It’s just too easy! With the win, the Buckeyes move up to No. 4 in the polls

By Adam Kiefaber

The Buckeyes won easily for fifth week in a row.

The past win was a 30-7 beat down on Minnesota. The win was expected and normally wouldn’t call for Ohio State to move down from the No. 8 spot in the AP poll all the way down to No. 4.

However, it helps when No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 4 Florida, No. 5 West Virginia and No. 7 Texas lose.

The Buckeyes now find themselves ranked in the top five in the country without really doing anything.

Sure, you make an arguement that the road game at Washington was impressive, especially after the No. 1 USC Trojans struggled against the Huskies this past weekend.

Ohio State didn’t put Minnesota away until the second half. In fact, it looked as though the Gophers were going to tie the score at 14 when freshman quarterback Adam Weber threw an interception.

After an intercepted by Malcolm Jenkins, it looked like Minnesota was going to get the ball back with good field position late in second quarter. Ohio State was facing a third-and-six when Minnesota called a timeout with 1:33 left in the first half. Then Chris “Beanie” Wells reeled off a 27-yard run. On the play, the Gophers were penalized 15 yards on a late hit by Jamal Harris. On the next play, quarterback Todd Boeckman threw a perfect pass to Brian Robiskie for a 52-yard touchdown.

In the second half, Ohio State’s defense shut down Minnesota’s offense and held on to win 30-7.

Chris Wells had another impressive game, rushing for over 100 yards for the fourth straight game. He finished with 116 yards on 24 carries for two touchdowns.

Robiskie was Boeckman’s favorite target once again, as he finished with five catches for 99 yards and had a touchdown. Robiskie has 25 catches for 530 yards and six touchdowns in only five games. The 19-year-old junior is hands down the player who has stepped it up the most in replacing the stars from last season.

This week should be interesting as OSU will prepare for its toughest opponent so far this season.

No. 23 Purdue has a high-powered offense that is led by 22-year-old junior quarterback Curtis Painter. On the year, Painter has completed 136 of 203 passes (67%)for 1,542 yards and has a touchdown-to-interception ratio of 18-to-3.

I will preview the match up as the week goes on.