The Ohio State Buckeyes are riding high at 3-0 this season after defeating Buffalo, San Diego State and California over the first three weeks of the season, the team is ready for its next game against Florida A&M at home, the first of two straight in Columbus and the game will be on the Big Ten Network at 12:00 pm noon.
Ohio State has high expectations this season and the team has scored at least 40 points in each of their three games, including last week when they defeated Cal 52-34. The team was able to play on the West coast with the Golden Bears and that came after allowing just 27 points over the first two games, with San Diego State scoring just seven points against the Buckeyes. The team is ranked 15th in scoring this season and 13th in rushing yards with nearly 300 per game through the season so far.
The Buckeyes went undefeated last season, but there was no media fanfare, no championship game and no honors bestowed upon the team, as the school was dealing with sanctions stemming from the scandal involving Terrelle Pryor and former coach Jim Tressel and now head coach Urban Meyer will try and do it once again and this time it will count.
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Meyer is coming into his second season with the team and after going 12-0 in 2012 the team has high expectations and are one of the favorites to make it to the national championship game. Ohio State has some tough competition in the Big Ten this season with Michigan looking strong and Wisconsin coming back with a number of starters, but the Buckeyes will likely be the favorites to come out of the conference. There is a chance that the team could be 11-0 heading into the final road game against Michigan and that could end up deciding the conference as one of the best games of the year.
Obviously games against Buffalo and Florida A&M are easy ones for the Buckeyes, but going undefeated two years in a row is a tough test and this time around they won't be able to play without the pressure of playing in a national championship game. Ohio State will be making a rare West coast trip this season to play California and that could be one of the toughest road games of the season apart from the visit to the Wolverines. The conference schedule isn't too rough with Wisconsin coming early and the road games at Purdue, Illinois and Northwestern and the toughest stretch likely will be the final run of games against the Nittany Lions and Boilermaker before taking on Illinois, Indiana and Michigan.
Quarterback Braxton Miller could end up being a Heisman candidate for the Buckeyes and last season the team ranked 105th in passing yards and 10th in rushing yards in the nation per game last season and the offense averaged nearly 40 points. The defense was very strong up front and after allowing 22.8 points per game last season, the team will likely improve after getting a nice crop of recruits with the work from Meyer. This offseason he has had plenty of questions about his time at Florida with the Aaron Hernandez situation, but he is ready to take the Buckeyes to the next level.
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Ohio State schedule for 2013:
Aug. 31: Buffalo (4-8)
Sept. 7: San Diego State (9-4)
Sept. 14: at California (3-9)
Sept. 21: Florida A&M (4-7)
Sept. 28: Wisconsin
Oct. 5 at Northwestern
Oct. 19: Iowa
Oct. 26: Penn State
Nov. 2: at Purdue
Nov. 16: at Illinois
Nov. 23: Indiana
Nov. 30: at Michigan
