The Monday After: Buckeyes out of idle week, preparing for Maryland test
COLUMBUS — When Ohio State faced Youngstown State in Week 2, the Penguins were undefeated. Same went for Western Kentucky in Week 3 and Notre Dame in Week 4.
Flash forward two more weeks after an idle week, and for the fifth time in as many games, the Buckeyes will face an undefeated team yet again. This time, it’s Big Ten East rival and up-and-coming program Maryland.
While Ohio State was off for the only time this season, the Terrapins moved to 2-0 in Big Ten play with a blowout win over Indiana, just one week after going on the road and blowing out Michigan State.
Simply put, this isn’t a normal Maryland team. The Buckeyes will need to play well in order to move to 9-0 all-time against the Terrapins and get to 5-0 on the season.
What is the biggest area of concern remaining on the Ohio State roster? Who still needs to take a big step forward for the Buckeyes if they want to earn a win over Maryland? And what were the biggest takeaways from a busy of weekend of college football — despite Ohio State being on an idle week?
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Lettermen Row’s Spencer Holbrook, Tim May and Andy Backstrom are back after the Buckeyes idle week to talk about what they saw from the college football slate over the weekend, the Buckeyes place in the landscape of the Big Ten and all of college football and the upcoming test against Maryland this weekend.
Make sure to catch the latest edition of The Monday After from Lettermen Row on the Lettermen Row Youtube channel and here on the website.
2023 Ohio State football schedule
Sept. 2 — at Indiana (Won 23-3)
Sept. 9 — vs. Youngstown State (Won 35-7)
Sept. 16 — vs. Western Kentucky (Won 63-10)
Sept. 23 — at Notre Dame (Won 17-14)
Sept. 30 — IDLE
Oct. 7 — vs. Maryland (Noon, FOX)
Oct. 14 — at Purdue (Noon, Peacock)
Oct. 21 — vs. Penn State
Oct. 28 — at Wisconsin
Nov. 4 — at Rutgers
Nov. 11 — vs. Michigan State (7:30 p.m., NBC)
Nov. 18 — vs. Minnesota
Nov. 25 — at Michigan (Noon, FOX)
Latest AP Top 10
Ohio State had the week off for some much-needed rest following its last-second win at then-No. 9 Notre Dame. The Buckeyes didn’t play, and they didn’t budge in the AP Top 25, either.
Actually, there was no movement among the top-seven FBS teams.
Ohio State (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) remained No. 4 this week.
The AP Top 10 can be found below.
- Georgia
- Michigan
- Texas
- Ohio State
- Florida State
- Penn State
- Washington
- Oregon
- USC
- Notre Dame
