps are invaluable in game and is marching right down the field [Applause] mccarthy to throw in the end zone darius cornelius johnson 17 yards to peter [Applause] this is just he's just playing such a good game stepping up in the pocket and delivering a strike into the end zone to cornelius johnson that's an off tempo throw that really wasn't an out route cornelius johnson felt his quarterback step up and you can just see the chemistry his accuracy has to be about 100 right now lisa i haven't seen him miss a throw all day well he's thrown seven straight passes by the way [Music] johnson picks up the touchdown on the money pass from his qb [Music] what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed we need to be able to see our kids oh you'll be able to see them when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay is the big ten network 13 different receivers including johnson a couple of catches for johnson 71 yards and a score and you've said it mccarthy has looked fantastic here in this first half [Applause] fair catch call i mean he's done everything you ask of him today hasn't really missed a single throw he's been extremely accurate he's been clean in his reads he's thrown the ball down the field he's hit it in the flat there you see him on a timing post to ronnie bell and here he is off schedule stepping up in the pocket finding his receiver throwing over a hawaiian defender he's all smiles there on the sideline he's got to be real real happy with this performance [Applause] thunder through the air thought it on the ground he only has one completion and that was a drop yeah one incompletion right the drop late in the first quarter is where it came but to your point jake it's maybe not something to put mccarthy back in maybe not necessarily a slight on mcnamara but a situational kind of deal that with under two minutes left to play in the half get valuable experience in that way well you know he played last year and he played in situations but a two minute is a specific situation you have a certain amount of play calls you want to get to you have a certain way you run your offense that you know even though jj had experience he may not have had the game reps in these two minute or late game situations so to me it wasn't about gay it was about jim saying hey let's let's get jj back in there and let's operate our two minute offense got a flag coming in from the far side [Music] 17 seconds left to play j.j mccarthy has talked to the media this week how turn around holding excuse me during the run holding offense number seven ten yard penalty second down it's on jordan murray the tight end there for hawaii jj mccarthy telling us he's always preparing to be the guy you look at the holding call here [Music] tell you what braden mcgregor is he might have got away with the face mask there too lisa looked like he grabbed the face mask of dedrick parson the holding first perhaps holding first second i'll tell you braden mcgregor put out some great great tape last week showed multiple pass rush moves was constantly in the backfield extremely disruptive [Applause] final play of the half and there he is again mcgregor putting some really good tape down here in week two here from michigan and michigan as a team putting down some really good tape a 42-nothing score here at halftime [Music] michigan wolverines 40 or more points in the first half for the first time you got to go back to 2016. maybe that 60-minute delay for kit because of the lightning delay was uh got him revved up and ready to go 2016 uh lisa that happened to be my senior year who played in 2016. it feels like yesterday and an eternity go at the same time i don't quite understand it j.j mccarthy a first half to remember for him in his first career start 229 passing yards generating all kinds of michigan offense arresa's halftime report with the guys in chicago coming up michigan up big 42-nothing what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed but they're super close though there's just a courtyard in between them well actually it's an alley but nobody lives in it anymore so that's cool go ahead and lock the door when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Music] taco bell's breakfast quesadilla might make you reconsider this whole morning thing with fluffy eggs crispy bacon and melted cheese all folded into a warm tortilla wake up to the breakfast quesadilla only at taco bell on a new big ten trail blazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network the excitement is big shutdown let us finish it the 2022 season only on big ten network this is big for the biggest big 10 experience there's no plus like home the big 10 plus app your favorite big ten content streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten network download and subscribe now next saturday indiana hosts western kentucky where northwestern faces southern illinois then prelim island in wisconsin take on new mexico state and in prime time iowa battles nevada update 10 football triple header next saturday only on big ten network french toast [Music] [Applause] half time in ann arbor been a dominant effort from michigan from the get-go j.j mccarthy his first pass as a starter for michigan hits roman with wilson the native of hawaii for the touchdown 7-0 wolverines and then wilson two touches two touchdowns at that point 42-0 michigan at the half they are rolling the reese's peanut butter cup halftime report dave rebson jerry dinardo and howard griffith it is every bit as big a blowout as this score would indicate 410 to 47 yard differential what do you see jj on fire in the past game only ran the ball once very confident quarterback understands what he needs to do he had one play he was rolling out to the left his left really just showed to armstrong to be able to deliver the ball second most points in the first half under jim harbaugh they scored 43 against rutgers six years ago let's move on show you some of the other highlights the other games involving the big ten i would not say are quite as comfortable right now in fact they're decidedly less comfortable indiana and idaho giovanni mccoy there to therese trainer sets up a first end goal and then it's mccoy jordan dwyer for the touchdown in indiana trailing seven nothing they were down ten nothing they bring in donovan mccully to run a little wildcat and he gets them into the end zone so it's ten seven vandals on top nebraska and georgia southern and oh boy yeah it's been a little ugly in lincoln been a crazy game actually that's a touchdown pass there to brodie belt that made it 14 all and it's casey thompson on the keep the offense has not been the issue for nebraska the defense that's been a real problem they have given up 576 yards and there's still 13 minutes to go in this game kyle van tries to amari jones there it is 38-35 georgia southern on top of the huskers a couple games from earlier today arkansas state and ohio state cj stroud was great howard yeah outstanding job he did really delivering the ball finding his wide receiver harrison junior made a lot of big plays today he did indeed marvison marvin harrison junior 184 receiving yards three touchdowns we had three in the rose bowl as well he joins joey galloway the only two players in buckeye program history two career games with three receiving touchdowns how about penn state jerry getting it done on the ground with the freshman nick singleton yeah singleton was terrific in fact they've got a deep running back room over 200 yards rushing for penn state today 46 to 10 in the final 70 yard touchdown run there as penn state moves to 2-0 what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed but they're super close though there's just a courtyard in between them well actually it's an alley but nobody lives in it anymore so that's cool go ahead and lock the door when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay taco bell's breakfast quesadilla might make you reconsider this whole morning thing with fluffy eggs crispy bacon and melted cheese all folded into a warm tortilla wake up to the breakfast quesadilla only at taco bell everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big 10 plus app powered by big 10 network download and subscribe now tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network on a new big ten trail blazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network the excitement is [Applause] big the 2022 volleyball season [Applause] next saturday indiana hosts western kentucky where northwestern faces southern illinois then crelin allen and wisconsin take on new mexico state and in prime time iowa battles nevada a big ten football triple header next saturday only on big ten network [Music] the big ten network halftime report is presented by reese's peanut butter cups reese's peanut butter cup halftime report dave jerry and howard with you a lot of action in the big ten today pay close attention we're gonna run through it quickly iowa and iowa state mid-fourth quarter 7-3 in favor of the hawkeyes hunter deckers to xavier hutchinson 99-yard drive cyclone's on top 10-7 iowa had just 150 yards of total offense could have sent it into overtime with that field goal but it is wide left and iowa state ends a six-game skid against the hawks wisconsin and washington state grand merch to clay cundiff who had two touchdowns but a critical fumble there washington state takes over they hang on 17-14 they beat the badgers michigan state hosting akron largest shutout win for the spartans since 1957 jaylen burger had three touchdowns 52-0 over the zips minnesota and western illinois the ground game was working for the gophers howard no doubt about it give a lot of credit to that offensive line really opened up a lot of things today and the running backs were able to finish at 679 total yards over 300 rushing and passing that was trey potts there mo ibrahim went over 100 for the 11th straight game that is the longest active streak in the country as minnesota wins 62-10 northwestern and duke the cats dug a 21-0 hole and then tried to dig out of it ryan hilinski to donnie navarro balinski threw for 435. it was 28-23 northwestern had a chance down eight evan hall who had 213 receiving yards fumbles just shy of the goal line and duke wins it 31-23 purdue and indiana state aidan o'connell to charlie jones you will hear that quite a bit you've already heard it quite a bit like 21 times i was wondering two games that equals his total from last year he had three touchdowns 56 nothing purdue over the sycamores how about illinois jerry huge win for them against virginia news slash billama ball includes the foet pass michael marquez there from tommy devito 24-3 against the team that beat them by 28 points a year ago maryland all over charlotte leah tongobailoa 27 of 31 391 yards and four touchdowns as the terps win 56-21 that's their second most ever points in a road game rutgers hosting wagner this one was not close evan simon to aaron crookshank the scarlet knights put up 66 the most points since 1993 66 to 7 the final in that one this is the reese's peanut butter cup halftime show [Music] taco bell's breakfast quesadilla might make you reconsider this whole morning thing with fluffy eggs crispy bacon and melted cheese all folded into a warm tortilla wake up to the breakfast quesadilla only at taco bell tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football next saturday indiana hosts western kentucky where northwestern faces southern illinois then greelen allen in wisconsin take on new mexico state and in prime time iowa battles nevada a big ten football triple header next saturday only on big ten network the excitement is big [Applause] let us finish it the 2022 season only on big ten network for the biggest big 10 experience there's no plus like home the big 10 plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big 10 plus app powered by big 10 network download and subscribe now on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network the big ten network halftime report is presented by reese's peanut butter cups complete highlights and analysis on the final drive not just at the game you're watching but also games from earlier including big wins for ohio state and penn state and difficult performances for a couple of the big ten west favorites wisconsin falling and iowa continues to struggle on offense we break it all down after the game second half coming up taco bell's breakfast quesadilla might make you reconsider this whole morning thing with fluffy eggs crispy bacon and melted cheese all folded into a warm tortilla wake up to the breakfast quesadilla only at taco bell tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network the excitement is big let us finish it the 2022 [Applause] for the biggest big 10 experience there's no plus like home the big 10 plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big 10 plus app powered by big 10 network download and subscribe now next saturday indiana hosts western kentucky where northwestern faces southern illinois then greatly wisconsin take on new mexico state and in primetime iowa battles nevada a big ten football triple header next saturday only on big ten network football on the big ten network is brought to you by auto owners insurance simple human sense amp i discovered the official credit card of the big ten conference that was taken in the pregame there for jj mccarthy but plenty to smile about here now that we're at half time jake butt lisa bynes and megan mcewen and dean blandino with you here from the big house under the lights and and the test and the question was how would jj do in his first start i think he's passed with flying colors in the first half to say the least i mean i don't know if you can say a guy ever played a perfect football game never in my life have i seen that but i would say jj even looking at his stats it's about as close as to perfection as you could ever get i mean we talked going into the game we knew he was going to be able to affect it on the ground his ability in the read option but the downfield passes to me were a product of the hawaiian defense understanding hey jj's a threat to run the ball the throw to roman wilson off play action the downfield throw to cornelius johnson off play action so even though he's such a threat with his feet what it does is open the door to downfield passes in the pass game and he delivered it with accuracy and timing and rhythm today really an explosive clean all-around great performance for j.j mccarthy in his first start as scripted kate mcnamara got the start last week jj mccarthy this week and jim harbaugh will make a decision on who will be his quarterback starter in week number three [Music] isaiah cash one of the michigan players back to receive the opening kick the second half he's gonna take it out of the end zone yes across the 10-yard line let's check in with megan mckeown michigan head coach jim harbaugh was really happy with quarterback j.j mccarthy's performance in that first half more than 200 yards throwing the ball i asked him what impressed him most about mccarthy's performance he said he's throwing accurately on time and just overall making really good decisions harbaugh also really happy with his offensive line in addition to wide receiver roman wilson i also smoke with hawaii head coach chang and he said that defensively his front has to do a better job lining up they're losing a lot of one-on-one battles he needs everybody to go back to the fundamentals okay mcnamara to start the second half here from michigan and the hands off there to stokes it's about halfway picks up a few yards picks up about three on that play 410 yards in the first half that's the most in the half under jim harbaugh 410 yards would be good for a total game but that time they did it in a half and gotta feel really really good about that first half but hey a lot of football left to be played k mcnamara in here at quarterback i think they're still going to push the issue here second and seven rolling out mcnamara with pressure in his face and finds relief there from matthew hibner the tight end they got a slew of tight ends to pick from on this roster here this year pick up a five boy does that 88 look beautiful don't know what it is ah there's somebody about a michigan tight end in the double eight something about an 88 getting the most yards most receptions ever by a michigan title you read the notes lisa i'll do my research third and two all right move the chains you got to move the chains here playbook's wide open do you run it dumb lap is in for the first time trying to push his way nothing going there up the middle on third and two you know what thank you you returned to campus you were showing us your your all-american photo yeah the trophy case [Music] john mack award winner and uh i love just listening to you take it all in it's uh oh man it's such a special place man i i came in here as a young boy had no idea what was going on no idea what this place would mean to me really played four years here went through adversity went through growth experienced some great times met some of my best friends met my fiance at least i was thinking about this they call it the big house but uh you know there's a difference between a house and a home you know when you go house shopping it's a new build it's just the dry wall there's not much going on right but a home you have memories in you know it's it's where you grew up it's it hits something in your soul that goes beyond words you know and we'll always call this the big house but truly like it's good to be home you know 302 straight games with a hundred thousand plus in the stadium here tonight the 12th night game at michigan stadium you're getting all poetic here we still got a full second half left to play my friend got to wipe my tears off all right back to it ellen and parson in the backfield [Applause] and he's overshot his receivers time and time again walthall has kind of been the target of some of those overthrows but it does non-conference home record for for teams across the country and you look at michigan sitting at 17-0 were five teams clemson picked up a win nc state penn state alabama the only team that you see there that played on the road and what a win that they picked up here today no easy wins in this game jim harbaugh used to tell us we celebrate all wins nothing is guaranteed so you're undefeated that's definitely a sense of pride [Applause] carson takes it the spin getting closer to the sticks he's still going to be about three yards short of the first down and it brings up third down [Music] looks like jalen perry is the player down for michigan we will step aside taco bell's breakfast quesadilla might make you reconsider this whole morning thing with fluffy eggs crispy bacon and melted cheese all folded into a warm tortilla wake up to the breakfast quesadilla only at taco bell the excitement is big [Applause] leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network next saturday indiana hosts western kentucky northwestern faces southern illinois then crelin allen in wisconsin take on new mexico state and in prime time iowa battles nevada a big ten football triple header next saturday only on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football for the biggest big 10 experience there's no plus like home the big 10 plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big 10 plus app powered by big 10 network download and subscribe now on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network [Music] jaylen perry needed help to the locker room in the break graduate student last year played in nine games here from michigan here's a look at what happened [Music] it's a left ankle that might have gotten tied up in the fielder there perhaps a third in short here for hawaii [Applause] batted down the pass on the edge mason cram all over it three and out seven times now for hawaii tonight mason graham we asked coach spencer we asked coach harbaugh who are some of these young guys you're excited to see he was in early enrollees a freshman came in in the winter impressed people early in the spring you know as a freshman playing on that interior whether it's the offensive or defensive line that's a really hard thing to do because it's a grown man's game in there he hasn't been afforded the luxury of multiple years of a college strength diet and strength program but mason graham has really impressed coaches early on he's prepared for the physicality of this level that time with a little finesse batting the ball down i believe jake jim harbaugh said he was the player game kicking team five-yard penalty fourth down and push the punt back for timmy chang i believe that jim harbaugh said mason graham was what the gifts from the football thank you thank you i was waiting don't leave me on a cliff there i needed to hear that one made a point of writing that in my notes mason graham and kenneth grant said these guys were gifts from the football gods and i quote gifts from the football gods now that is high high praise from jim harbaugh i don't remember in my time playing with him i don't remember anyone getting that level of praise get from the football gods but i'll tell you what though seriously mason graham had a phenomenal spring to be in the rotation early to be a guy whose name is continually brought up that's a deep defensive line you know for a young guy to get that praise from his teammates from the staff from his head coach no doubt he's impressive people turn some heads [Applause] it is jake thaw who is back to return this punt for michigan we're gonna see some substitutions here in this second half thaw fields it across the 20. look at this look at this there's a flag here on the near side right by the 30-yard line [Applause] the thaw definitely made that one exciting making the most of his playing time upon a 50 a return of 20 at the moment [Music] [Applause] during the return block in the back return team number 89 half the distance from the spot of the foul first down media [Music] taco bell's breakfast quesadilla might make you reconsider this whole morning thing with fluffy eggs crispy bacon and melted cheese all folded into a warm tortilla wake up to the breakfast quesadilla only at taco bell your happiness and health depend on a good night's sleep right now nectar sleep is helping with our biggest offer ever shop nectar sleeps labor day sale today and get 200 off plus 499 in sleep accessories with your mattress purchase shop online today next saturday indiana hosts western kentucky while northwestern faces southern illinois then grelin island and wisconsin take on new mexico state and in prime time iowa battles nevada a big ten football triple header next saturday only on big ten network the excitement is big let us finish it the 2022 season only on big ten now this is big tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network 10 network [Music] upcoming schedule brought to you by wendy's the first four games here at the big house for michigan you got your eye on that little uh rematch of the big 10 title game in iowa yeah you know that's been a place michigan struggle we lost to my senior year on the road iowa offense is struggling but anytime you travel to kinnick on a night game they're extremely dangerous now you look at the schedule you're at home against penn state you're at home against michigan state so it sets up nicely for them as they head into columbus [Applause] with the second sack here for hawaii tonight [Applause] this is a really nice move again there on the inside just with a quick little duke to the outside and then gets the hands off of him and he's right in kate mcnamara's face right to start the play i mean got to protect for kate got to give him a chance here to get this offense going you know the whole line got to take a sense of pride and protect your guy gives it to stokes next towards the near sideline [Music] got to give him a fair shot and so far in cade's opportunities there's been someone in his face almost immediately he hasn't had the chance to progress through his reads this time third and long they're going empty kade's gonna drop back and pass it let's see if the o-line can hold up it's done laugh in motion for michigan mcnamara back to throw and checks it down to colston loveland and they i'll tell you this jim harbaugh said that colston i thought i said coach who's some of these young guys he's rattling off i'm like hey how about colston loveland man he had a nice catch last week physical run after the catch for a young guy what really impresses me is his willingness and ability to be violent and successful in the run game that blocking is something i never even really mastered it took me a long time to even figure it out but he's such a fluid route runner it's one thing you got to be fast but you got to be agile you got to be able to change direction you got to make the easy catches you have to catch in traffic you have to be able to block you know for a young guy he's shown some really really great things early in his career that catch for 10 yards but short of the first down and fielded right about at the 45-yard line let's send it to dave remson for our t-mobile studio update dave nebraska is in a dog fight with georgia southern casey thompson gets his third touchdown of the game put the huskers up by four georgia southern though driving in nebraska territory right now in a four-point game final two minutes [Music] julie yellen has gone the whole way here at quarterback for hawaii split responsibility in the quarterback spot with braden schager told us not 100 percent weren't expecting to see shaker here tonight jake farrell the backup quarterback that's what timmy chang told us yesterday good field position to start this drive here for hawaii quick out pass to chooky hines making his first catch of the game [Music] well jamon green made a couple plays earlier twin brother german green said hey all right twin you go ahead sit down i'll take it from here comes up it makes a play tell you what how cool must that be to take the field with your brother [Applause] second and five and this michigan defense no matter who's on the field has been staunch and strong here tonight and that would be to the delight of one of their co-defensive coordinators steve klimsdale who megan mckeown has really made this kind of a home so to speak in more ways than one coach klingskill has to like the fact that his defense has held hawaii at only 63 total yards of offense and speaking of love ball is life rings true for coach klingskill who got married on the 50-yard line at the big house this summer since his wife elaine had been engaged and decided the best time to get married would be right before camp started that's exactly what they did coach harbaugh even hopped in to stand on the groom's side i asked if there was a reception following to which the dc said the reception is the season of course lisa and jake reception and the honeymoon i think he said was the season well you know hearing him talk about that moment too lisa just just highlights what i think was a pivotal pivotal moment in jim harbaugh's career you know last year before the big ten championship before all this buzz there was uncertainty you know michigan comes into the season unranked and jim kind of has his back against the wall it'd be easy to you know tighten up but i felt jim embrace the love of his staff and you felt a love amongst the team and the players and you know when you heard coach klingskay talk about jim and what he did for that wedding and on that day you could again feel the love across this program football such a hard sport you get beat you get battered you get bruised it's a long season when you love your staff and you love one another it makes it a little bit easier to come in those days when you're soared you're tired and you are beat up so i thought that was a really really cool story and uh you know a cool takeaway yeah klingsdale's told us you know he found love solidified love literally here but he found love for the game again and taking this position at michigan second and ten hawaii trying to move this drive they've moved it across midfield for the first time and pushing it out of play so lisa here we are hawaii inside the 35 you know we talked to mike morris we talked to jesse minter they said the standard doesn't waver whether it's the first team second team 13. it doesn't matter who's on the field for this michigan defense the expectation is championship level defense and they felt last week hey we want a shutout on our belt those defenses they hunger they yearn for a shutout it's a point of pride so you know you ask hey what do you get in the second half of these games well you get to see how your guys show up with their backs against the wall this defense wants a shutout they expect championship level let's see how these guys perform third and four parsons takes the handoff and hawaii is moving down the field it picks up another first down and hawaii's not going to roll over you can say what you want these guys play hard from the first snap to the last they dealt with you know they dealt with so much turnover from their rosters so much turnover from their coaching staff here's the guy dedric parsons he's been there for a while he's a philadelphia guy you ever met someone from philly they're tough they're not going to give up so those hawaii team they're going to test this michigan defense down the stretch they're not going to go down easy converting on third downs back to back and chuki heinz making another catch on this drive [Music] colorado state scored late in the second half last week there's a point of pride for that michigan defense they talked about it and you've mentioned it jake no matter who's on the field you have to play championship defense being tested on this drive [Applause] yelling to throw and this hawaii offense has looked impressive james phillips double-digit catches for him so far this year and you know this is the the place that hawaii wants to live in it's that modern rpo style they've had some success running the ball this drive okay now we're going to show you the run we're going to read the linebacker and then all of a sudden joey yellen's going to pull it and throw an accurate strike on the slant so it's been a tough day so far but seeing some nice things on this drive by the hawaiian offense back-to-back pass completions for yellow again back to throw that's off the hands that time of phillips on the coverage caden colasar who impressed some of the coaches last week against colorado state absolutely son of former wide receiver john kolasar who played receiver with head coach jim harbaugh so how about that a little nostalgia for the michigan fans huh bull stars a beast on special teams first trip in the red zone here for hawaii okay see once again you got your guys here's will johnson the talented freshman right up here one on one you only got one safety in the middle of the field let's see if they test them [Music] [Applause] pinocchio makes the catch and spread it out to five different receivers here tonight makes a catch but again here's will johnson in coverage again they're going to run this little shoot screen and will johnson is on him like a glove oh you bring up the the touchdown last week that was on will johnson and he was frustrated he did some good things in the game but obviously as a defensive back it's a point of pride i never want to give up a touchdown well we talked to coach flinkscale and he said they did one-on-ones receiver versus defensive back on monday will johnson was the first in line the last in line he took three times as many reps as the next guy so to me that's a very encouraging sign of the mindset of the talented five-star freshman will johnson third and six on the best drive of the night for hawaii looking for the back of the end zone it's incomplete and brings up fourth down looking for the tight end jordan murray kind of that off schedule throw hey got to make something your initial read isn't there for joey yellen and then your big tight end is running across the back of the end zone and actually that's an accurate ball by joey yellen now jordan murray he's made some nice plays on tape but you know the challenge for him is to say hey okay you've made the easy ones but you have the potential to then make the tough ones okay so that's a play yeah it's not as easy but we want you to come down with it jordan simply for 26 yards and the shutout is gone 42-3 [Applause] next saturday indiana hosts western kentucky where northwestern faces southern illinois then freeland allen and wisconsin take on new mexico state and in prime time iowa battles nevada a big ten football triple header next saturday only on big ten network on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network the excitement is fifth shutdown let us finish it the 2022 volleyball season only on the big ten network this is big everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at eight eastern on big ten network for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big 10 plus app powered by big 10 net download and subscribe now for the biggest michigan experience there's no plus like home the big 10 plus app powered by big ten network has your favorite wolverines content only on the big ten plus app download and subscribe today in the break couple of college kids with a hundred yards sprint and picking it up at the end the form the kick towards the end of the sprint you impressed jake i think he looked at coach harbaugh coach 130 guys on the sideline do you have room for one more he was clocked at one 13.7 [Music] maybe more of a linebacker edge player maybe not a maybe not a receiver but i love it i love it iman dennis this time we'll take a knee in the end zone and we will take a quick timeout [Applause] forgive us for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten network download and subscribe now tuesday matty cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football on a new big ten trail blazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network next saturday indiana host western kentucky where northwestern faces southern illinois then crelin allen and wisconsin take on new mexico state and in prime time iowa battles nevada a big ten football triple header next saturday only on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football see how one of college football's iconic traditions was born the big moment the first wave monday at 7 eastern the big ten network and the fox sports app it's actually a sideline reporter for that game jake yeah it was it was interesting to watch people's reactions some were immediately waving some were trying to figure out what was going on some were just taking it in it was it was completely brand new but something iconic to watch and certainly has been one of the great traditions now that has been established in iowa city so look for stokes can you give me a preview how did it you know how did it get started off well you got to watch she got i got a watch right you got to watch that's what the tease is for oh i love it i love it now you got to watch mike hall's future you got to now watch this your list is growing it's a content driven world that's right and you're coming in hot mcnamara dropping back and picked off [Music] burdell edwards the second with the int for hawaii [Applause] it's just one-on-one coverage here with andrew anthony a guy who you know both these guys trust to make a play down the sideline just kind of just came up a little short it didn't look like he stepped fully into that throw there and maybe that's a product of some of the pressure he's had throughout this game you never have a problem giving your guy a shot in a one-on-one situation obviously left that one far too much inside yeah you know you can just feel the frustration [Applause] jordan johnson with his first take it's a big one and a big hit at the end of that run picks up the first down will johnson showing you a little bit of what he can do yeah well not after a big run i mean george johnson that was a clean clean break here on the jet sweep i mean this is 12 years down the 12 yards down the field but i mean i'll tell you what uh that is a uh that's an explosive tackle there you see it down there the five-star recruit highly highly touted defensive back known for his coverage skills that's why they brought him in but that time a nice physical tackle yelling tries to float it up and again overshoots his receiver and quarterback pressure coming by michigan freshman debuts from last week a lot of new faces these michigan fans wanted to see they got to see 14 talented guys and will johnson was one of them will johnson we saw mason graham make a play earlier another guy keon sav derek moore number eight the defensive end seen cj stokes oh you know recruiting is the lifeblood of your organization it's good to see talented guys and step aside here excuse me we got a ninja player down on the field the excitement is fifth let us finish it the 2022 volleyball season only on big ten now this is big everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football taking a look at the ap poll the top ten we've had a couple of losses notre dame upset by marshall appalachian state taking it to texas a f yeah i mean that that is extremely extremely shocking to see those games especially notre dame you know that we thought they played ohio state really strong last week that that game was at home today too so you wonder if that affects ohio state's ranking but you know it's interesting here for michigan and for ohio state you know playing with the target on your back is a different philosophy you know are you the lion or the gazelle are you the hunter or the hunted you know michigan now they're playing as the big ten champions this year i know those down in columbus said hey it's one time it's a fluke but it's a lot of momentum in this michigan program right now ohio state saying clean their neck and neck here early in the season michael vanderpool was the player from hawaii who walked off the field before we took that time out oh nearly intercepted will johnson almost got a pace and he had some turf to work with if he could snag that one [Music] his teammate's giving him a little little shove they will look at all let's get the first one hey you get the first one get the butterflies i remember my first catch now it wasn't an interception my heart was beating out of my dang chest get the first one out of the way you know he's good that's what he's to play get a lot of reps the second half settling the game how about down here who's number one lisa amarian walker walker we're in the number one to no one on third and ten there for hawaii to someone but will johnson was in coverage once again so he's being tested today that time again on him like a glove but here's number one who's that guy he's got a name played on there well he wears number four on offense but they said hey this guy's so talented even as a freshman we feel you can we feel you can handle more on your plate long fast okay that's what we're looking for in our defensive back so jeff figured why not we're gonna toss you in there and you see him dj turner the veteran coming over and coaching his young guy up but i'm marion walker man to talk about trust from your coaches got more defensive reps this week than he had being a two-way player is something that they've talked about good punt there for hawaii pins it inside the tent nicely done by shipley on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network 42-3 the advantage for jim harbaugh on the michigan wolverines over hawaii out of the mountain west conference 212 left to play in this third quarter [Applause] and stokes takes the handoff from our third michigan quarterback that we'll see is davis warren as we check in with megan mcewen michigan defensive back jaylen perry went to the locker room with a leg injury early in the third quarter and has yet to return it is that left leg injury that's keeping him there and there is no anticipation of him coming back onto the field today i'm really excited to watch david ward davis warren play i'm gonna keep it they'll pick up a first down and a little more [Applause] tripped up across the 25 and davis warren such a good story a walk-on to michigan overcame leukemia now get some planes on here tonight yep again it's that read option one of the staples of this michigan offense and this time davis ward pulls it and has a nice nice run down the sideline you know you always that first first down is so critical to get your drive started that time davis warren doing it with his feet a pickup of 11. [Music] walker back in on offense we're in the number four the quick shout out to the equipment team down there he's just he's just trying to keep us on our toes sonny a couple guys i knew from my time working in overtime this is our super bowl rotating jerseys you know jim said he's excited to see some of these young receivers so i'm looking for them to take some shots downfield and give their guys a chance to see what they're made of warren taking a deep shot oren connects [Applause] [Music] bredesen baby bread and butter classic tight end what do you want to do flash the little play action and hit your tight end right over the middle of the field this is day one let's get it right here in the second window davis ward delivering a strike in between three defenders and then bredesen rumbling tumbling stumbling just needed one guy to beat i thought he had the touchdown but max bredesen brother of ben bredesen a guy played offensive line with so he's got the blocking in his blood but that time shows the pass catching and the yak the run after the catch [Music] so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you ride my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Music] tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network the excitement is fifth house let us finish it the 2022 volleyball season only on big ten netherlands this is big next saturday indiana hosts western kentucky where northwestern faces southern illinois then crelin allen and wisconsin take on new mexico state and in prime time iowa battles nevada a big ten football triple header next saturday only on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big 10 plus app powered by big 10 network download and subscribe now michigan up big over hawaii as we start the fourth quarter and right as the third quarter ended quarterback davis warren through his first ever career completion for 56 yards that's a pretty hefty first career completion and perhaps nobody on the sideline was more excited for him than quarterback j.j mccarthy he was jumping on the sidelines high-fiving everybody as they got off the field jay stokes cuts it back for another michigan touchdown [Music] i'll tell you what this guy cj stokes has showed some really really great things today follows his blocker up through the hole and then right here the moment of contact i'm gonna deliver my i'm gonna deliver the blow around the goal line area celebrating mike hart said he's really excited about this young running back cj stokes he's got a track background yeah he's got the speed but he runs with a physicality in a violence it's that blend of speed and power that's gonna make this guy a name to remember in coming years first career touchdown jake from cj stokes five plays 91 yards two minutes and 18 seconds first of many and tell you what the bread and butter of michigan offense the gap scheme get some pullers out in front have them lead your ball carrier down the field and let them do the rest he certainly has not shied away from contact today lisa four rushing touchdowns into the last couple of games so mike hart is running back coach yes seems to be a theme you know we asked coach harbaugh about that there's so many guys among this staff strong ties ron bellamy robinson new recruiting department did that uh grant newsome oh you know jim said hey listen we don't have to teach him about the rivalry they underspeed about michigan state about ohio state they know the importance of those games they know what it means to be a michigan man they understand the history of this program again little subtle changes in the staff in the past couple years that i think have paid dividends in their on-field success mike hart obviously a big big higher what he's done to these running backs tommy dolman the kickoff duties here from michigan we're starting to see more players filtering in dave rebson jerry dinardo howard griffith recap the entire day there was a lot to recap a big ten football in the final drive presented by auto owners insurance it's tonight after the game all 14 teams playing we had eight games throughout the day on the big ten network started out the day with tailgate in columbus [Music] ending it here with a historic start time the latest start time in michigan football history here at the big house [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hines getting his first touch from her wife young freshman young freshman on this roster you know they lost 20-plus guys to the transfer portal brought in more in their freshman class brought in more transfers a total of 50 new faces between what left and what came back it's such a significant amount of turnover for this roster they kind of live in a world that says hey you need immediate success but for timmy chang and this coaching staff i think it's going to take a couple years to start recruiting some talent start recruiting some guys that understand the culture start getting back to that rainbow warrior pride yeah well you know they have an incredible turn of events in about a month's time with last season was completed frustration with the previous regime culture created led by head coach todd graham it led to a mass exit of players to the transfer portal the breaking point was when their quarterback siobhan cordero transferred so they lost their starting quarterback their leading rusher their leading receiver their leading tackler it was publicized written about got all the way to the state senate in hawaii and 17 fbs players had to transfer in 14 transferred out to fbs schools the job initially offered to jim jones who turned it down and everyone has said timmy chang is the man for this job his love his passion for the state for the program you mentioned it he was a top recruit when he was in high school he chose to stay to play football in hawaii yeah you know lisa that's a great point it's such an important perspective to say hey you know any team that loses their top receiver their quarterback your leading rusher your leading tackler no team can lose all that and expect to be great the following year so it's easy for that to get lost in a game like this where you see the score but you know to take that tough situation last year and for hawaii to pivot and say hey we need a guy that stayed home on the island could have played in the mainland could have played for a big brand said no no i want to stay here in hawaii this program means something to me hawaii football is the pro team it is the pride of this island so they went and got a guy that understands that talking to him this week i mean how many times did they say when we talked to timmy chang it was 15 minutes before he mentioned anything x's and o's it was about the pride of the island the culture teaching these young boys how to become men i have to say thank you coach because some of the coaches i remember mike the coaches i remember most in my career it wasn't ever the x's and o's it was what you did for me as a person it was the stuff outside of the game of football and it was so apparent in our conversations with coach chang that he just gets it and he understands it he's brought back staff that understand it you mentioned the love piece defensive coordinator jacob euro i mean how much did he rave about head coach timmy chang saying yeah man this guy loves it they said there's no egos meaning hey no one's gonna no one's gonna get overly frustrated about the result we're focused on building something process [Music] i'm really excited to see what timmy chang does with this program in the coming years on third and ten years big time a sack for michigan and rayshawn penny tracking him down a loss of 14. rayshawn benny the big fella during the run holding defense number one 10-yard pruning from the previous spot automatic first down marion walker you know listen he's a receiver first week sometimes you got to fail to learn sometimes you got to fail to learn here he is remember this guy's been playing receiver but they tossed him in uh at quarterback this this week so here it is let's watch it yeah he's kind of blocking like a receiver there hey you're on defense right now can't hold can't hold it's a learning moment for the young man but about rayshawn benny in there mixing it up he was committed to michigan state lisa flips to michigan on signing day another guy jim harbaugh and his staff are really really excited about to get going in his early career big hole and a big gainer here for hawaii here goes thailand hines him for the touchdown what a run 55 yards [Applause] listen this is awesome for the hawaiian offense so much struggle so much adversity but what a well blocked play you get tylen hines out in space and he just does the rest i mean look at this wide open hole right through the right through the middle of the michigan defense and he's really untouched 50 yards and so great to see his whole team come over and celebrate with him well they traveled almost 4 500 miles out here 4 500 miles back a long way coming a lot went into that touchdown and they're certainly happy about it so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Music] tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at eight eastern on big ten network next saturday indiana hosts western kentucky while northwestern faces southern illinois then grelin island and wisconsin take on new mexico state and in prime time iowa battles nevada a big ten football triple header next saturday only on big ten network on a new big ten trail blazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football [Music] something more to cheer about in the second half for these fans cheering on hawaii here tonight 49-10 the score here at the big house and capture that moment and take in a game here at the big house 12th night king [Music] the rainbow warriors how about the rainbow during the lightning delay yes in this game welcoming the rainbow warriors into town [Applause] [Music] [Applause] kickoff out of bounds by roll the ball replacing the 35 yard line first down we will take a timeout tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network the excitement is big [Applause] rutgers soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network next saturday indiana hosts western kentucky while northwestern faces southern illinois then cleland island in wisconsin take on new mexico state and in prime time iowa battles nevada update 10 football triple header next saturday only on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big pen plus app powered by big ten download and subscribe now [Music] football on the big ten network is brought to you by state farm like a good neighbor or state farm is there a guy working on that paint for a while say night game if you put the paint on in the morning it's maybe gonna look like that for the wee hours of the and with the delay [Applause] night game at the big house [Music] davis warren stays in as her quarterback here from michigan [Applause] and warren again another t-paul [Applause] when we talked to jim he said he was really excited about these young receivers wanted to get him involved and actually walker had a step here as you can see it just you know for davis warren you want to get that ball out a little bit earlier so you don't have to try to throw it 80 yards down the field but they say hey this guy walker's got a lot of speed that time he got easily behind the hawaii defense just left the throw a little short mortar in his way to the 40-yard line dunlap with the carry a gain of five [Music] big fan of davis horn davis warren also a fan favorite just everything he's been through lisa you touched on it earlier overcoming cancer this guy was a highly touted recruit but finally get the chance to show it here welcome in the audience who's watching the indiana football game here at the big house a night game and a big lead here from michigan over hawaii and picking up the first down tyler morris a freshman now we're starting to see some of these names kind of filter through lisa bynson and dean blandino with you for the final few minutes here of this one this one just like the indiana game was delayed a little bit because of a lightning delay and the weather coming through ann arbor delayed about 60 minutes kick supposed to be an eight eastern kick and pushed it back to about on the nine o'clock hour trying to go up the gut isaiah gash getting some carries i'll tell you know late in this game the pads are still cracking when you close your eyes you can hear good football being played doesn't matter who's in this game the pads are cracking both these sides michigan offense hawaii defense they're battling davis horn and at quarterback controlling this drive nicely here from michigan on second and three gash pushing towards those sticks and we'll pick up the first down next saturday another great slate of football comes your way on big ten network indiana northwestern wisconsin iowa see action during a triple header it all starts with big ten tailgate that's next saturday on the big ten network of the fox sports app [Music] over 80 players have participated here so far tonight from michigan we're keeping an eye on on that number the record number of participation was set last year against northern illinois 106 players participated in that game play clock at three snap in time dunlap [Applause] picks up about three yards on that run lisa you know i just want to talk about kate mcnamara for a second and you know today it was a frustrating day right you know he got got some people in his face didn't really have the opportunity to make some throws the one time he did just didn't quite step into it wasn't as accurate this quarterback battle has been extremely public i've been a guy in a locker room you know in the social media world everything is so public but it's easy to lose sight of it's really easy to lose sight of and forget quickly what k did for this michigan offense and this michigan team last year you know just look at i mean it's just frustrating right here you go first two passing attempts he's got a guy right in his face you know just then when he does get the chance to throw it here late in the game you see he doesn't even step into the throw it's just not comfortable stepping up in the pocket you can feel the frustration but listen this guy was elected captain by his teammates for a reason right that's yes room right up the cut headed for the enzo touchdown [Applause] a hard fought 38 yards competer [Music] cash with a gash through the hawaiian defense big-time run he gets his chance late here in the fourth quarter what an opportunity what an awesome play what an explosive run domain with the extra point you brought up the captain captain kade his reaction to that run yeah he likes it tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at eight eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big 10 plus app powered by big ten now download and subscribe now on a new big ten trail blazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network the excitement is big [Applause] this is big lots of push-ups here to do 56-10 is your score and you're wondering 50 a lot of points yeah it was a little bit of history for big ten football six teams scored 50 or more points today a first time that is remarkable in the ap poll era talking about all the m's minnesota michigan maryland michigan state purdue and rutgers and the last score here for michigan put him over that 50-point mark well football flows through the veins of isaiah gash he's the son of samgash who is an nfl fullback who was also an nfl running backs coach for the detroit lions football flows through the veins as quarterback j.j mccarthy loving it it's got to feel good isaiah gash just putting it on tape five rushing touchdowns by five different players tonight spreading the wealth yeah i'd say so both touchdown drives led by davis warren two by the way at quarterback the third quarterback that we've seen here from michigan tonight [Applause] hawaii has kept its same quarterback the entire time joey yellen we are past midnight now mention that this is the latest start in big house football history you've been a part of a lot of night games and and even some weather delays but but nothing like we saw tonight take in the in the pre-game that we saw tonight surprising you know i'm an old man now all right i'm retired from the nfl but i normally go to bed about nine o'clock surprisingly in this game past midnight i am not tired at all lisa i'm still having a great time up here with you you look like you're ready to play watch it well you had to hold me back a couple times especially early in the game i was i was sweating i was ready to go take number 88 hypner's jersey grab his helmet put on the 88 one time and see if i can't catch a pass from one of these quarterbacks he's a two-time all-american here at michigan jake buck lisa bonte megan mckeown dean blandino with you for the final few minutes walker is back in defensively the bottom of your screen number one here from michigan they're playing both ways here tonight yelling gets rid of it it's a good pass play a little passing catch and nicely done to keep this drive moving here for hawaii yeah i mean you know we talked about championship level defense for this regardless of who's in here the tight end is leaked right down the middle of that defense that's grayson morgan the hawaii tight end i mean kind of untouched running clean down the middle somebody's got to challenge him somebody's got to run vertically with them it's a nice play there to get the drive started for hawaii [Applause] run play this time and just the pickup of a few brings up second down [Music] the touchdown maker here for hawaii i believe that was joey velasquez in on the tackle dual sport athlete also plays on the baseball team smoke the home run i don't know how you do it i i had my hands full just with football but this guy's playing dipping his toes baseball football there he is so i know joey velasquez and eric all are great friends there he is in the middle of your screen coming downhill sheds the block says all right heinz you got it on us last time not this time wraps him up brings him down but joey velasquez and eric all are really really great friends they would go lift with ben herbert the strength coach and then they'd go lift again on their own eric all put on about 10 pounds this offseason so i think his buddy velasquez is a big part of that johnson takes the handoff right at the sticks hit hard it'll be a first down converting on third down once again here for hawaii their offensive moved a little bit better though against a different kind of defense here in the second half right that's a nice hit by spurlock but you bring up a great point listen we knew there was a big talent gap between these two programs one's a program repeating big ten champions once a program in transition you know talking to the coaches for hawaii it says hey it's not about who we play it's about how we play we just want to get better at the fundamentals each week and it took them a while but you know there's some things that they can build on especially in the second half on offense and defense cradling at that time james phillips and taking a whole slew of blue jerseys with him that's another nice play just easy completions for your quarterback letting him get in rhythm get the ball in your playmaker's hands here james phillip and let him james phillips and let him turn up and get vertical they're just breaking off these chips it's huge huge huge for the confidence of your offense as a whole and the confidence of your quarterback joey yelling right i had talked about he has you know switched on and off with braden shagger not available because of injury here tonight for hawaii same matchup you got a linebacker on a running back down here at the bottom of the screen same as we saw with edwards let's see if hawaii goes to it empty set and just the tommy not there the placement of that throw not there he was going for dior scott [Music] i think that was german green on the coverage it looked like he slipped and fell down but hawaii's had a little success working that same route michigan stays in one high defense often we call it middle of the field closed single high defense well if your safety's in the middle of the field the vacancies are often in those seams in between the numbers right here the numbers in the hash that's how you threaten one high defense johnson and being dragged down and pushed out a couple of michigan tacklers are again making his presence felt one of the two michigan players involved on that play hood [Music] hawaii started one for ten on third down conversions five of seven cents you know and that's an important thing right they're not rolling over they're not giving up they're not letting their frustration get the best of them coach you turn on the film and we heard the coaches say it these guys play hard from the first whistle to the last regardless of who's on the field regardless of the score on the scoreboard third and seven finding his running back johnson who picks up another first down they keep moving the six johnson's done some nice things today done some nice things in the jet sweep game he's caught some passes he's made some plays again right now for timmy chang you're just looking for guys who can i trust as the season goes on who's a guy that i can trust in critical situations every single rep is invaluable for this team that's so young and dealt with so much turnover yeah we're late in this game it's it's not a pretty result but there's still so much value for timmy chang and his football team as they go back and watch his film [Music] eyes with the handoff and inside the five yard line and on the flip side here inside the 10 for the michigan defense let's find out i mean this is about a mindset as much as anything kind of dig your cleats in the ground right there on that goal line say hey i'm not getting knocked back i will not fall backward i'm going to put my heels right on this goal line and i'm attacking downhill pickup of three brings up second and goal [Applause] all kinds of space for the far side and a whistle timeout time out michigan the second of the half old trapper beefs tough snacks out here nothing comes easy that's why you got to be tough truck it's tough my crew definitely touched but old trapper taught me the value tenderness old trapper what's your beef [Music] oh it's a puppy for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten network download and subscribe now tuesday matty cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football dave repson in our chicago studios get you back out for the conclusion of the game in just a moment want to remind you though as soon as it is over keep it here as jerry dinardo and howard griffith join me for the final drive presented by auto owners insurance we will take you through the entire day in the big ten including big wins for ohio state and penn state and some struggles for the teams predicted to be at the top of the west wisconsin and iowa all that the entire day in the big ten coming up as soon as this one is over all right dave thank you very much 56 to 10 205 left for this one is complete our mayhem moment brought to you by allstate we talked about five rushing touchdowns by count up take five different players right the wolverine stampede lisa a couple guys did it they did it on jet sweeps you got your two backs some love donovan edwards blake you got a receiver hawaiian native roman wilson there cj stokes the young freshman and then how about isaiah gash a little bit of everything tell you what jim harbaugh loves loves loves to run the football always has he's gonna be real excited to turn on this film tomorrow morning trying to push to find six and mark just short [Applause] like we said all right here's a mindset this is a mindset play third and goal from the one nanje bryant lillae [Music] certainly gotten his reps six carries five different players have run the ball here today from hawaii three tight ends and a fullback for hawaii they give it to brian [Applause] looking for jordan murray i was wondering why coach chang was smirking on the sideline he had a little trickery dialed up there didn't he they were trying to go to jordan murray right there we got three tight ends we got a fullback in we're going to run a no at the last second brian tries to flip it to murray you see him right here at the top of the screen fighting with german green and he just doesn't let him get off oh man i did you know that's a play you scheme up all week for the tight ends you see you go into the game you say all right if we can get it inside the five i'm gonna score a touchdown fourth and goal didn't happen that time oh we got another timeout to chat about it we'll step aside for 30 charge it'll be 30 seconds for the biggest big 10 experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten network download and subscribe now the excitement is big [Applause] the 2022 season only on big ten now this is big this is timmy chang have up his sleeve calling that time out fourth and goal every rep important every situation important building the confidence of their quarterback joey ellen quarterback competition hawaii trying to build its confidence another opportunity here all right empty formation so let's see what they go with here yelling looking towards his right and the pass has broken up a good defensive play for michigan excellent excellent play by jayden hood right here trickling down on the goal line he sees it's an out you know you're sitting here on the goal line you put your heels on the line say all right i'm not backing up and as soon as heinz breaks out jayden hood triggers downfield and breaks it up again you know hey that play doesn't matter in the result of the game but it matters for the sense of pride it matters to say just like we heard mike morris say we want to play championship level defense play-by-play regardless of the situation that right there was excellent defense by jayden hood that's a big play for him to put on tape here in his michigan career davis warren again back in at quarterback and the time is ticking the big story the big headline is the quarterback situation everybody wants to know with michigan mccarthy j.j mccarthy getting his first career start looking awfully impressive yeah he did well i don't think this is a situation where you need to push one down to build up the other okay jj played phenomenal about as close to perfect as you can get you know frustrating had some pressure in his face got sacked a couple times but as much as we say that man let's talk about cade's character let's talk about what he did for this team last year let's talk about the fact he was standing on the sideline rooting his teammate jj on all day he's a captain he's a leader week three who's the starter well i mean based on today it's it's got to be jj right it's got to be it's got to be jj you know you're elected captain captain means you have to be a leader even when things may not be easy for you and even when things are a bit challenging so i'll tell you one thing kate has shown nobody anything other than he's willing to do whatever it takes for this team to win [Music] and he loves his teammates that's why he's elected captain so if that decision gets made next week if it does end up being jj i still imagine we see kate in that game but you know both of these guys will continue to do what they've always done which is support each other and help each other help each other when they come to the sidelines help each other see what they may be missing because the number one goal is to win our ball said this to us lisa you will be known by your talents and your efforts there is no politics that's all you can ask from your coaches and players an opportunity to go out there and show your talents through your effort [Music] 56-10 the final jim harbaugh walks off his team improving to 2-0 all four games first four games will be played here at the big house here for michigan mccarthy a start to remember jake butt and lisa binds him megan mckeon dean blandino that'll wrap it up from ann arbor coming up next it's a final drive after this quick timeout a salute to our wonderful crew working our producer glenn hallas our director billy proctor everyone in the truck will send it over to chicago after this timeout [Music] but they still make the mistakes leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network the power of dreams coming up on the final drive the top of the big ten looking the part on saturday convincing wins for the buckaz and spartans after waiting out mother nature the wolverines reign all over the rainbow warriors j.j mccarthy stating his case for the starting qb job in ann arbor the news not as good for the teams expected to compete at the top of the west the badgers and hawkeyes both going down it's all on the final drive now [Music] [Applause] welcome in it is the final drive presented by auto owners insurance great to have you with us after an action-packed saturday we saw all 14 big ten teams in action saw eight of them play here on the big ten network lot going on phyllis a lot going on uh west division a little confusing just maybe maybe someone new in in indianapolis this year should be interesting i i gotta tell you this michigan game is fascinating to me because i think jj gives them a little something extra gonna be fun to watch quite a day including six big ten teams scoring 50 or more points first time that has happened in the ap poll era which dates back to 1936 so we saw some offensive explosions and howard mentioned the wolverines they were one of the teams that exploded we expected it frankly against a hawaii team that we knew was under man coming in but j.j mccarthy making his first career start and his first pass of the game goes for a touchdown roman wilson the hawaiian he touched the ball twice and he scored two tds in the game mccarthy to cornelius johnson 54 yards there jj 11 of 12 229 yards and three tds hits ronnie bell for the score here and then mccarthy feeling the pressure so steps up in the pocket and hits johnson there 42-nothing they win it 56-10 j.j after the game with megan mcewen jj an hour rain delay before your first career start yeah you come out and just take over in the first half how are you able to maintain your focus despite the circumstances um it was just a little adversity i mean whatever happens happens and we're just going to roll with it and we we've been kind of waiting for something like that to happen all year all off season so it was just something that we were prepared for and we just naturally took advantage of it well you looked pretty prepared out there you threw for a couple touchdowns 229 yards what was allowing you to have so much success throwing the ball through the air i mean it all goes out to my teammates my coaches i mean the scout team all week has done a great job and it was just an amazing opportunity for them to get in and really show all the hard work that they've been putting in and yeah it's just my receivers played outstanding my offensive line played outstanding and the running backs were great so it just opened up everything well it opened up a lot for you you put on a great performance in your first career start how would you assess the body of work you just put out when it comes to the quarterback position starting moving forward of the season um i mean this was something i was kind of expecting on myself i i don't like to have expectations like that but uh just playing hawaii like just getting it done and handling business and now we're on to week two our week three yeah appreciate you jj thank you so much congrats have a nice night you too [Applause] he did get it done i mean again 11 of 12. he ran the ball once looked good doing that as well jerry i know you felt all along this kind of set up for mccarthy to state his case and become the starter this week do you believe he's done that yeah he won the job today and again he didn't even really run the ball hardly at all and he will do that when the time comes and when they need him but he's such a great pastor he's such a great talent that he he increases the efficiency of that offense several times over he makes him dynamic is what he does because now all of a sudden you you have to be concerned about another player carrying the football just not throwing the football so he was out there today and it looked easy right it just felt like the team was playing at a different level when he was at the quarterback position there's one play in particular when he gets pressure rolls out to the left a lot of guys really have to flip their hips all the way around to get any velocity on the ball he didn't even flip his hips and was still able to get the velocity on the ball to make the completion i think he's going to be fascinating and continue to watch him because he's going to get better there's going to be some there's going to be some times where he's going to struggle a little bit because it's a new role for him but he's going to continue to get better each and every week and then ohio state have the most talent in the conference in my opinion and they're going to have the two best quarterbacks and that those between the talent and the quarterbacks that really separates them from everybody else the only thing i don't like about the michigan team and i think it's probably the best team right now in the most complete team this schedule colorado state hawaii yukon maryland i'm not sure there's any game in there that's really going to test them like nerdy name tested ohio state a week ago so we're not going to know them against a really good opponent until halfway through the season yeah fair enough but again they've looked really good look i mean hawaii lost by a combined 85 points to vanderbilt in western kentucky so this isn't the best competition but 10.7 yards per play for michigan in that offense j.j one of the stars as was blake coram who's with megan blake your offense rushes for 262 yards how is your position group able to get the run game going early about preparation you know we listen to coach you know we listen to you know offensive dolphins line coach you know we have one of the best known lines in the nation i think it's the best uh but really just preparing and coming out here and just doing what we do how are you able to have so much success on the ground 88 yards for unit touchdown offensive line you know they make they make my job easy i feel like they make all the running backs job anyone has the ball in their hand they make it easy so it was really just them you know they allowed me to get to the second level and let me do what i do giving a lot of love to the offensive blind but five different running backs score touchdowns in this game what kind of statement did this group make tonight i mean it means uh everyone can play you know all the running backs can play you know what i'm saying that's what they came here for they didn't come here to say they came here to play and i believe in all the running backs you know i think we had the best running back group in nation as well and uh you know they attacked the day and that's what they did today i'm proud of those guys congratulations blake thanks so much as for ohio state they were taking on arkansas state pick it up in the first quarter cj stroud marvin harrison jr this was the story of this game cj stroud throwing for 351 yards and four touchdowns three of them to harrison remember he scored three touchdowns in the rose bowl last year he joins joey galloway the only two players in osu program history with two career games of three or more receiving touchdowns harrison was just fabulous seven receptions 184 yards as ohio state rolls 45-12 the final in this one a biggest takeaway for you howard from watching the buckeyes and that passing attack which we didn't see a whole lot of in terms of the big plays last week against notre dame we certainly saw it on saturday to me they took advantage of what they were going to be really good at you talked about going against the secondary that was overmatched by this wide receiver group they were going to have opportunities to get behind these corners and safeties and they were able to take advantage of them it's just one of those things that each and every week we watch them we're going to see them win probably in a different fashion just because of who the opponent may be that they're playing against last week it was toughness in the run game on offense to win the game and they didn't have much explosion today they had the explosion i mean it makes them a complete team henderson had the ball 10 times for 10 carries today i wish he had gotten it a little bit more i think he's a really star and one of the better running backs in the country but today was the day for explosion and not the running game yeah to your point they had one play in the notre dame game longer than 30 yards they had eight plays in this game against arkansas state of 30 yards or longer so we saw that is the big play offense that we saw from ohio state last year and we saw it in this game as well we did not see much offense from iowa we didn't see it last week and they picked up right where they left off and not in a good way taking on iowa state the battle for the cy hawk trophy and this off a blocked punt iowa actually got off to a good start they blocked the punt they take it into the end zone lashawn williams hawkeyes up seven nothing but they had just 150 yards of offense in this game hunter deckers to xavier hutchinson the eight-yard touchdown that was the end of a 99-yard drive for the cyclones iowa had one chance here to maybe send it into overtime but aaron blom misses wide left and iowa state ends a six-game skid against the hawks they win a 10-7 reaction starting with kirk ference we're not going to win moving forward if we can't score more points and we get a really good defense right now but you can't count you know you're not going a game seven points ten points a game part of complementary football is the other people uh helping out when one unit's not going well uh but you know we're going to have to move the ball offensively that's you know like sitting around waiting on special teams and defense to win every game for us we can't do that it's not realistic it all comes together sometimes it all comes unraveled it's an old george strait song but um you know i still have a lot of high hopes for our for our unit and for our team it doesn't change any of our goals only thing we can't be now is undefeated um but rest of our goal is shot in front of us i truly do believe that there's there's good in front of this unit we just we just got to go do it well they have not done it to this point seven points in each of their first two games 316 total yards of offense through two games i mean it just flat out not going to get it done you know it's not spencer petrus's fault but i i think kirk ferentz will make a change at quarterback this week i think alex padilla might give him a spark there's no other position in football that you can change that could have that much of a change in your production on offense so it's not spencer's fault they're struggling why not make why not make a change at quarterback and i i got the impression the way kirk was answering some of the quarterback questions in the press conference that that he's going to revisit that tomorrow he kept pushing it off pushing it off if he wasn't going to make a change i think he would have said that today yeah so i i i think we're going to see a change i wouldn't i wouldn't discount that at all but i think the other thing that has to happen is they have to get better offensive line play you know when you are struggling not to be able to run the football and you can't protect the quarterback he's under constant duress it's going to cause some problems the time is not going to be there people aren't going to have the confidence so i think shoring up that offensive line trying to put them in the best position to help them which probably is running a football with a quarterback that may be able to be more athletic as well yeah just getting the offensive line better is a lot harder than getting the quarterback better if in fact padilla gives them better quarterback play it's just one person that makes that change and again they're banged up a receiver no keegan johnson no nico regani again for iowa but still it's it is stuck in neutral they are the first big ten team since 2001 to score i don't think it's seven i think it's park seven or fewer points in their first two games yeah neutral might be uh might be generous but no it uh it has not been good and then figure some things out they got nevada coming up next week so much more to come on this show penn state about the future at quarterback we saw a little bit of that sodded running back as well with nick singleton we will catch up on their impressive performance and plenty more on the battle in the west is it the gophers division to win another impressive showing from them as we continue on the final draw final drive is presented by auto owners insurance simple human sense [Music] here we go marathon has the fuel to keep your engine running at peak performance because you never know where life is going to take you [Music] on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network for the biggest big 10 experience there's no plus like home the big 10 plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big 10 plus app powered by big 10 network download and subscribe now everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network the excitement is [Applause] finishing the 2022 volleyball season only on big ten now this is big michigan state 14th ranked team in the nation hosting akron jalen berger pulling his way into the end zone he had three touchdowns on the day that one made it 21 to nothing spartans and look out jeff undercuffler just gets hammered there by cal halliday msu forced four turnovers including that fumble how about noah kim coming in and firing one to trey mosely for the touchdown 52 to nothing michigan state rolls audrey dahlgren afterward with jaylen berger jaylen your coach mel tucker said that he believed you'd be the guy for them what gives him so much confidence in you to make him feel that way i'd say the way i follow with my past finishing runs and stuff like that but uh just just the energy around the room brings it out of me to be honest i like i like how the one-two punch with me and broussard yeah just like that this also too a 100-yard second 100-yard rushing game for yourself what makes it so you're able to click so well in this offense just the way they utilize the running backs in this offense you know like explained me out wide at the receiver uh almost fumbled on that screen pass but uh just the way they utilize the running backs like i said i didn't even know i had 100 yards to be honest i thought i was under it but a good game for me [Applause] good game for him good game for the entire offense good game for the defense as well their largest shutout win since 1957. what stood out about michigan state's victory big jump from week one to week two especially the third quarter it looked like they emphasized the run more they made some adjustments at halftime but every time we talk about mel tucker's team we all always talk about their goals their expectations and and their improvement and there was certainly a lot of improvement from week one to week two yeah you think about the defensive side of the ball keep holding your opponent to only 22 yards rushing that's big time so that's taking that next step understand the opponent but it's about going out and being able to execute that and then offensively running the ball the way they did they made the plays they needed to one part that was really good for them i think coach tucker would be happy just four penalties for 22 yards that's always been a little bit of an issue for him now he seemed to have that corrected eight straight home wins for them that is their longest streak in six years they had on the road next week to take on washington penn state taking on the bobcats of ohio u we mentioned this time or 30 last year penn state's longest touchdown run last season was seven yards noah singleton going 10 times that 70 yards for him he had 10 carries for 179 yards on the game penn state up 14-0 and then it's sean clifford to mitchell tinsley how about 17 different receivers catching passes for penn state that is the most for any big ten team this century drew aller we got a glimpse of him in that game against purdue hitting omari evans 32 yards there that was beautiful tell a lot and a glimpse yeah there's been a couple good glimpses yeah 46-10 penn state gets the win now 20-0 in non-conference home games under james franklin really encouraging howard to see the run game get going it really is uh you know they were explosive runs and i think that was the biggest thing i don't think this is still a team that's just going to be able to line up and force the ball down their opponent's throat whenever they want to but if they can continue to get these explosive runs from the run game that's going to be significant for them yeah if they can just do whatever they have to do in the run game to win the game most likely by throwing the ball you take last week 98 yards against purdue certainly not a lot of yards but that's how many yards they needed to beat purdue today over 200 yards they they probably could have gotten more if they wanted to so it's not always the number of yards for me i think it's the number of runs that are called and the number of passes that are called don't get in a situation where it becomes a pass rush drill because if you do that at penn state your offensive line won't hold up in protection and it's good to have a back that you can depend on right and singleton appears to be that guy this ends a streak of 17 straight games without a 100-yard rusher for penn state they had one with singleton they go to auburn next week that should be a stern test for the nittany lions minnesota and western illinois this was not a particularly stern test for the gophers trey potts weaving his way through they went over 300 yards rushing and passing gophers on top 14 to nothing mo ibrahim continues his assault on the record books 11th straight 100 yard rushing game extending the longest streak in fbs that is a school record he went for 130 in this game scored a couple plays later how about this interception howard talking about going out and tracking the football does a great job of looking in with his hands it looks like a wide receiver shouldn't be on the defensive side of the ball jordan howard now 62-10 their most points since 2006. it is hard to read too much into some of these games i mean western illinois has won four games in the last three years however minnesota based on what we've seen to this point against inferior opponents looks to be a really good team well the one thing we can read into it is kirk soraka said he wanted to be more explosive today so he that's the way he called the game i think they're probably the most complete team in the west i think they're playing better than any of the other teams in the west right now they were balanced up today they're pretty impressive on both sides of the ball both coordinators are doing great jobs i mean the story line has always been coming into this year is about what's going to happen on the offensive side of the football but defense continues to impress each and every week and they're going to need that defense to really make a run in the west this is the 14th straight opponent they have held to 27 points or fewer that was the longest streak in 57 years for that gophers defense lots more to come on the show we were talking about offensive explosions off the top and maryland had one leah tagovailoa was about as good as one can be we will show you the highlights of his aerial assault and a big day for rutgers as well putting up historic numbers against wagner highlights of both those teams plus plenty more to come as we continue on the final drive catherine's uncle is the king of france you must unite europe i won't let them use me anymore you will deliver to me [Music] [Applause] must protect you you're here to fight for justice you may die but for your cause that is a good death medieval rated r the excitement is fifth puts it down let us finish it the 2022 season only on big ten now this is big everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football on a new big ten trailblazers rutgers soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big 10 plus app powered by big 10 never download and subscribe now tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at eight eastern on big ten network wisconsin hosting washington state picked this one up in the third quarter badgers up by four cameron ward buying some time he finds nikia watson the former badger running back puts on the spin move and finds the end zone 31 yards and the cougars go on top 17-14 wisconsin on the move graham merch to clay kunduf who caught two touchdown passes but he coughs that one up wazoo takes over runs out the clock and they win in madison 17-14 tough loss for paul christian company we did some things today that make it hard to make it hard to win and kicking myself for uh you know going forward on fourth and three you know like to have that one back you gotta make it to where you're playing the opponent and not not doing some things to hurt yourself this has got to be one that we you know that burns and stings to where it drives you to to get better [Applause] he talked about the penalties they had 11 for more than 100 yards they turned the ball over three times to give up six tackles for loss just not the performance of a team that should expect to win a game i mean they were close they had a chance there obviously that fumble did them in but really throughout this game sluggish from the badgers it's possible they're going to be a different looking team this year they were 65 percent run last year right now their 50-50 run pass i'm not sure how good their defense is i mean they lost a lot of guys on defense right from last year's team and we just said well jim leonard will take care of it well maybe it's not that simple so this might be a little bit different looking team and they may have to find a way to win a little differently than they have in the past few years yeah but if they're going to win they can't turn the ball over right they can't you go back to last year they did some of the same things they would have penalties and turn the ball over at some bad times they're not in a position where they can afford to do that they have to take care of the football to be able to win football games this isn't that dominant style of offense that we were used to seeing when they can control the game at the line of scrimmage by running it and when they were turning it over a lot of times the defense was saving i don't know that the defense is that good this year right now that the outfit that can overcome the turnovers i was a team to turn the ball over more than anyone in the big ten a year ago wisconsin this just their second loss in their last 48 non-conference home games maryland going on the road for a non-conference clash with charlotte pick it up in the second quarter leah tagabailoa jacob copeland 45 yards taken by lois numbers were amazing 27-31 391 yards and four touchdowns here he keeps it himself for the td 617 total yards for maryland in a 56-21 win guys when this offense gets going it is a sight to behold it is it's a video game on offense but it's been that way since lox has been there right we we know they can recruit we know they can play offense i think this year the the addition is the better defense and again they didn't play a tough opponent today but you still have to keep contained you still have to be in your rush lanes they still can show you that they're playing better defense regardless of who they're playing against on offense it's no question that they have to continue to play the way they're playing on the defensive side of the ball but when you talk about offensively this wide receiver group is a group that could rival one of the best wide receiver groups in the conference in ohio state they have a lot of talent there if they could stay healthy keep their quarterback upright and vertical throwing it down the field they're going to score a lot of points this year well they scored 56 in that game second most ever in a road game for maryland in the history of the program rutgers at home taking on wagner and this one was over before it started that's right when it started evan simon aaron crookshank three of the first four passes for rutgers went for touchdowns they were thrown by three different quarterbacks gavin wimsett how about this catch by chris long howard outstanding one-hand catch and a nice throw by the quarterback real comfortable in the pocket 585 yards of offense johnny langdon getting in the act what up kid johnny 66-7 the most points since 1993. here's crystal rich with gavin wimsett gavin this is your first career start all of your family is here how did it feel finally to be able to orchestrate full drives this week i just felt great being able to be out there on my team uh you know just do what we normally do so it's all good feels good now your whole family's here i know everyone was really rooting for you what was it like you're getting in the air obviously you had that long 41 yard touchdown pass uh that was super great uh my first year touchdown so sitting on my team celebrated with me on the sideline was good it was amazing now we see a lot of dances that you do on tick tock is there going to be a celebration dance that we might be able to get a preview of right here um that's in the works it's in the words congratulations kevin enjoy it back to the studio there's plenty to celebrate for rutgers look wagner is not a good team they lost 21 straight games coming in and again you don't want to read too much into these victories but howard read something into it what do you think they need to figure out who the quarterback is going to be right now right and they're giving the guys an opportunity to go out and see who's going to do the best job of leading the team right now that's why they're continuing to roll them through so they have options there and they have play makers as well this is a team though that wants to be physical at the point of attack yeah i'd agree with you on the quarterbacks think about simon winsett they have played against ba at boston college two young quarterbacks and a big upset and then today in a much easier game so the experience those two young quarterbacks are getting i mean it's hard to do that in scrimmages it's hard to do that in the spring game reps for those two young quarterbacks is really valuable 78th win for greg ciano as director's head coach detached frank burns for first all time he can pass him next week against temple so congratulations to greg ciano there a prime time game on the big ten network indiana hosting the vandals of idaho indiana was actually down ten nothing in this game but back they come connor baselack aj barner rumbling his way into the end zone and the hoosiers go on top 16 to 10. then it's basilak to dj matthews [Applause] indiana up 23-10 they had 239 rushing yards in this game after just 32 in the opener josh henderson takes it in there and 35-22 the final tom allen with shane sparks coach yellen i think a lot of us want to know what happened to the guys were in the indiana jerseys in the first half where'd you put those guys i don't know i tell you very frustrating you know it was uh not how we have to play very disappointed uh obviously we got some things to fix with that getting our guys ready to play right away but it's probably how they responded you know we found a way to win it was an ugly win for sure but uh it was still a win we just started executing didn't turn the ball over got off the field on third downs defensively and played the way we're supposed to play so but uh we saw him last week making a lot of plays against washington state we knew they had some talent we've had a lot of good players and coach x doing a great job taylor two halves for sure all 35 points in the second half i mean cause for concern no doubt with the way they performed early but the resilience impressive yeah no doubt and this offense is really unique in this way it's a spread offense but with the spacing with the wide receivers they're almost to the boundary and walt bell the offensive coordinate that's given the offensive line a chance because they always control the numbers in the box and that's what happened the second half they got the numbers right in the box and they were able to block them one on one because they were displaced because they're wide receivers and they got the running game going i think a big part of this coming off an emotional win last week versus illinois and really being able to bounce back is a big part of this so coming out and having to win a tough game having to have deal with some obstacles early in this game and still being able to bounce back really speaks volumes for this football team can't be any better than two and over right now a pretty good start 2-0 and again we've talked about how offensively challenged they've been this is the third time in 17 games they've been over 400 yards they ran the ball shivers really looked good in the second half so maybe you can build off of what happened there and and again you've equaled last year's win total yeah all right i think they're onto something with this it is it is a unique offense no one else is doing it quite like this two games into the year a team that won two last year is one two this year as well they get western kentucky coming up next week we got lots more to talk about still here on the final drive as we roll you through 14 big ten games purdue overwhelming in state foe indiana states and more of the same for the huskers a very disappointing loss for nebraska what now we will hear from head coach scott frost as we continue on the final drive [Music] so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you 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eastern on big ten network for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten network download and subscribe now the excitement is big [Applause] this is big illinois hosting virginia pick it up in the first quarter illini down three nothing billy kemp fielding a punt for the cavaliers and fumbles it away matthew bailey in the end zone for the touchdown big special teams play in the illini were off and running michael marcase teamed to beat him by four touchdowns last year the illini on top 14-3 defense was phenomenal five sacks two interceptions held the cavaliers to 222 yards bayley the interception there as illinois wins 24-3 how about the bounce back from the illini after the disappointment howard against indiana this was a dominant effort yeah opportunity to play indiana having to go on the road and losing that game i think you know trying to shoot this illinois team up and having the opportunity to come back and bounce back against a team that embarrassed you last year was big for them they were able to pass that test but the way they're getting things done now on the defensive side i mean they are really playing well on that side of the ball really complete team right like you say really good on defense on offense they're balanced running past tommy devito the transfer from syracuse seems to be the perfect quarterback for the system they're running really good team and again i think you can put the word complete around this team chase brown over 100 yards again he joins michelle leshore the only illinois players this century to rush for over 100 yards in the first three games of a season and yeah they've got to feel really good particularly given what happened last week i think we know this is an improving team here the illinois they're going to buy next week then they face chattanooga you didn't do that there we go he didn't play it's this century what seriously are you doing seriously yeah the wildcats were down 21 to nothing but back they come evan hole for the touchdown that was on a fourth and three hole had 213 receiving yards that is the most for a power conference running back this century 21-16 then it's hilinsky to donny navarro 435 yards passing for olinsky 28-23 it's 31-23 oh in the closing seconds a touchdown in a two-point conversion would have sent it to overtime but he fumbles at the goal line fourth straight loss for northwestern of the blue devils 31-23 fellas what do you make of that game i mean you did you cannot dig a hole like that howard and expect to be able to come back it was it was a game effort no doubt from northwestern but the first quarter was abysmal defensively because they couldn't do anything you we looked at the strides they had made from their week zero game as far as defense is concerned then you turn to this game and it was just a struggle the entire first half and they finally figured it out and got started to have some answers but they had to expend so much energy to get back into the game and then they have the costly fumble at the end which was uh tough particularly for whole we had a great game yeah it's not only the energy to get back in the game it's the way the offensive coordinator has to call the game right because you're trying to play catch-up they have 76 yards rushing so so they couldn't run the ball though even when they were in the game i mean i i understand what you're saying but but the run game was completely shut down i know but you could nev you didn't you don't feel like you have time to establish it yeah yeah i mean you're behind i i mean there was no defense early in the game i i just think it's a play caller when you're that far behind you're just thinking about catching up yeah i mean you give up 232 yards in the first quarter you can't wait again they give up 229 the rest of the way but again the wildcats fall to one and one no such problems for purdue the boilers were overwhelming against indiana state forced the turnover there cam allen recovers the defense was great throughout and charlie jones continues to put on a clinic howard really does one-on-one does a great job with the stiff arm and finding the end zone nine receptions for 133 yards and three touchdowns all in the first half he has 21 catches same number that he had all of last year and then he's got that deal that he's doing whatever that sideline there what is that i don't know let's look at the auto owner's insurance game leader shall we aidan o'connell i'd say that's an efficient game 17 of 19. four touchdowns you see the numbers for jones and then allen leading the way for that defense which pitched the shutout first home shutout since 2011. after the devastation against penn state this is an important game to get well for purdue it is but you don't learn much in fact the only thing i learned was that it is possible for purdue to run more than the past they ran it 45 times and threw it 30 times other than that i didn't learn much about the team well i think it shows you that just how explosive this offense can be when when they're in rhythm when the offensive line is given the quarterback opportunities and time in the pocket that they can make the blaze and defensively you know they're continuing to get better on that side of the ball they corrected some of the mistakes from a week ago as far as tackling was concerned it was sure tackling more sure tackling today than we saw a week ago you certainly have evidence of that 56 nothing there's no doubt you got support on all of yeah whatever you say whatever you say is good right 56 nothing is your evidence uh the evidence for nebraska is starting to get overwhelming in a really negative direction they were taking on georgia southern pick it up in the third quarter kyle van tries to amari jones georgia southern up 35-28 van trisome for 409 yards casey thompson the rushing touchdown there puts nebraska on top 42-38 but back comes van trice diving for the end zone fifth rushing touchdown of the game for the eagles now one second left nebraska one last chance they bring in timmy bleak road but his field goal attempt goes wide left and george's southern wins it 45-42 scott frost after the game certainly didn't expect that tonight i thought we would perform a lot better than that i felt really good about our defense going into the season felt good about our offense i knew it would take a while for offense to start clicking i thought they did pretty well tonight i thought the defense made a lot of progress last week um that was a major setback but we gave up too many points i think in the second game offense struggled in the first half and the defense held us in it so we got to play more complete games and that wasn't even close it certainly was not they gave up 642 yards to georgia southern this is the 215th time all time that nebraska scored 35 or more points at memorial stadium they had been 214-0 in those games first time they've ever lost at home when scoring 35 or more points the defense seemed to be the most solid part of this team and it has just evaporated you could say that since scott has been there the one thing that's gotten better every single year was the defense and now the offense has come along i mean i think it's fair to say the offense is better and then what's happened to the defense and when you look at their personnel i would say that this is as talented as any of their other recent defenses that were playing better it's it's puzzling we saw nebraska go down and scores about four minutes left in the game and there was a collective look around the green room too much time left that's true right yeah because that's just how we feel when we watch this team and it ultimately played out even though they had a run uh to get back in and had an opportunity at the field goal at the end it just feels like when the team is when their backs are against the wall they just don't have a way to get over that that issue i feel contractually obligated as a sportscaster covering nebraska to mention they are now 5 and 22 in one score games under scott frost we have to mention the one score game because it's well it's simply what we do uh coming up it is the segment so good we named the show after it the final drive on the final drive one thought on each and every team that played on this saturday that's each and every team in the big ten stick around [Music] what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Music] the excitement is big [Applause] on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football yeah jj uh i mean he had near flawless performance um 11 for 12. um and then one was dropped i mean that's that's tough to do that's tough to do and any day of the week in practice and uh yeah i thought he had a great game he's playing playing really well we'll start jj next week i would say that surprises none of us but jim harbaugh ending the suspense so he has a new starting quarterback in j.j mccarthy or a quarterback will start for the second straight week let's dive into the final drive one thought on each one of the teams that played on saturday which was the entire league jerry you lead us off with the victorious fighting allina really complete team bold team will have something to say about who wins the west held 11 of their last 12 opponents to 24 or fewer points and it might not uh it might not just have something to say it might be them but they might be in that hunt again that would that would be a big something to say they already have a conference loss of course uh indiana got a win listen they struggled early fought back really showed a lot of drive they showed up and played this defense is still playing well offensively they're making plays as well western kentucky next they go to cincinnati as well jerry what do you say about iowa i think we're going to see alex padilla start trying to try to get the offense going a little bit that's the one position in football that could make a significant change if it's the right change 14 points through two weeks as their fewest since 1982 maryland gets the win the overwhelming win howard this is a dynamic offense just shows you how explosive they can be whenever all the receivers are healthy their quarterbacks playing at a high level has time in their pocket they're going to make a lot of plays the other significant thing is their defense is playing much better as well smu coming up next week uconn next week for j.j mccarthy in michigan michigan really talented really good team could be playing the best of all teams in the conference now jj makes them even better howard what do you make of michigan state well michigan state's going to be a tough team this is really an outstanding performance today defense played well the quarterback position still has some things they need to get cleaned up there but i think they'll be okay they're continuing to gain that momentum they need they go to washington next week minnesota easy win and an explosion to their offense today best team in the west right now most points of the game since 2006. nebraska the frustration continues yeah they they make plays right on the offensive side we've seen him do that but defensively we saw them take a step back today and again games close they don't find a way to pull it out really frustrating now 16 and 31 overall under scott frost oklahoma heads to town next week northwestern they've improved some on defense i'm not sure they've improved enough to have a good year i've lost 13 of their last 19 september games now this is usually the month to get fat it hasn't been the case for them ohio state gets an overwhelming win well we talked about them being tough and physical at the point of attack last week this week we got an opportunity to see them do that but also be explosive in the past game also did an outstanding job of running the ball i know you want to see them run a little bit more but they do exactly what they're allowed to do 65 straight wins against group of five opponents penn state gets the easy victory significance improvement in the run game both last week against purdue and today head to auburn next week purdue an easy winner wow just throw the ball all over the park this is a team that continues to get better when they're in rhythm offensively they're tough to beat again another team whose defense is playing well what do you make of rutgers in its win that 2-0 bowl game is a big goal for team that's building like them can't be any better than 2-0 you cannot be wisconsin they could be better it's a tough day yeah it's really tough because they're not doing what we're custom seeing them do control the line of scrimmage they're struggling still in the past game and not taking care of the football got to get it right against new mexico state next week because ohio state loses after that for the badgers the dramatic conclusion of our show coming up we will give you our saturday standouts or that guy but the hawaiian making things tough on his home state team we've got our standouts coming up as we wrap things up on the final drive [Applause] [Music] so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Music] everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on-demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big 10 plus app powered by big ten network download and subscribe now on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network the excitement is big [Applause] this is big on big ten network final drive is presented by auto owners insurance simple human sense built for success brought to you by rocket mortgage we've talked a lot about the lack of explosion in the run game for penn state perhaps we can put that narrative to rest nicholas singleton three runs of 40 yards or longer against ohio u penn state running backs had had one such run in the previous 23 games so singleton getting it done the freshman very impressive on saturday we need saturday standouts coach dinardo you go first well i've been talking about him all week i mean he has to be my standout j.j mccarthy he was named the starter before the game and he was named a starter after the game for next week he had a great game uh we've only seen a little bit about what he's capable of doing where are you going how are you i'm gonna go with this young man marvin harrison jr unbelievable day got robbed as well should have had four touchdowns today but that's a different discussion 184 and he's just going to show you he's going to be a dynamic receiver the entire time that play right there going up and high pointing it he's going to be a problem for secondary players well this guy's a problem as well leah tonga by loa how about 27 of 31 for 391 yards that 87 completion percentage is the highest in school history for any quarterback with 12 or more those are good numbers in a game those are there's a lot of numbers the compelling numbers yeah this was a fun day guys yeah a long day by the way we should do this again next time okay i'm signing up all right try to make it longer next saturday i think this is about the right perfect amount of time thanks so much for joining us on the final drive we will see you next time [Music] so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you ride my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football the excitement is [Applause] big the 2022 volleyball season only on big ten now this is big for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big 10 plus app powered by big 10 network download and subscribe now coming up on the final drive the top of the big ten looking the part on saturday convincing wins for the buckeyes and spartans after waiting out mother nature the wolverines reign all over the rainbow warriors j.j mccarthy stating his case for the starting qb job in ann arbor the news not as good for the teams expected to compete at the top of the west the badgers and hawkeyes both going down it's all on the final drive now [Music] [Applause] welcome in it is the final drive presented by auto owners insurance great to have you with us after an action-packed saturday we saw all 14 big 10 teams in action saw eight of them play here on the big ten network a lot going on phyllis a lot going on uh west division a little confusing just maybe maybe someone new in in indianapolis this year should be interesting i i got to tell you this michigan game is fascinating to me because i think jj gives them a little something extra going to be fun to watch quite a day including six big ten teams scoring 50 or more points first time that has happened in the ap poll era which dates back to 1936 so we saw some offensive explosions and howard mentioned the wolverines they were one of the teams that exploded we expected it frankly against a hawaii team that we knew was under man coming in but j.j mccarthy making his first career start and his first pass of the game goes for a touchdown roman wilson the hawaiian he touched the ball twice and he scored two tds in the game mccarthy to cornelius johnson 54 yards there jj 11 of 12 229 yards and three tds hits ronnie bell for the score here and then mccarthy feeling the pressure so steps up in the pocket and hits johnson there 42-0 they win it 56-10 j.j after the game with megan mckeown jj an hour rain delay before your first career start yeah you come out and just take over in the first half how are you able to maintain your focus despite the circumstances um it was just a little adversity i mean whatever happens happens and we're just going to roll with it and we we've been kind of waiting for something like that to happen all year all off season so it was just something that we were prepared for and we just naturally took advantage of it well you looked pretty prepared out there you threw for a couple touchdowns 229 yards what was allowing you to have so much success throwing the ball through the air i mean it all goes out to my teammates my coaches i mean the scout team all week has done a great job and it was just an amazing opportunity for them to get in and really show all the hard work that they've been putting in and yeah it's just my receivers played outstanding my offensive line played outstanding and the running backs were great so it just opened up everything well it opened up a lot for you you put on a great performance in your first career start how would you assess the body of work you just put out when it comes to the quarterback position starting moving forward with the season um i mean this was something i was kind of expecting on myself i i don't like to have expectations like that but just playing hawaii like just getting it done and handling business and now we're on to week two our week three yeah appreciate it jj thank you so much congrats have a nice night you too [Applause] he did get it done i mean again 11 of 12. he ran the ball once looked good doing that as well jerry i know you felt all along this kind of set up for mccarthy to state his case and become the starter this week do you believe he's done that yeah he won the job today and again he didn't even really run the ball hardly at all and he will do that when the time comes and when they need him but he's such a great pastor he's such a great talent that he he increases the efficiency of that offense several times over he makes him dynamic is what he does because now all of a sudden you you have to be concerned about another player carrying the football just not throwing the football so he was out there today and it looked easy right it just felt like the team was playing at a different level when he was at the quarterback position there's one play in particular when he gets pressure rolls out to the left a lot of guys really have to flip their hips all the way around to get any velocity on the ball he didn't even flip his hips and was still able to get the velocity on the ball to make the completion i think he's going to be fascinating and continue to watch him because he's going to get better there's going to be some there's going to be some times where he's going to struggle a little bit because it's a new role for him but he's going to continue to get better each and every week and then ohio state have the most talent in the conference in my opinion and they're going to have the two best quarterbacks and that those between the talent and the quarterbacks that really separates them from everybody else the only thing i don't like about the michigan team and i think it's probably the best team right now and the most complete team this schedule colorado state hawaii yukon maryland i'm not sure there's any game in there that's really going to test them like nerdy name tested ohio state a week ago so we're not going to know them against a really good opponent until halfway through the season yeah fair enough but again they've looked really good really point look i mean hawaii lost by a combined 85 points to vanderbilt in western kentucky so this isn't the best competition but 10.7 yards per play for michigan in that offense j.j one of the stars as was blake coram who's with megan blake your offense rushes for 262 yards how was your position group able to get the run game going early about preparation you know we listened to coach you know we listened to you know offensive dolphins line coach you know we have one of the best onlines in the nation i think it's the best but really just preparing and coming out here and just doing what we do how are you able to have so much success on the ground 88 yards for you in a touchdown offensive line you know they make they make my job easy i feel like they make all the running backs job but anyone has the ball in their hand they make it easy so it was really just them they allowed me to get to the second level and let me do what i do given a lot of love to the offensive blind but five different running backs score touchdowns in this game what kind of statement did this group make tonight i mean it means everyone can play you know all the running backs can play you know what i'm saying that's what they came here for they didn't come here to sit they came here to play and uh i believe in all the running backs you know i think we had the best running back group in the nation as well and um you know they attacked the day and uh that's what they did today i'm proud of those guys congratulations blake thanks so much as for ohio state they were taking on arkansas state pick it up in the first quarter cj stroud marvin harrison jr this was the story of this game cj stroud throwing for 351 yards and four touchdowns three of them to harrison remember he scored three touchdowns in the rose bowl last year he joins joey galloway the only two players in osu program history with two career games of three or more receiving touchdowns harrison was just fabulous seven receptions 184 yards as ohio state rolls 45-12 the final in this one a biggest takeaway is for you howard from watching the buckeyes and that passing attack which we didn't see a whole lot of in terms of the big plays last week against notre dame we certainly saw it on saturday to me they took advantage of what they were going to be really good at you talked about going against the secondary that was overmatched by this wide receiver group they were going to have opportunities to get behind these corners and safeties and they were able to take advantage of them it's just one of those things that each and every week we watch them we're going to see them win probably in a different fashion just because of who the opponent may be that they're playing against last week it was toughness in the run game on offense to win the game they didn't have much explosion today they had explosion i mean it makes them a complete team henderson had the ball 10 times for 10 carries today i wish he had gotten it a little bit more i think he's a really star and one of the better running backs in the country but today was the day for explosion and not the running game yeah to your point they had one play in the notre dame game longer than 30 yards they had eight plays in this game against arkansas state of 30 yards or longer so we saw that is the big play offense that we saw from ohio state last year and we saw it in this game as well we did not see much offense from iowa we didn't see it last week and they picked up right where they left off and not in a good way taking on iowa state the battle for the cy hawk trophy and this off a blocked punt i actually got off to a good start they blocked the punt they take it into the end zone lesean williams hawkeye's up seven nothing but they had just 150 yards of offense in this game hunter deckers to xavier hutchinson the eight-yard touchdown that was the end of a 99-yard drive for the cyclones iowa had one chance here to maybe send it into overtime but aaron blaum misses wide left and iowa state ends a six-game skid against the hawks they win it 10-7 reaction starting with kirk ferentz we're not going to win moving forward if we can't score more points in that we get a really good defense right now but you can't count you know you're not going to gain seven points ten points a game part of complementary football is the other people uh helping out when one unit's not going well uh but you know we're gonna have to move the ball offensively that's you know like sit around waiting on special teams and defense to win every game for us we can't do that it's not realistic it all comes together sometimes it all comes unraveled it's an old george strait song but um you know i still have a lot of high hopes for our for our unit and for our team this hasn't changed any of our goals only thing we can't be now is undefeated but the rest of our goal is shot in front of us i truly do believe that there's there's good in front of this unit we just we just gotta go do it well they have not done it to this point seven points in each of their first two games 316 total yards of offense through two games i mean it just flat out not gonna get it done you know it's not spencer petrus's fault but i i think kirk ferentz will make a change at quarterback this week i think alex padilla might give them a spark there's no other position in football that you can change that could have that much of a change in your production on offense so it's not spencer's fault they're struggling why not make why not make a change at quarterback and i i got the impression the way kirk was answering some of the quarterback questions in the press conference that that he's going to revisit that tomorrow he kept pushing it off pushing it off if he wasn't going to make a change i think he would have said that today yeah so i i i think we're going to see a change i wouldn't i wouldn't discount that at all but i think the other thing that has to happen is they have to get better offensive line play you know when you are struggling not to be able to run the football and you can't protect the quarterback he's under constant duress it's going to cause some problems the time is not going to be there people aren't going to have the confidence so i think shoring up that offensive line trying to put them in the best position to help them which probably is running a football with a quarterback that may be able to be more athletic as well yeah just getting the offensive line better is a lot harder than getting the quarterback better if in fact padilla gives them better quarterback play it's just one person that makes that change and again they're banged up a receiver no keegan still it's it is stuck in neutral they are the first big ten team since 2001 to score i don't think it's seven i think it's park seven or fewer points in their first two games yeah neutral might be uh might be generous but no it uh it has not been good and they're gonna figure some things out they got nevada coming up next week so much more to come on this show penn state about the future at quarterback we saw a little bit of that sought at running back as well with nick singleton we will catch up on their impressive performance and plenty more on the battle in the west is it the gophers division to win another impressive showing from them as we continue on the final draw final drive is presented by auto owners insurance simple human sense what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed but they're super close though there's just a courtyard in between them well actually it's an alley but nobody lives in it anymore so that's cool when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content streaming and on-demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big 10 plus app powered by big 10 network download and subscribe now the excitement is big [Applause] everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network michigan state 14th ranked team in the nation hosting akron jaylen berger pulling his way into the end zone he had three touchdowns on the day that one made it 21-0 spartans and look out jeff under cuffler just gets hammered there by cal halliday msu forced four turnovers including that fumble how about noah kim coming in and firing one to trey mosely for the touchdown 52 to nothing michigan state rolls audrey dahlgren afterward with jaylen berger jalen your coach mel tucker said that he believed you'd be the guy for them what gives him so much confidence in you to make him feel that way uh i'd say the way i follow with my past finishing runs and stuff like that but uh just just the energy around the room brings it out of me to be honest i like i like how the one-two punch with me and broussard yeah just like that this also too a hundred-yard second 100-yard rushing game for yourself what makes it so you're able to click so well in this offense just the way they utilize the running backs in this offense you know like splitting me out wide at the receiver almost fumbled on that screen pass but just the way they utilize the running backs like i said i didn't even know i had 100 yards to be honest i thought i was under it but a good game for me [Applause] good game for him good game for the entire offense good game for the defense as well their largest shutout win since 1957. what stood out about michigan state's victory big jump from week one to week two especially the third quarter it looked like they emphasized the run more they made some adjustments at halftime but every time we talk about mel tucker's team we all always talk about their goals their expectations and and their improvement and there was certainly a lot of improvement from week one to week two yeah you think about the defensive side of the ball keep holding your opponent to only 22 yards rushing that's big time so that's taking that next step understand the opponent but it's about going out and being able to execute that and then offensively running the ball the way they did they made the plays they needed to one part that was really good for them i think coach tuck would be happy just four penalties for 22 yards that's always been a little bit of an issue for him now he seemed to have that corrected eight straight home wins for them that is their longest streak in six years they had on the road next week to take on washington penn state taking on the bobcats of ohio u we mentioned this time or 30 last year penn state's longest touchdown run last season was seven yards noah singleton going 10 times that 70 yards for him he had 10 carries for 179 yards on the game penn state up 14-0 and then it's sean clifford to mitchell tinsley how about 17 different receivers catching passes for penn state that is the most for any big ten team this century drew aller we got a glimpse of him in that game against purdue hitting omari evans 32 yards there that was beautiful tell a lot and a glimpse yeah there's been a couple good glimpses yeah 46-10 state gets to win now 20-0 in non-conference home games under james franklin really encouraging howard to see the run game get going really is you know they were explosive runs and i think that was the biggest thing i don't think this is still a team that's just going to be able to line up and force the ball down their opponent's throat whenever they want to but if they can continue to get these explosive runs from the run game that's going to be significant for them yeah if they can just do whatever they have to do in the run game to win the game most likely by throwing the ball you take last week 98 yards against purdue certainly not a lot of yards but that's how many yards they needed to beat purdue today over 200 yards they probably could have gotten more if they wanted to so it's not always the number of yards for me i think it's the number of runs that are called and the number of passes that are called don't get in a situation where it becomes a pass rush drill because if you do that at penn state your offensive line won't hold up in protection and it's good to have a back that you can depend on right and singleton appears to be that guy this ends a streak of 17 straight games without a 100-yard rusher for penn state they had one with singleton they go to auburn next week that should be a stern test for the nittany lions minnesota and western illinois this was not a particularly stern test for the gophers trey potts weaving his way through they went over 300 yards rushing and passing gophers on top 14 to nothing mo ibrahim continues his assault on the record books 11th straight 100 yard rushing game extending the longest streak in fbs that is a school record he went for 130 in this game scored a couple plays later how about this interception howard talking about going out and tracking the football does a great job of looking in with his hands it looks like a wide receiver shouldn't be on the defensive side of the ball jordan howard now 62-10 they're most points since 2006. it is hard to read too much into some of these games i mean western illinois has won four games in the last three years however minnesota based on what we've seen to this point against inferior opponents looks to be a really good team well the one thing we can read into it is kirk soraka said he wanted to be more explosive today so he that's the way he called the game i think they're probably the most complete team in the west i think they're playing better than any of the other teams in the west right now they were balanced up today they're pretty impressive on both sides of the ball both coordinators are doing great jobs i mean the storyline has always been coming into this year is about what's going to happen on the offensive side of the football but defense continues to impress each and every week and they're going to need that defense to really make a run in the west this is the 14th straight opponent they have held to 27 points or fewer that was the longest streak in 57 years for that gophers defense lots more to come on the show we were talking about offensive explosions off the top and maryland had one leia tagovailoa was about as good as one can be we will show you the highlights of his aerial assault and a big day for rutgers as well putting up historic numbers against wagner highlights of both those teams plus plenty more to come as we continue on the final drive what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed we need to be able to see our kids oh you'll be able to see them when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting [Music] it matters where you stay hilton for the stay so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Music] the excitement is big [Applause] the 2022 volleyball season [Applause] on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on on-demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten now download and subscribe now tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football hitting time on fox now or hulu wisconsin hosting washington state picked this one up in the third quarter badgers up by four cameron ward buying some time he finds nikia watson the former badger running back puts on the spin move and finds the end zone 31 yards and the cougars go on top 17-14 wisconsin on the move graham merch to clay kundu for caught two touchdown passes but he coughs that one up wazoo takes over runs out the clock and they win in madison 17-14 tough loss for paul christian company we did some things today that make it hard to make it hard to win and kicking myself for uh you know going forward on fourth and three you know like to have that one back you gotta make it to where you're playing the opponent and not not doing some things to hurt yourself this has got to be one that we you know that burns and stings to where it drives you to to get better [Applause] he talked about the penalties they had 11 for more than 100 yards they turned the ball over three times to give up six tackles for loss just not the performance of a team that should expect to win a game i mean they were close they had a chance there obviously that fumble did them in but really throughout this game sluggish from the badgers it's possible they're going to be a different looking team this year they were 65 percent run last year right now their 50-50 run pass i'm not sure how good their defense is i mean they lost a lot of guys on defense right from last year's team and we just said well jim leonard will take care of it well maybe it's not that simple so this might be a little bit different looking team and they may have to find a way to win a little differently than they have in the past few years yeah but if they're going to win they can't turn the ball over right they can't you go back to last year they did some of the same things they would have penalties and turn the ball over at some bad times they're not in a position where they can afford to do that they have to take care of the football to be able to win football games this isn't that dominant style of offense that we were used to seeing when they can control the game at the line of scrimmage by running it and when they were turning it over a lot of times the defense was saving i don't know that the defense is that good this year right now that the outfit that they can overcome the turnovers i was the team to turn the ball over more than anyone in the big ten a year ago wisconsin this just their second loss in their last 48 non-conference home games maryland going on the road for a non-conference clash with charlotte pick it up in the second quarter leah tangabailoa to jacob copeland 45 yards taken by lois numbers were amazing 27 and 31 391 yards and four touchdowns here he keeps it himself for the td 617 total yards for maryland in a 56-21 win guys when this offense gets going it is a sight to behold it is it's a video game on offense but it's been that way since lox has been there right we we know they can recruit we know they can play offense i think this year the the addition is the better defense and again they didn't play a tough opponent today but you still have to keep contained you still have to be in your rush lanes they still can show you that they're playing better defense regardless of who they're playing against on offense it's no question that they have to continue to play the way they're playing on the defensive side of the ball but when you talk about offensively this wide receiver group is a group that could rival one of the best wide receiver groups in the conference in ohio state they have a lot of talent there if they could stay healthy keep their quarterback upright and vertical throwing it down the field they're going to score a lot of points this year well they scored 56 in that game second most ever in a road game for maryland in the history of the program rutgers at home taking on wagner and this one was over before it started that's right when it started evan simon aaron crookshank three of the first four passes for rutgers went for touchdowns they were thrown by three different quarterbacks gavin wimsett how about this catch by chris long howard outstanding one-hand catch and a nice throw by the quarterback real comfortable in the pocket 585 yards of offense johnny langet getting in the act what up kid johnny 66-7 the most points since 1993. here's crystal rich with gavin wimsett gavin this is your first career start all of your family is here how did it feel finally to be able to orchestrate full drives this week i just felt great being able to be out there on my team uh you know just do what we normally do so it's so good feels good now your whole family's here i know everyone was really rooting for you what was it like your game in the air obviously you had that long 41 yard touchdown pass that was super great uh my first school touchdown so sitting on my team celebrated with me on the sideline was good it was amazing now we see a lot of dances that you do on tick tock is there going to be a celebration dance that we might be able to get a preview of right here um that's in the works it's in the words congratulations gavin enjoy it back to the studio there's plenty to celebrate for rutgers look wagner is not a good team they lost 21 straight games coming in and again you don't want to read too much into these victories but howard read something into it what do you think yeah they need to figure out who the quarterback is going to be right now right and they're giving the guys an opportunity to go out and see who's going to do the best job of leading the team right now that's why they're continuing to roll them through so they have options there and they have play makers as well this is a team though that wants to be physical at the point of attack yeah i'd agree with you on the quarterbacks think about simon winsett they have played against bar at boston college two young quarterbacks and a big upset and then today in a much easier game so the experience those two young quarterbacks are getting i mean it's hard to do that in scrimmages it's hard to do that in the spring game reps for those two young quarterbacks is really valuable 78th win for greg ciano as rector's head coach he ties frank burns for first all-time he can pass him next week against temple so congratulations to greg ciano there a prime time game on the big ten network indiana hosting the vandals of idaho indiana was actually down 10-0 in this game but back they come connor baselack aj barner rumbling his way into the end zone and the hoosiers go on top 16 to 10. then it's bayslack to dj matthews [Applause] indiana up 23-10 they had 239 rushing yards in this game after just 32 in the opener josh henderson takes it in there and 35-22 the final tom allen with shane sparks coach yellen i think a lot of us want to know what happened to the guys were in the indiana jerseys in the first half where'd you put those guys i don't know i tell you very frustrating you know it was uh not how we have to play very disappointed uh obviously we got some things to fix with that getting our guys ready to play right away that was probably how they responded you know we found a way to win it was an ugly win for sure but uh it was still a win we just started executing didn't turn the ball over got off the field on third downs defensively and played the way we're supposed to play so but uh we saw him last week making a lot of plays against washington state we knew they had some talent we had a lot of good players and coach x doing a great job taylor two halves for sure all 35 points in the second half i mean cause for concern no doubt with the way they performed early but the resilience impressive yeah no doubt and this offense is really unique in this way it's a spread offense but with the spacing with the wide receivers they're almost to the boundary and walt bell the offensive coordinate that's given the offensive line a chance because they always control the numbers in the box and that's what happened the second half they got the numbers right in the box and they were able to block them one-on-one because they were displaced because they're wide receivers and they got the running game going i think a big part of this coming off an emotional win last week versus illinois and really being able to bounce back is a big part of this so coming out and having to win a tough game having to have deal with some obstacles early in this game and still being able to bounce back really speaks volumes for this football team can't be any better than two and over right now it's a pretty good start 2-0 and again we've talked about how offensively challenged they've been this is the third time in 17 games they've been over 400 yards they ran the ball shivers really looked good in the second half so maybe you can build off of what happened there and again you've equaled last year's win total yeah all right i think they're onto something with this it is it is a unique offense no one else is doing it quite like this two games into the year a team that won two last year has won two this year as well they get western kentucky coming up next week we got lots more to talk about still here on the final drive as we roll you through 14 big 10 games purdue overwhelming in-state foe indiana state and more of the same for the huskers a very disappointing loss for nebraska what now we will hear from head coach scott frost as we continue on the final drive [Music] what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed but they're super close though there's just a courtyard in between them well actually it's an alley but nobody lives in it anymore so that's cool go ahead and lock the door when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you ride my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Music] we don't kidnap women [Music] leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football the excitement is fifth shutdown let us finish it the 2022 season only on big ten now this is big on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network illinois hosting virginia pick it up in the first quarter illini down three nothing billy kemp fielding a punt for the cavaliers and fumbles it away matthew bailey in the end zone for the touchdown big special teams play in the illini were off and running michael marcase beat him by four touchdowns last year the illini on top 14-3 defense was phenomenal five sacks two interceptions held the cavaliers to 222 yards bayley the interception there as illinois wins 24-3 how about the bounce back from the illini after the disappointment howard against indiana this was a dominant effort yeah opportunity to play indiana having to go on the road and losing that game i think you know china shook this illinois team up and having the opportunity to come back and bounce back against a team that embarrassed you last year was big for them they were able to pass that test but the way they're getting things done now on the defensive side i mean they are really playing well on that side of the ball really complete team right like you say really good on defense on offense they're balanced running past tommy devito the transfer from syracuse seems to be the perfect quarterback for the system they're running really good team and again i think you can put the word complete around this team chase brown over 100 yards again he joins mikaela shore the only illinois players this century to rush for over 100 yards in the first three games of a season and yeah they've got to feel really good particularly given what happened last week i think we know this is an improving team here the illinois they're going to buy next week then they face chattanooga you didn't do that he didn't play it's this century what seriously are you doing seriously yeah he didn't get into a big case he played yeah northwestern and duke and the wildcats were down 21 to nothing but back they come evan hole for the touchdown that was on a fourth and three hole had 213 receiving yards that is the most for a power conference running back this century 21-16 then it's hilinski to donny navarro 435 yards passing for olinsky 28-23 it's 31-23 hole oh in the closing seconds a touchdown in a two-point conversion would have sent it to overtime but he fumbles at the goal line fourth straight loss for northwestern to the blue devils 31-23 fellas what do you make of that game i mean you did you cannot dig a hole like that howard and expect to be able to come back it was it was a game effort no doubt from northwestern but the first quarter was abysmal defensively because they couldn't do anything you we looked at the strides they had made from their week zero game as far as defense is concerned then you turn to this game and it was just a struggle the entire first half and they finally figured it out and got started to have some answers but they had to expend so much energy to get back into the game and then they have the costly fumble at the end which was uh tough particularly for whole we had a great game yeah it's not only the energy to get back in the game it's the way the offensive coordinator has to call the game right because you're trying to play catch-up they have 76 yards rushing so so they couldn't run the ball though even when they were in the game i mean i i understand what you're saying but but the run game was completely shut down i know but you could never you didn't you don't feel like you have time to establish it yeah yeah i mean you're behind i i mean there was no defense early in the game i i just think it's a play caller when you're that far behind yeah you're just thinking about catching up yeah i mean you give up 232 yards in the first quarter you can't win a game they give up 229 the rest of the way but again the wildcats fall to one and one no such problems for purdue the boilers were overwhelming against indiana state forced the turnover there cam allen recovers the defense was great throughout and charlie jones continues to put on a clinic howard really does one on one does a great job with the stiff arm and then finding the end zone nine receptions for 133 yards and three touchdowns all in the first half he has 21 catches same number that he had all of last year and then he's got that deal that he's doing whatever that sideline there what is that i don't know let's look at the auto owner's insurance game leader shall we aiden o'connell i'd say that's an efficient game 17 of 19. four touchdowns you see the numbers for jones and then allen leading the way for that defense which pitched the shutout first home shutout since 2011 after the devastation against penn state this is an important game to get well for purdue it is but you don't learn much in fact the only thing i learned was that it is possible for purdue to run more than the past they read it 45 times and threw it 30 times other than that i didn't learn much about the team well i think it shows you that just how explosive this offense can be when when they're in rhythm uh when the offensive line is given uh the quarterback opportunities and time in the pocket that they can make the plays and defensively you know they're continuing to get better on that's that at all they corrected some of the mistakes from a week ago as far as tackling was concerned it was sure tackling more sure tackling today than we saw a week ago you certainly have evidence of that 56-00 there's no doubt you got support on all of that yeah whatever you say whatever you say is good right 56 nothing is your evidence the evidence for nebraska is starting to get overwhelming in in a really negative direction they were taking on georgia southern picking up in the third quarter kyle van tries to omari jones georgia southern up 35-28 van trisou for 409 yards casey thompson the rushing touchdown there puts nebraska on top 42-38 but back comes van tris diving for the end zone fifth rushing touchdown of the game for the eagles now one second left nebraska one last chance they bring in timmy bleak road but his field goal attempt goes wide left and georgia southern wins it 45-42 scott frost after the game certainly didn't expect that tonight i thought we would perform a lot better than that i felt really good about our defense going into the season felt good about our offense i knew it would take a while for offense to start clicking i thought they did pretty well tonight i thought the defense made a lot of progress last week that was a major setback we gave up too many points thinking the second game offense struggled in the first half and the defense held us in it so we got to play more complete games and that wasn't even close it certainly was not they gave up 642 yards to georgia southern this is the 215th time all time that nebraska scored 35 or more points at memorial stadium they had been 214-0 in those games first time they've ever lost at home when scoring 35 or more points the defense seemed to be the most solid part of this team and it has just evaporated you could say that since scott has been there the one thing that's gotten better every single year was the defense and now the offense has come along i mean i think it's fair to say the offense is better and then what's happened to the defense and when you look at their personnel i would say that this is as talented as any of their other recent defenses that were playing better it's it's puzzling we saw nebraska go down and scores about four minutes left in the game and there was a collective look around the green room too much time left on the clock that's true right yeah because that's just how we feel when we watch this team and it ultimately played out even though they had a run to get back in and had an opportunity at the field goal at the end it just feels like when the team is when their backs are against the wall they just don't have a way to get over that that issue i feel contractually obligated as a sportscaster covering nebraska to mention they are now 5 and 22 in one score games under scott frost we have to mention the the one score game because it's well it's simply what we do coming up it is the segment so good we named the show after it the final drive on the final drive one thought on each and every team that played on this saturday that's each and every team in the big ten stick around [Music] [Music] sauce i got a sauce what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed but they're super close though there's just a courtyard in between them well actually it's an alley but nobody lives in it anymore so that's cool go ahead and lock the door when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon for the biggest big 10 experience there's no plus like home the big 10 plus app your favorite big ten content streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten now download and subscribe now tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football yeah jj uh i mean he had near flawless performance um 11 for 12. um and then one was dropped i mean that's that's tough to do that's tough to do and any day of the week in practice and uh yeah i thought he had a great game he's playing playing really well we'll start jj next week i would say that surprises none of us right jim harbaugh ending the suspense so he has a new starting quarterback in jj mccarthy or a quarterback goal start for the second straight week let's dive into the final drive one thought on each one of the teams that played on saturday which was the entire league jerry you lead us off with the victorious fighting allina really complete team bold team will have something to say about who wins the west held 11 of their last 12 opponents to 24 or fewer points and it might not uh it might not just have something to say it might be them but they might be in that hunt again that would that would be a big something to say they already have a conference loss of course uh indiana got a win listen they struggled early fought back really showed a lot of drive they showed up and played this defense is still playing well offensively they're making plays as well western kentucky next they go to cincinnati as well jerry what do you say about iowa i think we're going to see alex padilla start trying to try to get the offense going a little bit that's the one position in football that could make a significant change if it's the right change 14 points through two weeks that is the fewest since 1982 maryland gets the win the overwhelming win howard this is uh dynamic offense just shows you how explosive they can be whenever all the receivers are healthy their quarterbacks playing at a high level has time in their pocket they're going to make a lot of plays the other significant thing is their defense is playing much better as well smu coming up next week uconn next week for j.j mccarthy in michigan michigan really talented really good team could be playing the best of all teams in the conference now jj makes them even better howard what do you make of michigan state well michigan state is going to be a tough team this is really an outstanding performance today defense played well the quarterback position still has some things they need to get cleaned up there but i think they'll be okay they're continuing to gain that momentum they need they go to washington next week minnesota easy win added explosion to their offense today best team in the west right now most points of the game since 2006. nebraska the frustration continues yeah they they make plays right on the offensive side we've seen him do that but defensively we saw them take a step back today and again games close they don't find a way to pull it out really frustrating now 16 and 31 overall under scott frost oklahoma heads to town next week northwestern they've improved some on defense i'm not sure they've improved enough to have a good year i've lost 13 of their last 19 september games now this is usually the month to get fat and hasn't been the case for them ohio state gets an overwhelming win well we talked about them being tough and physical at the point of attack last week this week we got an opportunity to see them do that but also be explosive in the past game also did an outstanding job of running the ball i know you want to see them run a little bit more but they do exactly what they're allowed to do 65 straight wins against group of five opponents penn state gets the easy victory significance improvement in the run game both last week against purdue and today head to auburn next week purdue an easy winner wow just throw the ball all over the park this is a team that continues to get better when they're in rhythm offensively they're tough to beat again another team whose defense is playing well what do you make of rutgers in its win they're 2-0 bowl game is a big goal for team that's building like them can't be any better than 2-0 you cannot be wisconsin they could be better it's a tough day yeah it's really tough because they're not doing what we're custom seeing them do control the line the scrimmage they're struggling still in the past game and not taking care of the football got to get it right against new mexico state next week because ohio state loses after that for the badgers the dramatic conclusion of our show coming up we will give you our saturday standouts or that guy but the hawaiian making things tough on his home state team we've got our standouts coming up as we wrap things up on the final drive [Music] what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed but they're super close though there's just a courtyard in between them well actually it's an alley but nobody lives in it anymore so that's cool when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network the excitement is big [Applause] for the biggest big 10 experience there's no plus like home the big 10 plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten network download and subscribe now everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network final drive is presented by auto owners insurance simple human sense built for success brought to you by rocket mortgage we've talked a lot about the lack of explosion in the run game for penn state perhaps we can put that narrative to rest nicholas singleton three runs of 40 yards or longer against ohio u penn state running backs had had one such run in the previous 23 games so singleton getting it done the freshman very impressive on saturday we need saturday standouts coach dinardo you go first well i've been talking about him all week i mean he has to be my standout j.j mccarthy he was named the starter before the game and he was named a starter after the game for next week he had a great game uh we've only seen a little bit about what he's capable of doing where you going i'm gonna go with this young man marvin harrison jr unbelievable day got robbed as well should have had four touchdowns today but that's a different discussion 184 and he's just going to show you he's going to be a dynamic receiver the entire time that play right there going up and high pointing it is going to be a problem for secondary players oh this guy's a problem as well leah tonga by loa how about 27 of 31 for 391 yards that 87 completion percentage is the highest in school history for any quarterback with 12 or more those are good numbers in a game those are there's a lot of numbers the compelling numbers yeah this was a fun day guys yeah a long day by the way we should do this again next time yeah okay i'm signing up all right try to make it longer next saturday i think this is about the right perfect amount of time thanks so much for joining us on the final drive we will see you next time [Music] what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed but they're super close though there's just a courtyard in between them well actually it's an alley but nobody lives in it anymore so that's cool go ahead and lock the door when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network coming up on the final drive the top of the big ten looking the part on saturday convincing wins for the buckeyes and spartans after waiting out mother nature the wolverines reign all over the rainbow warriors j.j mccarthy stating his case for the starting qb job in ann arbor the news not as good for the teams expected to compete at the top of the west the badgers and hawkeyes both going down it's all on the final drive now [Music] [Applause] welcome in it is the final drive presented by auto owners insurance great to have you with us after an action-packed saturday we saw all 14 big 10 teams in action saw eight of them play here on the big ten network lot going on phyllis a lot going on uh west division a little confusing just maybe maybe someone new in in indianapolis this year should be interesting i i got to tell you this michigan game is fascinating to me because i think jj gives them a little something extra gonna be fun to watch quite a day including six big ten teams scoring 50 or more points first time that has happened in the ap poll era which dates back to 1936 so we saw some offensive explosions and howard mentioned the wolverines they were one of the teams that exploded we expected it frankly against a hawaii team that we knew was under man coming in but j.j mccarthy making his first career start and his first pass of the game goes for a touchdown roman wilson the hawaiian he touched the ball twice and he scored two tds in the game mccarthy to cornelius johnson 54 yards there jj 11 of 12 229 yards and three tds hits ronnie bell for the score here and then mccarthy feeling the pressure so steps up in the pocket and hits johnson there 42-0 they win it 56-10 j.j after the game with megan mckeown jj an hour rain delay before your first career start yeah you come out and just take over in the first half how are you able to maintain your focus despite the circumstances um it was just a little adversity i mean whatever happens happens and we're just going to roll with it and we we've been kind of waiting for something like that to happen all year all off seat it comes to the quarterback position starting moving forward with the season um i mean this was something i was kind of expecting on myself i i don't like to have expectations like that but just playing hawaii like just getting it done and handling business and now we're on to week two or week three yeah appreciate it jj thank you so much congrats have a nice night you too [Applause] he did get it done i mean again 11 of 12 he ran the ball once looked good doing that as well jerry i know you felt all along this kind of set up for mccarthy to state his case and become the starter this week do you believe he's done that yeah he won the job today and again he didn't even really run the ball hardly at all and he will do that when the time comes and when they need him but he he's such a great pastor he's such a great talent that he he increases the efficiency of that offense several times over he makes him dynamic is what he does because now all of a sudden you you have to be concerned about another player carrying the football just not throwing the football so he was out there today and it looked easy right it just felt like the team was playing at a different level when he was at the quarterback position there's one play in particular when he gets pressure rolls out to the left a lot of guys really have to flip their hips all the way around to get any velocity on the ball he didn't even flip his hips and was still able to get the velocity on the ball to make the completion i think he's going to be fascinating and continue to watch him because he's going to get better there's going to be some there's going to be some times where he's going to struggle a little bit because it's a new role for him but he's going to continue to get better each and every week and then ohio state have the most talent in the conference in my opinion and they're going to have the two best quarterbacks and that those between the talent and the quarterbacks that really separates them from everybody else the only thing i don't like about the michigan team and i think it's probably the best team right now and the most complete team this schedule colorado state hawaii yukon maryland i'm not sure there's any game in there that's really going to test them like nerdy name tested ohio state a week ago so we're not going to know them against a really good opponent until halfway through the season yeah fair enough but again they look really good really point look i mean hawaii lost by a combined 85 points to vanderbilt in western kentucky so this isn't the best competition but 10.7 yards per play for michigan in that offense j.j one of the stars as was blake coram who's with megan blake your offense rushes for 262 yards how is your position group able to get the run game going early about preparation you know we listen to coach you know we listen to uh you know offensive dolphins line coach you know we have one of the best onlines in the nation i think it's the best but really just preparing and coming out here and just doing what we do how are you able to have so much success on the ground 88 yards for you in a touchdown offensive line you know they make they make my job easy i feel like they make all the running backs job but anyone has the ball in their hand they make it easy so it was really just them you know they allowed me to get to the second level and let me do what i do given a lot of love to the offensive blind but five different running backs score touchdowns in this game what kind of statement did this group make tonight i mean it means uh everyone can play you know all the running backs can play you know what i'm saying that's what they came here for they didn't come here to say they came here to play and i believe in all the running backs you know i think we had the best running back group in the nation as well and you know they attacked the day and uh that's what they did today i'm proud of those guys congratulations blake thanks so much appreciate it as for ohio state they were taking on arkansas state pick it up in the first quarter cj stroud marvin harrison jr this was the story of this game cj stroud throwing for 351 yards and four touchdowns three of them to harrison remember he scored three touchdowns in the rose bowl last year he joins joey galloway the only two players in osu program history with two career games of three or more receiving touchdowns harrison was just fabulous seven receptions 184 yards as ohio state rolls 45-12 the final in this one the biggest takeaways for you howard from watching the buckeyes and that passing attack which we didn't see a whole lot of in terms of the big plays last week against notre dame we certainly saw it on saturday to me they took advantage of what they were going to be really good at you talked about going against the secondary that was overmatched by this wide receiver group they were going to have opportunities to get behind these corners and safeties and they were able to take advantage of them it's just one of those things that each and every week we watch them we're going to see them win probably in a different fashion just because of who the opponent may be that they're playing against last week it was toughness in the run game on offense to win the game they didn't have much explosion today they had the explosion i mean it makes them a complete team henderson had the ball 10 times for 10 carriers today i wish he had gotten it a little bit more i think he's a really star and one of the better running backs in the country but today was the day for explosion and not the running game yeah to your point they had one play xavier hutchinson the eight-yard touchdown that was the end of a 99-yard drive for the cyclones iowa had one chance here to maybe send it into overtime but aaron blom misses wide left and iowa state ends his six-game skid against the hawks they win a 10-7 reaction starting with kirk ferentz we're not going to win moving forward if we can't score more points and we get a really good defense right now but you can't count you know you're not gonna win a game seven points ten points a game part of complimentary football is the other people uh helping out when one unit's not going well uh but you know we're going to move the ball offensively that's you know i've i'm sitting around waiting on special teams and defense to win every game for us we can't do that it's not realistic it all comes together sometimes it all comes unraveled it's an old george strait song but um you know i still have a lot of high hopes for our for our unit and for our team it doesn't change any of our goals only thing we can't be now is undefeated um but the rest of our goal is shot in front of us i truly do believe that there's there's good in front of this unit we just we just gotta go do it well they have not done it to this point seven points in each of their first two games 316 total yards of offense through two games i mean it just flat out not going to get it done you know it's not spencer petrus's fault but i i think kirk ferentz will make a change at quarterback this week i think alex padilla might give him a spark there's no other position in football that you can change that could have that much of a change in your production on offense so it's not spencer's fault they're struggling why not make why not make a change at quarterback and i i got the impression the way kirk was answering some of the quarterback questions in the press conference that that he's going to revisit that tomorrow he kept pushing it off pushing it off if he wasn't going to make a change i think he would have said that today yeah so i i i think we're going to see a change i wouldn't i wouldn't discount that at all but i think the other thing that has to happen is they have to get better offensive line play you know when you are struggling not to be able to run the football and you can't protect the quarterback he's under constant duress it's going to cause some problems the time is not going to be there people aren't going to have the confidence so i think shoring up that offensive line trying to put them in the best position to help them which probably is running a football with a quarterback that may be able to be more athletic as well yeah just getting the offensive line better is a lot harder than getting the quarterback better if in fact padilla gives them better quarterback play it's just one person that makes that change and again they're banged up a receiver no keegan johnson no nico regani again for iowa but still it's it is stuck in neutral they are the first big ten team since 2001 to score i don't think it's seven i think it's park seven or fewer points in their first two games yeah neutral might be uh might be generous but no it uh it has nothing good and they're gonna figure some things out they got nevada coming up next week so much more to come on this show penn state about the future at quarterback we saw a little bit of that sodded running back as well with nick singleton we will catch up on their impressive performance and plenty more on the battle in the west is it the gophers division to win another impressive showing from them as we continue on the final draw final drive is presented by auto owners insurance simple human sense what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed we need to be able to see our kids you'll be able to see them when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon lord forgive us for what we're [Music] i need about help kings may be chosen by god but they still make the mistakes of now medieval rated r tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network for the biggest big 10 experience there's no plus like home the big 10 plus app your favorite big 10 content streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big 10 plus app powered by big 10 network download and subscribe now everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football on a new big ten trail blazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network the excitement is big [Applause] let us finish it the 2022 season only on big ten network this is big michigan state 14th ranked team in the nation hosting akron jalen berger pulling his way into the end zone he had three touchdowns on the day that one made it 21-0 spartans and look out jeff under cuffler just gets hammered there by cal halliday msu forced four turnovers including that fumble how about noah kim coming in and firing one to trey mosely for the touchdown 52 to nothing michigan state rolls audrey dahlgren afterward with jalen berger jalen your coach mel tucker said that he believed you'd be the guy for them what gives him so much confidence in you to make him feel that way i'd say the way i fought with my past finishing runs and stuff like that but uh just just the energy around the room brings it out to me to be honest i like i like how the one-two punch with me and broussard yeah just like that this also too a hundred yard second 100 yard rushing game for yourself what makes it so you're able to click so well in this offense just the way they utilize the running backs in this offense you know like splitting me out wide at the receiver almost fumbled on that screen pass but just the way they utilize the running backs like i said i didn't even know i had 100 yards to be honest i thought i was under it but a good game for me [Applause] good game for him good game for the entire offense good game for the defense as well their largest shutout win since 1957. what stood out about michigan state's victory big jump from week one to week two especially the third quarter it looked like they emphasized the run more they made some adjustments at halftime but every time we talk about mel tucker's team we all always talk about their goals their expectations and and their improvement and there was certainly a lot of improvement from week one to week two yeah you think about the defensive side of the ball keep holding your opponent to only 22 yards rushing that's big time so that's taking that next step understand the opponent but it's about going out and being able to execute that and then offensively running the ball the way they did they made the plays they needed to one part that was really good for them i think coach tucker be happy just four penalties for 22 yards that's always been a little bit of an issue for him now he seemed to have that corrected eight straight home wins for them that is their longest streak in six years they had on the road next week to take on washington penn state taking on the bobcats of ohio u we mentioned this time or 30 last year penn state's longest touchdown run last season was 7 yards noah singleton going 10 times that 70 yards for him he had 10 carries for 179 yards on the game penn state up 14 nothing and then it's sean clifford to mitchell tinsley how about 17 different receivers catching passes for penn state that is the most for any big ten team this century drew aller we got a glimpse of him in that game against purdue hitting omari evans 32 yards there that was beautiful tell a lot and a glimpse yeah there's been a couple good glimpses yeah 46-10 penn state gets to win now 20-0 in non-conference home games under james franklin really encouraging howard to see the run game get going really is uh and you know they were explosive runs and i think that was the biggest thing i don't think this is still a team that's just going to be able to line up and force the ball down their opponent's throat whenever they want to but if they can continue to get these explosive runs from the run game that's going to be significant for them yeah if they can just do whatever they have to do in the run game to win the game most likely by throwing the ball you take last week 98 yards against purdue certainly not a lot of yards but that's how many yards they needed to beat purdue today over 200 yards they probably could have gotten more if they wanted to so it's not always the number of yards for me i think it's the number of runs that are called and the number of passes that are called don't get in a situation where it becomes a pass rush drill because if you do that at penn state your offensive line won't hold up in protection and it's good to have a back that you can depend on right and singleton appears to be that guy this ends a streak of 17 straight games without a 100-yard rusher penn state they had one with singleton they go to auburn next week that should be a stern test for the nittany lions minnesota and western illinois this was not a particularly stern test for the gophers trey potts weaving his way through they went over 300 yards rushing and passing gophers on top 14 to nothing moe ibrahim continues his assault on the record books 11th straight 100 yard rushing game extending the longest streak in fbs that is a school record he went for 130 in this game scored a couple plays later how about this interception howard talking about going out and tracking the football does a great job of looking there with his hands it looks like a wide receiver it shouldn't be on the defensive side of the ball jordan 62-10 their most points since 2006. it is hard to read too much into some of these games i mean western illinois has won four games in the last three years however minnesota based on what we've seen to this point against inferior opponents looks to be a really good team well the one thing we can read into it is kirk soraka said he wanted to be more explosive today so he that's the way he called the game i think they're probably the most complete team in the west i think they're playing better than any of the other teams in the west right now they were balanced up today they're pretty impressive on both sides of the ball both coordinators are doing great jobs i mean the storyline has always been coming into this year is about what's going to happen on the offensive side of the football but defense continues to impress each and every week and they're going to need that defense to really make a run in the west this is the 14th straight opponent they have held to 27 points or fewer that was the longest streak in 57 years for that gopher's defense lots more to come on the show we were talking about offensive explosions off the top and a maryland had one leo tango by loa was about as good as one can be we will show you the highlights of his aerial assault and a big day for rutgers as well putting up historic numbers against wagner highlights of both those teams plus plenty more to come as we continue on the final drive [Music] what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed we need to be able to see our kids you'll be able to see him when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting [Music] it matters where you stay hilton for the stay so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Music] the excitement is [Applause] everything has changed for the worse i need your help if you choose to fight you may die kings may be chosen by god but they still make the mistakes of men are you insane [Music] medieval rated r on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball power fighting lead at 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten now download and subscribe now everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football wisconsin hosting washington state picked this one up in the third quarter badgers up by four cameron ward buying some time he finds nikia watson the former badger running back puts on the spin move and finds the end zone 31 yards and the cougars go on top 17-14 wisconsin on the move grand merch to clay kundu who caught two touchdown passes but he coughs that one up wazoo takes over runs out the clock and they win in madison 17-14 tough loss for paul christian company we did some things today that make it hard to make it hard to win and kicking myself for uh you know going forward on fourth and three you know like to have that one back you gotta make it to where you're playing the opponent and not not doing some things to hurt yourself this has got to be one that we you know that burns and stings to where it drives you to to get better [Applause] he talked about the penalties they had 11 for more than 100 yards they turned the ball over three times to give up six tackles for loss just not the performance of a team that should expect to win a game i mean they were close they had a chance there obviously that fumble did them in but really throughout this game sluggish from the badgers it's possible they're going to be a different looking team this year they were 65 percent run last year right now their 50-50 run pass i'm not sure how good their defense is i mean they lost a lot of guys on defense right from last year's theme and we just said well jim leonard will take care of it well maybe it's not that simple so this might be a little bit different looking team and they may have to find a way to win a little differently than they have in the past few years yeah but if they're going to win they can't turn the ball over right they can't you go back to last year they did some of the same things they would have penalties and turn the ball over at some bad times they're not in a position where they can afford to do that they have to take care of the football to be able to win football games this isn't that dominant style of offense that we were used to seeing when they can control the game at the line of scrimmage by running it and when they were turning it over a lot of times the defense was saving i don't know that the defense is that good this year right now the outfit that they can overcome the turnovers i was a team to turn the ball over more than anyone in the big ten a year ago wisconsin this just their second loss in their last 48 non-conference home games maryland going on the road for a non-conference clash with charlotte pick it up in the second quarter leah tangabailoa to jacob copeland 45 yards taken by lois numbers were amazing 27 and 31 391 yards and four touchdowns here he keeps it himself for the td 617 total yards for maryland in a 56-21 [Applause] win guys when this offense gets going it is a sight to behold it is it's a video game on offense but it's been that way since lox has been there right we know they can recruit we know they can play offense i think this year the the addition is the better defense and again they didn't play a tough opponent today but you still have to keep contained you still have to be in your rush lanes they still can show you that they're playing better defense regardless of who they're playing against on offense it's no question that they have to continue to play the way they're playing on the defensive side of the ball but when you talk about offensively this wide receiver group is a group that could rival one of the best wide receiver groups in the conference in ohio state they have a lot of talent there if they could stay healthy keep their quarterback upright and vertical throwing it down the field they're going to score a lot of points this year well they scored 56 in that game second most ever in a road game for maryland in the history of the program rutgers at home taking on wagner and this one was over before it started that's right when it started evan simon aaron crookshank three of the first four passes for rutgers went for touchdowns they were thrown by three different quarterbacks gavin wimsett how about this catch by chris long howard outstanding one-hand catch and a nice throw by the quarterback real comfortable in the pocket 585 yards of offense johnny langdon getting in the act what up there johnny 66-7 the most points since 1993. here's crystal rich with gavin wimsett gavin this is your first career start all of your family is here how did it feel finally to be able to orchestrate full drives this week uh just felt great being able to be out there on my team uh you know just do what we normally do so it's not good it feels good now your whole family's here i know everyone was really rooting for you what was it like your game in the air obviously you had that long 41 yard touchdown pass that was super great my first school touchdown so you know my team celebrated with me on the sideline was good it was amazing now we see a lot of dances that you do on tick tock is there going to be a celebration dance that we might be able to get a preview of right here um that's in the works it's in the words congratulations gavin enjoy it back to the studio it's plenty to celebrate for rutgers look wagner is not a good team they lost 21 straight games coming in and again you don't want to read too much into these victories but howard read something into it what do you think they need to figure out who the quarterback is going to be right now right and they're giving the guys an opportunity to go out and see who's gonna do the best job of leading the team right now that's why they're continuing to roll them through so they have options there and they have play makers as well this is a team though that wants to be physical at the point of attack yeah i'd agree with you on the quarterbacks think about simon winsett they have played against ba at boston college two young quarterbacks and a big upset and then today in a much easier game so the experience those two young quarterbacks are getting i mean it's hard to do that in scrimmages it's hard to do that in the spring game reps for those two young quarterbacks is really valuable 78th win for greg shiano as rector's head coach he ties frank burns for first all time he can pass him next week against temple so congratulations to greg ciano there a prime time game on the big ten network indiana hosting the vandals of idaho indiana was actually down 10-0 in this game but back they come connor baslack aj barner rumbling his way into the end zone and the hoosiers go on top 16-10 then it's bayslack to dj matthews indiana up 23-10 they had 239 rushing yards in this game after just 32 in the opener josh henderson takes it in there and 35-22 the final tom allen with shane sparks coach allen i think a lot of us want to know what happened to the guys were in the indiana jerseys in the first half where'd you put those guys i don't know i tell you uh very frustrating you know it was uh not how we have to play very disappointed uh obviously we got some things to fix with that getting our guys ready to play right away how about probably how they responded you know we found a way to win it was an ugly win for sure but uh it was still a win we just started executing didn't turn the ball over got off the field on third downs defensively and played the way we're supposed to play so but we saw him last week make a lot of plays against washington state we knew they had some talent we had a lot of good players and coach x doing a great job taylor two halves for sure all 35 points in the second half i mean cause for concern no doubt with the way they performed early but the resilience impressive yeah no doubt and this offense is really unique in this way it's a spread offense but with the spacing with the wide receivers they're almost to the boundary and walt bell the offensive coordinator that's given the offensive line a chance because they always control the numbers in the box and that's what happened the second half they got the numbers right in the box and they were able to block them one on one because they were displaced because they're wide receivers and they got the running game going i think a big part of this coming off an emotional win last week versus illinois and really being able to bounce back is a big part of this so coming out and having to win a tough game having to have deal with some obstacles early in this game and still being able to bounce back really speaks volumes for this football team can't be any better than two and over two pretty good start 2-0 and again we've talked about how offensively challenged they've been this is the third time in 17 games they've been over 400 yards they ran the ball shivers really looked good in the second half so maybe you can build off of what happened there and again you've equaled last year's win total yeah all right i think they're onto something with this it is it is a unique offense no one else is doing it quite like this two games into the year a team that won two last year is one two this year as well they get western kentucky coming up next week we got lots more to talk about still here on the final drive as we roll you through 14 big ten games purdue overwhelming in-state foe indiana state and more of the same for the huskers a very disappointing loss for nebraska what now we will hear from head coach scott frost as we continue on the final drive [Music] what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed we need to be able to see our kids you'll be able to see them when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big 10 plus app powered by big 10 network download and subscribe now the excitement is big [Applause] this is big illinois hosting virginia picking up in the first quarter illinois down three nothing billy kemp fielding a punt for the cavaliers and fumbles it away matthew bailey in the end zone for the touchdown big special teams play and the illini were off and running michael marche team to beat him by four touchdowns last year the illini on top 14-3 defense was phenomenal five sacks two interceptions held the cavaliers to 222 yards bayley the interception there as illinois wins 24-3 how about the bounce back from the illini after the disappointment howard against indiana this was a dominant effort yeah opportunity to play indiana having to go on the road and losing that game i think you know shook this illinois team up and having the opportunity to come back and bounce back against a team that embarrassed you last year was big for them they were able to pass that test but the way they're getting things done now on the defensive side i mean they are really playing well on that side of the ball really complete team right like you say really good on defense on offense they're balanced running past tommy devito the transfer from syracuse seems to be the perfect quarterback for the system they're running really good team and again i think you can put the word complete around this team chase brown over 100 yards again he joins michael lashore the only illinois players this century to rush for over 100 yards in the first three games of a season and yeah they've got to feel really good particularly given what happened last week i think we know this is an improving team here the illinois they're going to buy next week then they face chattanooga you didn't do that here we go he didn't play it's this century seriously are you there seriously yeah he didn't get into a big tank yeah and duke and the wildcats were down 21 to nothing but back they come evan hole for the touchdown that was on a fourth and three hole had 213 receiving yards that is the most for a power conference running back this century 21-16 then it's hilinski to donny navarro 435 yards passing for olinsky 28-23 it's 31-23 whole in the closing seconds a touchdown in a two-point conversion would have sent it to overtime but he fumbles at the goal line fourth straight loss for northwestern to the blue devils 31-23 fellas what do you make of that game i mean you did you cannot dig a hole like that howard and expect to be able to come back it was it was a game effort no doubt from northwestern but the first quarter was abysmal defensively because they couldn't do anything you we looked at the strides they had made from their week zero game as far as defense is concerned then you turn to this game and it was just a struggle the entire first half and they finally figured it out and got started to have some answers but they had to expend so much energy to get back into the game and then they have the costly fumble at the end which was uh tough particularly for whole we had a great game yeah it's not only the energy to get back in the game it's the way the offensive coordinator has to call the game right because you're trying to play ketchup they have 76 yards rushing so so they couldn't run the ball though even when they were in the game i mean i i understand what you're saying but but the run game was completely shut down i know but you could never you didn't you don't feel like you have time to establish it yeah yeah i mean you're behind i i mean it was no defense early in the game i i i just think as a play caller when you're that far behind you're just thinking about catching up yeah i mean you give up 232 yards in the first quarter you can't win a game they give up 229 the rest of the way but again the wildcats fall to one and one no such problems for purdue the boilers were overwhelming against indiana state forced the turnover there cam allen recovers the defense was great throughout and charlie jones continues to put on a clinic howard really does one-on-one does a great job with the stiff arm and finding the end zone nine receptions for 133 yards and three touchdowns all in the first half he has 21 catches same number that he had all of last year and and then he's got that deal that he's doing whatever that sideline there i don't know let's look at the auto owner's insurance game leader shall we aiden o'connell i'd say that's an efficient game 17-19 four touchdowns you see the numbers for jones and then allen leading the way for that defense which pitched the shutout first home shutout since 2011. after the devastation against penn state this is an important game to get well for purdue it is but you don't learn much in fact the only thing i learned was that it is possible for purdue to run more than the past they ran it 45 times and threw it 30 times other than that i didn't learn much about the team well i think it shows you that just how explosive this offense can be when when they're in rhythm when the offensive line is given the quarterback opportunities and time in the pocket that they can make the blaze and defensively you know they're continuing to get better on that side of the ball they corrected some of the mistakes from a week ago as far as tackling was concerned it was sure tackling moisture tackling today than we saw a week ago you certainly have evidence of that 56 nothing there's no doubt you got support on all of that yeah whatever you say whatever you say is good right 56 nothing is your evidence uh the evidence for nebraska is starting to get overwhelming in in a really negative direction they were taking on georgia southern picking up in the third quarter kyle van tries to omari jones georgia southern up 35-28 vantresu for 409 yards casey thompson the rushing touchdown there puts nebraska on top 42-38 but back comes van tris diving for the end zone fifth rushing touchdown of the game for the eagles now one second left nebraska one last chance they bring in timmy bleak road but his field goal attempt goes wide left and george's southern wins it 45-42 scott frost after the game certainly didn't expect that tonight i thought we would perform a lot better than that i felt really good about our defense going into the season felt good about our offense i knew it would take a while for offense to start clicking i thought they did pretty well tonight i thought the defense made a lot of progress last week that was a major setback but we gave up too many points thinking the second game offense struggled in the first half and the defense held us in it so we got to play more complete games and that wasn't even close it certainly was not they gave up 640 yards to georgia southern this is the 215th time all time that nebraska scored 35 or more points at memorial stadium they had been 214 and 0 in those games first time they've ever lost at home when scoring 35 or more points the defense seemed to be the most solid part of this team and it has just evaporated you could say that since scott has been there the one thing that's gotten better every single year was the defense and now the offense has come along i mean i think it's fair to say the offense is better and then what's happened to the defense and when you look at their personnel i would say that this is as talented as any of the other recent defenses that were playing better it's it's puzzling we saw nebraska go down and scores about four minutes left in the game and there was a collective look around the green room too much time left on the clock that's true right yeah because that's just how we feel when we watch this team and it ultimately played out even though they had a run to get back in and had an opportunity at the field goal at the end it just feels like when the team is when their backs are against the wall they just don't have a way to get over that that issue i feel contractually obligated as a sportscaster covering nebraska to mention they are now 5 and 22 in one score games under scott frost we have to mention the one score game because it's well it's simply what we do coming up it is the segment so good we named the show after it the final drive on the final drive one thought on each and every team that played on this saturday that's each and every team in the big ten stick around [Music] what's your favorite live event a rockin concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five-hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed but they're super close though there's just a courtyard in between them well actually it's an alley but nobody lives in it anymore so that's cool go ahead and lock the door when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting why would i lock the drawer it matters where you stay hilton for the stay so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you ride my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten network download and subscribe now the excitement is fifth [Applause] on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network yeah jj i mean he had near flawless performance 11 for 12. um and then one was dropped i mean that's that's tough to do i meant stuff to do and any day of the week in practice and uh yeah i thought he had a great game he's playing playing really well we'll start jj next week i would say that surprises none of us but jim harbaugh ending the suspense so he has a new starting quarterback in jj mccarthy or a quarterback goal start for the second straight week let's dive into the final drive one thought on each one of the teams that played on saturday which was the entire league jerry you lead us off with the victorious fighting allina really complete team bold team will have something to say about who wins the west held 11 of their last 12 opponents to 24 or fewer points and it might not uh they might not just have something to say it might be them but they might be in that hunt again that would that would be something big something to say they already have a conference loss of course indiana got a win listen they struggled early fought back really showed a lot of drive they showed up and played this defense is still playing well offensively they're making plays as well western kentucky next they go to cincinnati as well jerry what do you say about iowa i think we're going to see alex padilla start trying to try to get the offense going a little bit that's the one position in football that could make a significant change if it's the right change 14 points through two weeks that is the fewest since 1982. maryland gets the win the overwhelming win howard this is a dynamic offense just shows you how explosive they can be whenever all the receivers are healthy their quarterbacks playing at a high level has time in the pocket they're going to make a lot of plays the other significant thing is their defense is playing much better as well smu coming up next week uconn next week for j.j mccarthy in michigan michigan really talented really good team could be playing the best of all teams in the conference now jj makes them even better howard what do you make of michigan state well michigan state's going to be a tough team this is really an outstanding performance today defense played well the quarterback position still has some things they need to get cleaned up there but i think they'll be okay they're continuing to gain that momentum they need they go to washington next week minnesota an easy win and an explosion to their offense today best team in the west right now most points of the game since 2006. nebraska the frustration continues yeah they they make plays right on the offensive side we've seen him do that but defensively we saw them take a step back today and again games close they don't find a way to pull it out really frustrating now 16 and 31 overall under scott frost oklahoma heads to town next week northwestern they've improved some on defense i'm not sure they've improved enough to have a good year i've lost 13 of their last 19 september games now this is usually the month to get fat it hasn't been the case for them ohio state gets an overwhelming win well we talked about them being tough and physical at the point of attack last week this week we got an opportunity to see them do that but also be explosive in the past game also did an outstanding job of running the ball i know you want to see them run a little bit more but they do exactly what they're allowed to do 65 straight wins against group of five opponents penn state gets the easy victory significance improvement in the run game both last week against purdue and today head to auburn next week purdue an easy winner wow just throw the ball all over the park this is a team that continues to get better when they're in rhythm offensively they're tough to beat again another team whose defense is playing well what do you make of rutgers and it's win they're 2-0 bowl game is a big goal for team that's building like them can't be any better than 2-0 you cannot be wisconsin they could be better it's a tough day yeah it's really tough because they're not doing what we're accustomed to seeing them do control the line the scrimmage they're struggling still in the past game and not taking care of the football got to get it right against new mexico state next week because ohio state looms after that for the badgers the dramatic conclusion of our show coming up we will give you our saturday standouts [Applause] or that guy about the hawaiian making things tough on his home state team we've got our standouts coming up as we wrap things up on the final drive [Applause] [Music] what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed we need to be able to see our kids you'll be able to see them when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you ride my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Applause] for the biggest big 10 experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten now download and subscribe now everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network final drive is presented by auto owners insurance simple human sets built for success brought to you by rocket mortgage we've talked a lot about the lack of explosion in the run game for penn state perhaps we can put that narrative to rest nicholas singleton three runs of 40 yards or longer against ohio u penn state running backs had had one such run in the previous 23 games so singleton getting it done the freshman very impressive on saturday we need saturday standouts coach dinardo you go first well i've been talking about him all week i mean he has to be my standout j.j mccarthy he was named the starter before the game and he was named a starter after the game for next week he had a great game uh we've already seen a little bit about what he's capable of doing you're unbelievable where are you going how are you i'm gonna go with this young man marvin harrison jr unbelievable day got robbed as well should have had four touchdowns today but that's a different discussion geez 184 and he's just going to show you he's going to be a dynamic receiver the entire time that play right there going up and high pointing it is going to be a problem for secondary players oh this guy's a problem as well leah tonga by low how about 27 of 31 for 391 yards that 87 completion percentage is the highest in school history for any quarterback with 12 or more those are good numbers in a game those are there's a lot of numbers the compelling numbers yeah this was a fun day guys yeah by the way we should do this again next time okay i'm signing up all right try to make it longer next saturday i think this is about the right perfect amount of time thanks so much for joining us on the final drive we will see you next time what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed we need people to see our kids you'll be able to see them when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Applause] let us finish it the 2022 [Applause] leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at eight eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football [Music] [Applause] [Music] football on the big ten network is brought to you by marathon and it's good to be in columbus ohio at the horseshoe today number three ohio state the buckeyes take on arkansas state we love to show you the pageantry of the big ten no better tradition than the best damn band in the land [Music] [Applause] [Music] yes [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] five [Music] all right that is awesome by the way michael troller from clifton new jersey the i daughter in script ohio i hope you enjoyed that i know this guy was fired up about it mark falwell here with joshua perry former ohio state linebacker and national champion great to bring you today's game against the red wolves of arkansas state so far ohio state joshua their win over notre dame was very good last week and i thought ryan day had a really insightful comment about it he said well last week we proved that we can but just because we can doesn't mean that we are so how do you build on what you did last week in today's game against the red wolves to keep on taking steps to be what they want to be you have to look at the game plan on both sides from last week against notre dame offensively ohio state ran the ball especially late in that game not that high-flying passing offense we're used to and defensively was a brand new game plan from jim knowles gave up a big play early on but we're able to recover and stand pat but when you look at this offense it all starts with the quarterback in cj stroud strouden he went out there had 223 yards a couple of touchdowns on 70 passing people will say that's a pedestrian performance for cj stroud it's great for most quarterbacks but we know what the standard is and today is a day for him to get back on track but as you transition it back to the defense tommy eichenberg had himself a day a week ago nine tackles three tfls two sacks he's been a leader who's building on the performances he had last year and how about jack sawyer a young player on this defense playing that jack position i know ohio state wants to integrate that more into their defensive game plan this is a big opportunity for a player like sawyer to step up before today's kickoff down to the field here at ohio stadium and we say hello to michelle mcmahon michelle trust mark that is the most common word that these ohio state players when it comes to describing their relationship with new defensive coordinator jim knowles these guys are fully bought in to that sophisticated safety driven defense defensive system installed by knowles as we saw on display especially in the second half in that shutout against notre dame so why have these guys trusted jim so quickly well the players tell us he's an incredible teacher of the game and he builds genuine relationships very quickly and it's because of this solid foundation that there's a new sense of confidence and no panic on the defensive side of the ball so they can more easily overcome the inevitable growing pains that come with a system as intricate as jim knowles guys michelle that defense for ohio state last week forced notre dame to punt on the last six drives of the game holding them to only five first downs we will have a lot to share in today's broadcast about last week's defensive performance for the buckeyes but let's soak up the last few seconds of atmosphere before ohio state kicks off to arkansas state the buckeyes ranked third in the country and the red wolves on btn from columbus [Music] [Music] ohio state won the toss they deferred their option arkansas state will receive the kick of freshman jayden fielding johnny lang and reagan ely will they have a chance to return they will not the fair catch is made and will come out to the 25-yard line for the red wolves who defeated grambling state from the swac 58-3 and their season opening game last week butch jones their head coach his second year and the second year in quarterback for james blackman a transfer from florida state who grew for over 5 400 yards at florida state at a very efficient 15 of 20 75 against grambling state last week and the thing you're hearing about blackman is the fact that his confidence level is up he's got a command of the offense this offseason he wasn't looking over his shoulder wondering who was coming for his job he understood it was his team got a good synergy with offensive coordinator keith heckendorf who's in his fourth year as the oc for arkansas state from jonesboro arkansas they've made the trip playing ohio state for the first time and it's a run inside by former iowa state running back johnny lang lang goes down on the tackle by steele chambers after a gain of four laying last week ran for 124 yards in the game against rambling in motion is champ flemings and tyron vincent plugs up the hole there was no hole because of the big plug by vincent to make the tackle for the buckeyes as we look at the arkansas state starting lineup on offense this is the front five [Music] akilah thomas makai butler on the left side kaine walid champ flemings couple of threats in the passing game for the red wolves lang lost a yard blackman to throw for the first time in the game but he has to just throw it low may not have even made it back to the line of scrimmage because of the pressure by jt tui bullaw now watch this ohio state showing pressure up here on the line of scrimmage they're just gonna go with the four-man rush arkansas state is thinking we're getting pressure it's third and seven they throw a screen ohio state did a really good job of being able to bottle that up this is what you're gonna see from this jim knowles defense a lot of varied looks up front really trying to confuse the offense i said we want to be able to prevent the offensive line from just roaring off the ball that's the purpose of those different looks on the defensive front arkansas state didn't punt last week in the game against grambling this is the first punt of the year for ryan hanson from taylor texas and oh does it take a roll yes sir all the way down to the four yard line where the buckeyes will start on offense after a 66 yard punt and that ohio state offensive huddle is cj stroud 4 435 yards last year 44 touchdowns last week 223 yards of the year two touchdowns 24 of 34. it's funny we asked brian day what does cj stroud need to work on he was a heisman finalist last year ryan day says everything he's only a second year as a starter so this game is going to be pivotal for his improvement in the backfield alongside him trevion henderson and henderson over the five maybe to the seven a gain of three [Music] and down he goes trayvon thomas at safety on the tackle you know one thing offensive coordinator kevin wilson told us about cj's performance last week was he said we didn't rank very highly in scramble plays last year but made three critical scramble plays including the pass to mayan williams on that long drive of the fourth quarter and that's a maturity play keeping your eyes down the field knowing what you're getting in the rush and then being able to execute pull to the left side turning up field trayvion henderson this was snapped at the seven yard line and he will bring it all the way out near midfield a splendid run by henderson to pick up 41 yards on the first down we're so used to seeing henderson get these big plays now watch this ohio state offensive line as well latching onto blocks and then henderson just does arrest being an athlete out in space i know last week probably didn't get off to the start that he wanted but starting off like this in this situation great for henderson a former big ten player from illinois and played in alabama before that eddie smith forced the amount of pounds and now mayan williams 84 yards last week he'll take the toss on first down slice to the outside bounce off a tackle attempt by trevion thomas and mayan williams with yards after contact he did a lot of that last week joshua 14 carries 84 yards henderson by the way 15 for 91. this rushing attack is a true two-headed monster at this point you can roll with henderson you get the change of pace with mayan williams in there as a bigger downhill back oh on the play fake of the rollout on the bootleg incomplete emeka abuko was the intended receiver pass play is broken up by sammy johnson at corner a third down coming up for the buckeyes as they cross midfield thanks to the ground game the combo of henderson and williams [Music] 1-0 for the 23rd straight season for the buckeyes after last week's 11-point win over the fighting irish on a very manageable third down stroud pumps past time continues to look here's one of those scramble plays and he throws on the move and coming back to the ball is xavier johnson who caught his first two passes of his collegiate career last week and that should go for a first down xavier johnson's got some real momentum in his career right now you see cj stroud again with the maturity to keep his eyes downfield but xavier johnson coming up with some of these big plays he is known as a leader within that locker room and now we get to see it come to fruition out on the football field ryan day told us yesterday he really learned to play football through his work on special teams now he's a full-time receiver and makes an important catch as he did last week got the touchdown to put him in front for good and a quick throw by stroud and another catch xavier johnson two straight catches and of course ohio state banged up at wide receiver the injury to jackson smith and jigba last week he only caught two passes uh fleming also out of the mix julian fleming so an opportunity there for johnson and what's difficult right now for ohio state is a lot of defenses are playing them from the back end up short so they're enticing ohio state to throw these short passes it can be frustrating for an offense that was explosive down goes henderson penetration into the backfield by jaden harris for arkansas state starting lineup buckeyes on offense got two all-american pre-season tackles paris johnson junior on the left juan jones on the right outstanding starting center returning from last year luke whitler and then the skilled positions with johnson abuka harrison as the white outs henderson running back kate stoler at tight end juan jones standing at about six foot eight 360 pounds that's a big man but he's got really light feet on the football field from indianapolis he's the right tackle and ready to block here on this third down play stroud with a good pocket and he throws it over the middle and it's caught and there's space to run and there's space to run to the end zone for marvin harrison jr it's a touchdown for ohio state [Music] marvin harrison jr was a guy last week a lot of people expected to have a coming out party wasn't necessarily then but you can see why so many people in this program on high are high on his ability to make huge plays five catches 56 yards last week that goes for 42 and a touchdown play was a touchdown after the play on sports black conduct offense number 10 his first of the game that 15-yard penalty will be enforcing the kickoff well that is most unfortunate for xavier johnson but it's a touchdown for ohio state and they're in front six nothing and waiting for the no ruggles extra point former north carolina kicker now in his second year for the buckeyes and drills the extra point and ohio state first drive by the way after a great punt that was a 96 yard drive the last 42 covered by marvin harrison jr to put the buckeyes on the board about five minutes into the game what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed but they're super close though there's just a courtyard in between them well actually it's an alley but nobody lives in it anymore so that's cool go ahead and lock the door what when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big 10 network for the biggest big 10 experience there's no plus like home the big 10 plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten now download and subscribe now the excitement is fifth [Applause] this is big due to time constraints we'll move ahead in the action after this commercial break what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed we need to be able to see our kids you'll be able to see them when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Music] the excitement [Applause] only is big ten now this is big tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football on a new big ten trail blazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network um [Music] welcome back to columbus and next saturday we're all big ten all morning dave repson jerry dinardo howard griffith and nicole auerbach preview every matchup while mike hall and brock green deliver all the fun from bloomington victon tailgate presented by tums next saturday at 10 a.m eastern on big ten network dominic zavado with his first career field goal just extra points made last week against grambling state that he booted through a 30-yard field goal and now tristan matson with the kickoff at ohio state leading 7-3 will start at the 25-yard line on the touchback we'll be back right after this time on the field what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed but they're super close though there's just a courtyard in between them well actually it's an alley but nobody lives in it anymore so that's cool go ahead and lock the door when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Applause] everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football on a new big ten trail blazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten network download and subscribe now [Music] we look at today's auto owners insurance impact players of the game ohio state on offense and arkansas states red wolves on defense joshua what are you thinking emeka bucca i mean we saw last week coming out party 9 for 90 saw a punt return that was negated how about kate stover the unquestioned leader of this team and then bennett and carmooch for arkansas state two guys that are really smart players and they got some explosive ability to him as well gabon bennett a transfer from tennessee he and butch jones briefly overlapped there and kevon bennett on that d-line defensive end for arkansas state son of pro bowler cornelius bennett toss and run tradion henderson around one tackle and then bumped out of bounds to drive that starts at the 25. he's bumped out at the 32 a pickup of seven for the buckeyes who leads seven three how about a mecca of buca what a coming out party as you said earlier nine catches all of last year nine grabs against the fighting average last week urban meyer used to say when he was coaching ohio state that in big games there's always a player that's going to rise up to the occasion it was a buca and in this particular case the big player rising to the occasion is marvin harrison jr he already has a long touchdown catch and c j stroud drops that throw in the bucket to harrison for a big game down the right sideline at some point it feels like arkansas state is going to start leaning their coverage their middle of the field safety over toward marvin harrison jr because he's able to get behind this coverage again a phenomenal athlete but his ability to track the football while it's in the air and to finish plays is not like a typical second year play a 45-yard pass to harrison kenneth harris from behind the tackle for the red wolves and that's two grabs and a touchdown at 87 yards today they had him flowing right but now it will go to the left and a mecca is bumped out of bounds hard by eddie smith as we flash back to the harrison 45 yard catch i mean you just see him out in the open field stretching out tracks the football makes the catch and there's something interesting about the way that marvin harrison jr is built he's got a long torso which means in some of the short and intermediate routes his change of direction is phenomenal so not only the long speed but you're going to see him move different directions for a bigger receiver he does a great job at it got two tight ends now for the buckeyes mitch rossi along with kate stover motion on the play dancing guarding and running and scoring tribuon henderson ohio state up 13-3 with the extra point on the way henderson was a great job on the run but you have to give all credit to the offensive line there he had his pick of gaps in that play see the stadium excited right now but as we get to this replay just watch henderson right here these guys are latching on the blocks they're moving people displacing defensive lineman off of the point that's what you want to see out of this ohio state offensive line and it's a continuation of what they did late in the game against notre dame last week number zero on the d line for arkansas state john minsey had a safety in the game last week senator luke whitler talked about being displaced that was what happened with whitler and mitzi on that block and whibler is a sharp guy too i mean this ohio state offense it feels like it's growing up right before our eyes you see trevion henderson getting involved early but this offensive line growing off of their performance 14-3 the lead now for the buckeyes after henderson's touchdown run [Music] marathon has the fuel to keep your engine running at peak performance because you never know where life is you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you ride my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Music] tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big 10 network for the biggest big 10 experience there's no plus like home the big 10 plus app your favorite big 10 content streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big 10 plus app powered by big 10 network download and subscribe now everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football due to time constraints we'll move ahead in the action after this commercial break so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten now download and subscribe now tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football the excitement is fifth [Applause] let's finish it the season 2022 on big ten now this is big the field goal unit is on for the start of the second quarter let's get an official well we're not going to have an explanation from mr siegel it will be noah ruggles 20 and 21 last year on field goals missed a 39-yarder last week but this is essentially a chip shot from 24 yards and so ohio state now leads arkansas state 17-3 let's go back to the replay of the third down and gold pass that was called incomplete marvin harrison at the one-yard line catches the pass so he has control of the ball or perhaps he doesn't body part down yes of the game apparently not it was a question for us we're discussing it in the break and it looks like the components for a legitimate catch are there and uh you know it crosses the plane as it looks from our vantage point so very curious uh i don't know if there was a review well let's ask mike pereira our rules analyst mike what do you think when you see this play involving marvin harrison jr ah i mean i am totally on board with you guys it's control and just the first body part and then he turns up field and the ball does break the plane which to me makes it a touchdown so i'm quite surprised that they didn't reverse that into a touchdown you had the elements that you needed control then you had the foot down and then you had the football move so a bit surprised it was not a touchdown at least deemed to not be a touchdown short field goal was made thanks mike and here's a return and making players miss johnny lang nice return on the kickoff and arkansas state will have the ball up around the 30-yard line numbers from the first quarter a first quarter that saw ohio state scored 14 points then the field goal came on the first play of the second quarter for the buckeyes 224 yards ryan day said yesterday the last three games that we played last week in the final two games of last year we have a gun off to a good start we want to get off to a good start in the game tomorrow and it seems like ohio state has done that through the first quarter and we've seen a great mix of the past game and the run game i know that balance and being in sync was also important to this offense and staff for ohio state for arkansas state for the sundown conference throwing the ball james black this starts on the 30-yard line oh and he's got champ fleming's open and he caught it stopped on a dime raced up the sideline made a cut to the inside and that is a huge play for champ flemings who's played in the past against ohio state when he was with the beavers of oregon state all the way down near the 10. you see fleming's hit a double move on burke right there this is a huge explosive play i told you that he was a guy who could break this game open as an impact player but understand this about the ohio state defense jim knowles understands with the aggression that explosive plays will come he says limit the explosives to five a game and you'll be victorious so this is one against the buckhouse that was 58 yards definitely an explosive oh to a mole oil with pressure and a throw by blackman and incomplete over to the right-hand side and so this is the game that you play when your gym knows defensively you see that pressure from tui mula and you understand that you can do that more times than the quarterback is going to be able to sit back in the pocket and deliver a strike to an open receiver down the field and so it's a little bit dangerous but if you can just limit the times that the wide receivers can get behind your coverage you're going to be successful in this scheme and before blackman can hand the ball off to marcel murray there's a marker down full start offense number 14. five-yard jones head coach for arkansas state former head football coach at central michigan for three years cincinnati for three years five years at tennessee last three years uh three years before taking over arkansas state last season he said was halftime of his coaching career when he went and spent three years with nick saban as an offensive assistant and special assistant to the head coach arkansas state pushed back close snap blackman hand off to him wow oh just gobbles up marcel murray goodness yeah i mean you see this front again it's it's crazy just the amount of penetration the amount of chaos you can cause up there you let one of your best players and tui moloau be able to jump underneath an offensive guard knife in there and make a play in the backfield they've got freedom to become aggressive they can use their athletic ability against a less athletic player on the offensive line and great things tend to happen and terry mullwell blows up that play it is now third and 18 and an incompletion just trying to flare it out to marcel murray and after a 58-yard long pass play to champ fleming's the red wolves move backwards that clock in blackman's head now the time is getting shorter and shorter from when he catches the snap to when he has to get it out of his hands and you're seeing that right now even on a flare pass that's a high percentage pass he's not on target because he's worried about this pass rush coming down well ohio state's made a field goal here early in the second quarter arkansas state with dominic zavada attempting a 37-yard field goal angle right to left [Applause] and zavada snuck it inside the near post it's a time out on the field arkansas state's second field goal buckeyes up 17-6 what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five-hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com over the middle hey that rookie corner we were boys in college for real well i see him on campus a ton oh yeah i'd say hey he'd say what what's up because he usually was listening to music because he loves music you guys probably don't know that about him yeah we're friends so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Music] everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at 8 eastern on big ten network due to time constraints we'll move ahead in the action after this commercial break so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you ride my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Music] the excitement is fit [Applause] leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big 10 network on a new big ten trail blazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football [Music] for the biggest ohio state experience there's no plus like home the big 10 plus app powered by big 10 network your favorite buckeyes content streaming and on demand plus the iconic games like ones with joshua perry and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app download and subscribe now arkansas state's got a new quarterback in there that's aj mayor who's more of a runner ohio state needs to be on high alert defensively here the offense isn't going to look the same as it typically does mayer ran for 74 yards last week in the game against grambling state flemings is in motion and they've handed it off to fleming's and he reaches the edge and he reaches a lot more than that first down has picked up on fourth and one for arkansas state champ flemings has really put his fingerprints all over this first half for the red wolves he certainly has this looks like a replay for arkansas state just handed off to fleming's maybe a little bit of a hold right there out on the edge but fleming's out in space is a tough matchup for this ohio state defense have to make sure you can corral him in excellent point about the presence of aj mayor in the game that had to be something that drew a lot of eyes on the ohio state defense now marcel murray who had that block on the edge by the way that you mentioned may or may not have been a hole that helped fleming's get around the end for the first down you know momentum right now is the name of the game for arkansas state maintaining possession eating up a little clock that takes possessions away from ohio state building on some of these big plays getting a huge fourth down you have to think that regardless of the outcome on this drive they can parlay that later in the game into more success two yards for murray second down and eight lang michael hall jr who was big time last week against the fighting irish with a tackle for loss to the 17. michael hall was sensational it was the beginning of the play it's the same thing we saw a week ago he has quick feet and quick violent hands he's able to swipe past the offensive line get a clean hit in the backfield it is so tough for those big guys to get their hands up to knock the hands of the offensive lineman off he does it better than anybody that i've seen in a long time jim noel said when i saw him for the first time in spring with pads on he was jumping off the ball and easy to see that he was going to be able to help immediately and here is fleming someone out of the hold of his ankle as he throws it and at the five yard line it's incomplete looking for jeff forman there's a little conversation because it looked like the offensive line was not all on the same page there in terms of the snap count that's this ohio state crowd getting into the game of course there was no penalty called on that one but something to look for later in the game how the crowd in this environment can affect what arkansas state wants to do offensively with 5 28 to play in the first half dominic zavada from 35 yards out looking to go three for three on three-point tries in the game he does exactly that arkansas state another drive for three ohio state leads the red wolves by eight and columbus we're back after this everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at eight eastern on big ten network on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten now download and subscribe now the excitement is [Applause] it big 2022 season only on big ten network this is big from the idyllic ohio state campus here in columbus at the shoe 17-9 ohio state in front of arkansas state with 5 22 left of the first half arkansas state won last week they just had to drive by the way that ended with their third field goal of the day butch jones their head coach said first games are games of the unknown is what he told us but we played like a connected football team last week and not just complimentary football he said but the the energy that we played with and the first game was confirmation of a lot of things he felt like that they instilled last season this idea of complimentary versus connected really stood out to me because he's trying to build a true team culture and he's got a lot of guys who are new in this program turnover over the last couple of years a great recruiting class that he's brought in but if you look at the product on the field right now it's exactly what his his on-field culture is and this is going to sound familiar to ohio state fans butch jones told us four to six a to b yeah sounds a lot like my former coach in urban meyer but you can see it out here right now regardless of what the scoreboard says arkansas state is giving you a four to six a to b they've had three drives that have produced points but ohio state's defense has stiffened on all three occasions and prevented those points of being six or seven points and limited to the three that's a big deal and you can't get frustrated just giving up field goals that's a win every time you go out there as a defense because arkansas state can't keep up if they're kicking field goals ryan williams running through armed tackles and here he goes a move just shy of midfield and steps out of bounds right on the 50. that's a 25-yard run for mayan williams i mean just every time he gets the football he is going to be breaking tackles just watch this gets to the line of scrimmage stutters his feet down one arm tackle two arm tackles a little bit of a stiff arm out there and then you see him get out into the open field and ryan day loves the way he plays this football game told us maybe he doesn't have the top end speed of trevione henderson but his game is tight otherwise now stroud to throw and it's a mecca hookah wrapped down wrapped up and thrown down by kenneth harris and malik striker tried to make an arm tackle on that run by mayan williams and you're not arm tackle on that dude joshua you can't do it he's one of those players where you really have to lower your profile and wrap your arms around his thighs if you can't do that he's not going to the ground the pass to abuka for eight another throw by stroud looking for a lot more than eight he's got a lot more than eight touchdown marvin harrison jr number two on the day [Music] in this first half marvin harrison jr balling out this is what we heard about all off season and here it is he's answered the bell four grabs 137 yards two touchdowns it's explosive ruggles the extra point 24-9 ohio state joshua you see the backfield action you just got hit with a big run take the top off the defense take a shot down the field this is great offense again marvin harrison jr coming out party [Music] tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football the excitement is big [Applause] let us finish it the 2022 season only on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big 10 plus app powered by big ten network download and subscribe now [Music] with 47 i'm sorry 57 seconds left in the half ohio state took the time out fourth and a yard and a long yard coming up joshua for arkansas state at the ohio state 40 what do you do there looks like they're going to go for it that's exactly what i would do i mean ohio state in in a minute good score if you back them up or they could score from this spot right here on the field the field position doesn't matter possessing the ball goes mayer was in a quarterback on the last play now it's the start of james blackman who's under pressure and sack by michael hall jr they went for it and ohio state denies arkansas state the first down and those routes were going down the field they took a while to develop which is shocking in that down in distance you don't need very much yardage and it allows this ohio state pass rush to eventually get free now michael hall jr has been sensational over these last couple of games arkansas state don't make it any easier on him by giving him enough time to get to your quarterback michael hall jr had a sack last week this is his second sack and he even got the towel of james blackmon on the sack a little souvenir for him and so this is a splendid opportunity here for the buckeyes taking over at their own 48 underneath mayan williams and tackled low captain bounds leon jones at corner with a tackle and ohio state has used their second of their three time outs we're back in 30 seconds everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football the excitement is [Applause] bond big season only on big ten now this is big tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten network download and subscribe now [Music] you stay tuned for the halftime report presented by reese's peanut butter cups dave forever and jerry dinardo and howard griffith take you through the first half highlights get you up to speed on a busy saturday across the big ten next to the halftime report presented by reese's peanut butter cups proctor is deemed to officially have down that for the buckeyes at the three-yard line but it's still a really uncomfortable spot for james blackmon and arkansas state on offense here at the end of the half and a very safe play call although it still was bottled up there for a moment for johnny lang he was able to squeeze forward once there was that initial contact to the goal line and life and ransom tackle it's probably the worst situation to be in for arkansas state backed up knowing that these defensive linemen are quick and they're aggressive able to salvage it right there ransom makes the tackle and the first half is over and after the first half hour it is a 24-9 lead for third ranked ohio state the buckeyes after the win over notre dame last week 24-9 they lead [Music] michelle mcmahon with ryan day here in just a moment [Music] yeah a little bit of extracurricular sure yeah i mean there are lovers and there are fighters i mean that was didn't seem like too much no a little little chesting up the lead for the buckeyes over arkansas state there's butch jones arkansas state's head coach talking with the officiating crew as we go down to michelle now with ryan day thanks so much coach a little skirmish at the end there with the refs and a long conversation what was that about uh just a little something here at the end of the half yeah we just got too many penalties here we got to do a better job with those in terms of defense michael hall jr continues to be the star there this guy started on the threes early in camp what's been the most impressive part about his performance he plays hard he gets in the backfield he's quick you know and so he's been doing a good job but you know overall we just got to play better i mean you know did some good things but uh we gotta come out in the second half and play better all right coach thanks so much guys back up to you well michael hall jr certainly blew up a fourth down play for a sack but ohio state did not capitalize on the ensuing possession at the end of the half they don't tack on any more points but they still tote a 15 point lead into the locker room at halftime they're on the big ten network it's ohio state 24 arkansas state nine for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten now download and subscribe now everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football the excitement is big let us finish it the 2022 season only on big ten now this is big tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network from columbus ohio it's ohio state 24 arkansas state nine at the half here on big ten network ohio state will have the ball on offense their offenses already produced 24 points this is 63 straight games of 20-plus points as we see in today's liberty mutual big stat this is now tied for the second longest streak in fbs history they can reach the record this year oklahoma they had a 69-game streak that ended last year in a game in week four against west virginia i'm mark falwell joined by joshua perry the offensive stats are great but this former ohio state linebacker and national champion needs to talk some defense some defense that did more good than not so good in the first half in terms of holding arkansas state to nine points joshua nine points is a win absolutely on defense you look at the rushing numbers i thought it was a strong performance with the rushing defense you question the ball going over their head in the passing game maybe some missed tackles that can be cleaned up always something that you can work on but the overall performance has been great i love the mentality of this ohio state defense as well saying that the ball goes over our head we just need to get our feet back in the ground and play ball before the kickoff of the second half down to the field of michelle mcmahon michelle thanks guys had a chance to catch up with butch jones on the other side of this matchup against ohio state i asked him how he would evaluate his team's performance so far he said i like the competitive grit and the resolve so far but still just a few too many mistakes i asked him also what the biggest challenge ohio state presents he said first of all the line of scrimmage and the perimeter there's a reason this is the number three team in the nation they force you to play almost perfect as for his final message to his team heading into the second half he said make it a fourth quarter game you know this is going to be a tough matchup we're gonna have to weather some storms but keep up the hard work and force this into the fourth quarter guys you know joshua and i were just talking about this off the air before we came on here to start the third quarter and joshua i am playing for arkansas state right now i love how my head coach is coaching the game because essentially what he's conveying is coach believes in us the way that he's coached the game in the first half yes with going forward on fourth down twice and other things that he's done aggressive play calling going forward on fourth down all the things that players want their coach to do especially in a game where you don't have very much to lose i like the mentality i'm sure the players are eating it up and in their locker room a lot of them probably feel like they're a couple of breaks away from really making this thing a game [Music] now there was an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on tehran vincent at the end of the half and so that's why arkansas state kicked the ball off from the 50-yard line and easily booted through the end zone so for the 25-yard line buckeyes with the ball to start the third quarter offensive star of the first half man of the match marvin harrison jr so far 137 yards in the first half wow the most receiving yards in the first half of a home game since 2015. that's uh that's good company paris campbell's second round pick to the indianapolis colts crystal lava first rounder down there new orleans but right now it's a mecca buca who will add to his receiving yards total catches on the rollout from stroud and this is all the way down to the arkansas state 31 so a 44-yard pass play to open up the second half for the buckeyes this is how i wanted to see ohio state come out in the second half you have to be mature go out and make the plays you're supposed to a mecca buca has been phenomenal and i love talking to him because he says listen my role is expanding i understand football is football and you see him making the same plays over and over again anytime you need him he's right there ready to go from the oldest incorporated town in washington silicon washington with strength and power that is a straight up the gut run for trevion henderson inside the 25-yard line of the red wolves let me tell you i like this attitude out of trevion henderson right now he turns around he's got a defender in his face little drawing doesn't cross the line but a physical run that he just had right there everybody's talking about how mayan williams is a physical downhill back and he's the change of pace travian henderson is saying no no i can do that too and he just displayed it right there 1248 yards 15 touchdowns last season 91 yards for trevion henderson last week he just ran for eight and they have cashed arkansas state and trayvion henderson has his second touchdown of the day [Music] doubling up in the end zone for marvin harrison jr and trevion henderson today just mentioned how trevion showed off that physicality but here you see that raw speed that ryan day talks about and that he loves if this is a running back that breaks out into the open field he can take it the distance today the buckeyes have two 75-yard touchdown drives that have taken three plays one was just under a minute that one was one minute and 20 seconds quick strike lightning quick strikes today for the buckeyes here's the run for henderson second touchdown of the day [Music] marathon has the fuel to keep your engine running at peak performance because you never know where life is going to take you [Music] tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at eight eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football the excitement is big [Applause] for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten network download and subscribe now on a new big ten trail blazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network trayvon henderson's second touchdown run has extended ohio state the number three team in the country and their lead to 31-9 in a home game number two of 20-22 they lead by 22 over the arkansas state red wolves and the first ever meeting between arkansas state and ohio state jayden fielding's kickoff you know this is a big day and a big weekend at ohio state with numerous inductions into the ohio state sports hall of fame and one of them going in had a pretty good career football wise here at ohio state and in the nfl sean springs is with michelle mcmahon and he is the highest drafted player in ohio state history in terms of his 13-year prolific nfl career quarter i don't want to i don't want to shine sean what is the significance of being enshrined into the ohio state hall of fame well i'm just humbled to be inducted with some great other athletes who played it ohio state those who came before me it's just an honor a great program a lot of a lot of great sports you played under the great john cooper what kind of memories resurfaced for you when you come back here on the sideline exciting memories i i i recall the days of being on the sideline playing some great players from orlando pace eddie george terry glenn joy galloway uh some great memories some great games the 95 no staying game and just the battles that we had here against penn state and some other teams part of that infamous silver bullet defense so now i've got to draw on that cornerback background what do you think of jim knowles new aggressive system here at ohio state i actually love it because now you got some athletes on the field you got like a 3-4 safety system the corners are running everybody's running to the ball they're playing aggressive and they're playing fast you know they're not giving up a lot of plays keeping the ball in front and just running to the ball all they're missing is you sean thanks so much for the time anymore they give up some big plays if i was out there guys back up to you well he's talking about how the safeties play so well how about the corner denzel burke by the way on that tackle in space against champ fleming's on second down that was physical you see the high end of birkin it makes you really excited i want to see more consistency out of him he's had some bad plays with holding in penalties but the high end out of burke is just phenomenal man what a list that sean springs just ran down joey galloway terry glenn eddie george orlando pace third and 13 for arkansas state there's a marker down offside defense number nine entered the neutral zone and caused a reaction by the offense five yard penalty third down zach harrison eight and a half career sacks in his time for the buckeyes well third and 13 was an uphill climb third and eight still a big challenge for the red wolves ohio state opened up the second half with a quick strike touchdown drive to extend the lead to 31-9 and now the red wolves trying to avoid a three and out but they don't oh steel chambers untouched and down goes blackman oh man ohio state again with this aggressive defense not walking in the linebackers and steel chambers who is known as a gamer on this team gets to go in there and this is exactly what you draw up your linebacker gets a free run at the quarterback you tell your defensive backs to take the afternoon off when that type of stuff happens they don't even have to be in coverage it's just really really good design defensively and a great play by chambers you know we talked to steel chambers yesterday he used to be a running back couple hundred yards rushing in the 2019 20 seasons but he said yesterday too as i officially feel like a linebacker my instincts and linebacker awareness is much better and that was some awareness he officially looks like a linebacker when he makes plays like that waiting for the fair catch is a mecca abuka right on the buckeyes 40-yard line ohio state the ball and a chance to up the lead 31-9 there in front what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com for the biggest big 10 experience there's no plus like home the big 10 plus app your favorite big ten content streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big 10 plus app powered by big 10 network download and subscribe now tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football watch season one anytime football on the big ten network is brought to you by auto owners insurance simple human sense by bill feda and by discover the official credit card of the big ten conference the jack nicklaus museum in columbus ohio is now 20 years old artifacts from one of the most incredible american sports careers of the 20th century the golden bear born in columbus in 1940 18 majors there's a throw to number 18 marvin harrison jr the catch for eight yards the 1986 masters the the putter going skyward when he hold the putt on 17 one of the most iconic images in the game of golf some of the career accomplishments for jack nichols you know it's somebody who's just starting to become a golf fan being in columbus ohio you got to be a fan of the golden bear and he's got some beautiful courses out there that he's designed as well but just the legacy is awesome cj stroud back to throw for the buckeyes and down the middle of mecca abuka and he is gone [Music] [Music] i thought a three-play drive was a quick strike how about a quicker strike drive two plays for ohio state to find pay dirt i mean i'm wondering what was said in the locker room that the offense comes out like this it's been really aggressive high level of execution and cj stroud deserves a ton of credit on that just his patience to be able to sift through his reads to place a nice touch pass over the top to a wide open to buca that is a professional play they're going to be really proud of this as they watch it in the film room tomorrow cj stroup go through progression step up in the pocket nice touch pass get your wide open receiver it's great football right there [Music] the excitement is fifth [Applause] for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten network download and subscribe now tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football on a new big ten trail blazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network we bring you today's build for success brought to you by rocket mortgage since cj stroud was born in october 2001 ohio state has a phenomenal 228 win 41 loss record of course cj has led ohio state to 12 of those wins and approaching number 13 with their 38-9 lead they have today over arkansas state jaden fielding's kickoff a little momentum to run up and field it johnny laying at the five yard line and out near the 25. and uh stroud just threw his third touchdown pass this one to america ibuka and you know cj stroud has things to work on in this game believe it or not we talked to the coaching staff and they mentioned that one of the things is poison patience and maturity and what makes that more difficult for a guy like cj stroud is you deal with the chaos on the field but you also deal with these unrealistic expectations off the field and that seeps into your game and he's handled it like a true pro and that play was an example of it and here is a bad snap that james blackman picks up and reaches the line of scrimmage the 26-yard line this is pre-game remember that ohio state without jackson smith and jigbet today he's hurt but cj is leading the dance off yeah cj's getting in there getting his guys fired up and everybody says he's a leader around the program they say he's a genuine guy and the way that he handles himself on the field and off the field is a way that people are proud of and you know he's over there hanging out with the guys having some fun here's a marker down [Music] offside defense number enter the neutral zone and cause the reaction five-yard penalty second down jack sawyer i mentioned about the snap count earlier for arkansas state and they've gotten ohio state i believe three times now yes so down the line this is something ohio state's going to have to be prepared for teams are seeing this so they're going to try it to them down the line as well tight end emanuel stevenson in motion a running play here for marcel murray blasted by josh proctor and tommy eichenberg you know to back to that point about stroud and the way he carries himself and how his teammates feel about him emeka ibuka told us yesterday everyone sees on saturday what cj stroud is but we see 24 7 the kind of person he is and how he carries himself around the building and added in and he's also got a special arm talent that can put the ball anywhere but in this world of name image and likeness it would be easy for the star quarterback at ohio state to blow off his teammates and act like he's got better things to do and cj's not built like that throw by blackmon and incomplete jeff foreman intended receiver and it don't convert on player down by the way i believe that's michael hall jr defense player third and five not converted and michael hall jr who had a fourth down sack earlier in the game is down it will be a moment before ohio state cj stroud and the offense returned to the field here's the play involving hall while he's down step aside with 8 58 to go in the third everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football on a new big ten trail blazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten network download and subscribe now the excitement is fifth [Applause] cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big 10 network due to time constraints we'll move ahead in the action after this commercial break tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten network download and subscribe now the excitement is fifth [Applause] everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football dominic zavada with the 45-yard field goal 38-12 ohio state the buckeyes at home lead arkansas state's red wolves kickoff there by tristan matson so i hear there was a special guest in the btn production truck yesterday uh-oh what in the world [Music] they do look i i uh now as you see in the truck look there's a lot of buttons and small buttons that the guys have to push can can brutus buckeye with those big hands and fingers push those buttons in the truck i'm skeptical i'm not sure but tell you what he can get any environment excited that guy knows how to bring it all day every day especially on saturday in front of 100 067 today wow in game number 593 of a hundred years of football at the shoe oh a mecca buca okay i see a mecca buca on the nice move along the sideline starting with a 25 and ibuka ends up taking this over the 50-yard line to the red wolves 48. i love the fact that ohio state is showing ibuka in different roles within this offense of course you want to get him down the field you want to find the one-on-one matchup that he can win but showing him coming on a jet sweep now it makes defenses have to defend him differently you have to have many answers and he's already hard enough to defend on the jet sweep picks up 27 yards buckeyes approaching 500 yards of offense they averaged 561 per game last year to lead fbs in total offense in 2021. trayvion henderson pounced off a tackle by truman gathers by the way nephew of former nfl defensive lineman jumping gathers so now it's a a point of play for the buckeyes [Music] uh it's not bad not only did they lead the country last year in total yards total offense and 561 yards a game but it's scoring as well with nearly 46 points per game 21 last week 38 and counting this week ryan williams thrown down as we reach the last minute 20 of the third quarter justin parks with a tackle not an easy thing to do dealing with chopped williams [Music] 40th game as head coach of ohio state for ryan day you decide on the sideline there's a long throne that shows off cj stroud's arm all the way across to the far sideline to marvin harrison jr those are the throws that nfl scouts love looking at when you can stand on the far hash and deliver it to the other side of the field because the hashes are so close together in the nfl those boundaries become a lot bigger the throws are further cj's proving that he can do that to the 35 of arkansas state a toss to mayan williams and forced out of bounds 30-yard line of the red wolves as we wind down towards the end of the third quarter a 14 point third quarter as we speak for ohio state obviously still time for a player two here at the ends touchdown run for trevion henderson touchdown pass from stroud to ibuka how the buckeyes have found the end zone here at quarter number three and stroud is going up top i said they had time to score here at the end of the third quarter but an overthrow for stroud trying to find savior johnson trying to give xavier a little love on this drive again ohio state really working some of the one-on-one match-ups that they're getting in the back and arkansas state wants to play aggressive on defense they've been doing it the whole game regardless of what the outcome's been so there are some favorable matchups out there for ohio state xavier johnson's been a special teams ace a db a running back kevin wilson the offensive coordinator yesterday told us he's like the swiss army knife that never got sharpened up but now he's a little bit sharper since they settled on playing him at receiver caught a touchdown last week got a couple of passes early in the game today stroud throwing this time is for marvin harrison jr and it's a trifecta of touchdowns for harrison as he secures it with four seconds left in the third quarter i'm i'm not exactly sure if folks are gonna appreciate that play right there marvin harrison jr again finding his way behind the coverage he's done that all day but now cj stroud has to fit that football into a window the safety is coming over and if that ball floats in the air at all safety is able to bat it down or even get an interception that is phenomenal is that even a window is he like throwing it through a tire swinging from the tree that's what it is i mean the window is closing as he's throwing it and he's able to thread it in there and this is a contested catch this is a tough throw into a small closing window they're able to come up with it that's phenomenal guys [Music] hey that rookie corner you were boys in college for real well i'd see him on campus a ton oh yeah i'd say hey he said what what's up because he usually was listening to music because he loves music you guys probably don't know that about him we're friends tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at eight eastern on big ten network the excitement is fifth [Applause] let us finish it the 2022 season only a big 10 now this is big everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big 10 plus app powered by big 10 network download and subscribe now seven plays i'm sorry seven receptions 184 yards and three tds for marvin harrison jr touchdown number three right here and here's the route by him getting off the line of scrimmage creating the separation but at the end going up to high point the ball i mean contested catch you know the safety's coming over the top he's going to want to get it hit on you and reel that one in that's a big time play and you had the corner leon jones i mean that was a bad defense by anyone yeah along with the safety parts over the top it's it's contested from every angle in cj the location on this ball for stroud right over the defender not too far that it hits the end of the window it doesn't float in the air so the safety can step in front of it everything was done just about as well as you could do it on the route on the throw that's big time football you know we were talking with ryan day yesterday and uh you know going back to your time joshua you have a film session uh on sunday called the champions meeting and when big plays happen in a film session i mean when you get the praise of your teammates there's no feeling like that that's going to get some big time love tomorrow in the champions meeting there's nothing better you work hard all week long not just for yourself so your teammates can reap the benefits and when they see people that put effort into their craft have the payoff on the saturday it is absolutely amazing for everybody involved a penalty on the final play of the third quarter the legal formation offense five in the backfield five-yard penalty repeat first down we'll have one ohio state has decided to decline that penalty it'll be second down and that is the end of the third quarter so no untimed down and there were three touchdowns scored by ohio state in the third quarter and here is that beauty stroud to harrison ohio state up 45-12. [Music] what's your favorite live event a rockin concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five-hour energy live sweepstakes the rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football the excitement is big [Applause] for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten network download and subscribe now tuesday matty cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network time for today's mayhem moment brought to you by allstate one more look well more than one more look it deserves it just a moment ago joshua stroud to marvin harrison jr again difficult to put all the pieces together didn't even mention the protection on that play the first couple times around but cj stroud is standing in a clean pocket it's clear as day for him to have a window to throw through that right there is the play i would have on rewind all week long if i'm ohio state arkansas states had four drives there to produce field goals today they open up the fourth quarter and they do complete a pass james blackman to emanuel stevenson who has to absorb a pretty big hit from josh proctor after a six yard pickup mentioned josh proctor earlier as an attitude guy on this ohio state defense and you see the type of physicality he brings when he delivers a hit and it's something i know is valued within the ohio state program [Music] stevenson who just caught the pass in motion on third down and four early fourth quarter and columbus blackman steps up there's room to run and he leaps for the first down and appears to have it eikenberg and cody simon did everything they could to stop him but blackman stretches out and moves the sticks for the red wolves [Music] that is uh now 2 4 12 on the day on third downs for arkansas state it's a rough day on third downs that is and and you had to work hard for that third and fourth pickup they got a lot of dreaded third longs today here is a quick but low throw for reagan ely it's incomplete 20 of 34 now the number for james blackman he completed 75 of his passes last week it went over grambling state yeah you know blackman's just been getting challenged whether it's been the front guys but also in the secondary i know a couple of penalties on some holding some past interference but the windows have been tight it's hard to complete a football pass on this secondary right now [Applause] they won't pass they'll run marcel murray wrestled down for two here's dave repson in chicago with the t-mobile studio update thanks mark after falling behind 21 to nothing against duke northwestern trying to rally out of fourth down evan hall here gets the touchdown to cut it to five but duke has scored a touchdown they're up 12-28-16 here 12 is the number 12 is the number that arkansas state has on the board today but trailing the buckeyes by 33. now here's one of those snap count moments i believe that's the fourth one today defense number 91 entered the neutral zone and caused the reaction five yard penalty third down hard to miss 318 pound ty league williams in the neutral zone i'll tell you this much for ohio state defensively there are a lot of things in this game that you'll look back on and say wow we did a great job there are other things that you can look at and say we certainly need to improve upon tackling angles at times haven't been great pre-snap infractions you certainly want to take a look at you know did you get schemed up on maybe some underneath routes but outside of that this has been a pretty clean day you you've held arkansas just field goals anytime they've been in scoring position i would take that as a doubt marcel murray trying to fight forward on third down and he's wrestled down by ty hamilton and what appears to be a yard shy of the first down fourth and one yeah i think the biggest cleanup point after seven penalties for 75 yards last week the nine for 85 for ohio state would be uh would be a subject of discussion and uh refinement and cleanup over the next week a lot of refinement a lot of cleaning up and this is where you want to be at this point in the year too i think for for this coaching staff and for these players you want things that you can nitpick about things that you can still correct up even when you win big like this so again a lot of good there's some bad but this is a great point for them to grow and learn you can still teach maybe easier to get the lessons across after a win as a matter of fact and that's what ohio state is all the way to securing today [Music] marathon has the fuel to keep your engine running at peak performance because you never know where life is going to take you [Music] what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon on a new big ten trail blazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network [Music] football on the big ten network is brought to you by state farm like a good neighbor state farm is there so you're seeing some pictures from the australian adventure a few years ago of ohio state center luke whitler with more on that michelle mcmahon yeah mark luke whiffler is described as a warrior in the trenches he also has that tenaciously adventurous spirit off the field that was a 14 years old he traveled by himself to australia and new zealand to visit his big brother who lived there at the time says it was the best trip of his life they even went heli skiing and skydiving which they did not inform their mother about until he arrived home safely he's one of five kids though and told us whenever things get tough around football he thinks back to that younger version of himself and how excited he would be to know that he'd be suiting up for the buckeyes on game day i want to get back to that but cj stroud had to jump on a loose ball here on the snap but loss of four i mean just the things you want to clean up at the end of the game things have been going pretty well offensively don't want to put the ball on the ground certainly don't want to put your quarterback at risk of having to dive on a football too so the focus right now has to be great so you can get out of this game clean second down at 14 after the loss and cj stroud with the underneath row and tight end kate silver big hit but it makes his second reception of the day yeah the the best part of that story is the skydiving yes and you know luke told us yesterday that he didn't have a sim card so the the international phone plan wasn't working so he didn't have to call mom ahead of time to talk about skydiving and i asked him i said luke were you scared of skydiving and he says no to be completely honest i was scared in the plane that we went up in i wasn't scared once i jumped out of the plane i'm like oh my gosh but i mean you gotta you gotta live life on the edge a little bit to play down there in the trenches as good as he is too so i see why that makes sense starter all last season as well the starter at center this year incomplete and marker [Applause] the dude on offense today has been marvin harrison junior and that's who cj stroud was throwing the ball to and a late flag has come in kenneth harris on the coverage [Music] ohio state penalized nine times today as we were talking about a moment ago this is the seventh arkansas play the past interference your fourth down for me it's not the seventh penalty on arkansas well let's take a look at it and see what's happening here i know it's going to be close you want to make sure that you can contest the catches towards marvin harrison jr does the coverage get there maybe a little bit early i would say that's more than just a little bit early you can see the contact before the ball gets in there i think that was a missed call and by virtue of that maybe they got put off schedule with the bad snap fumble snap and cj stroud having to pounce on it for a loss on first down and it will bring jessie merkel on the punt big boot by marco and johnny lang fair catches this time out of the field with 10 43 to play what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five-hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten now download and subscribe now everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football the excitement is big [Applause] leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football see how one of college football's iconic traditions was born the big moment the first wave monday at 7 eastern on big ten network and the fox sports app next week iowa is at home against nevada of course they're playing iowa state today aj mayor at quarterback for arkansas state oh my goodness jaquez cross down he goes true freshman caden curry big moment for the buckeye true freshman how about kaden curry a lot of people in columbus have been very excited about the potential of this young man and it's c-ball get ballin look at the excitement the celebration coming out here in the horseshoe and making big plays the only true freshman on the field in last week's game against notre dame caden curry had a few snaps and that was a memorable snap a tfl six yard loss second and 16 for aj mayor and the red wolves and curry slams down there it's not a tackle for loss but it's not much of a gain either young man doing a really good job in the game right now again making another play and this is what jim knowles defense allows these guys to do if you see the insides open you can take the inside uses his hands really well to flash back and ultimately make the play they've gone to cody simon and linebacker now cody had 10 starts last year by the way and linebacker chip traynham as somebody that jim knowles told us yesterday he wanted to see get some reps in linebacker in the game transfer from arizona state but he's from akron originally here's a throw by mayor and it is caught by omari walker but walker doesn't go very far after the catch and arkansas state has a fourth down to 10. lathan ransom with the tackle cody simon is a player i'd be interested to watch down the line he's been in rotation in these first two games he's made a couple of plays he had one play earlier i wanted to show a replay of just really high awareness coverage maybe not one of the top backers on this roster we know what tommy eichenberg provides we've seen steel chambers make some high-end plays but as a rotational guy right now and somebody who can continue to build cody simon's been looking pretty good in these first couple of games punt for the red wolves riot hanson and fielded at the 14. luke has gone all the way across the field and searches forward a return of just over 13 yards for stilling washington's ameca abuka but that's greenwood indiana's caden curry his fingerprints all over that three and outs what's your favorite live event a rockin concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com for the biggest big 10 experience there's no plus like home the big 10 plus app your favorite big 10 content is streaming and on-demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten now download and subscribe now celebrating fansville brought to you by dr pepper time to celebrate fansville and college football with a nice cold dr pepper the one fans deserve [Applause] just over 100 000 on hand today those fans here in columbus at the shoe the 593rd home game in 100 years of ohio stadium kyle mccord is in the game and so is dallin hayden so new quarterback hands off to new running back memphis christian brothers high school dallin hayden as a senior ran for just over 2 000 yards and 33 touchdowns yeah kyle mccord the quarterback is a guy who's been patient throughout his career playing behind cj stroud i know is not an easy thing most guys would jump in the transfer portal mccord wants to be here and he wants to improve on his game and then you mentioned hayden the running back when i came to practice this summer a lot of coaches said keep your eye on that guy he's going to be a pretty good one got it in the bloodlines dad aaron hayden running back for the for the chargers and the packers and the eagles in the 90s charles willis with the tackle here of dowling hayden run up to the 39-yard line [Music] well the day for cj stroud i mean you could not ask for much better 18 i'm sorry 16 out of 24. so 67 351 yards four touchdowns that's what people wanted to see and they got it and hayden out of the backfield hit hard the pads pop on the collision at the 42-43 yard line doss with the tackle for arkansas state last seven minutes of the game next week toledo [Music] big ten game with the wisconsin badgers the week after that rutgers here on october 1st ohio state does not go on the road until they play in east lansing against michigan state on october the 8th running play by dalit hayden dave rebson jerry dinardo and howard griffith recap the entire day at big ten football on the final drive presented by auto owners insurance tonight at 11 30 eastern on big ten network they got a lot of stacking on that show to do of recaps because all 14 big 10 teams in action here in uh officially week two of the season those games uh the last weekend of august were week zero we won last week week two now i uh have been in there on a studio saturday with 14 games on the network and i'm telling the guys i know they're watching and listening have fun from the booth with love signed joshua perry for the booth in columbus with love dallin hayden running and catching on this drive and here's xavier johnson got a couple of early passes and johnson goes low to secure that catch at the red wolves 39-yard line i mean the week he had last week we talked about it earlier but you know guy who's really coming to his own made some special plays a week ago specifically that touchdown catcher the route was great the catch was great and he's a guy that is finally trustworthy to have a big role in this offense jake ballard the other receiver right now along with xavier johnson to the outside and dragged down this towel [Music] on defense defensive end for arkansas state i love hearing what america ibuka had to say about xavier johnson last week and you know the touchdown catch the debate he said i knew he could do it i've seen him make that catch a hundred hundreds of times with the off-season jugs work that he's been doing yeah i've been coming back to watch training camp practice for the last couple of years with the big ten uh you know the preseason camp tour in both years this year last year the coaching staff said hey number 10 is a guy i don't know when he's gonna play i don't know what his role looks like but we want to get him on the football field and now's the time and his time on the field is that was an incompletion for g scott jr on the pass by mccord i mean his time was catching a go ahead touchdown in the third quarter against the number five team in the country notre dame last week yes and it was a phenomenal route that he had he put his defender in the spin cycle got him all turned around got the nice over the shoulder catch was able to celebrate and then we know what happened on the ensuing kickoff oh yeah came down and made the tackle inside the 15-yard line i mean it's pretty good that was another one of those plays that drew a thunderous eruption from his teammates when ryan day said they watched it on film in the champions meeting the film meeting the next day speaking of we can flash back here's the touchdown reception there it is and watch this run down on kickoff you're tired it's tough you gotta beat it gotta beat a guy i mean you threw him off there and then here we go big time play [Music] what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five-hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com for the biggest big 10 experience there's no plus like home the big 10 plus app your favorite big 10 content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten now download and subscribe now [Music] well that's what third ranked ohio state wanted today 45-12 they beat arkansas state and for more we go down to the field michelle mcmahon with ryan day mark thanks coach not a lot of spotlight on this game but you mentioned competitive stamina a lot how would you evaluate your team there just okay we gave him two possessions on special teams which wasn't very good and i thought we should have finished the game a little better overall uh too many penalties some good things don't get me wrong but you know if we want to keep building way to play better than this one of those good things marvin harrison jr as the leader of the offense what did you see out of him here today and the way he was able to establish that chemistry with cj stroud yeah i don't know what his final numbers were but he had some some really good catches though the contested one down there at the end of the left-hand corner was a really you know he was a competitive excellence here he played really well so that's good we're gonna need him to play that way as we move forward we'll get jackson and julian back then certainly that'll change things but but i thought he and a mecca the last two weeks have been strong stepping up when they really haven't been starters leading up to this this is the beginning of the season so a good start for them and a long way to go circling back to those complaints what is going to be the biggest order of business for you this week in practice to get to the ohio state buckeye standard well i don't think there's one thing it's just overall you know we we certainly hold ourselves to a high standard it's good to get a win we're going to celebrate the win but we got to keep building if we want to get to where we need to be all right coach thanks so much for the time mark back up to you thanks michelle i thought that was well said joshua by ryan dave got to enjoy the win but there's obviously many more building blocks that will occur over the course of this season easy to coach easy to teach easy to learn as a player through a win when you have some things go wrong so again this is a building block i agree with coach day you know a little bit sloppy but continue to build day by day and it'll get to where they want it to be 45-12 again is the final score at ohio stadium as the buckeyes defeat the arkansas state red wolves stick around for a busy afternoon and evening of football here on the big ten network most of you will see the iowa hawkeyes battle the iowa state cyclones coming up at four eastern here on the big ten network for joshua perry michelle mcmahon and our great crew in columbus ohio i'm mark follawell saying so long from ohio stadium where the buckeyes went for 204 left in the game fourth and one at purdue's 37. ohio state trailing 6-3 if we didn't get it you know season was pretty much over under center purdue blitzing it was going to be on me and that's a position that any athlete wants to be in trouble when the unusual happens that's the fun of plays like the holy buckeye [Music] [Applause] my freshman year we were six and six home for christmas no bowl game and there were lots of challenges along the way but i truly believe that throughout those years myself my teammates you know we were being developed and now it is up to the first time starter craig krenzel the sophomore out of utica michigan to go up there and play behind a great offensive line and do something that the buckeyes that we hadn't done in 14 years at the time that was a really special day [Applause] you don't play college football at a place like ohio state if you don't have that little chip on your shoulder and i definitely had that [Music] everyone knew that craig krenzel was a great student in the classroom craig krenzel being the student that he was grasped on to what we called our big three you have to be a great decision maker you have to be a guy that makes plays for us and you have to minimize turnovers he loved the chess game of the decision making he believed in himself maybe more than he should have and that's why he could make big plays three-step drop and it is cut by jenkins who's running for the goal line foot race touchdown ohio state oh that was too easy ladies and gentlemen there was some other great receivers there as well but craig and i are really connected to where in my senior year you know end up having the most yards in school history well i think anybody could have a connection with mike i mean he was such an unbelievable athlete such a dependable route runner great hands obviously his size his speed his strength michael jenkins was a really long angular athletic guy that could run and great ball skills the man in the headset is brock's back he's the defensive coordinator under joe tiller i have a lot of tourisms in me he kind of adopted me kind of as his football son i guess if you will i have a long purdue connection and i spent 22 years of my life there as a player and a coach the prerequisite for all our guys on defense at purdue at that time was they had to be able to run and be explosive and we had a lot of guys like that on this defense in 2002 it was a group that was really gifted from an athletic standpoint [Music] coach tressel i wouldn't call him a throwback but i'd say he was very very disciplined in how he approached the game you could tell that the running of football was important to them i don't know if i would call it trestle ball but we had a philosophy where all three units had to be in concert and all three units needed to do what the team needed and if we could do that we'd have a chance to win any game we could play with trestle ball the punt was the most important play in football i think that's something we all remembered i'm not the originator of that i guess i'll never live down that you know a unexciting play like the punt i deemed is the most important it's only trestle's second year but we already sort of knew that like this is what it is it's old school big ten football [Applause] it's a buckeye tradition since 1938. this is the 2002 blocko we were leading the chairs in the stadium trying to get your stadium ohio going around but also just making sure everybody was engaged the card stunts that people would hold up we make all that noise crucial plays crystal times we come in with a crucial impact shawn and i have known each other since i was in eighth grade and he was in seventh grade we're both from the columbus area not far from here you live here it's in your family it's in your blood it comes down to the fans that 12th man on the field they say so we're gonna hope that uh we could be loud enough if i hope we get a win out of it first big play in his buckeye career as a touchdown maurice clarette was one of if not the best running back in college football as a true freshman he just brought a certain level of passion preparedness practice tempo to the team that really raised some eyebrows maurice was kind of battling that shoulder stinger throughout the latter half of the season to show it just wasn't 100 and that's something that you need with the type of style that he ran with and the type of contact that he dealt with all game long in 2002 there were two ohio state teams there was the one that had maurice claret and then there was the one that did not have maurice clarett which made ohio state look a lot more mortal and uh really eek out games that they should have normally been putting away early eleven warriors is really like a giant online sports bar for ohio state fans i am executive editor and i create content for the site all day all night 365 days a year i grew up in ohio stadium and i attended ohio state for three summers part of my degree comes from there impressive victory for the ohio state buckeyes jim tressel's club unblemished at 5-0 ohio state's undefeated and we've been down this road before i was alive during the 1990s ohio state was almost always undefeated it seemed heading into november and so you're just waiting for the rug to get pulled out from under you as a fan i was going to talk about jim tressel we asked him does your team think they're good he said probably are we better than everybody else probably not do we think we're unbeatable if we do we're in trouble as you're playing a season having good tough games that you weren't perfect but you survived is a great way to remain curious as to how you can get better one of the things that helped us the most was some of the earlier games where we didn't necessarily play to the level that we know we should over could have cincinnati or early in the year wisconsin close game penn state close game it's just the way we were built we just never had a doubt that we would lose any games you got this feeling like we were winning every game but it felt like a house of cards like all it was gonna take was was one little wrong thing to happen and the season was over so ohio state is a perfect ten they've got a long ways to go and a lot of big games are left you can learn lessons and losses and you can learn lessons in victories i like learning lessons in victories better than losses coach wooden used to always say that publicity is like poison it'll only kill you if you swallow it [Music] here we go marathon has the fuel to keep your engine running at peak performance because you never know where life is going to take you [Music] what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the 5 hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you ride my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon for the biggest big ten experience there's no plus like home the big ten plus app your favorite big ten content is streaming and on demand plus the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten now download and subscribe now on a new big ten trailblazers rutgers soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network great in 2002 we did purdue as an official blocko road trip the bus would be there if it was six o'clock and we're supposed to leave it's not 605 and we're out so a lot of just logistical things in the morning and that 2002 season was just so magical in every game so intense that it was it was easy to get everybody excited for even an early wake-up call the great thing about our students is it's not just at home they can be on the road in west lafayette and we know they're going to be there we know they got our backs in the fall of 2000 when drew brees was up for heisman it was actually a rowdy sort of crowd and that was not the best of games for us this hoax is what they call an instant classic i had gone to the 2000 purdue game in west lafayette in 2002 i was working for a software company in chicago and i was also writing for bucknuts.com when blogging i guess it just started and was covering the team from a fan's perspective i had every intention of going to the ohio state video game in 2002 and driving down from chicago but i had to go to two weddings that day so i woke up that morning got into a tuxedo and watched the entire game in black tie in front of a television a home underdog with a chance to make a statement but it will not be easy for the purdue boilermakers they take on the high fly ohio state buckeye coming into the purdue game we knew that they were going to be like all joe tiller football teams they were going to be tough they were going to be physical i thought we were going to be able to match up with him and they kind of fit our our style of play we were fast and athletic from the right side jenkins batted battered around broken up incomplete and antoine rogers sophomore cornerback from middletown ohio with an outstanding play i've known antoine since basically peewee football we weren't big talkers we just worked and played hard and tried everything we could to beat each other antoine rogers was an excellent player for us and our corners had to be able to cover because we were not going to let ohio state beat us run the football it's such a rhythm game and we just weren't able to find our rhythm to get things clicking and it was really just a sloppy game of football 19 seconds to play until halftime purdue leads three nothing but ohio state has the ball third and nine of the boilermaker 12. i love craig dearly and we were in an empty set and we were either going to throw for a touchdown and if we didn't you know we were going to just kick the field goal and be fine [Applause] they got to hurry this unit on the field i thought stupidly that there was going to be more there than there was and maybe i even had a chance to score um you know really really poor decision you're like oh my gosh what's he doing he's got to get out of bounds we don't have any more timeouts left and they race out on the field this is fourth down they're rushing they've got three seconds they've got to get it down for nugent they gotta hurry they signal good purdue's on the field screaming i don't take too much flack for that play because we were able to get the kick off mike made it we got the points that gives you a little bit of confidence that we're prepared you know we're gonna fight and scratch and bite and do whatever we have to do to have a chance to win this game [Applause] what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five-hour energy live sweepstakes the rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you ride my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Music] tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network this school purdue is not known as spoiler makers for nothing folks as an underdog through the years they have been one of the most dangerous opponents in college football the buckeyes with their hands full it was that edge of your seat nerves most of the time and you're sitting there going why are we grilling this out against purdue what are we doing here i was on the phone for most of the game with my friend who was in the end zone of ross-ade stadium we figured out pretty quickly that he was about five or seven seconds ahead of the tv broadcast because you'd see a quarterback go under center and then i'd hear him curse or cheer like before the play took place back in the game and now he's hurt again and there is that nerve problem the stinger we knocked him out of the game man i remember that literally he exited like three or four times last time he was done correct had been in and out of that game you know that did contribute to us you know only having three points at that point because he was a big part of our offense the game of football is all about rhythm and when you're shuffling guys in and out especially a guy of maurice's talent it makes it really difficult to find that rhythm we were able to flow that out of the game down and and force them into throwing the football offense really wasn't doing much so we won't try to make a splashing special teams so go after the punt chest high snap pressure coming in his block fall sporting loose and it's going to be ohio state's ball when the ball was blocked by michael jenkins of ohio state michael jenkins he would just do whatever you asked him to do he'll catch punts block punts block for kickoffs he doesn't care i want to be able to tell you like after we blocked the point at purdue you know we scored three touchdowns and just you know the tide really turned but it didn't like it stayed a hard-fought game i was very very confident you know going in the fourth quarter we could execute our base defense to win the game ball's put down the kick by lacivic is in the air toward the uprights he's got it 7 50 to play fourth quarter in west lafayette and purdue has taken a 6-3 lead over ohio state you look up and you only see you have three points in the fourth quarter on the road at purdue and you're just thinking like how is this and you're still feeling like okay like you know blind faith we know we still have a chance we know we still got this we believe in our team believe in our coach believe in our quarterback sooner or later craig krenzel would have to win a football game will this be the day we've played poorly for three and a half quarters or almost a full game at that point but what was most important is we had an opportunity to go win a football game we never really thought about our guys from an individual standpoint i don't know that we were sitting around you know thinking that come on craig come on craig come on craig it was come on ohio state come on ohio state what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five-hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com i swear i got the sauce i got sauce [Music] so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Music] everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football on a new big ten trailblazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network so the buckeyes three minutes 10 seconds to play they've got less than half a field to drive to try and get out of a six to three hole to purdue at ohio state you know you come in you have three goals every year beat michigan win the big ten win a national title and you're not going to win the big ten you're not going to win a national title if we don't take care of business you know in that moment on that drive that series in west lafayette as time's winding down and i'm looking at the clock not just for the game which is running out of time but me and this wedding also running at a time i've got anxiety of every kind like am i going to be late is ohio state going to lose am i going to walk into the church and like be like that guy at a wedding that shouldn't be there so i stand on the phone with them because i'm getting like these audible clues about what i'm going to see before i see them in trouble and he's gonna go down at the 50-yard line i didn't stray too much from our base stuff i wanted to make sure that our players really were comfortable krenzel gets sacked and okay we saw that blind faith we still feel good right we're still we still think we're gonna get this we're not gonna lose to perd we're not losing to purdue are we come out on second down miss ben hardsock coming out wide open underneath and come back with a very similar play with ben hardsock dragging underneath on third and long throws left side got hard sock at purdue's 40. he dives and is taken down at the 37 of the boilermakers about a yard shy of the first down you almost have to go for it now and you can run for it if you want to you know trestle ball conservative senator you know senator tressel and his vest and that it's fourth and one you're gonna run it lydell ross was in the game because maurice clarett was hurt i'm thinking this is gonna be an off-tackle handoff to lydell ross for god willing one and a half yards to get the first down and to get one and a half just running a base short yardage play against purdue stout defense in my mind we had not demonstrated you know that that was a that was a gimme it wasn't like a formal huddle it was just kind of like a muddle huddle where guys are just kind of standing around waiting to see what we're going to do and then the play was called now i'm looking over to the sideline to scott mcmullen and my backup is he's signaling in the play it was king right 64 y shallow swap why shallow swap was probably one we ran you know ten times a game based upon what people were doing and so forth that play was a staple of our offense it's not like we came up with a blockbuster innovative play for fourth in a yard and a half in that moment and they get it set up right away gamble will come wide right jenkins wide left it's not like one of those football boys like here we go boys you know putting the women and children to bed and you know this is it game online but it wasn't any of that it was just get the play call what's the you know the snap count and going to execute on third down we only brought four and they had plenty to block our our four guys so we i thought we'd try to get more one-on-ones they were showing like there was a lot of people there they hadn't blitzed a whole lot but we knew one thing that craig krenzel knew the progression of reading this play and as i started looking at the defense safeties creeping down linebackers starting to inch toward the line of scrimmage and get a little antsy they had brought a backer on each of the previous couple plays so i start thinking pressure under center purdue blitzing krenzel back to throw in trouble the fullback was offset that was their power running game but they kept both backs in and released a tight end we had a short route on a shallow route by ben hartsock which was usually the first read i'm still thinking ben hartzock again stuart schweigert stepped down and did a good job of taking ben out of the play and from then on i knew i had michael jenkins one on one on king right 64 why shallow swap i'm supposed to run a post route i just end up going around antoine rogers who was the corner over top of me in a little bit of a press coverage and just running basically a goal route as he stepped up into the pocket he had two choices he could try to run for the yard and a half he saw that michael jenkins had a step on the corner the backs guys up front offensive line did a phenomenal job picking up that pressure creating a solid pocket to step up into and i put the ball up downfield could be up to the offensive line we forced him to step up in a pocket and he got hit and we obviously would hope for a sack but uh it didn't didn't didn't happen when he let the ball go i thought oh my gosh it's gonna land in the stands the ball's in the air i got a hold of somebody's hand next to me somebody else next we were probably digging our fingernails into each other it's almost like everything stopped it's chaos in my ear and then it just goes quiet my friend matt goes touchdown like it just fell out of his mouth i'm like what's what's happening what's about to happen what am i going to see here and thank goodness he threw the deep one holy buckeye it's a touchdown and it certainly wasn't designed that way whatever that play was called whatever it would have found its own identity somehow brent musburger just he gave it its identity you know right there in the moment when i hear the words holy buckeye it's like you just see a football falling out of the sky and the ball's falling perfectly into your lap i remember jared just took off running you know and he was kind of running up and down that big sidewalk that was there in the south stands a ross aide and and people just hugging each other strangers hugging each other because it's just you couldn't believe it if you watch it closely you get a chance to see just how good mike was because he made the throw look perfect and jenkins got position on antoine rogers and made the catch to the buckeyes and with 136 to go ohio state takes the first lead of the game if you google pictures of holy buckeye antoine and i are probably the best picture of us together that you'll see uh you can clearly see his face in there kind of reaching out being a step behind so uh something he probably doesn't like to look at but it's it's pretty funny to think about antoine had done a great job the whole game unfortunately i think he's remembered for one play i remember after the touchdown sitting on the bench and mike was a couple down for me and i kind of turned over to him and looked at him and he kind of looked at me and and i just remember giving like a tight face like wow did that really just happen you know did we really just do that there was a huge almost sigh of relief just to score finally score but we knew there was a minute or so left but our defense had to finish it off and ohio state is going to get off the hook it will put them at 11-0 for the first time since 1995. we're screaming with each other on the phone i got to go to church so i run out the door in a tuxedo and i'm like penguin walking through downtown chicago with the stupidest look on my face i'm sure and i wasn't terribly late to the wedding so i wasn't that guy being able to enjoy that victory there on the road and i do recall some overrated cheers coming from their student section and the uh retort was undefeated so you know overrated undefeated so that that definitely uh you know felt good in that sense it's things you know i feel bad for the players you know not not for us as coaches but for the players i don't really know how much better we could have played obviously we wanted to make one more play michael jenkins from craig krenzel it will live forever in buckeye lore if this team goes on to an unbeaten season and a possible birth in the tostitos fiesta bowl well easily if we don't get that play we're not in the national championship that year i don't think we win the next championship without that catch in complete the buckeyes now the party begins for the ohio state buckeyes they are the national champions of college football ohio state loses after purdue it's another awesome play from a highlight reel but ohio state got the crystal football holy buckeye made it happen i think when people talk about the 2002 team and they picked four or five plays that they remember the most the holy buckeye would probably be one of those four or five i really do believe it helped change the trajectory of our program for many years to come from where we were coming from the national championship winning quarterback i mean it's it's really as simple as that how has holy buckeye changed my life honestly it gives people something to truly remember me by at ohio state it could be a lot worse so i'll take that over you know the guy that dropped the ball you know i'll take holy buckeye over anything else [Applause] coming up on the final drive the top of the big ten looking the part on saturday convincing wins for the buckeyes and spartans after waiting out mother nature the wolverines reign all over the rainbow warriors j.j mccarthy stating his case for the starting qb job in ann arbor but who's not as good for the teams expected to compete at the top of the west the badgers and hawkeyes both going down it's all on the final drive now [Music] [Applause] welcome in it is the final drive presented by auto owners insurance great to have you with us after an action-packed saturday we saw all 14 big 10 teams in action saw eight of them play here on the big ten network a lot going on phyllis lot going on uh west division a little confusing just maybe maybe someone new in in indianapolis this year should be interesting i i got to tell you this michigan game is fascinating to me because i think jj gives them a little something extra going to be fun to watch quite a day including six big ten teams scoring 50 or more points first time that has happened in the ap poll era which dates back to 1936 so we saw some offensive explosions and howard mentioned the wolverines they were one of the teams that exploded we expected it frankly against a hawaii team that we knew was under man coming in but j.j mccarthy making his first career start and his first pass of the game goes for a touchdown roman wilson the hawaiian he touched the ball twice and he scored two tds in the game mccarthy to cornelius johnson 54 yards there jj 11 of 12 229 yards and three tds hits ronnie bell for the score here and then mccarthy feeling the pressure so steps up in the pocket and hits johnson there 42-0 they win it 56-10 j.j after the game with megan mcewen jj an hour rain delay before your first career start yeah you come out and just take over in the first half how are you able to maintain your focus despite the circumstances um it was just a little adversity i mean whatever happens happens and we're just gonna roll with it and we we've been kind of waiting for something like that to happen all year all off season so it was just something that we were prepared for and we just naturally took advantage of it well you looked pretty prepared out there you threw for a couple touchdowns 229 yards what was allowing you to have so much success throwing the ball through the air i mean it all goes out to my teammates my coaches i mean the scout team all week has done a great job and it was just an amazing opportunity for them to get in and really show all the hard work that they've been putting in and yeah it's just my receivers played outstanding my offensive line played outstanding and the running backs were great so it just opened up everything well it opened up a lot for you you put on a great performance in your first career start how would you assess the body of work you just put out when it comes to the quarterback position starting moving forward of the season um i mean this was something i was kind of expecting on myself i i don't like to have expectations like that but uh just playing hawaii like just getting it done and handling business and now we're on to week two our week three yeah appreciate it jj thank you so much congrats have a nice night you too he did get it done i mean again 11 of 12. he ran the ball once looked good doing that as well jerry i know you felt all along this kind of set up for mccarthy to state his case and become the starter this week do you believe he's done that yeah he won the job today and again he didn't even really run the ball hardly at all and he will do that when the time comes and when they need him but he's such a great pastor he's such a great talent that he he increases the efficiency of that offense several times over he makes him dynamic is what he does because now all of a sudden you you have to be concerned about another player carrying the football just not throwing the football so he was out there today and it looked easy right it just felt like the team was playing at a different level when he was at the quarterback position there's one play in particular when he gets pressure rolls out to the left a lot of guys really have to flip their hips all the way around to get any velocity on the ball he didn't even flip his hips and was still able to get the velocity on the ball to make the completion i think he's going to be fascinating and continue to watch him because he's going to get better there's going to be some it's going to be some times where he's going to struggle a little bit because it's a new role for him but he's going to continue to get better each and every week and then ohio state have the most talent in the conference in my opinion and they're going to have the two best quarterbacks and that those between the talent and the quarterbacks that really separates them from everybody else the only thing i don't like about the michigan team and i think it's probably the best team right now and the most complete team this schedule colorado state hawaii yukon maryland i'm not sure there's any game in there that's really going to test them like nerdy name tested ohio state a week ago so we're not going to know them against a really good opponent until halfway through the season yeah fair enough but again they look really good and really point look i mean hawaii lost by a combined 85 points to vanderbilt in western kentucky so this isn't the best competition but 10.7 yards per play for michigan in that offense j.j one of the stars as was blake coram who's with megan blake your offense rushes for 262 yards how is your position group able to get the run game going early about preparation you know we listen to coach you know we listen to uh you know offensive dolphins line coach you know we have one of the best lines in the nation i think it's the best uh but really just preparing and coming out here and just doing what we do how are you able to have so much success on the ground 88 yards for unit touchdown offensive line you know they make they make my job easy i feel like they make all the running backs job anyone has a ball in their hand they make it easy so it was really just them you know they allowed me to get to the second level and let me do what i do given a lot of love the offensive blind but five different running backs score touchdowns in this game what kind of statement did this group make tonight i mean it means uh everyone can play you know all the running backs can play you know i'm saying that's what they came here for they didn't come here to say they came here to play and i believe in all the running backs you know i think we had the best running back group in nation as well and you know they attacked the day and that's what they did today i'm proud of those guys congratulations blake thanks so much as for ohio state they were taking on arkansas state pick it up in the first quarter cj stroud marvin harrison jr this was the story of this game cj stroud throwing for 351 yards and four touchdowns three of them to harrison remember he scored three touchdowns in the rose bowl last year he joins joey galloway the only two players in osu program history with two career games of three or more receiving touchdowns harrison was just fabulous seven receptions 184 yards as ohio state rolls 45-12 the final in this one a biggest takeaway is for you howard from watching the buckeyes and that passing attack which we didn't see a whole lot of in terms of the big plays last week against notre dame we certainly saw it on saturday to me they took advantage of what they were going to be really good at you talked about going against the secondary that was overmatched by this wide receiver group they were going to have opportunities to get behind these corners and safeties and they were able to take advantage of them it's just one of those things that each and every week we watch them we're going to see them win probably in a different fashion just because of who the opponent may be that they're playing against last week it was toughness in the run game on offense to win the game they didn't have much explosion today they had explosion i mean it makes them a complete team uh henderson had the ball 10 times for 10 carries today i wish he had gotten it a little bit more i think he's a really star and one of the better running backs in the country but today was the day for explosion not the running game yeah to your point they had one play in the notre dame game longer than 30 yards they had eight plays in this game against arkansas state of 30 yards or longer so we saw that is the big play offense that we saw from ohio state last year and we saw it in this game as well we did not see much offense from iowa we didn't see it last week and they picked up right where they left off and not in a good way taking on iowa state the battle for the cy hawk trophy and this off a blocked punt iowa actually got off to a good start they blocked the punt they take it into the end zone lashawn williams hawkeye's up 7-0 but they had just 150 yards of offense in this game hunter deckers to xavier hutchinson the eight-yard touchdown that was the end of a 99-yard drive for the cyclones iowa had one chance here to maybe send it into overtime but aaron blom misses wide left and iowa state ends his six-game skid against the hawks they win a 10-7 reaction starting with kirk ference we're not going to win moving forward if we can't score more points in that we got a really good defense right now but you can't count you know you're not gonna win a game seven points ten points a game part of complimentary football is the other people uh helping out when one unit's not going well uh but you know we're gonna have to move the ball offensively that's you know like sit around waiting on special teams and defense to win every game for us we can't do that it's not realistic it all comes together sometimes it all comes unraveled it's an old george strait song but um you know i still have a lot of high hopes for our for our unit and for our team this hasn't changed any of our goals the only thing we can't be now is undefeated um but rest of our goals are still out in front of us i truly do believe that there's there's good in front of this unit we just we just gotta go do it well they have not done it to this point seven points in each of their first two games 316 total yards of offense through two games i mean it just flat out not going to get it done you know it's not spencer petrus's fault but i i think kirk ferentz will make a change at quarterback this week i think alex padilla might give him a spark there's no other position in football that you can change that could have that much of a change in in your production on offense so it's not spencer's fault they're struggling why not make why not make a change at quarterback and i i got the impression the way kirk was answering some of the quarterback questions in the press conference that that he's going to revisit that tomorrow he kept pushing it off pushing it off if he wasn't going to make a change i think he would have said that today yeah so i i i think we're going to see a change i wouldn't i wouldn't discount that at all but i think the other thing that has to happen is they have to get better offensive line play you know when you are struggling not to be able to run the football and you can't protect the quarterback he's under constant duress it's going to cause some problems the time is not going to be there people aren't going to have the confidence so i think shoring up that offensive line trying to put them in the best position to help them which probably is running a football with a quarterback that may be able to be more athletic as well yeah just getting the offensive line better is a lot harder than getting the quarterback better if in fact padilla gives them better quarterback play it's just one person that makes that change and again they're banged up a receiver no keegan johnson no nico regani again for iowa but still it's it is stuck in neutral they are the first big ten team since 2001 to score i don't think it's seven i think it's park seven or fewer points in their first two games yeah neutral might be uh might be generous but no it uh it has not been good and they're gonna figure some things out they got nevada coming up next week so much more to come on this show penn state about the future at quarterback we saw a little bit of that sodded running back as well with nick singleton we will catch up on their impressive performance and plenty more on the battle in the west is it the gophers division to win another impressive showing from them as we continue on the final draw final drive is presented by auto owners insurance simple human sense [Music] marathon has the fuel to keep your engine running at peak performance because you never know where life is going to take you [Music] what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five-hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you ride my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe 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started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football michigan state 14th ranked team in the nation hosting akron jaylen berger pulling his way into the end zone he had three touchdowns on the day that one made it 21-0 spartans and look out jeff undercuffler just gets hammered there by cal halliday msu forced four turnovers including that fumble how about noah kim coming in and firing one to trey mosley for the touchdown 52-0 michigan state rolls audrey dahlgren afterward with jaylen berger jalen your coach mel tucker said that he believed you'd be the guy for them what gives him so much confidence in you to make him feel that way i say the way i follow with my past finishing runs and stuff like that but uh just just the energy around the room brings it out of me to be honest i like i like how the one-two punch with me and broussard yeah just like that this also too a hundred yard second 100 yard rushing game for yourself what makes it so you're able to click so well in this offense just the way they utilize the running backs in this offense you know like explaining me out wide at the receiver almost fumbled on that screen pass but just the way they utilize the running backs like i said i didn't even know i had 100 yards to be honest i thought i was under it but a good game for me good game for him good game for the entire offense good game for the defense as well their largest shutout win since 1957. what stood out about michigan state's victory big jump from week one to week two especially the third quarter it looked like they emphasized the run more they made some adjustments at halftime but every time we talk about mel tucker's team we all always talk about their goals their expectations and and their improvement and there was certainly a lot of improvement from week one to week two you think about the defensive side of the ball keep holding your opponent to only 22 yards rushing that's big time so that's taking that next step understand the opponent but it's about going out and being able to execute that and then offensively running the ball the way they did they made the plays they needed to one part that was really good for them i think coach tucker be happy just four penalties for 22 yards that's always been a little bit of an issue for him now he seemed to have that corrected eight straight home wins for them that is their longest streak in six years they head on the road next week to take on washington penn state taking on the bobcats of ohio u we mentioned this time or 30 last year penn state's longest touchdown run last season was seven yards noah singleton going 10 times that 70 yards for him he had 10 carries for 179 yards on the game penn state up 14-0 and then it's sean clifford to mitchell tinsley how about 17 different receivers catching passes for penn state that is the most for any big ten team this century drew aller we got a glimpse of him in that game against purdue hitting omari evans 32 yards there that was beautiful tell a lot and a glimpse yeah there's been a couple good glimpses yeah 46-10 penn state gets to win now 20-0 in non-conference home games under james franklin really encouraging howard to see the run game get going really is you know they were explosive runs and i think that was the biggest thing i don't think this is still a team that's just going to be able to line up and force the ball down their opponent's throat whenever they want to but if they can continue to get these explosive runs from the run game that's going to be significant for them yeah if they can just do whatever they have to do in the run game to win the game most likely by throwing the ball you take last week 98 yards against purdue certainly not a lot of yards but that's how many yards they needed to beat purdue today over 200 yards they they probably could have gotten more if they wanted to so it's not always the number of yards for me i think it's the number of runs that are called and the number of passes that are called don't get in a situation where it becomes a pass rush drill because if you do that at penn state your offensive line won't hold up in protection and it's good to have a back that you can depend on right and singleton appears to be that guy this ends a streak of 17 straight games without a 100 yard rusher for penn state they had one with singleton they go to auburn next week that should be a stern test for the nittany lions minnesota and western illinois this was not a particularly stern test for the gophers trey potts weaving his way through they went over 300 yards rushing and passing gophers on top 14 to nothing mo ibrahim continues his assault on the record books 11th straight 100 yard rushing game extending the longest streak in fbs that is a school record he went for 130 in this game scored a couple plays later how about this interception howard we're talking about going out and tracking the football does a great job of looking in with his hands it looks like a wide receiver shouldn't be on the defensive side of the ball jordan how now 62-10 the most points since 2006. it is hard to read too much into some of these games i mean western illinois has won four games in the last three years however minnesota based on what we've seen to this point against inferior opponents looks to be a really good team well the one thing we can read into it as kirk sharaka said he wanted to be more explosive today so he that's the way he called the game i think they're probably the most complete team in the west i think they're playing better than any of the other teams in the west right now they were balanced up today they're pretty impressive on both sides of the ball both coordinators are doing great jobs i mean the storyline has always been coming into this year is about what's going to happen on the offensive side of the football but defense continues to impress each and every week and they're going to need that defense to really make a run in the west this is the 14th straight opponent they have held to 27 points or fewer that was the longest streak in 57 years for that gophers defense lots more to come on the show we were talking about offensive explosions off the top and maryland had one leah tagovailoa was about as good as one can be we will show you the highlights of his aerial assault and a big day for rutgers as well putting up historic numbers against wagner highlights of both those teams plus plenty more to come as we continue on the final drive [Music] what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about 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the iconic games and exclusive events only on the big ten plus app powered by big ten network download and subscribe now tuesday matty cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network wisconsin hosting washington state picked this one up in the third quarter badgers up by four cameron ward buying some time he finds nakia watson the former badger running back puts on the spin move and finds the end zone 31 yards and the cougars go on top 17-14 wisconsin on the move graham merch to clay kundu who caught two touchdown passes but he coughs that one up wazoo takes over runs out the clock and they win in madison 17-14 tough loss for paul kristen covenant we did some things today that make it hard to uh make it hard to win and kicking myself for uh you know going forward on fourth and three you know like to have that one back you gotta make it to where you're playing the opponent and not not doing some things to hurt yourself this has got to be one that we you know that burns and stings to where it drives you to to get better he talked about the penalties they had 11 for more than 100 yards they turned the ball over three times they gave up six tackles for loss just not the performance of a team that should expect to win a game i mean they were close they had a chance there obviously that fumble did them in but really throughout this game sluggish from the badgers it's possible they're going to be a different looking team this year they were 65 percent run last year right now their 50-50 run pass i'm not sure how good their defense is i mean they lost a lot of guys on defense right from last year's team and we just said well jim leonard will take care of it well maybe it's not that simple so this might be a little bit different looking team and they may have to find a way to win a little differently than they have in the past few years yeah but if they're going to win they can't turn the ball over right they can't you go back to last year they did some of the same things they would have penalties and turn the ball over at some bad times they're not in a position where they can afford to do that they have to take care of the football to be able to win football games this isn't that dominant style of offense that we were used to seeing when they can control the game at the line of scrimmage by running it and when they were turning it over a lot of times the defense was saving i don't know that the defense is that good this year right now that the offer that they can overcome the turnovers i was the team to turn the ball over more than anyone in the big ten a year ago wisconsin this just their second loss in their last 48 non-conference home games maryland going on the road for a non-conference clash with charlotte pick it up in the second quarter leah tagabailoa to jacob copeland 45 yards taken by lowe's numbers were amazing 27-31 391 yards and four touchdowns here he keeps it himself for the td 617 total yards for maryland in a 56-21 win guys when this offense gets going it is a sight to behold it is it's a video game on offense but it's been that way since lox has been there right we know they can recruit we know they can play offense i think this year the the addition is the better defense and again they didn't play a tough opponent today but you still have to keep contained you still have to be in your rush lanes they still can show you that they're playing better defense regardless of who they're playing against on offense it's no question that they have to continue to play the way they're playing on the defensive side of the ball but when you talk about offensively this wide receiver group is a group that could rival one of the best wide receiver groups in the conference in ohio state they have a lot of talent there if they can stay healthy keep their quarterback upright and vertical throwing it down the field they're going to score a lot of points this year well they scored 56 in that game second most ever in a road game for maryland in the history of the program rutgers at home taking on wagner and this one was over before it started that's right when it started evan simon aaron crookshank three of the first four passes for rutgers went for touchdowns they were thrown by three different quarterbacks gavin wimsett how about this catch by chris long howard outstanding one-hand catch and a nice throw by the quarterback real comfortable in the pocket 585 yards of offense johnny langdon getting in the act what up there johnny 66-7 the most points since 1993. here's crystal rich with gavin wimsett gavin this is your first career start all of your family is here how did it feel finally to be able to orchestrate full drives this weekend i just felt great being able to be out there on my team you know just do what we normally do so it's so good feels good now your whole family is here i know everyone was really rooting for you what was it like your game in the air obviously you had that long 41 yard touchdown pass that was super great my first school touchdown so sitting on my team celebrating with me on the sideline was good it was amazing now we see a lot of dances that you do on tick tock is there going to be a celebration dance that we might be able to get a preview of right here um that's in the works it's in the words congratulations kevin enjoy it back to the studio uh it's plenty to celebrate for rutgers look wagner is not a good team they lost 21 straight games coming in and again you don't want to read too much into these victories but howard read something into it what do you think they need to figure out who the quarterback is going to be right now right and they're giving the guys an opportunity to go out and see who's going to do the best job of leading the team right now that's why they're continuing to roll them through so they have options there and they have play makers as well this is a team though that wants to be physical at the point of attack yeah i'd agree with you on the quarterbacks think about simon winsett they have played against ba at boston college two young quarterbacks in a big upset and then today in a much easier game so the experience those two young quarterbacks are getting i mean it's hard to do that in scrimmages it's hard to do that in the spring game reps for those two young quarterbacks are really valuable 78th win for greg ciano as director's head coach detest frank burns for first all time he can pass him next week against temple so congratulations to greg ciano there a prime time game on the big ten network indiana hosting the vandals of idaho indiana was actually down 10-0 in this game but back they come connor baslack aj barner rumbling his way into the end zone and the hoosiers go on top 16 to 10 then it's baseline to dj matthews indiana up 23-10 they had 239 rushing yards in this game after just 32 in the opener josh henderson takes it in there and 35-22 the final tom allen with shane sparks coach yellen i think a lot of us want to know what happened to the guys were in the indiana jerseys in the first half where'd you put those guys i don't know i tell you very frustrating you know it was uh not how we have to play very disappointed uh obviously we got some things to fix with that getting our guys ready to play right away that was probably how they responded you know we found a way to win it was an ugly win for sure but uh it was still a win we just started executing didn't turn the ball over got off the field on third downs defensively and played the way we're supposed to play so but uh if we saw him last week a lot of plays against washington state we knew they had some talent they had a lot of good players and coach x doing a great job taylor two halves for sure all 35 points in the second half i mean cause for concern no doubt with the way they performed early but the resilience impressive yeah no doubt and this offense is really unique in this way it's a spread offense but with the spacing with the wide receivers they're almost to the boundary and walt bell the offensive coordinate that's given the offensive line a chance because they always control the numbers in the box and that's what happened in the second half they got the numbers right in the box and they were able to block them one-on-one because they were displaced because they're wide receivers and they got the running game going i think a big part of this coming off an emotional win uh last week versus illinois and really being able to bounce back is a big part of this so coming out and having to win a tough game having to have deal with some obstacles early in this game and still being able to bounce back really speaks volumes for this football team can't be any better than two and over two it's a pretty good start 2-0 and again we've talked about how offensively challenged they've been this is the third time in 17 games they've been over 400 yards they ran the ball shivers really look good in the second half so maybe you can build off of what happened there and again you've equaled last year's win total i think they're onto something with this it is it is a unique offense no one else is doing it quite like this two games into the year a team that won two last year is one two this year as well they get western kentucky coming up next week we got lots more to talk about still here on the final drive as we roll you through 14 big 10 games purdue overwhelming in-state foe indiana states and more of the same for the huskers a very disappointing loss for nebraska what now we will hear from head coach scott frost as we continue on the final drop [Music] [Music] marathon has the fuel to keep your engine running at peak performance because you never know where life is going to take you what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is 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teams play in the illini were off and running michael marchese beat him by four touchdowns last year the illini on top 14-3 defense was phenomenal five sacks two interceptions held the cavaliers to 222 yards bayley the interception there as illinois wins 24-3 how about the bounce back from the illini after the disappointment howard against indiana this was a dominant effort yeah opportunity to play indiana having to go on the road and losing that game i think you know china shook this illinois team up and having the opportunity to come back and bounce back against a team that embarrassed you last year was big for them they were able to pass that test but the way they're getting things done now on the defensive side i mean they are really playing well on that side of the ball really complete team right like you say really good on defense on offense they're balanced running past tommy devito the transfer from syracuse seems to be the perfect quarterback for the system they're running really good team and again i think you can put the word complete around this team chase brown over 100 yards again he joins michael leshore the only illinois players this century to rush for over 100 yards in the first three games of a season and yeah they've got to feel really good particularly given what happened last week i think we know this is an improving team here the illinois they're going to buy next week then they face chattanooga you didn't do that there we go he didn't play it's this century seriously are you serious seriously yeah he didn't get into a big case yeah northwestern and duke and the wildcats were down 21 to nothing but back they come evan hull for the touchdown that was on a fourth and three hole had 213 receiving yards that is the most for a power conference running back this century 21-16 then it's hilinski to donnie navarro 435 yards passing for olinsky 28-23 it's 31-23 hole oh in the closing seconds a touchdown in a two-point conversion would have sent it to overtime but he fumbles at the goal line fourth straight loss for northwestern to the blue devils 31-23 fellas what do you make of that game i mean you did you cannot dig a hole like that howard and expect to be able to come back it was it was a game effort no doubt from northwestern but the first quarter was abysmal defensively because they couldn't do anything you we looked at the strides they had made from their week zero game as far as defense is concerned then you turn to this game and it was just a struggle the entire first half and they finally figured it out and got started to have some answers but they have to expend so much energy to get back into the game and then they have the costly fumble at the end which was uh tough particularly for whole we had a great game yeah it's not only the energy to get back in the game it's the way the offensive coordinator has to call the game right because you're trying to play catch-up they have 76 yards rushing so so they couldn't run the ball though even when they were in the game i mean i i understand what you're saying but but the run game was completely shut down i know but you could never you didn't you don't feel like you have time to establish it yeah yeah i mean you're behind i i mean it was no defense early in the game i i just think it's a play caller when you're that far behind you're just thinking about catching up yeah i mean you give up 232 yards in the first quarter you can't win again they give up 229 the rest of the way but again the wildcats fall to one and one no such problems for purdue the boilers were overwhelming against indiana state forced the turnover there cam allen recovers the defense was great throughout and charlie jones continues to put on a clinic howard really does one on one does a great job with the stiff arm and finding the end zone nine receptions for 133 yards and three touchdowns all in the first half he has 21 catches same number that he had all of last year and and then he's got that deal that he's doing whatever that sideline there what is that i don't know let's look at the auto owner's insurance game leader shall we aiden o'connell i'd say that's an efficient game 17-19 four touchdowns you see the numbers for jones and then allen leading the way for that defense which pitched the shutout first home shutout since 2011. after the devastation against penn state this is an important game to get well for purdue it is but you don't learn much in fact the only thing i learned was that it is possible for purdue to run more than the past they ran it 45 times and threw it 30 times other than that i didn't learn much about the team well i think it shows you that just how explosive this offense can be when when they're in rhythm when the offensive line is given the quarterback opportunities and time in the pocket that they can make the blaze and defensively you know they're continuing to get better on that's that at all they corrected some of the mistakes from a week ago as far as tackling was concerned it was sure tackling more sure tackling today than we saw a week ago you certainly have evidence of that 56 nothing there's no doubt you got support yeah whatever you say whatever you say is good right 56 nothing is your evidence uh the evidence for nebraska is starting to get overwhelming in in a really negative direction they were taking on georgia southern picking up in the third quarter kyle van tries to omari jones georgia southern up 35-28 vantresu for 409 yards casey thompson the rushing touchdown there puts nebraska on top 42-38 but back comes van trice diving for the end zone fifth rushing touchdown of the game for the eagles now one second left nebraska one last chance they bring in timmy bleak road but his field goal attempt goes wide left and georgia's southern wins it 45-42 scott frost after the game certainly didn't expect that tonight i thought we would perform a lot better than that i felt really good about our defense going into the season felt good about our offense i knew it would take a while for offense to start clicking i thought they did pretty well tonight i thought the defense made a lot of progress last week that was a major setback we gave up too many points thinking the second game offense struggled in the first half and the defense held us in it so we got to play more complete games and that wasn't even close it certainly was not they gave up 642 yards to georgia southern this is the 215th time all time that nebraska scored 35 or more points at memorial stadium they had been 214 and 0 in those games first time they've ever lost at home when scoring 35 or more points the defense seemed to be the most solid part of this team and it has just evaporated you could say that since scott has been there the one thing that's gotten better every single year was the defense and now the offense has come along i mean i think it's fair to say the offense is better and then what's happened to the defense and when you look at their personnel i would say that this is as talented as any of their other recent defenses that were playing better it's it's puzzling we saw nebraska go down and score there's about four minutes left in the game and there was a collective look around the green room too much time left on the clock that's true right yeah because that's just how we feel when we watch this team and it ultimately played out even though they had a run to get back in and had an opportunity at the field goal at the end it just feels like when the team is when their backs are against the wall they just don't have a way to get over that that issue i feel contractually obligated as a sportscaster covering nebraska to mention they are now 5 and 22 in one score games under scott frost we have to mention the one score game because it's well it's simply what we do coming up it is the segment so good we named the show after it the final drive on the final drive one thought on each and every team that 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thought he had a great game he's playing playing really well we'll start jj next week i would say that surprises none of us but jim harbaugh ending the suspense so he has a new starting quarterback in jj mccarthy or a quarterback goal start for the second straight week let's dive into the final drive one thought on each one of the teams that played on saturday which was the entire league jerry you lead us off with the victorious fighting allina really complete team bold team will have something to say about who wins the west held 11 of their last 12 opponents to 24 or fewer points and it might not uh it might not just have something to say it might be them but they might be in that hunt again that would that would be a big something to say they already have a conference loss of course uh indiana got a win listen they struggled early fought back really showed a lot of drive they showed up and played this defense is still playing well offensively they're making plays as well western kentucky next they go to cincinnati as well jerry what do you say about iowa i think we're going to see alex padilla start trying to try to get the offense going a little bit that's the one position in football that could make a significant change if it's the right change 14 points through two weeks as they're fewest since 1982. maryland gets the win the overwhelming win howard this is a dynamic offense it shows you how explosive they can be whenever all the receivers are healthy their quarterbacks playing at a high level has time in the pocket they're going to make a lot of plays the other significant thing is their defense is playing much better as well smu coming up next week uconn next week for j.j mccarthy in michigan michigan really talented really good team could be playing the best of all teams in the conference now jj makes them even better howard what do you make of michigan state well michigan state's going to be a tough team this is really an outstanding performance today defense played well the quarterback position still has some things they need to get cleaned up there but i think they'll be okay they're continuing to gain that momentum they need they go to washington next week minnesota an easy win and an explosion to their offense today best team in the west right now most points of the game since 2006. nebraska the frustration continues yeah they make plays right on the offensive side we've seen him do that but defensively we saw them take a step back today and again games close they don't find a way to pull it out really frustrating now 16 and 31 overall under scott frost oklahoma heads to town next week northwestern they've improved some on defense i'm not sure they've improved enough to have a good year i've lost 13 of their last 19 september games now this is usually the month to get fat it hasn't been the case for them ohio state gets an overwhelming win well we talked about them being tough and physical at the point of attack last week this week we got an opportunity to see them do that but also be explosive in the past game also did an outstanding job of running the ball i know you want to see them run a little bit more but they do exactly what they're allowed to do 65 straight wins against group of five opponents penn state gets the easy victory significance improvement in the run game both last week against purdue and today head to auburn next week purdue an easy winner wow just throw the ball all over the park this is a team that continues to get better when they're in rhythm offensively they're tough to beat again another team whose defense is playing well what do you make of rutgers and it's win the 2-0 bowl game is a big goal for team that's building like them can't be any better than 2-0 you cannot be wisconsin they could be better this is a tough day yeah it's really tough because they're not doing what we're custom seeing them do control the line of scrimmage they're struggling still in the past game and not taking care of the football got to get it right against new mexico state next week because ohio state looms after that for the badgers the dramatic conclusion of our show coming up we will give you our saturday standouts [Applause] or that guy but the hawaiian making things tough on his home state team we've got our standouts coming up as we wrap things up on the final drive [Music] what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com i'll admit it i'm a bath bomb guy dude you don't need to get that personal state farm personal price plan just helps you create an affordable price right i mean i'm not a bath bomb guy call or click to get a quote today like a good neighbor state farm is there what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed but they're super close though there's just a courtyard in between 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buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Music] everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football the excitement is big [Applause] let us finish it the 2022 volleyball season only on big ten now this is big final drive is presented by auto owners insurance simple human sets built for success brought to you by rocket mortgage we've talked a lot about the lack of explosion in the run game for penn state perhaps we can put that narrative to rest nicholas singleton three runs of 40 yards or longer against ohio u penn state running backs had had one such run in the previous 23 games so singleton getting it done the freshman very impressive on saturday we need saturday standouts coach dinardo you go first well i've been talking about him all week i mean he has to be my standout j.j mccarthy he was named the starter before the game and he was named the starter after the game for next week he had a great game uh we've only seen a little bit about what he's capable of doing where you going i'm gonna go with this young man marvin harrison jr unbelievable day got robbed as well should have had four touchdowns today but that's a different discussion 184 and he's just going to show you he's going to be a dynamic receiver the entire time that play right there going up and high pointing it is going to be a problem for secondary players oh this guy's a problem as well leah tonga by low how about 27 of 31 for 391 yards that 87 completion percentage is the highest in school history for any quarterback with 12 or more those are good numbers in a game those are there's a lot of numbers the compelling numbers yeah this was a fun day guys yeah day by the way we should do this again next time yeah okay i'm signing up all right try to make it longer next saturday i think this is about the right perfect amount of time thanks 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full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Music] everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football coming up on the final drive the top of the big ten looking the part on saturday convincing wins for the buckeyes and spartans after waiting out mother nature the wolverines reign all over the rainbow warriors j.j mccarthy stating his case for the starting qb job in ann arbor the news not as good for the teams expected to compete at the top of the west the badgers and hawkeyes both going down it's all on the final drive now [Music] [Applause] welcome in it is the final drive presented by auto owners insurance great to have you with us after an action-packed saturday we saw all 14 big 10 teams in action saw eight of them play here on the big ten network a lot going on phyllis a lot going on uh west division a little confusing just maybe maybe someone new in in indianapolis this year should be interesting i got to tell you this michigan game is fascinating to me because i think jj gives them a little something extra going to be fun to watch quite a day including six big ten teams scoring 50 or more points first time that has happened in the ap poll era which dates back to 1936 so we saw some offensive explosions and howard mentioned the wolverines they were one of the teams that exploded we expected it frankly against a hawaii team that we knew was under man coming in but j.j mccarthy making his first career start and his first pass of the game goes for a touchdown roman wilson the hawaiian he touched the ball twice and he scored two tds in the game mccarthy to cornelius johnson 54 yards there jj 11 of 12 229 yards and three tds hits ronnie bell for the score here and then mccarthy feeling the pressure so steps up in the pocket and hits johnson there 42-nothing they win it 56-10 j.j after the game with megan mcewen jj an hour rain delay before your first career start yeah you come out and just take over in the first half how are you able to maintain your focus despite the circumstances um it was just a little adversity i mean whatever happens happens and we're just going to roll with it and we've been kind of waiting for something like that to happen all year all off season so it was just something that we were prepared for and we just naturally took advantage of it well you looked pretty prepared out there you threw for a couple touchdowns 229 yards what was allowing you to have so much success throwing the ball through the year i mean it all goes out to my teammates my coaches i mean the scout team all week has done a great job and it was just an amazing opportunity for them to get in and really show all the hard work that they've been putting in and yeah it's just my receivers played outstanding my offensive line played outstanding and the running backs were great so it just opened up everything well it opened up a lot for you you put on a great performance in your first career start how would you assess the body of work you just put out when it comes to the quarterback position starting moving forward with the season um i mean this was something i was kind of expecting on myself i i don't like to have expectations like that but uh just playing hawaii like just getting it done and handling business and now we're on to week two are we three yeah appreciate it jj thank you so much congrats have a nice night you too [Applause] uh he did get it done i mean again 11 of 12. he ran the ball once looked good doing that as well jerry i know you felt all along this kind of set up for mccarthy to state his case and become the starter this week do you believe he's done that yeah he won the job today and again he didn't even really run the ball hardly at all and he will do that when the time comes and when they need them but he's such a great pastor he's such a great talent that he he increases the efficiency of that offense several times over he makes him dynamic is what he does because now all of a sudden you you have to be concerned about another player carrying the football just not throwing the football so he was out there today and it looked easy right it just felt like the team was playing at a different level when he was at the quarterback position there's one play in particular when he gets pressure rolls out to the left a lot of guys really have to flip their hips all the way around to get any velocity on the ball he didn't even flip his hips and was still able to get the velocity on the ball to make the completion i think he's going to be fascinating and continue to watch him because he's going to get better there's going to be some there's going to be some times where he's going to struggle a little bit because it's a new role for him but he's going to continue to get better each and every week and then ohio state have the most talent in the conference in my opinion and they're going to have the two best quarterbacks and that those between the talent and the quarterbacks that really separates them from everybody else the only thing i don't like about the michigan team and i think it's probably the best team right now in the most complete team the schedule colorado state hawaii yukon maryland i'm not sure there's any game in there that's really going to test them like nerdy name tested ohio state a week ago so we're not going to know them against a really good opponent until halfway through the season yeah fair enough but again they've looked really good really look i mean hawaii lost by a combined 85 points to vanderbilt in western kentucky so this isn't the best competition but 10.7 yards per play for michigan in that offense j.j one of the stars as was blake coram who's with megan blake your offense rushes for 262 yards how is your position group able to get the run game going early about preparation you know we listen to coach you know we listen to uh you know offensive club dolphins line coach you know we have one of the best online in the nation i think it's the best uh but really just preparing and coming out here and just doing what we do how are you able to have so much success on the ground 88 yards for you in a touchdown offensive line you know they make they make my job easy i feel like they make all the running backs job but anyone has the ball in their hand they make it easy so it was really just them they allow me to get to the second level and let me do what i do given a lot of love the offensive blind but five different running backs score touchdowns in this game what kind of statement did this group make tonight i mean it means uh everyone can play you know all the running backs can play you know what i'm saying that's what they came here for they didn't come here to sit they came here to play and uh i believe in all the running backs you know i think we had the best running back group in the nation as well and um you know they attacked the day and uh that's what they did today i'm proud of those guys congratulations blake thanks so much as for ohio state they were taking on arkansas state pick it up in the first quarter cj stroud marvin harrison jr this was the story of this game cj stroud throwing for 351 yards and four touchdowns three of them to harrison remember he scored three touchdowns in the rose bowl last year he joins joey galloway the only two players in osu program history with two career games of three or more receiving touchdowns harrison was just fabulous seven receptions 184 yards as ohio state rolls 45-12 the final in this one the biggest takeaways for you howard from watching the buckeyes and that passing attack which we didn't see a whole lot of in terms of the big plays last week against notre dame we certainly saw it on saturday to me they took advantage of what they were going to be really good at you talked about going against the secondary that was overmatched by this wide receiver group they were going to have opportunities to get behind these corners and safeties and they were able to take advantage of them it's just one of those things that each and every week we watch them we're going to see them win probably in a different fashion just because of who the opponent may be that they're playing against last week it was toughness in the run game on offense to win the game they didn't have much explosion today they had explosion i mean it makes them a complete team henderson had the ball 10 times for 10 carries today i wish he had gotten it a little bit more i think he's a really star and one of the better running backs in the country but today was the day for explosion and not the running game yeah to your point they had one play in the notre dame game longer than 30 yards they had eight plays in this game against arkansas state of 30 yards or longer so we saw that is the big play offense that we saw from ohio state last year and we saw it in this game as well we did not see much offense from iowa we didn't see it last week and they picked up right where they left off and not in a good way taking on iowa state the battle for the cy hawk trophy and this off a blocked punt iowa actually got off to a good start they blocked the punt they take it into the end zone lesean williams hawkeyes up seven nothing but they had just 150 yards of offense in this game hunter deckers to xavier hutchinson the eight-yard touchdown that was the end of a 99-yard drive for the cyclones iowa had one chance here to maybe send it into overtime but aaron blom misses wide left and iowa state ends a six-game skid against the hawks they win a 10-7 reaction starting with kirk ferentz we're not going to win moving forward if we can't score more points in that we get a really good defense right now but you can't count you know you're not going to win a game seven points ten points a game part of complementary football is the other people uh helping out when one unit's not going well uh but you know we're gonna have to move the ball offensively that's you know we're gonna sit around waiting on special teams and defense to win every game for us we can't do that it's not realistic it all comes together sometimes it all comes unraveled it's an old george strait song but um you know i still have a lot of high hopes for our for our unit and for our team this hasn't changed any of our goals the only thing we can't be now is undefeated um but rest of our goals are still out in front of us i truly do believe that there's there's good in front of this unit we just we just got to go do it they have not done it to this point seven points in each of their first two games 316 total yards of offense through two games i mean it just flat out not going to get it done you know it's not spencer petrus's fault but i i think kirk ferentz will make a change at quarterback this week i think alex padilla might give him a spark there's no other position in football that you can change that could have that much of a change in your production on offense so it's not spencer's fault they're struggling why not make why not make a change at quarterback and i i got the impression the way kirk was answering some of the quarterback questions in the press conference that that he's going to revisit that tomorrow he kept pushing it off pushing it off if he wasn't going to make a change i think he would have said that today yeah so i i i think we're going to see a change i wouldn't i wouldn't discount that at all but i think the other thing that has to happen is they have to get better offensive line play you know when you are struggling not to be able to run the football and you can't protect the quarterback he's under constant duress it's going to cause some problems the timing is not going to be there people aren't going to have the confidence so i think shoring up that offensive line trying to put them in the best position to help them which probably is running a football with a quarterback that may be able to be more athletic as well yeah just getting the offensive line better is a lot harder than getting the quarterback better if in fact padilla gives them better quarterback play it's just one person that makes that change and again they're banged up a receiver no keegan johnson no nico regani again for iowa but still it's it is stuck in neutral they are the first big ten team since 2001 to score i don't think it's seven i think it's park seven or fewer points in their first two games yeah neutral might be uh might be generous but no it uh it has not been good and they're gonna figure some things out they got nevada coming up next week so much more to come on this show penn state about the future at quarterback we saw a little bit of that sought at running back as well with nick singleton we will catch up on their impressive performance and plenty more on the battle in the west is it the gophers division to win another impressive showing from them as we continue on the final draw final drive is presented by auto owners insurance simple human sense [Music] marathon has the fuel to keep your engine running at peak performance because you never know where life is going to take you what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five-hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com over the middle hey that rookie corner we were boys in college for real well i'd see him on campus a ton oh yeah i'd say hey he'd say what what's up cause he usually was listening to music because he loves music you guys probably don't know that about him yeah 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shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Music] tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football michigan state 14th ranked team in the nation hosting akron jaylen berger pulling his way into the end zone he had three touchdowns on the day that one made it 21-0 spartans and look out jeff under cuffler just gets hammered there by cal halliday msu forced four turnovers including that fumble how about noah kim coming in and firing one to trey mosely for the touchdown 52-0 michigan state rolls audrey dahlgren afterward with jalen berger jaylen your coach mel tucker said that he believed you'd be the guy for them what gives him so much confidence in you to make him feel that way i'd say the way i follow with my past finishing runs and stuff like that but uh just just the energy around the room brings it out of me to be honest i like how the one-two punch with me and broussard yeah just like that this also too a hundred yard second 100 yard rushing game for yourself what makes it so you're able to click so well in this offense just the way they utilize the running backs in this offense you know like explained me out wide at the receiver uh almost fumbled on that screen pass but just the way they utilize the running backs like i said i didn't even know i had 100 yards to be honest i thought i was under it but a good game for me [Applause] good game for him good game for the entire offense good game for the defense as well their largest shutout win since 1957. what stood out about michigan state's victory big jump from week one to week two especially the third quarter it looked like they emphasized the run more they made some adjustments at halftime but every time we talk about mel tucker's team we all always talk about their goals their expectations and their improvement and there was certainly a lot of improvement from week one to week two yeah you think about the defensive side of the ball keep holding your opponent to only 22 yards rushing that's big time so that's taking that next step understand the opponent but it's about going out and being able to execute that and then offensively running the ball the way they did they made the plays they needed to one part that was really good for them i think coach tucker would be happy just four penalties for 22 yards that's always been a little bit of an issue for him now he seemed to have that corrected eight straight home wins for them that is their longest streak in six years they had on the road next week to take on washington penn state taking on the bobcats of ohio u we mentioned this time or 30 last year penn state's longest touchdown run last season was 7 yards noah singleton going 10 times that 70 yards for him he had 10 carries for 179 yards on the game penn state up 14-0 and then it's sean clifford to mitchell tinsley how about 17 different receivers catching passes for penn state that is the most for any big ten team this century drew aller we got a glimpse of him in that game against purdue hitting omari evans 32 yards there that was beautiful tell a lot and a glimpse yeah there's been a couple good glimpses yeah 46-10 penn state gets to win now 20-0 in non-conference home games under james franklin really encouraging howard to see the run game get going it really is uh you know they were explosive runs and i think that was the biggest thing i don't think this is still a team that's just going to be able to line up and force the ball down their opponent's throat whenever they want to but if they can continue to get these explosive runs from the run game that's going to be significant for them yeah if they can just do whatever they have to do in the run game to win the game most likely by throwing the ball you take last week 98 yards against purdue certainly not a lot of yards but that's how many yards they needed to beat purdue today over 200 yards they probably could have gotten more if they wanted to so it's not always the number of yards for me i think it's the number of runs that are called and the number of passes that are called don't get in a situation where it becomes a pass rush drill because if you do that at penn state your offensive line won't hold up in protection and it's good to have a back that you can depend on right and singleton appears to be that guy this ends a streak of 17 straight games without a 100-yard rusher for penn state they had one with singleton they go to auburn next week that should be a stern test for the nittany lions minnesota and western illinois this was not a particularly stern test for the gophers trey potts weaving his way through they went over 300 yards rushing and passing gophers on top 14 to nothing mo ibrahim continues his assault on the record books 11th straight 100 yard rushing game extending the longest streak in fbs that is a school record he went for 130 in this game scored a couple plays later how about this interception howard talking about going out and tracking the football does a great job of looking there with his hands it looks like a wide receiver shouldn't be on the defensive side of the ball jordan how now 62-10 their most points since 2006. it is hard to read too much into some of these games i mean western illinois has won four games in the last three years however minnesota based on what we've seen to this point against inferior opponents looks to be a really good team well the one thing we can read into it is kirk soraka said he wanted to be more explosive today so he that's the way he called the game i think they're probably the most complete team in the west i think they're playing better than any of the other teams in the west right now they were balanced up today they're pretty impressive on both sides of the ball both coordinators are doing great jobs i mean the story line has always been coming into this year is about what's going to happen on the offensive side of the football but defense continues to impress each and every week and they're going to need that defense to really make a run in the west this is the 14th straight opponent they have held to 27 points or fewer that was the longest streak in 57 years for that gophers defense lots more to come on the show we were talking about offensive explosions off the top and maryland had one leah tagovailoa was about as good as one can be we will show you the highlights of his aerial assault and a big day for rutgers as well putting up historic numbers against wagner highlights of both those teams plus plenty more to come as we continue on the final drive [Music] what's 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soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football what's up wisconsin hosting washington state picked this one up in the third quarter badgers up by four cameron ward buying some time he finds nakia watson the former badger running back puts on the spin move and finds the end zone 31 yards and the cougars go on top 17-14 wisconsin on the move grand merch to clay kundu who caught two touchdown passes but he coughs that one up wazoo takes over runs out the clock and they win in madison 17-14 tough loss for paul christian company we did some things today that make it hard to make it hard to win and kicking myself for uh you know going forward on fourth and three you know like to have that one back you gotta make it to where you're playing the opponent and not not doing some things to hurt yourself this has got to be one that we you know that burns and stings to where it drives you to to get better [Applause] he talked about the penalties they had 11 for more than 100 yards they turned the ball over three times to give up six tackles for loss just not the performance of a team that should expect to win a game i mean they were close they had a chance there obviously that fumble did them in but really throughout this game sluggish from the badgers it's possible they're going to be a different looking team this year they were 65 run last year right now their 50-50 run pass i'm not sure how good their defense is i mean they lost a lot of guys on defense right from last year's team and we just said well jim leonard will take care of it well maybe it's not that simple so this might be a little bit different looking team and they may have to find a way to win a little differently than they have in the past few years yeah but if they're going to win they can't turn the ball over right they can't you go back to last year they did some of the same things they would have penalties and turn the ball over at some bad times they're not in a position where they can afford to do that they have to take care of the football to be able to win football games this isn't that dominant style of offense that we were used to seeing when they can control the game at the line of scrimmage by running it and when they were turning it over a lot of times the defense was saving i don't know that the defense is that good this year right now that the outfit that they can overcome the turnovers i was the team to turn the ball over more than anyone in the big ten a year ago wisconsin this just their second loss in their last 48 non-conference home games maryland going on the road for a non-conference clash with charlotte pick it up in the second quarter leah tangabailoa to jacob copeland 45 yards taken by lowe's numbers were amazing 27 and 31 391 yards and four touchdowns here he keeps it himself for the td 617 total yards for maryland in a 56-21 win guys when this offense gets going it is a sight to behold it is it's a video game on offense but it's been that way since lox has been there right we we know they can recruit we know they can play offense i think this year the the addition is the better defense and again they didn't play a tough opponent today but you still have to keep contained you still have to be in your rush lanes they still can show you that they're playing better defense regardless of who they're playing against on offense it's no question that they have to continue to play the way they're playing on the defensive side of the ball but when you talk about offensively this wide receiver group is a group that could rival one of the best wide receiver groups in the conference in ohio state they have a lot of talent there if they can stay healthy keep their quarterback upright and vertical throwing it down the field they're going to score a lot of points this year well they scored 56 in that game second most ever in a road game for maryland in the history of the program rutgers at home taking on wagner and this one was over before it starts that's right when it started evan simon aaron crookshank three of the first four passes for rutgers went for touchdowns they were thrown by three different quarterbacks gavin wimsett how about this catch by chris long howard outstanding one-hand catch and a nice throw by the quarterback real comfortable in the pocket 585 yards of offense johnny langdon getting in the act what up there johnny 66-7 the most points since 1993. here's crystal rich with gavin wimsett gavin this is your first career start all of your family is here how did it feel finally to be able to orchestrate full drives this week i just felt great being able to be out there on my team uh you know just do what we normally do so it's so good feels good now your whole family's here i know everyone was really rooting for you what was it like your game in the air obviously you had that long 41 yard touchdown pad uh that was super great uh my first school touchdown so you know my team celebrated with me on the sideline was good it was amazing now we see a lot of dances that you do on tick tock is there going to be a celebration dance that we might be able to get a preview of right here um that's in the works it's in the words congratulations gavin enjoy it back to the studio uh it's plenty to celebrate for rutgers look wagner is not a good team they lost 21 straight games coming in and again you don't want to read too much into these victories but howard read something into it anything you take they need to figure out who the quarterback is going to be right now right and they're giving the guys an opportunity to go out and see who's going to do the best job of leading the team right now that's why they're continuing to roll them through so they have options there and they have play makers as well this is a team though that wants to be physical at the point of attack yeah i'd agree with you on the quarterbacks think about simon winsett they have played against ba at boston college two young quarterbacks and a big upset and then today in a much easier game so the experience those two young quarterbacks are getting i mean it's hard to do that in scrimmages it's hard to do that in the spring game reps for those two young quarterbacks really valuable 78th win for greg ciano as director's head coach detest frank burns for first all-time he can pass him next week against temple so congratulations to greg ciano there a prime time game on the big ten network indiana hosting the vandals of idaho indiana was actually down 10-0 in this game but back they come connor baselack aj barner rumbling his way into the end zone and the hoosiers go on top 16 to 10. then it's bayslack to dj matthews [Applause] indiana up 23-10 they had 239 rushing yards in this game after just 32 in the opener josh henderson takes it in there and 35-22 the final tom allen with shane sparks coach yellen i think a lot of us want to know what happened to the guys were in the indiana jerseys in the first half where'd you put those guys i don't know i tell you very frustrating you know it was uh not how we have to play very disappointed uh obviously we got some things to fix with that getting our guys ready to play right away but it's probably how they responded you know we found a way to win it was an ugly win for sure but uh it was still a win we just started executing didn't turn the ball over got off the field on third downs defensively and played the way we're supposed to play so but uh we saw him last week a lot of plays against washington state we knew they had some talent they had a lot of good players and coach x doing a great job taylor two halves for sure all 35 points in the second half i mean cause for concern no doubt with the way they performed early but the resilience impressive yeah no doubt and this offense is really unique in this way it's a spread offense but with the spacing with the wide receivers they're almost to the boundary and walt bell the offensive coordinate that's given the offensive line a chance because they always control the numbers in the box and that's what happened the second half they got the numbers right in the box and they were able to block them one-on-one because they were displaced because they're wide receivers and they got the running game going i think a big part of this coming off an emotional win last week versus illinois and really being able to bounce back is a big part of this so coming out and having to win a tough game having to have deal with some obstacles early in this game and still being able to bounce back really speaks volumes for this football team can't be any better than two and over right it's a pretty good start 2-0 and again we've talked about how offensively challenged they've been this is the third time in 17 games they've been over 400 yards they ran the ball shivers really looked good in the second half so maybe you can build off of what happened there and again you've equal last year's win total yeah all right i think they're onto something with this it is it is a unique offense no one else is doing it quite like this two games into the year a team that won two last years 1-2 this year as well they get western kentucky coming up next week we got lots more to talk about still here on the final drive as we roll you through 14 big ten games purdue overwhelming in-state foe indiana states and more of the same for the huskers a very disappointing loss for nebraska what now we will hear from head coach scott frost as we continue on the final drop [Music] [Music] marathon has the fuel to keep your engine running at peak performance because you never know where life is going to take you [Music] what's your favorite live 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on top 14-3 defense was phenomenal five sacks two interceptions held the cavaliers to 222 yards bayley the interception there as illinois wins 24-3 how about the bounce back from the illini after the disappointment howard against indiana this was a dominant effort yeah opportunity to play indiana having to go on the road and losing that game i think you know china shook this illinois team up and having the opportunity to come back and bounce back against a team that embarrassed you last year was big for them they were able to pass that test but the way they're getting things done now on the defensive side i mean they are really playing well on that side of the ball really complete team right like you say really good on defense on offense they're balanced running past tommy devito the transfer from syracuse seems to be the perfect quarterback for the system they're running really good team and again i think you can put the word complete around this team chase brown over 100 yards again he joins mikaela shore the only illinois players this century to rush for over 100 yards in the first three games of a season and yeah they've got to feel really good particularly given what happened last week i think we know this is an improving team here the illinois they're going to buy next week then they face chattanooga you didn't do that here we go he didn't play it's this century what seriously are you doing seriously yeah you didn't get into a big tank yeah northwestern and duke and the wildcats were down 21 to nothing but back they come evan hall for the touchdown that was on a fourth and three hull had 213 receiving yards that is the most for a power conference running back this century 21-16 then it's hilinski to donny navarro 435 yards passing for olinsky 28-23 it's 31-23 whole in the closing seconds a touchdown in a two-point conversion would have sent it to overtime but he fumbles at the goal line fourth straight loss for northwestern to the blue devils 31-23 fellas what do you make of that game i mean you did you cannot dig a hole like that howard and expect to be able to come back it was it was a game effort no doubt from northwestern but the first quarter was abysmal defensively yeah because they couldn't do anything you we looked at the strides they had made from their week zero game as far as defense is concerned then you turn to this game and it was just a struggle the entire first half and they finally figured it out and got started to have some answers but they have to expend so much energy to get back into the game and then they have the costly fumble at the end which was uh tough particularly for whole we had a great game yeah it's not only the energy to get back in the game it's the way the offensive coordinator has to call the game right because you're trying to play catch-up they have 76 yards rushing so so they couldn't run the ball though even when they were in the game i mean i i understand what you're saying but but the run game was completely shut down i know but you could nev you didn't you don't feel like you have time to establish it yeah yeah i mean you're behind i i mean there was no defense early in the game i i just think it's a play caller when you're that far behind yeah you're just thinking about catching up yeah i mean you give up 232 yards in the first quarter you can't win a game they give up 229 the rest of the way but again the wildcats fall to one and one no such problems for purdue the boilers were overwhelming against indiana state forced the turnover there cam allen recovers the defense was great throughout and charlie jones continues to put on a clinic howard really does one-on-one does a great job with the stiff arm and finding the end zone nine receptions for 133 yards and three touchdowns all in the first half he has 21 catches same number that he had all of last year and then he's got that deal that he's doing whatever that sideline there what is that i don't know let's look at the auto owner's insurance game leader shall we aiden o'connell i'd say that's an efficient game 17 of 19 four touchdowns you see the numbers for jones and then allen leading the way for that defense which pitched the shutout first home shutout since 2011 after the devastation against penn state this is an important game to get well for purdue it is but you don't learn much in fact the only thing i learned was that it is possible for purdue to run more than the past they ran it 45 times and threw it 30 times other than that i didn't learn much about the team well i think it shows you that just how explosive this offense can be when when they're in rhythm when offensive line is given the quarterback opportunities and time in the pocket that they can make the blaze and defensively you know they're continuing to get better on that's that at all they corrected some of the mistakes from a week ago as far as tackling was concerned it was sure tackling more sure tackling today than we saw a week ago you certainly have evidence of that 56 nothing there's no doubt you got support on all of that yeah whatever you say whatever you say is good right 56 nothing is your evidence uh the evidence for nebraska is starting to get overwhelming in in a really negative direction they were taking on georgia southern picking up in the third quarter kyle van tries to omari jones georgia southern up 35-28 vantresu for 409 yards casey thompson the rushing touchdown there puts nebraska on top 42-38 but back comes van tris diving for the end zone fifth rushing touchdown of the game for the eagles now one second left nebraska one last chance they bring in timmy bleak road but his field goal attempt goes wide left and george is southern wins it 45-42 scott frost after the game certainly didn't expect that tonight i thought we would perform a lot better than that i felt really good about our defense going into the season felt good about our offense i knew it would take a while for offense to start clicking i thought they did pretty well tonight i thought the defense made a lot of progress last week that was a major setback we gave up too many points thinking the second game offense struggled in the first half and the defense held us in it so we got to play more complete games and that wasn't even close it certainly was not they gave up 642 yards to georgia southern this is the 215th time all time that nebraska scored 35 or more points at memorial stadium they had been 214-0 in those games first time they've ever lost at home when scoring 35 or more points the defense seemed to be the most solid part of this team and it has just evaporated you could say that since scott has been there the one thing that's gotten better every single year was the defense and now the offense has come along i mean i think it's fair to say the offense is better and then what's happened to the defense and when you look at their personnel i would say that this is as talented as any of their other recent defenses that were playing better it's it's puzzling we saw nebraska go down and scores about four minutes left in the game and there was a collective look around the green room too much time left on the clock that's true right yeah because that's just how we feel when we watch this team and it ultimately played out even though they had a run to get back in and had an opportunity at the field goal at the end it just feels like when the team is when their backs are against the wall they just don't have a way to get over that that issue i feel contractually obligated as a sportscaster covering nebraska to mention they are now five and 22 in one score games under scott frost we have to mention the one score game because it's well it's simply what we do coming up it is the segment so good we named the show after it the final drive on the final drive one thought on each and every team that played on this saturday that's each and every team in the big ten stick around [Music] what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five-hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com i'll admit it i'm a bath bomb guy dude you don't need to get that personal state farm personal price plan just helps you create an affordable price right i mean i'm not a bath bomb guy call or click to get a quote today like a good neighbor state farm is there over the middle hey that rookie corner we were boys in college for real well i'd see him on campus a ton oh yeah i'd say hey he'd say what what's up because he usually was listening to music because he loved music you guys probably don't know that about him yeah we're friends what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed but they're super close though there's just a courtyard in between them well actually it's an alley but nobody lives in it anymore so that's cool go ahead and lock the door when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay buying a home then you've got a lot on your mind now rising rates it's a lot but with rocket you have an advantage you can lock your rate for 90 days while you search for a home if rates rise yours is safe but if they fall within three years of buying you can refinance to a new lower rate with exclusive savings we'll help you lock it and drop it so you can buy today that's the rocket advantage lock your rate today call 8336 rocket or visit therocketadvantage.com so you're at the age now where you may start feeling certain urges to buy things at full price you read my diary but honey you should really think about practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon yeah jj i mean he had near flawless performance um 11 for 12. and then one was dropped i mean that's that's tough to do i meant stuff to do and any day of the week in practice and uh yeah i thought he had a great game he's playing playing really well we'll start jj next week i would say that surprises none of us but jim harbaugh ending the suspense so he has a new starting quarterback in jj mccarthy or a quarterback goal start for the second straight week let's dive into the final drive one thought on each one of the teams that played on saturday which was the entire league jerry you lead us off with the victorious fighting allina really complete team bold team will have something to say about who wins the west held 11 of their last 12 opponents to 24 or fewer points and it might not uh it might not just have something to say it might be them but they might be in that hunt again that would that would be a big something to say they already have a conference loss of course indiana got a win listen they struggled early fought back really showed a lot of drive they showed up and played this defense is still playing well offensively they're making plays as well western kentucky next they go to cincinnati as well jerry what do you say about iowa i think we're going to see alex padilla start trying to try to get the offense going a little bit that's the one position in football that could make a significant change if it's the right change 14 points through two weeks as they're fewest since 1982 maryland gets the win the overwhelming win howard this is a dynamic offense just shows you how explosive they can be whenever all the receivers are healthy their quarterbacks playing at a high level has time in the pocket they're going to make a lot of plays the other significant thing is their defense is playing much better as well smu coming up next week uconn next week for j.j mccarthy in michigan michigan really talented really good team could be playing the best of all teams in the conference now jj makes them even better howard what do you make of michigan state well michigan state's going to be a tough team this is really an outstanding performance today defense played well the quarterback position still has some things they need to get cleaned up there but i think they'll be okay they're continuing to gain that momentum they need they go to washington next week minnesota an easy win added explosion to their offense today best team in the west right now most points of the game since 2006. nebraska the frustration continues yeah they make plays right on the offensive side we've seen him do that but defensively we saw them take a step back today and again games close they don't find a way to pull it out really frustrating now 16 and 31 overall under scott frost oklahoma heads to town next week northwestern they've improved some on defense i'm not sure they've improved enough to have a good year i've lost 13 of their last 19 september games now this is usually the month to get fat it hasn't been the case for them ohio state gets an overwhelming win well we talked about them being tough and physical at the point of attack last week this week we got an opportunity to see them do that but also be explosive in the past game also did an outstanding job of running the ball i know you want to see them run a little bit more but they do exactly what they're allowed to do 65 straight wins against group of five opponents penn state gets the easy victory significance improvement in the run game both last week against purdue and today head to auburn next week purdue an easy winner wow just throw the ball all over the park this is a team that continues to get better when they're in rhythm offensively they're tough to beat again another team whose defense is playing well what do you make of rutgers and it's win they're 2-0 bowl game is a big goal for team that's building like them can't be any better than 2-0 you cannot be wisconsin they could be better this is a tough day yeah it's really tough because they're not doing what we're accustomed to seeing them do control the line of scrimmage they're struggling still in the past game and not taking care of the football got to get it right against new mexico state next week because ohio state looms after that for the badgers the dramatic conclusion of our show coming up we will give you our saturday standouts [Applause] or that guy about the hawaiian making things tough on his home state team we've got our standouts coming up as we wrap things up on the final drive [Music] out of owners insures your car because sometimes something from out of left field can literally come from out of left field that's simple human sense ask your independent agent if auto owners make sense for you [Music] here we go marathon has the fuel to keep your engine running at peak performance because you never know where life is going to take you [Music] what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the 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we need saturday standouts coach dinardo you go first well i've been talking about him all week i mean he has to be my standout j.j mccarthy he was named the starter before the game and he was named a starter after the game for next week he had a great game uh we've only seen a little bit about what he's capable of doing where you going how are i'm gonna go with this young man marvin harrison jr unbelievable day got robbed as well should have had four touchdowns today but that's a different discussion she's 184 and he's just going to show you he's going to be a dynamic receiver the entire time that play right there going up and high pointing it is going to be a problem for secondary players well this guy's a problem as well leah tangaveloa how about 27 of 31 for 391 yards that 87 completion percentage is the highest in school history for any quarterback with 12 or more those are good numbers in a game there's a lot of numbers the compelling numbers yeah this was a fun day guys yeah 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top of the west the badgers and hawkeyes both going down it's all on the final drive now [Music] [Applause] welcome in it is the final drive presented by auto owners insurance great to have you with us after an action-packed saturday we saw all 14 big 10 teams in action saw eight of them play here on the big ten network a lot going on phyllis a lot going on uh west division a little confusing just maybe maybe someone new in in indianapolis this year should be interesting i i got to tell you this michigan game is fascinating to me because i think jj gives them a little something extra going to be fun to watch for today including six big ten teams scoring 50 or more points first time that has happened in the ap poll era which dates back to 1936 so we saw some offensive explosions and howard mentioned the wolverines they were one of the teams that exploded we expected it frankly against a hawaii team that we knew was under man coming in but j.j mccarthy making his first career start and his first pass of the game goes for a touchdown roman wilson the hawaiian he touched the ball twice and he scored two tds in the game mccarthy to cornelius johnson 54 yards there jj 11 of 12 229 yards and three tds hits ronnie bell for the score here and then mccarthy feeling the pressure so steps up in the pocket and hits johnson there 42-0 they win it 56-10 j.j after the game with megan mcewen jj an hour rain delay before your first career start yeah you come out and just take over in the first half how are you able to maintain your focus despite the circumstances um it was just a little adversity i mean whatever happens happens and we're just gonna roll with it and we we've been kind of waiting for something like that to happen all year all off season so it was just something that we were prepared for and we just naturally took advantage of it well you looked pretty prepared out there you threw for a couple touchdowns 229 yards what was allowing you to have so much success throwing the ball through the air i mean it all goes out to my teammates my coaches i mean the scout team all week has done a great job and it was just an amazing opportunity for them to get in and really show all the hard work that they've been putting in and yeah it's just my receivers played outstanding my offensive line played outstanding and the running backs were great so it just opened up everything well it opened up a lot for you you put on a great performance in your first career start how would you assess the body of work you just put out when it comes to the quarterback position starting moving forward with the season um i mean this was something i was kind of expecting on myself i i don't like to have expectations like that but just playing hawaii like just getting it done and handling business and now we're on to week two our week three yeah appreciate you jj thank you so much congrats have a nice night you too [Applause] he did get it done i mean again 11 of 12. he ran the ball once looked good doing that as well jerry i know you felt all along this kind of set up for mccarthy to state his case and become the starter this week do you believe he's done that yeah he won the job today and again he didn't even really run the ball hardly at all and he will do that when the time comes and when they need him but he he's such a great pastor he's such a great talent that he he increases the efficiency of that offense several times over he makes him dynamic is what he does because now all of a sudden you you have to be concerned about another player carrying the football just not throwing the football so he was out there today and it looked easy right it just felt like the team was playing at a different level when he was at the quarterback position there's one play in particular when he gets pressure rolls out to the left a lot of guys really have to flip their hips all the way around to get any velocity on the ball he didn't even flip his hips and was still able to get the velocity on the ball to make the completion i think he's going to be fascinating and continue to watch him because he's going to get better there's going to be some there's going to be some times where he's going to struggle a little bit because it's a new role for him but he's going to continue to get better each and every week and then ohio state have the most talent in the conference in my opinion and they're going to have the two best quarterbacks and that those between the talent and the quarterbacks that really separates them from everybody else the only thing i don't like about the michigan team and i think it's probably the best team right now and the most complete team this schedule colorado state hawaii yukon maryland i'm not sure there's any game in there that's really going to test them like nerdy name tested ohio state a week ago so we're not going to know them against a really good opponent until halfway through the season yeah fair enough but again they've looked really good and really point look i mean hawaii lost by a combined 85 points to vanderbilt in western kentucky so this isn't the best competition but 10.7 yards per play for michigan in that offense j.j one of the stars as was blake coram who's with megan blake your offense rushes for 262 yards how is your position group able to get the run game going early about preparation you know we listen to coach you know we listen to uh you know offensive dolphins line coach you know we have one of the best onlines in the nation i think it's the best but really just preparing and coming out here and just doing what we do how are you able to have so much success on the ground 88 yards for unit touchdown offensive line you know they make they make my job easy i feel like they make all the running backs job anyone has the ball in their hand they make it easy so it was really just them you know they allowed me to get to the second level and let me do what i do giving a lot of love to the offensive blind but five different running backs score touchdowns in this game what kind of statement did this group make tonight i mean it means uh everyone can play you know all the running backs can play you know what i'm saying that's what they came here for they didn't come here to say they came here to play and i believe in all the running backs you know i think we had the best running back group in the nation as well and um you know they attacked the day and that's what they did today i'm proud of those guys congratulations blake thanks so much as for ohio state they were taking on arkansas state pick it up in the first quarter cj stroud marvin harrison jr this was the story of this game cj stroud throwing for 351 yards and four touchdowns three of them to harrison remember he scored three touchdowns in the rose bowl last year he joins joey galloway the only two players in osu program history with two career games of three or more receiving touchdowns harrison was just fabulous seven receptions 184 yards as ohio state rolls 45-12 the final in this one biggest takeaways for you howard from watching the buckeyes and that passing attack which we didn't see a whole lot of in terms of the big plays last week against notre dame we certainly saw it on saturday to me they took advantage of what they were going to be really good at you talked about going against the secondary that was overmatched by this wide receiver group they were going to have opportunities to get behind these corners and safeties and they were able to take advantage of them it's just one of those things that each and every week we watch them we're going to see them win probably in a different fashion just because of who the opponent may be that they're playing against last week it was toughness in the run game on offense to win the game they didn't have much explosion today they had the explosion i mean it makes them a complete team henderson had the ball 10 times for 10 carries today i wish he had gotten it a little bit more i think he's a really star and one of the better running backs in the country but today was the day for explosion and not the running game yeah to your point they had one play in the notre dame game longer than 30 yards they had eight plays in this game against arkansas state of 30 yards or longer so we saw that is the big play offense that we saw from ohio state last year and we saw it in this game as well we did not see much offense from iowa we didn't see it last week and they picked up right where they left off and not in a good way taking on iowa state the battle for the cy hawk trophy and this off a blocked punt iowa actually got off to a good start they blocked the punt they take it into the end zone lashawn williams hawkeyes up seven nothing but they had just 150 yards of offense in this game hunter deckers to xavier hutchinson the eight-yard touchdown that was the end of a 99-yard drive for the cyclones iowa had one chance here to maybe send it into overtime but aaron blaum misses wide left and iowa state ends his six-game skid against the hawks they win a 10-7 reaction starting with kirk ference we're not going to win moving forward if we can't score more points in that we got a really good defense right now but you can't count you know you're not gonna win a game seven points ten points a game part of complimentary football is the other people uh helping out when one unit's not going well uh but you know we're gonna have to move the ball offensively that's you know like i'm sitting around waiting on special teams and defense to win every game for us we can't do that it's not realistic it all comes together sometimes it all comes unraveled it's an old george strait song but um you know i still have a lot of high hopes for our for our unit and for our team this hasn't changed any of our goals only thing we can't be now is undefeated but the rest of our goals are still out in front of us i truly do believe that there's there's good in front of this unit we just we just gotta go do it well they have not done it to this point seven points in each of their first two games 316 total yards of offense through two games i mean it just flat out not going to get it done you know it's not spencer petrus's fault but i i think kirk ferentz will make a change at quarterback this week i think alex padilla might give him a spark there's no other position in football that you can change that could have that much of a change in your production on offense so it's not spencer's fault they're struggling why not make why not make a change at quarterback and i i got the impression the way kirk was answering some of the quarterback questions in the press conference that that he's going to revisit that tomorrow he kept pushing it off pushing it off if he wasn't going to make a change i think he would have said that today yeah so i i i think we're going to see a change i wouldn't i wouldn't discount that at all but i think the other thing that has to happen is they have to get better offensive line play you know when you are struggling not to be able to run the football and you can't protect a quarterback he's under constant duress it's going to cause some problems the time is not going to be there people aren't going to have the confidence so i think shoring up that offensive line trying to put them in the best position to help them which probably is running a football with a quarterback that may be able to be more athletic as well yeah just getting the offensive line better is a lot harder than getting the quarterback better if in fact padilla gives them better quarterback play it's just one person that makes that change and again they're banged up a receiver no keegan johnson no nico regani again for iowa but still it's it is stuck in neutral they are the first big ten team since 2001 to score i don't think it's seven i think it's park seven or fewer points in their first two games yeah neutral might be uh might be generous but no it uh it has nothing good and they're gonna figure some things out they got nevada coming up next week so much more to come on this show penn state about the future at quarterback we saw a little bit of that sodded running back as well with nick singleton we will catch up on their impressive performance and plenty more on the battle in the west is it the gophers division to win another impressive showing from them as we continue on the final draw final drive is presented by auto owners insurance simple human sense what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com yeah i hired a body double to practice for me what's up sweet cats you don't have to get that personal the state farm personal price plan just helps you create an affordable price call or click to get a quote today like a good neighbor state farm 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practicing safe spending with amazon you get low prices on everyday essentials plus free shipping on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football on a new big ten trail blazers run for soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network michigan state 14th ranked team in the nation hosting akron jalen berger pulling his way into the end zone he had three touchdowns on the day that one made it 21-0 spartans and look out jeff under cuffler just gets hammered there by cal halliday msu forced four turnovers including that fumble how about noah kim coming in and firing one to trey mosely for the touchdown 52-0 michigan state rolls audrey dahlgren afterward with jalen berger jalen your coach mel tucker said that he believed you'd be the guy for them what gives him so much confidence in you to make him feel that way i'd say the way i follow with my past finishing runs and stuff like that but uh just just the energy around the room brings it out to me to be honest i like i like how the one-two punch with me and broussard yeah just like that this also too a hundred yard second 100-yard rushing game for yourself what makes it so you're able to click so well in this offense just a way to utilize the running backs in this offense you know like splitting me out wide at the receiver almost fumbled on that screen pass but just the way they utilize the running backs like i said i didn't even know i had 100 yards to be honest i thought i was under it but a good game for me [Applause] good game for him good game for the entire offense good game for the defense as well their largest shutout win since 1957. what stood out about michigan state's victory big jump from week one to week two especially the third quarter it looked like they emphasized the run more they made some adjustments at halftime but every time we talk about mel tucker's team we all always talk about their goals their expectations and and their improvement and there was certainly a lot of improvement from week one to week two yeah you think about the defensive side of the ball keep holding your opponent to only 22 yards rushing that's big time so that's taking the next step i understand the opponent but it's about going out and being able to execute that and then offensively running the ball the way they did they made the plays they needed to one part that was really good for them i think coach tuck would be happy just four penalties for 22 yards that's always been a little bit of an issue for him now he seemed to have that corrected eight straight home wins for them that is their longest streak in six years they had on the road next week to take on washington penn state taking on the bobcats of ohio u we mentioned this time or 30 last year penn state's longest touchdown run last season was 7 yards noah singleton going 10 times that 70 yards for him he had 10 carries for 179 yards on the game penn state up 14-0 and then it's sean clifford to mitchell tinsley how about 17 different receivers catching passes to penn state that is the most for any big ten team this century drew aller we got a glimpse of him in that game against purdue hitting omari evans 32 yards there that was beautiful tell a lot and a glimpse yeah there's been a couple good glimpses yeah 46-10 penn state gets the win now 20-0 in non-conference home games under james franklin really encouraging howard to see the run game get going really is you know they were explosive runs and i think that was the biggest thing i don't think this is still a team that's just going to be able to line up and force the ball down their opponent's throat whenever they want to but if they can continue to get these explosive runs from the run game that's going to be significant for them yeah if they can just do whatever they have to do in the run game to win the game most likely by throwing the ball you take last week 98 yards against purdue certainly not a lot of yards but that's how many yards they needed to beat purdue today over 200 yards they they probably could have gotten more if they wanted to so it's not always the number of yards for me i think it's the number of runs that are called and the number of passes that are called don't get in a situation where it becomes a pass rush drill because if you do that at penn state your offensive line won't hold up in protection and it's good to have a back that you can depend on right and singleton appears to be that guy this ends a streak of 17 straight games without a 100-yard rusher penn state they had one with singleton they go to auburn next week that should be a stern test for the ninny lions minnesota and western illinois this was not a particularly stern test for the gophers trey potts weaving his way through they went over 300 yards rushing and passing gophers on top 14 to nothing mo ibrahim continues his assault on the record books 11th straight 100 yard rushing game extending the longest streak in fbs that is a school record he went for 130 in this game scored a couple plays later how about this interception howard talking about going out and tracking the football does a great job of looking in with his hands it looks like a wide receiver shouldn't be on the defensive side of the ball 62-10 their most points since 2006. it is hard to read too much into some of these games i mean western illinois has won four games in the last three years however minnesota based on what we've seen to this point against inferior opponents looks to be a really good team well the one thing we can read into it is kirk soraka said he wanted to be more explosive today so he that's the way he called the game i think they're probably the most complete team in the west i think they're playing better than any of the other teams in the west right now they were balanced up today they're pretty impressive on both sides of the ball both coordinators are doing great jobs i mean the storyline has always been coming into this year is about what's going to happen on the offensive side of the football but defense continues to impress each and every week and they're going to need that defense to really make a run in the west this is the 14th straight opponent they have held to 27 points or fewer that's the longest streak in 57 years for that gopher's defense lots more to come on the show we were talking about offensive explosions off the top and maryland had one leah tagovailoa was about as good as one can be we will show you the highlights of his aerial assault and a big day for rutgers as well putting up historic numbers against wagner highlights of both 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carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network the excitement is [Applause] the big volleyball season only on big ten network this is big available on hulu wisconsin hosting washington state picked this one up in the third quarter badgers up by four cameron ward buying some time he finds nikia watson the former badger running back puts on the spin move and finds the end zone 31 yards and the cougars go on top 17-14 wisconsin on the move grand merch to clay tundu who caught two touchdown passes but he coughs that one up wazoo takes over runs out the clock and they win in madison 17-14 tough loss for paul christian company we did some things today that make it hard to uh make it hard to win and kicking myself for uh you know going forward on fourth and three you know like to have that one back you gotta make it to where you're playing the opponent and not not doing some things to hurt yourself this has got to be one that we you know that burns and stings to where it drives you to to get better [Applause] he talked about the penalties they had 11 for more than 100 yards they turned the ball over three times they gave up six tackles for loss just not the performance of a team that should expect to win a game i mean they were close they had a chance there obviously that fumble did them in but really throughout this game sluggish from the badgers it's possible they're going to be a different looking team this year they were 65 percent run last year right now their 50-50 run pass i'm not sure how good their defense is i mean they lost a lot of guys on defense right from last year's team and we just said well jim leonard will take care of it well maybe it's not that simple so this might be a little bit different looking team and they may have to find a way to win a little differently than they have in the past few years yeah but if they're going to win they can't turn the ball over right they can't you go back to last year they did some of the same things they would have penalties and turn the ball over at some bad times they're not in a position where they can afford to do that they have to take care of the football to be able to win football games this isn't that dominant style of offense that we were used to seeing when they can control the game at the line of scrimmage by running it and when they were turning it over a lot of times the defense was saving i don't know that the defense is that good this year right now that the outfit that they can overcome the turnovers i was a team to turn the ball over more than anyone in the big ten a year ago wisconsin this just their second loss in their last 48 non-conference home games maryland going on the road for a non-conference clash with charlotte pick it up in the second quarter leah tangabailoa to jacob copeland 45 yards taken by lois numbers were amazing 27-31 391 yards and four touchdowns here he keeps it himself for the tv 617 total yards for maryland in a 56-21 [Applause] win guys when this offense gets going it is a sight to behold it is it's a video game on offense but it's been that way since lox has been there right we know they can recruit we know they can play offense i think this year the the addition is the better defense and again they didn't play a tough opponent today but you still have to keep contained you still have to be in your rush lanes they still can show you that they're playing better defense regardless of who they're playing against on offense there's no question that they have to continue to play the way they're playing on the defensive side of the ball but when you talk about offensively this wide receiver group is a group that could rival one of the best wide receiver groups in the conference in ohio state they have a lot of talent there if they could stay healthy keep their quarterback upright and vertical throwing it down the field they're going to score a lot of points this year well they scored 56 in that game second most ever in a road game for maryland in the history of the program rutgers at home taking on wagner and this one was over before it started right when it started evan simon aaron crookshank three of the first four passes for rutgers went for touchdowns they were thrown by three different quarterbacks gavin wimsett how about this catch by chris long howard here outstanding one-hand catch and a nice throw by the quarterback real comfortable in the pocket 585 yards of offense johnny langdon getting in the act what up there johnny 66-7 the most points since 1993. here's crystal rich with gavin wimsett gavin this is your first career start all of your family is here how did it feel finally to be able to orchestrate full drives this week i just felt great being able to be out there my team uh you know just do what we normally do so it's not good feels good now your whole family's here i know everyone was really rooting for you what was it like your game in the air obviously you had that long 41 yard touchdown pass that was super great my first school touchdown so sitting on my team celebrated with me on the sideline was good it was amazing we see a lot of dances that you do on tick tock is there going to be a celebration dance that we might be able to get a preview of right here um that's in the works it's in the words congratulations gavin enjoy it back to the studio uh it's plenty to celebrate for rutgers look wagner is not a good team they lost 21 straight games coming in and again you don't want to read too much into these victories but howard read something into it what do you think they need to figure out who the quarterback is going to be right now right and they're giving the guys an opportunity to go out and see who's going to do the best job of leading the team right now that's why they're continuing to roll them through so they have options there and they have play makers as well this is a team though that wants to be physical at the point of attack yeah i'd agree with you on the quarterbacks think about simon winsett they have played against ba at boston college two young quarterbacks in a big upset and then today in a much easier game so the experience those two young quarterbacks are getting i mean it's hard to do that in scrimmages it's hard to do that in the spring game reps for those two young quarterbacks is really valuable 78th win for greg shiano as rutgers head coach he ties frank burns for first all time he can pass him next week against temple so congratulations to greg ciano there a prime time game on the big ten network indiana hosting the vandals of idaho indiana was actually down 10 nothing in this game but back they come connor baselack aj barner rumbling his way into the end zone and the hoosiers go on top 16 to 10. then it's bayslack to dj matthews indiana up 23-10 they had 239 rushing yards in this game after just 32 in the opener josh henderson takes it in there and 35-22 the final tom allen with shane sparks coach yellen i think a lot of us want to know what happened to the guys were in the indiana jerseys in the first half where'd you put those guys i don't know i tell you very frustrating you know it was not how we have to play very disappointed uh obviously we got some things to fix with that getting our guys ready to play right away but it's probably how they responded you know we found a way to win it was an ugly win for sure but uh it was still a win we just started executing didn't turn the ball over got off the field on third downs defensively and played the way we're supposed to play so but uh we saw him last week making a lot of plays against washington state we knew they had some talent we had a lot of good players and coach x doing a great job taylor two halves for sure all 35 points in the second half i mean cost for concern no doubt with the way they performed early but the resilience impressive yeah no doubt and this offense is really unique in this way it's a spread offense but with the spacing with the wide receivers they're almost to the boundary and walt bell the offensive coordinate that's given the offensive line a chance because they always control the numbers in the box and that's what happened the second half they got the numbers right in the box and they were able to block them one-on-one because they were displaced because they're wide receivers and they got the running game going i think a big part of this coming off an emotional win last week versus illinois and really being able to bounce back is a big part of this so coming out and having to win a tough game having to have deal with some obstacles early in this game and still being able to bounce back really speaks volumes for this football team can't be any better than two and over right it's a pretty good start 2-0 and again we've talked about how offensively challenged they've been this is the third time in 17 games they've been over 400 yards they ran the ball shivers really looked good in the second half so maybe you can build off of what happened there and again you've equaled last year's win total yeah all right i think they're onto something with this it is it is a unique offense no one else is doing it quite like this two games into the year a team that won two last year is one two this year as well they get western kentucky coming up next week we got lots more to talk about still here on the final drive as we roll you through 14 big 10 games purdue overwhelming in-state foe indiana states and more of the same for the huskers a very disappointing loss for nebraska what now we will hear from head coach scott frost as we continue on the final drive [Music] what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five-hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com what do you 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marcase team beat him by four touchdowns last year the illini on top 14-3 defense was phenomenal five sacks two interceptions held the cavaliers to 222 yards bayley the interception there as illinois wins 24-3 how about the bounce back from the elena after the disappointment howard against indiana this was a dominant effort yeah opportunity to play indiana having to go on the road and losing that game i think you know china shook this illinois team up and having the opportunity to come back and bounce back against a team that embarrassed you last year was big for them they were able to pass that test but the way they're getting things done now on the defensive side i mean they are really playing well on that side of the ball really complete team right like you say really good on defense on offense they're balanced running past tommy devito the transfer from syracuse seems to be the perfect quarterback for the system they're running really good team and again i think you can put the word complete around this team chase brown over 100 yards again he joins mikaela shore the only illinois players this century to rush for over 100 yards in the first three games of a season and yeah they've got to feel really good particularly given what happened last week i think we know this is an improving team here the illinois they're going to buy next week then they face chattanooga you didn't do that there we go he didn't play it's this century seriously but back they come evan hole for the touchdown that was on a fourth and three hull had 213 receiving yards that is the most for a power conference running back this century 21-16 then it's hielinsky to donny navarro 435 yards passing for olinsky 28-23 it's 31-23 hole oh in the closing seconds a touchdown in a two-point conversion would have sent it to overtime but he fumbles at the goal line fourth straight loss for northwestern of the blue devils 31-23 fellas what do you make of that game i mean you did you cannot dig a hole like that howard and expect to be able to come back it was it was a game effort no doubt from northwestern but the first quarter was abysmal defensively because they couldn't do anything you we looked at the strides they had made from their week zero game as far as defense is concerned then you turn to this game and it was just a struggle the entire first half and they finally figured it out and got started to have some answers but they had to expend so much energy to get back into the game and then they have the costly fumble at the end which was uh tough particularly for whole we had a great game yeah it's not only the energy to get back in the game it's the way the offensive coordinator has to call the game right because you're trying to play catch-up they have 76 yards rushing so so they couldn't run the ball though even when they were in the game i mean i i understand what you're saying but but the run game was completely shut down i know but you could never you didn't you don't feel like you have time to establish it yeah yeah i mean you're behind i i mean there was no defense early in the game i i just think as a play call when you're that far behind you're just thinking about catching up yeah i mean you give up 232 yards in the first quarter you can win a game they give up 229 the rest of the way but again the wildcats fall to one and one no such problems for purdue the boilers were overwhelming against indiana state forced the turnover there cam allen recovers the defense was great throughout and charlie jones continues to put on a clinic howard really does one-on-one does a great job with the stiff arm and then finding the end zone nine receptions for 133 yards and three touchdowns all in the first half he has 21 catches same number that he had all of last year and then he's got that deal that he's doing whatever that sideline there what is that i don't know let's look at the auto owners insurance game leader shall we uh aidan o'connell i'd say that's an efficient game 17-19 four touchdowns you see the numbers before jones and then allen leading the way for that defense which pitched the shutout first home shutout since 2011. after the devastation against penn state this is an important game to get well for purdue it is but you don't learn much in fact the only thing i learned was that it is possible for purdue to run more than the past they ran it 45 times and threw it 30 times other than that i didn't learn much about the team well i think it shows you that just how explosive this offense can be when when they're in rhythm uh when the offensive line is given uh the quarterback opportunities and time in the pocket that they can make the plays and defensively you know they're continuing to get better on that side of the ball they corrected some of the mistakes from a week ago as far as tackling was concerned it was sure tackling more sure tackling today than we saw a week ago you certainly have evidence of that 56 nothing there's no doubt you got support on all of that yeah whatever you say whatever you say is good right 56 nothing is your evidence uh the evidence for nebraska is starting to get overwhelming in a really negative direction they were taking on georgia southern picking up in the third quarter kyle van tries to omari jones georgia southern up 35-28 vantresu for 409 yards casey thompson the rushing touchdown there puts nebraska on top 42-38 but back comes van tries diving for the end zone fifth rushing touchdown of the game for the eagles now one second left nebraska one last chance they bring in timmy bleak road but his field goal attempt goes wide left and george's southern wins it 45-42 scott frost after the game uh certainly didn't expect that tonight i thought we would perform a lot better than that i felt really good about our defense going into the season felt good about our offense i knew it would take a while for offense to start clicking i thought they did pretty well tonight i thought the defense made a lot of progress last week that was a major setback but we gave up too many points thinking the second game offense struggled in the first half and the defense held us in it so we got to play more complete games and that wasn't even close it certainly was not they gave up 642 yards to georgia southern this is the 215th time all time that nebraska scored 35 or more points at memorial stadium they had been 214-0 in those games first time they've ever lost at home when scoring 35 or more points the defense seemed to be the most solid part of this team and it has just evaporated you could say that since scott has been there the one thing that's gotten better every single year was the defense and now the offense has come along i mean i think it's fair to say the offense is better and then what's happened to the defense and when you look at their personnel i would say that this is as talented as any of their other recent defenses that were playing better it's it's puzzling we saw nebraska go down and scores about four minutes left in the game and there was a collective look around the green room too much time left the clock that's true right yeah because that's just how we feel when we watch this team and it ultimately played out even though they had a run to get back in and had an opportunity at the field goal at the end it just feels like when the team is when their backs are against the wall they just don't have a way to get over that that issue i feel contractually obligated as a sportscaster covering nebraska to mention they are now 5 and 22 in one score games under scott frost we have to mention the one score game because it's well it's simply what we do coming up it is the segment so good we named the show after it the final drive on the final drive one thought on each and every team that played on this saturday that's each and every team in the big ten stick around [Music] here we go marathon has the fuel to keep your engine running at peak 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we'll start jj next week i would say that surprises none of us jim harbaugh ending the suspense so he has a new starting quarterback in j.j mccarthy or a quarterback will start for the second straight week let's dive into the final drive one thought on each one of the teams that played on saturday which was the entire league jerry you lead us off with the victorious fighting illinois really complete team bold team will have something to say about who wins the west held 11 of their last 12 opponents to 24 or fewer points and it might not uh it might not just have something to say it might be them but they might be in that hunt again that would that would be something that's a big something to say they already have a conference loss of course uh indiana got a win listen they struggled early fought back really showed a lot of drive they showed up and played this defense is still playing well offensively they're making plays as well western kentucky next they go to cincinnati as well jerry what do you say about iowa i think we're going to see alex padilla start trying to try to get the offense going a little bit that's the one position in football that could make a significant change if it's the right change 14 points through two weeks that is their fewest since 1982 maryland gets the win the overwhelming win howard this is a dynamic offense just shows you how explosive they can be whenever all the receivers are healthy their quarterbacks playing at a high level has time in the pocket they're going to make a lot of plays the other significant thing is their defense is playing much better as well smu coming up next week uconn next week for j.j mccarthy in michigan michigan really talented really good team could be playing the best of all teams in the conference now jj makes them even better howard what do you make of michigan state well michigan state's going to be a tough team this is really an outstanding performance today defense played well the quarterback position still has some things they need to get cleaned up there but i think they'll be okay they're continuing to gain that momentum they need they go to washington next week minnesota an easy win added explosion to their offense today best team in the west right now most points of the game since 2006. nebraska the frustration continues yeah they make plays right on the offensive side we've seen him do that but defensively we saw them take a step back today and again games close they don't find a way to pull it out really frustrating now 16 and 31 overall under scott frost oklahoma heads to town next week northwestern they've improved some on defense i'm not sure they've improved enough to have a good year i've lost 13 of their last 19 september games now this is usually the month to get fat it hasn't been the case for them ohio state gets an overwhelming win well we talked about them being tough and physical at the point of attack last week this week we got an opportunity to see them do that but also be explosive in the past game also did an outstanding job of running the ball i know you want to see them run a little bit more but they do exactly what they're allowed to do 65 straight wins against group of five opponents penn state gets the easy victory significance improvement in the run game both last week against purdue and today head to auburn next week purdue an easy winner wow just throw the ball all over the park this is a team that continues to get better when they're in rhythm offensively they're tough to beat again another team whose defense is playing well what do you make of rutgers and it's win that two or no bowl game is a big goal for a team that's building like them can't be any better than 2-0 you cannot be wisconsin they could be better this is a tough day yeah it's really tough because they're not doing what we're accustomed to seeing them do control the line of scrimmage they're struggling still in the past game and not taking care of the football got to get it right against new mexico state next week because ohio state looms after that for the badgers the dramatic conclusion of our show coming up we will give you our saturday standouts [Applause] or that guy but the hawaiian making things tough on his home state team we've got our standouts coming up as we wrap things up on the final drive [Music] out of owners insures your car because sometimes something from out of left field can literally come from out of left field that's simple human sense ask your independent agent if auto owners make sense for you [Music] what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five-hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed we need to be able to see our kids you'll be able to see them when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting [Music] it matters 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wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football on big ten network final drive is presented by auto owners insurance simple human sense built for success brought to you by rocket mortgage we've talked a lot about the lack of explosion in the run game for penn state perhaps we can put that narrative to rest nicholas singleton three runs of 40 yards or longer against ohio u penn state running backs had had one such run in the previous 23 games so singleton getting it done the freshman very impressive on saturday we need saturday standouts coach dinardo you go first well i've been talking about him all week i mean he has to be my standout j.j mccarthy he was named the starter before the game and he was named a starter after the game for next week he had a great game uh we've only seen a little bit about what he's capable of doing you don't believe me where are you going how are you i'm gonna go with this young man marvin harrison jr unbelievable day got robbed as well should have had four touchdowns today but that's a different discussion 184 and he's just going to show you he's going to be a dynamic receiver the entire time that play right there going up and high pointing it he's going to be a problem for secondary players oh this guy's a problem as well leah tonga by loa how about 27 of 31 for 391 yards that 87 completion percentage is the highest in school history for any quarterback with 12 or more those are good numbers in a game those are there's a lot of numbers the compelling numbers yeah this was a fun day guys yeah those days by the way we should do this again next time yeah okay i'm signing up all right try to make it longer next saturday i think this is about the right perfect amount of time thanks so much for joining us on the final drive we will see you next time what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets 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you can buy today that's the rocket advantage lock your rate today call 8336 rocket or visit the rocket advantage dot com the excitement is big season only on the big ten network this is big coming up on the final drive the top of the big ten looking the part on saturday convincing wins for the buckeyes and spartans after waiting out mother nature the wolverines reign all over the rainbow warriors j.j mccarthy stating his case for the starting qb job in ann arbor the news not as good for the teams expected to compete at the top of the west the badgers and hawkeyes both going down it's all on the final drive now [Music] [Applause] welcome in it is the final drive presented by auto owners insurance great to have you with us after an action-packed saturday we saw all 14 big 10 teams in action saw eight of them play here on the big ten network lot going on phyllis a lot going on uh west division a little confusing just maybe maybe someone new in indianapolis this year should be interesting i i gotta tell you this michigan game is fascinating to me because i think jj gives them a little something extra gonna be fun to watch quite a day including six big ten teams scoring 50 or more points first time that has happened in the ap poll era which dates back to 1936 so we saw some offensive explosions and howard mentioned the wolverines they were one of the teams that exploded we expected it frankly against a hawaii team that we knew was under man coming in but j.j mccarthy making his first career start and his first pass of the game goes for a touchdown roman wilson the hawaiian he touched the ball twice and he scored two tds in the game mccarthy to cornelius johnson 54 yards there jj 11 of 12 229 yards and three tds hits ronnie bell for the score here and then mccarthy feeling the pressure so steps up in the pocket and hits johnson there 42-0 they win it 56-10 j.j after the game with megan mcewen jj an hour rain delay before your first career start yeah you come out and just take over in the first half how are you able to maintain your focus despite the circumstances um it was just a little adversity i mean whatever happens happens and we're just going to roll with it and we we've been kind of waiting for something like that to happen all year are all off season so it was just something that we were prepared for and we just naturally took advantage of it well you looked pretty prepared out there you threw for a couple touchdowns 229 yards what was allowing you to have so much success throwing the ball through the air i mean it all goes out to my teammates my coaches i mean the scout team all week has done a great job and it was just an amazing opportunity for them to get in and really show all the hard work that they've been putting in and yeah it's just my receivers played outstanding my offensive line played outstanding and the running backs were great so it just opened up everything well it opened up a lot for you you put on a great performance in your first career start how would you assess the body of work you just put out when it comes to the quarterback position starting moving forward with the season um i mean this was something i was kind of expecting on myself i i don't like to have expectations like that but uh just playing hawaii like just getting it done and handling business and now we're on to week two or week three yeah appreciate you jj thank you so much congrats have a nice night you too [Applause] uh he did get it done i mean again 11 of 12. he ran the ball once looked good doing that as well jerry i know you felt all along this kind of set up for mccarthy to state his case and become the starter this week do you believe he's done that yeah he won the job today and again he didn't even really run the ball hardly at all and he will do that when the time comes and when they need him but he's such a great pastor he's such a great talent that he he increases the efficiency of that offense several times over he makes him dynamic is what he does because now all of a sudden you have to be concerned about another player carrying the football just not throwing the football so he was out there today and it looked easy right it just felt like the team was playing at a different level when he was at the quarterback position there's one play in particular when he gets pressure rolls out to the left a lot of guys really have to flip their hips all the way around to get any velocity on the ball he didn't even flip his hips and was still able to get the velocity on the ball to make the completion i think he's going to be fascinating and continue to watch him because he's going to get better there's going to be some there's going to be some times where he's going to struggle a little bit because it's a new role for him but he's going to continue to get better each and every week and then ohio state have the most talent in the conference in my opinion and they're going to have the two best quarterbacks and that those between the talent and the quarterbacks that really separates them from everybody else the only thing i don't like about the michigan team and i think it's probably the best team right now in the most complete team this schedule colorado state hawaii yukon maryland i'm not sure there's any game in there that's really going to test them like nerdy name tested ohio state a week ago so we're not going to know them against a really good opponent until halfway through the season yeah fair enough but again they've looked really good really point look i mean hawaii lost by a combined 85 points to vanderbilt in western kentucky so this isn't the best competition but 10.7 yards per play for michigan in that offense jj one of the stars as was blake coram who's with megan blake your offense rushes for 262 yards how is your position group able to get the run game going early about preparation you know we listened to coach you know we listened to uh you know offensive cool dolphins line coach you know we have one of the best onlines in the nation i think it's the best uh but really just preparing and coming out here and just doing what we do how are you able to have so much success on the ground 88 yards for unit touchdown offensive line you know they make they make my job easy i feel like they make all the running backs job but anyone has the ball in their hand they make it easy um so it was really just them you know and they allowed me to get to the second level and let me do what i do given a lot of love the offensive blind but five different running backs score touchdowns in this game what kind of statement did this group make tonight i mean it means uh everyone can play you know all the running backs can play you know what i'm saying that's what they came here for they didn't come here to say they came here to play and i believe in all the running backs you know i think we had the best running back group in the nation as well and um you know they attacked the day and uh that's what they did today i'm proud of those guys congratulations blake thanks so much as for ohio state they were taking on arkansas state pick it up in the first quarter cj stroud marvin harrison jr this was the story of this game cj stroud throwing for 351 yards and four touchdowns three of them to harrison remember he scored three touchdowns in the rose bowl last year he joins joey galloway the only two players in osu program history with two career games of three or more receiving touchdowns harrison was just fabulous seven receptions 184 yards as ohio state rolls 45-12 the final in this one a biggest takeaway for you howard from watching the buckeyes and that passing attack which we didn't see a whole lot of in terms of the big plays last week against notre dame we certainly saw it on saturday to me they took advantage of what they were going to be really good at you talked about going against the secondary that was overmatched by this wide receiver group they were going to have opportunities to get behind these corners and safeties and they were able to take advantage of them it's just one of those things that each and every week we watch them we're going to see them win probably in a different fashion just because of who the opponent may be that they're playing against last week it was toughness in the run game on offense to win the game they didn't have much explosion today they had the explosion i mean it makes them a complete team henderson had the ball 10 times for 10 carries today i wish he had gotten it a little bit more i think he's a really star and one of the better running backs in the country but today was the day for explosion not the running game yeah to your point they had one play in the notre dame game longer than 30 yards they had eight plays in this game against arkansas state of 30 yards or longer so we saw that is the big play offense that we saw from ohio state last year and we saw it in this game as well we did not see much offense from iowa we didn't see it last week and they picked up right where they left off and not in a good way taking on iowa state the battle for the cy hawk trophy and this off a blocked punt iowa actually got off to a good start they blocked the punt they take it into the end zone lashawn williams hawkeyes up 7-0 but they had just 150 yards of offense in this game hunter deckers to xavier hutchinson the eight-yard touchdown that was the end of a 99-yard drive for the cyclones iowa had one chance here to maybe send it into overtime but aaron blaum misses wide left and iowa state ends a six-game skid against the hawks they win a 10-7 reaction starting with kirk ference we're not going to win moving forward if we can't score more points in that we got a really good defense right now but you can't count you know you're not gonna win a game seven points ten points a game part of complimentary football is the other people uh helping out when one unit's not going well uh but you know we're gonna have to move the ball offensively that's you know like sit around waiting on special teams and defense to win every game for us we can't do that it's not realistic it all comes together sometimes it all comes unraveled it's an old george strait song but um you know i still have a lot of high hopes for our for our unit and for our team this hasn't changed any of our goals only thing we can't be now is undefeated um but the rest of our goals are shot in front of us i truly do believe that there's there's good in front of this unit we just we just got to go do it well they have not done it to this point seven points in each of their first two games 316 total yards of offense through two games i mean it just flat out not gonna get it done you know it's not spencer petrus's fault but i i think kirk ferentz will make a change at quarterback this week i think alex padilla might give him a spark there's no other position in football that you can change that could have that much of a change in your production on offense so it's not spencer's fault they're struggling why not make why not make a change at quarterback and i i got the impression the way kirk was answering some of the quarterback questions in the press conference that that he's going to revisit that tomorrow he kept pushing it off pushing it off if he wasn't going to make a change i think he would have said that today yeah so i i i think we're going to see a change i wouldn't i wouldn't discount that at all but i think the other thing that has to happen is they have to get better offensive line play you know when you are struggling not to be able to run the football and you can't protect the quarterback he's under constant duress it's going to cause some problems the time is not going to be there people aren't going to have the confidence so i think shoring up that offensive line trying to put them in the best position to help them which probably is running a football with a quarterback that may be able to be more athletic as well yeah just getting the offensive line better is a lot harder than getting the quarterback better if in fact padilla gives them better quarterback play it's just one person that makes that change and again they're banged up a receiver no keegan johnson no nico regani again for iowa but still it's it is stuck in neutral they are the first big ten team since 2001 to score i don't think it's seven i think it's park seven or fewer points in their first two games yeah neutral might be uh might be generous but no it uh it has not been good and they're gonna figure some things out they got nevada coming up next week so much more to come on this show penn state about the future at quarterback we saw a little bit of that sought at running back as well with nick singleton we will catch up on their impressive performance and plenty more on the battle in the west is it the gophers division to win another impressive showing from them as we continue on the final draw final drive 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and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football network michigan state 14th ranked team in the nation hosting akron jalen berger pulling his way into the end zone he had three touchdowns on the day that one made it 21-0 spartans and look out jeff under cuffler just gets hammered there by cal halliday msu forced four turnovers including that fumble how about noah kim coming in and firing one to trey mosely for the touchdown 52 to nothing michigan state rolls audrey dahlgren afterward with jalen berger jalen your coach mel tucker said that he believed you'd be the guy for them what gives him so much confidence in you to make him feel that way i'd say the way i follow with my past finishing runs and stuff like that but uh just just the energy around the room brings it out to me to be honest i like i like how the one-two punch with me and broussard yeah just like that this also too a hundred yard second 100-yard rushing game for yourself what makes it so you're able to click so well in this offense just a way to utilize the running backs in this offense you know like splitting me out wide at the receiver uh almost fumbled on that screen pass but just the way they utilize the running backs like i said i didn't even know i had 100 yards to be honest i thought i was under it but a good game for me good game for him good game for the entire offense good game for the defense as well their largest shutout win since 1957. what stood out about michigan state's victory big jump from week one to week two especially the third quarter it looked like they emphasized the run more they made some adjustments at halftime but every time we talk about mel tucker's team we all always talk about their goals their expectations and and their improvement and there was certainly a lot of improvement from week one to week two yeah you think about the defensive side of the ball keep holding your opponent to only 22 yards rushing that's big time so that's taking that next step understand the opponent but it's about going out and being able to execute that and then offensively running the ball the way they did they made the plays they needed to one part that was really good for them i think coach tucker would be happy just four penalties for 22 yards that's always been a little bit of an issue for him now he seemed to have that corrected eight straight home wins for them that is their longest streak in six years they had on the road next week to take on washington penn state taking on the bobcats of ohio u we mentioned this time or 30 last year penn state's longest touchdown run last season was seven yards noah singleton going 10 times that 70 yards for him he had 10 carries for 179 yards on the game penn state up 14-0 and then it's sean clifford to mitchell tinsley how about 17 different receivers catching passes for penn state that is the most for any big ten team this century drew aller we got a glimpse of him in that game against purdue hitting omari evans 32 yards there that was beautiful tell a lot and a glimpse yeah there's been a couple good glimpses yeah 46-10 penn state gets a win now 20-0 in non-conference home games under james franklin really encouraging howard to see the run game get going it really is uh you know they were explosive runs and i think that was the biggest thing i don't think this is still a team that's just going to be able to line up and force the ball down their opponent's throat whenever they want to but if they can continue to get these explosive runs from the run game that's going to be significant for them yeah if they can just do whatever they have to do in the run game to win the game most likely by throwing the ball you take last week 98 yards against purdue certainly not a lot of yards but that's how many yards they needed to beat purdue today over 200 yards they they probably could have gotten more if they wanted to so it's not always the number of yards for me i think it's the number of runs that are called and the number of passes that are called don't get in a situation where it becomes a pass rush drill because if you do that at penn state your offensive line won't hold up in protection and it's good to have a back that you can depend on right and singleton appears to be that guy this ends a streak of 17 straight games without a hundred yard rusher penn state they have one with singleton they go to auburn next week that should be a stern test for the nittany lions minnesota and western illinois this was not a particularly stern test for the gophers trey potts weaving his way through they went over 300 yards rushing and passing gophers on top 14 to nothing mo ibrahim continues his assault on the record books 11th straight 100 yard rushing game extending the longest streak in fbs that is a school record he went for 130 in this game scored a couple plays later how about this interception howard talking about going out and tracking the football does a great job of looking in with his hands it looks like a wide receiver shouldn't be on the defensive side of the ball jordan how now 62-10 their most points since 2006. it is hard to read too much into some of these games i mean western illinois has won four games in the last three years however minnesota based on what we've seen to this point against inferior opponents looks to be a really good team well the one thing we can read into it is kirk shiraka said he wanted to be more explosive today so he that's the way he called the game i think they're probably the most complete team in the west i think they're playing better than any of the other teams in the west right now they were balanced up today they're pretty impressive on both sides of the ball both coordinators are doing great jobs i mean the storyline has always been coming into this year is about what's going to happen on the offensive side of the football but defense continues to impress each and every week and they're going to need that defense to really make a run in the west this is the 14th straight opponent they have held to 27 points or fewer that's the longest streak in 57 years for that gophers defense lots more to come on the show we were talking about offensive explosions off the top and maryland had one leah tagovailoa was about as good as one can be we will show you the highlights of his aerial assault and a big day for rutgers as well putting up historic numbers against wagner highlights of both those teams plus plenty more to come as we continue on the final drive [Music] what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five-hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed we need people to see our kids 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stanford women's volleyball powered by united 88 tuesday at eight eastern on big ten network on a new big ten trailblazers soccer legend carly lloyd two goals be the best soccer player in the world to help my team win championships big ten trailblazers wednesday at eight eastern on big ten network everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football wisconsin hosting washington state picked this one up in the third quarter badgers up by four cameron ward buying some time he finds nakia watson the former badger running back puts on the spin move and finds the end zone 31 yards and the cougars go on top 17-14 wisconsin on the move graham merch to clay kundu who caught two touchdown passes but he coughs that one up wazoo takes over runs out the clock and they win in madison 17-14 tough loss for paul kristen company we did some things today that make it hard to make it hard to win and kicking myself for uh you know going forward on fourth and three you know like to have that one back you gotta make it to where you're playing the opponent and not not doing some things to hurt yourself this has got to be one that we you know that burns and stings to where it drives you to to get better [Applause] he talked about the penalties they had 11 for more than 100 yards they turned the ball over three times they gave up six tackles for loss just not the performance of a team that should expect to win a game i mean they were close they had a chance there obviously that fumble did them in but really throughout this game sluggish from the badgers it's possible they're going to be a different looking team this year they were 65 percent run last year right now their 50-50 run pass i'm not sure how good their defense is i mean they lost a lot of guys on defense right from last year's team and we just said well jim leonard will take care of it well maybe it's not that simple so this might be a little bit different looking team and they may have to find a way to win a little differently than they have in the past few years yeah but if they're going to win they can't turn the ball over right they can't you go back to last year they did some of the same things they would have penalties and turn the ball over at some bad times they're not in a position where they can afford to do that they have to take care of the football to be able to win football games this isn't that dominant style of offense that we were used to seeing when they can control the game at the line of scrimmage by running it and when they were turning it over a lot of times the defense was saving i don't know that the defense is that good this year right now that the outfit that they can overcome the turnovers i was a team to turn the ball over more than anyone in the big ten a year ago wisconsin this just their second loss in their last 48 non-conference home games maryland going on the road for a non-conference clash with charlotte pick it up in the second quarter leah tagabaloa to jacob copeland 45 yards taken by lois numbers were amazing 27-31 391 yards and four touchdowns here he keeps it himself for the td 617 total yards for maryland in a 56-21 win guys when this offense gets going it is a sight to behold it is it's a video game on offense but it's been that way since lox has been there right we know they can recruit we know they can play offense i think this year the the addition is the better defense and again they didn't play a tough opponent today but you still have to keep contained you still have to be in your rush lanes they still can show you that they're playing better defense regardless of who they're playing against on offense there's no question that they have to continue to play the way they're playing on the defensive side of the ball but when you talk about offensively this wide receiver group is a group that could rival one of the best wide receiver groups in the conference in ohio state they have a lot of talent there if they can stay healthy keep their quarterback upright and vertical throwing it down the field they're going to score a lot of points this year well they scored 56 in that game second most ever in a road game for maryland in the history of the program rutgers at home taking on wagner and this one was over before it started that's right when it started evan simon aaron crookshank three of the first four passes for rutgers went for touchdowns they were thrown by three different quarterbacks gavin wimsett how about this catch by chris long how again outstanding one hand catching a nice throw by the quarterback real comfortable in the pocket 585 yards of offense johnny langdon getting in the act what up there johnny 66-7 the most points since 1993. here's crystal rich with gavin wimsett gavin this is your first career start all of your family is here how did it feel finally to be able to orchestrate full drives this week i just felt great being able to be out there on my team uh you know just do what we normally do so it's not good it feels good now your whole family is here i know everyone was really rooting for you what was it like your game in the air obviously you had that long 41 yard touchdown pad uh that was super great my first school touchdown so sitting on my team celebrating with me on the sideline was great it was amazing now we see a lot of dances that you do on tick-tock is there going to be a celebration dance that we might be able to get a preview of right here um that's in the works it's in the words congratulations gavin enjoy it back to the studio there's plenty to celebrate for rutgers look wagner is not a good team they lost 21 straight games coming in and again you don't want to read too much into these victories but howard read something into it what do you think they need to figure out who the quarterback is going to be right now right and they're giving the guys an opportunity to go out and see who's going to do the best job of leading the team right now that's why they're continuing to roll them through so they have options there and they have play makers as well this is a team though that wants to be physical at the point of attack yeah i'd agree with you on the quarterbacks think about simon winsett they have played against ba at boston college two young quarterbacks and a big upset and then today in a much easier game so the experience those two young quarterbacks are getting i mean it's hard to do that in scrimmages it's hard to do that in the spring game reps for those two young quarterbacks is really valuable 78th win for greg ciano as director's head coach he ties frank burns for first all time he can pass him next week against temple so congratulations to greg ciano there a prime time game on the big ten network indiana hosting the vandals of idaho indiana was actually down 10 nothing in this game but back they come connor baselack aj barner rumbling his way into the end zone and the hoosiers go on top 16 to 10. then it's baseline to dj matthews indiana up 23-10 they had 239 rushing yards in this game after just 32 in the opener josh henderson takes it in there and 35-22 the final tom allen with shane sparks coach yellen i think a lot of us want to know what happened to the guys were in the indiana jerseys in the first half where'd you put those guys i don't know i tell you very frustrating you know it was uh not how we have to play very disappointed uh obviously we got some things to fix with that getting our guys ready to play right away but i was proud of how they responded you know i found a way to win it was an ugly win for sure but uh it was still a win we just started executing didn't turn the ball over got off the field on third downs defensively and played the way we're supposed to play so but uh we saw him last week making a lot of plays against washington state we knew they had some talent they had a lot of good players and coach x doing a great job taylor two halves for sure all 35 points in the second half i mean cause for concern no doubt with the way they performed early but the resilience impressive yeah no doubt and this offense is really unique in this way it's a spread offense but with the spacing with the wide receivers they're almost to the boundary and walt bell the offensive coordinate that's given the offensive line a chance because they always control the numbers in the box and that's what happened the second half they got the numbers right in the box and they were able to block them one-on-one because they were displaced because they're wide receivers and they got the running game going i think a big part of this coming off an emotional win last week versus illinois and really being able to bounce back is a big part of this so coming out and having to win a tough game having to have deal with some obstacles early in this game and still being able to bounce back really speaks volumes for this football team can't be any better than two and over right now a pretty good start 2-0 and again we've talked about how offensively challenged they've been this is the third time in 17 games they've been over 400 yards they ran the ball shivers really looked good in the second half so maybe you can build off of what happened there and again you've equaled last year's win total yeah all right i think they're onto something with this it is it is a unique offense no one else is doing it quite like this two games into the year a team that won two last year is one two this year as well they get western kentucky coming up next week we got lots more to talk about still here on the final drive as we roll you through 14 big 10 games purdue overwhelming in-state foe indiana states and more of the same for the huskers a very disappointing loss for nebraska what now we will hear from head coach scott frost as we continue on the 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mean they are really playing well on that side of the ball really complete team right like you say really good on defense on offense they're balanced running past tommy devito the transfer from syracuse seems to be the perfect quarterback for the system they're running really good team and again i think you can put the word complete around this team chase brown over 100 yards again he joins michael lashore the only illinois players this century to rush for over 100 yards in the first three games of a season and yeah they've got to feel really good particularly given what happened last week i think we know this is an improving team here the illinois they're going to buy next week then they face chattanooga you didn't do that go he didn't play it's this century seriously are you there listen seriously yeah he didn't get into a big case northwestern and duke and the wildcats were down 21 to nothing but back they come evan hole for the touchdown that was on a fourth and three hole had 213 receiving yards that is the most for a power conference running back this century 21-16 then it's hilinski to donny navarro 435 yards passing for olinsky 28-23 it's 31-23 hole oh in the closing seconds a touchdown in a two-point conversion would have sent it to overtime but he fumbles at the goal line fourth straight loss for northwestern to the blue devils 31-23 fellas what do you make of that game i mean you did you cannot dig a hole like that howard and expect to be able to come back it was it was a game effort no doubt from northwestern but the first quarter was abysmal defensively because they couldn't do anything you we looked at the strides they had made from their week zero game as far as defense is concerned then you turn to this game and it was just a struggle the entire first half and they finally figured it out and got started to have some answers but they had to expend so much energy to get back into the game and then they have the costly fumble at the end which was uh tough particularly for whole we had a great game yeah it's not only the energy to get back in the game it's the way the offensive coordinator has to call the game right because you're trying to play catch-up they have 76 yards rushing so so they couldn't run the ball though even when they were in the game i mean i i understand what you're saying but but the run game was completely shut down i know but you could never you didn't you don't feel like you have time to establish it yeah yeah i mean you're behind i i mean there was no defense early in the game i i just think it's a play caller when you're that far behind you're just thinking about catching up yeah i mean you give up 232 yards in the first quarter you can't wait again they give up 229 the rest of the way but again the wildcats fall to one and one no such problems for purdue the boilers were overwhelming against indiana state forced the turnover there cam allen recovers the defense was great throughout and charlie jones continues to put on a clinic howard really does one-on-one does a great job with the stiff arm and finding the end zone nine receptions for 133 yards and three touchdowns all in the first half he has 21 catches same number that he had all of last year and then he's got that deal that he's doing whatever that sideline there what is that i don't know let's look at the auto owner's insurance game leader shall we aiden o'connell i'd say that's an efficient game 17-19 four touchdowns you see the numbers for jones and then allen leading the way for that defense which pitched the shutout first home shutout since 2011 after the devastation against penn state this is an important game to get well for purdue it is but you don't learn much in fact the only thing i learned was that it is possible for purdue to run more than the past they ran it 45 times and threw it 30 times other than that i didn't learn much about the team well i think it shows you that just how explosive this offense can be when when they're in rhythm when the offensive line is given the quarterback opportunities and time in the pocket that they can make the blaze and defensively you know they're continuing to get better on that side of the ball they corrected some of the mistakes from a week ago as far as tackling was concerned it was sure tackling more sure tackling today than we saw a week ago you certainly have evidence of that 56 nothing [Laughter] there's no doubt you've got support on all of that yeah whatever you say whatever you say is good right 56 nothing is your evidence the evidence for nebraska is starting to get overwhelming in in a really negative direction they were taking on georgia southern picking up in the third quarter kyle van tries to amari jones georgia southern up 35-28 van trisome for 409 yards casey thompson the rushing touchdown there puts nebraska on top 42-38 but back comes van trice diving for the end zone fifth rushing touchdown of the game for the eagles now one second left nebraska one last chance they bring in timmy bleak road but his field goal attempt goes wide left and georgia southern wins it 45-42 scott frost after the game certainly didn't expect that tonight i thought we would perform a lot better than that i felt really good about our defense going into the season felt good about our offense i knew it would take a while for offense to start clicking i thought they did pretty well tonight i thought the defense made a lot of progress last week that was a major setback we gave up too many points i think in the second game offense struggle in the first half and the defense held us in it so we got to play more complete games and that wasn't even close it certainly was not they gave up 642 yards to georgia southern this is the 215th time all time that nebraska scored 35 or more points at memorial stadium they had been 214-0 in those games first time they've ever lost at home when scoring 35 or more points the defense seemed to be the most solid part of this team and it has just evaporated you could say that since scott has been there the one thing that's gotten better every single year was the defense and now the offense has come along i mean i think it's fair to say the offense is better and then what's happened to the defense and when you look at their personnel i would say that this is as talented as any of their other recent defenses that were playing better it's it's puzzling we saw nebraska go down and scores about four minutes left in the game and there was a collective look around the green room too much time left on the clock that's true right yeah because that's just how we feel when we watch this team and it ultimately played out even though they had a run to get back in and had an opportunity at the field goal at the end it just feels like when the team is when their backs are against the wall they just don't have a way to get over that that issue i feel contractually obligated as a sportscaster covering nebraska to mention they are now 5 and 22 in one score games under scott frost we have to mention the one score game because it's well it's simply what we do uh coming up it is the segment so good we named the show after it the final drive on the final drive one thought on each and every team that played on this saturday that's each and every team in the big ten stick around [Music] what's your favorite live event a rockin concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five-hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed we need to be able to see our kids you'll be able to see them when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay buying a home then you've got a lot on your mind now rising rates it's a lot but with rocket you have an advantage you can lock your rate for 90 days while you search 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flawless performance um at 11 for 12. um and then one was dropped i mean that's that's tough to do it's tough to do and any day of the week in practice and uh yeah i thought he had a great game he's playing playing really well we'll start jj next week i would say that surprises none of us but jim harbaugh ending the suspense so he has a new starting quarterback in jj mccarthy or a quarterback goal start for the second straight week let's dive into the final drive one thought on each one of the teams that played on saturday which was the entire league jerry you lead us off with the victorious fighting elena really complete team bold team will have something to say about who wins the west held 11 of their last 12 opponents to 24 or fewer points and it might not uh it might not just have something to say it might be them but they might be in that hunt again that would that would be that's something that's a big something to say they already have a conference loss of course uh indiana got a win listen they struggled early fought back really showed a lot of drive they showed up and played this defense is still playing well offensively they're making plays as well western kentucky next they go to cincinnati as well jerry what do you say about iowa i think we're going to see alex padilla start trying to try to get the offense going a little bit that's the one position in football that could make a significant change if it's the right change 14 points through two weeks that is the fewest since 1982. maryland gets the win the overwhelming win howard this is uh dynamic offense just shows you how explosive they can be whenever all the receivers are healthy their quarterbacks playing at a high level has time in the pocket they're going to make a lot of plays the other significant thing is their defense is playing much better as well smu coming up next week uconn next week for j.j mccarthy in michigan michigan really talented really good team could be playing the best of all teams in the conference now jj makes them even better howard what do you make of michigan state well michigan state's going to be a tough team this is really an outstanding performance today defense played well the quarterback position still has some things they need to get cleaned up there but i think they'll be okay they're continuing to gain that momentum they need they go to washington next week minnesota easy win and an explosion to their offense today best team in the west right now most points of the game since 2006. nebraska the frustration continues yeah they they make plays right on the offensive side we've seen him do that but defensively we saw them take a step back today and again games close they don't find a way to pull it out really frustrating now 16 and 31 overall under scott frost oklahoma heads to town next week northwestern they've improved some on defense i'm not sure they've improved enough to have a good year i've lost 13 of their last 19 september games now this is usually the month to get fat it hasn't been the case for them ohio state gets an overwhelming win well we talked about them being tough and physical at the point of attack last week this week we got an opportunity to see them do that but also be explosive in the past game also did an outstanding job of running the ball i know you want to see them run a little bit more but they do exactly what they're allowed to do 65 straight wins against group of five opponents penn state gets the easy victory significance improvement in the run game both last week against purdue and today head to auburn next week purdue an easy winner wow just throw the ball all over the park this is a team that continues to get better when they're in rhythm offensively they're tough to beat again another team whose defense is playing well what do you make of rutgers and it's win that 2-0 bowl game is a big goal for team that's building like them can't be any better than 2-0 you cannot be wisconsin they could be better this is a tough day yeah it's really tough because they're not doing what we're custom seeing them do control the line of scrimmage they're struggling still in the past game and not taking care of the football got to get it right against new mexico state next week because ohio state lose after that for the badgers the dramatic conclusion of our show coming up we will give you our saturday standouts or that guy but the hawaiian making things tough on his home state team we've got our standouts coming up as we wrap things up on the final drive [Applause] [Music] marathon has the fuel to keep your engine running at peak performance because you never know where life is going to take you [Music] what's your favorite live event a rockin concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed but 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on millions of items do you have any questions what is bang for your buck learn all the ways to save with amazon [Music] everyone turned around and started to wave at the children's hospital they didn't just wave a little they waved and waved here's big ten football it's a big deal the wave was about something other than football tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic prime time showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big 10 network final drive is presented by auto owners insurance simple human sense built for success brought to you by rocket mortgage we've talked a lot about the lack of explosion in the run game for penn state perhaps we can put that narrative to rest nicholas singleton three runs of 40 yards or longer against ohio u penn state running backs had had one such run in the previous 23 games so singleton getting it done the freshman very impressive on saturday we need saturday standouts coach dinardo you go first well i've been talking about him all week i mean he has to be my standout j.j mccarthy he was named the starter before the game and he was named the starter after the game for next week he had a great game uh we've only seen a little bit about what he's capable of doing you're unbelievable where you going i'm gonna go with this young man marvin harrison jr unbelievable day got robbed as well should have had four touchdowns today but that's a different discussion shoes 184 and he's just going to show you he's going to be a dynamic receiver the entire time that play right there going up and high pointing it is going to be a problem for secondary players oh this guy's a problem as well leah tonga by low how about 27 of 31 for 391 yards that 87 completion percentage is the highest in school history for any quarterback with 12 or more those are good numbers in a game those are there's a lot of numbers the compelling numbers yeah this was a fun day guys by the way we should do this again next time okay i'm signing up all right try to make it longer next saturday i think this is about the right perfect amount of time thanks so much for joining us on the final drive we will see you next time we pick up the phone because it's ringing i should get this hello this is sam how can i help you that's simple human sense ask your independent agent if auto owners make sense for you what's your favorite live event a rockin concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed but they're super close though there's just a courtyard in between them well actually it's an alley but nobody lives in it anymore so that's cool go ahead and lock the door when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay buying a home then you've got a lot on your mind now rising rates it's a lot but with rocket you have an advantage you can lock your rate for 90 days while you search for a home if rates rise yours is safe but if they fall within three years of buying you can refinance to a new lower rate with exclusive savings we'll help you lock it and drop it so you can buy today that's the rocket advantage lock your rate today call 8336 rocket or visit therocketadvantage.com tuesday maddie cubic leads number two nebraska into an epic primetime showdown with 11th ranked stanford women's volleyball powered by unleaded 88 tuesday at 8 eastern on big ten network [Music] coming up on the final drive the top of the big ten looking the part on saturday convincing wins for the buckeyes and spartans after waiting out mother nature the wolverines reign all over the rainbow warriors j.j mccarthy stating his case for the starting qb job in ann arbor the news not as good for the teams expected to compete at the top of the west the badgers and hawkeyes both going down it's all on the final drive now [Music] [Applause] welcome in it is the final drive presented by auto owners insurance great to have you with us after an action-packed saturday we saw all 14 big 10 teams in action saw eight of them play here on the big ten network a lot going on phyllis a lot going on uh west division a little confusing just maybe maybe someone new in in indianapolis this year should be interesting i i got to tell you this michigan game is fascinating to me because i think jj gives them a little something extra gonna be fun to watch quite a day including six big ten teams scoring 50 or more points first time that has happened in the ap poll era which dates back to 1936 so we saw some offensive explosions and howard mentioned the wolverines they were one of the teams that exploded we expected it frankly against a hawaii team that we knew was under man coming in but j.j mccarthy making his first career start and his first pass of the game goes for a touchdown roman wilson the hawaiian he touched the ball twice and he scored two tds in the game mccarthy to cornelius johnson 54 yards there jj 11 of 12 229 yards and three tds hits ronnie bell for the score here and then mccarthy feeling the pressure so steps up in the pocket and hits johnson there 42-0 they win it 56-10 j.j after the game with megan mckeown j.j an hour rain delay before your first career start yeah you come out and just take over in the first half how are you able to maintain your focus despite the circumstances um it was just a little adversity i mean whatever happens happens and we're just going to roll with it and we we've been kind of waiting for something like that to happen all year all off season so it was just something that we were prepared for and we just naturally took advantage of it well you looked pretty prepared out there you threw for a couple touchdowns 229 yards what was allowing you to have so much success throwing the ball through the year i mean it all goes out to my teammates my coaches i mean the scout team all week has done a great job and it was just an amazing opportunity for them to get in and really show all the hard work that they've been putting in and yeah it's just my receivers played outstanding my offensive line played outstanding and the running backs were great so it just opened up everything well it opened up a lot for you you put on a great performance in your first career start how would you assess the body of work you just put out when it comes to the quarterback position starting moving forward with the season um i mean this was something i was kind of expecting on myself i i don't like to have expectations like that but uh just playing hawaii like just getting it done and handling business and now we're on to week two or week three yeah appreciate it jj thank you so much congrats have a nice night you too [Applause] he did get it done i mean again 11 of 12. he ran the ball once looked good doing that as well jerry i know you felt all along this kind of set up for mccarthy to state his case and become the starter this week do you believe he's done that yeah he won the job today and again he didn't even really run the ball hardly at all and he will do that when the time comes and when they need them but he's such a great pastor he's such a great talent that he he increases the efficiency of that offense several times over he makes him dynamic is what he does because now all of a sudden you you have to be concerned about another player carrying the football just not throwing the football so he was out there today and it looked easy right it just felt like the team was playing at a different level when he was at the quarterback position there's one play in particular when he gets pressure rolls out to the left a lot of guys really have to flip their hips all the way around to get any velocity on the ball he didn't even flip his hips and was still able to get the velocity on the ball to make the completion i think he's going to be fascinating and continue to watch him because he's going to get better there's going to be some there's going to be some times where he's going to struggle a little bit because it's a new role for him but he's going to continue to get better each and every week and then ohio state have the most talent in the conference in my opinion and they're going to have the two best quarterbacks and that those between the talent and the quarterbacks that really separates them from everybody else the only thing i don't like about the michigan team and i think it's probably the best team right now in the most complete team this schedule colorado state hawaii yukon maryland i'm not sure there's any game in there that's really going to test them like nerdy name tested ohio state a week ago so we're not going to know them against a really good opponent until halfway through the season yeah fair enough but again they look really good really point look i mean hawaii lost by a combined 85 points to vanderbilt in western kentucky so this isn't the best competition but 10.7 yards per play for michigan in that offense j.j one of the stars as was blake coram who's with megan blake your offense rushes for 262 yards how is your position group able to get the run game going early about preparation you know we listen to coach you know we listen to uh you know offensive club dolphins line coach you know we have one of the best onlines in the nation i think it's the best uh but really just preparing and coming out here and just doing what we do how are you able to have so much success on the ground 88 yards for you in a touchdown offensive line you know they make they make my job easy i feel like they make all the running backs job anyone has the ball in their hand they make it easy so it was really just them you they allow me to get to the second level and let me do what i do given a lot of love to the offensive blind but five different running backs score touchdowns in this game what kind of statement did this group make tonight i mean it means uh everyone can play you know all the running backs can play you know what i'm saying that's what they came here for they didn't come here to sit they came here to play and uh i believe in all the running backs you know i think we had the best running back group in the nation as well and um you know they attacked the day and uh that's what they did today i'm proud of those guys congratulations blake thanks so much as for ohio state they were taking on arkansas state pick it up in the first quarter cj stroud marvin harrison jr this was the story of this game cj stroud throwing for 351 yards and four touchdowns three of them to harrison remember he scored three touchdowns in the rose bowl last year he joins joey galloway the only two players in osu program history with two career games of three or more receiving touchdowns harrison was just fabulous seven receptions 184 yards as ohio state rolls 45-12 the final in this one a biggest takeaway is for you howard from watching the buckeyes and that passing attack which we didn't see a whole lot of in terms of the big plays last week against notre dame we certainly saw it on saturday to me they took advantage of what they were going to be really good at you talk about going against the secondary that was overmatched by this wide receiver group they were going to have opportunities to get behind these corners and safeties and they were able to take advantage of them it's just one of those things that each and every week we watch them we're going to see them win probably in a different fashion just because of who the opponent may be that they're playing against last week it was toughness in the run game on offense to win the game they didn't have much explosion today they had explosion i mean it makes them a complete team henderson had the ball 10 times for 10 carries today i wish he had gotten it a little bit more i think he's a really star and one of the better running backs in the country but today was the day for explosion not the running game yeah to your point they had one play in the notre dame game longer than 30 yards they had eight plays in this game against arkansas state of 30 yards or longer so we saw that is the big play offense that we saw from ohio state last year and we saw it in this game as well we did not see much offense from iowa we didn't see it last week and they picked up right where they left off and not in a good way taking on iowa state the battle for the cy hawk trophy and this off a blocked punt iowa actually got off to a good start they blocked the punt they take it into the end zone lashawn williams hawkeyes up 7-0 but they had just 150 yards of offense in this game hunter deckers to xavier hutchinson the eight-yard touchdown that was the end of a 99-yard drive for the cyclones iowa had one chance here to maybe send it into overtime but aaron blom misses wide left and iowa state ends a six-game skid against the hawks they win a 10-7 reaction starting with kirk ference we're not going to win moving forward if we can't score more points in that we got a really good defense right now but you can't count you know you're not going to win a game seven points ten points a game part of complimentary football is the other people uh helping out when one unit's not going well uh but you know we're gonna have to move the ball offensively that's you know like sit around waiting on special teams and defense to win every game for us we can't do that it's not realistic it all comes together sometimes it all comes unraveled it's an old george strait song but um you know i still have a lot of high hopes for our for our unit and for our team this hasn't changed any of our goals only thing we can't be now is undefeated um but rest of our goals are shot in front of us i truly do believe that there's there's good in front of this unit we just we just got to go do it well they have not done it to this point seven points in each of their first two games 316 total yards of offense through two games i mean it just flat out not gonna get it done you know it's not spencer petrus's fault but i i think kirk ferentz will make a change of quarterback this week i think alex padilla might give him a spark there's no other position in football that you can change that could have that much of a change in your production on offense so it's not spencer's fault they're struggling why not make why not make a change at quarterback and i i got the impression the way kirk was answering some of the quarterback questions in the press conference that that he's going to revisit that tomorrow he kept pushing it off pushing it off if he wasn't going to make a change i think he would have said that today yeah so i i i think we're going to see a change i wouldn't i wouldn't discount that at all but i think the other thing that has to happen is they have to get better offensive line play you know when you are struggling not to be able to run the football and you can't protect the quarterback he's under constant duress it's going to cause some problems the time is not going to be there people aren't going to have the confidence so i think shoring up that offensive line trying to put them in the best position to help them which probably is running a football with a quarterback that may be able to be more athletic as well yeah it just getting the offensive line better is a lot harder than getting the quarterback better if in fact padilla gives them a better quarterback play it's just one person that makes that change and again they're banged up a receiver no keegan johnson no nico regani again for iowa but still it's it is stuck in neutral they are the first big ten team since 2001 to score i don't think it's seven i think it's park seven or fewer points in their first two games yeah neutral might be uh might be generous but no it uh it has not been good and they're gonna figure some things out they got nevada coming up next week so much more to come on this show penn state about the future at quarterback we saw a little bit of that sought at running back as well with nick singleton we will catch up on their impressive performance and plenty more on the battle in the west is it the gophers division to win another impressive showing from them as we continue on the final draw final drive is presented by auto owners insurance simple human sense i'll admit it i'm a bath bomb guy dude you don't need to get that personal state farm personal price plan just helps you create an affordable price right i mean i'm not a bath bomb guy call or click to get a quote today like a good neighbor state farm is there what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five-hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com i swear 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trey mosely for the touchdown 52-0 michigan state rolls audrey dahlgren afterward with jalen berger jalen your coach mel tucker said that he believed you'd be the guy for them what gives him so much confidence in you to make him feel that way i'd say the way i follow with my past finishing runs and stuff like that but just just the energy around the room brings it out to me to be honest i like i like how the one-two punch with me and broussard yeah just like that this also too a hundred yard second 100 yard rushing game for yourself what makes it so you're able to click so well in this offense just the way they utilize the running backs in this offense you know like explained me out wide at the receiver almost fumbled on that screen pass but just the way they utilize the running backs like i said i didn't even know i had 100 yards to be honest i thought i was under it but a good game for me [Applause] good game for him good game for the entire offense good game for the defense as well their largest shutout win since 1957. what stood out about michigan state's victory big jump from week one to week two especially the third quarter it looked like they emphasized the run more they made some adjustments at halftime but every time we talk about mel tucker's team we all always talk about their goals their expectations and and their improvement and there was certainly a lot of improvement from week one to week two yeah you think about the defensive side of the ball keep holding your opponent to only 22 yards rushing that's big time so that's taking that next step understand the opponent but it's about going out and being able to execute that and then offensively running the ball the way they did they made the plays they needed to one part that was really good for them i think coach tucker be happy just four penalties for 22 yards that's always been a little bit of an issue for him now he seemed to have that corrected eight straight home wins for them that is their longest streak in six years they had on the road next week to take on washington penn state taking on the bobcats of ohio u we mentioned this time or 30 last year penn state's longest touchdown run last season was seven yards noah singleton going 10 times that 70 yards for him he had 10 carries for 179 yards on the game penn state up 14-0 and then it's sean clifford to mitchell tinsley how about 17 different receivers catching passes for penn state that is the most for any big ten team this century drew aller we got a glimpse of him in that game against purdue hitting omari evans 32 yards there that was beautiful tell a lot and a glimpse yeah there's been a couple good glimpses yeah 46-10 penn state gets to win now 20-0 in non-conference home games under james franklin really encouraging howard to see the run game get going it really is uh you know there were explosive runs and i think that was the biggest thing i don't think this is still a team that's just going to be able to line up and force the ball down their opponent's throat whenever they want to but if they can continue to get these explosive runs from the run game that's going to be significant for them yeah if they can just do whatever they have to do in the run game to win the game most likely by throwing the ball you take last week 98 yards against purdue certainly not a lot of yards but that's how many yards they needed to beat purdue today over 200 yards they probably could have gotten more if they wanted to so it's not always the number of yards for me i think it's the number of runs that are called and the number of passes that are called don't get in a situation where it becomes a pass rush drill because if you do that at penn state your offensive line won't hold up in protection and it's good to have a back that you can depend on right and singleton appears to be that guy this ends a streak of 17 straight games without a 100-yard rusher for penn state they had one with singleton they go to auburn next week that should be a stern test for the nittany lions minnesota and western illinois this was not a particularly stern test for the gophers trey potts weaving his way through they went over 300 yards rushing and passing gophers on top 14 to nothing mo ibrahim continues his assault on the record books 11th straight 100 yard rushing game extending the longest streak in fbs that is a school record he went for 130 in this game scored a couple plays later how about this interception howard talking about going out and tracking the football does a great job of looking in with his hands it looks like a wide receiver shouldn't be on the defensive side of the ball jordan howard now to 10 their most points since 2006. it is hard to read too much into some of these games i mean western illinois has won four games in the last three years however minnesota based on what we've seen to this point against inferior opponents looks to be a really good team well the one thing we can read into it is kirk shiraka said he wanted to be more explosive today so he that's the way he called the game i think they're probably the most complete team in the west i think they're playing better than any of the other teams in the west right now they were balanced up today they're pretty impressive on both sides of the ball both coordinators are doing great jobs i mean the story line has always been coming into this year is about what's going to happen on the offensive side of the football but defense continues to impress each and every week and they're going to need that defense to really make a run in the west this is the 14th straight opponent they have held to 27 points or fewer that's the longest streak in 57 years for that gophers defense lots more to come on the show we were talking about offensive explosions off the top and uh maryland had one leia tagovailoa was about as good as one can be we will show you the highlights of his aerial assault and a big day for rutgers as well putting up historic numbers against wagner highlights of both those teams plus plenty more to come as we continue on the final drive [Music] [Music] marathon has the fuel to keep your engine running at peak performance because you never know where life is going to take you [Music] what's your favorite live event a rocking concert an action-packed game whatever it is enter for a chance to win tickets in the five hour energy live sweepstakes for rules and how to enter visit 5helive.com what do you mean the connecting rooms were not confirmed exactly not confirmed but they're super close though there's just a courtyard in between them well actually it's an alley but nobody lives in it anymore so that's cool go ahead and lock the door when you want your kids in a room that's actually connecting it matters where you stay hilton for the stay buying a home then you've got a lot on your mind now rising rates it's a lot but with rocket you have an advantage you can lock your rate for 90 days while you 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