OSU Downs Illinois In Herron's Return

By:  Coop


Woody Hayes is smiling in Heaven.  Why?  Ohio State played a Woody Hayes type game.  Run game was great, I formations, great defense, and the most important thing-a win.  The Buckeyes were in Campaign, Illinois, looking to beat the Illinois Fighting Illini. They had a good chance at beating them, all because their star running back, Dan "Boom" Herron was back.  Boom was great, he was a big reason why OSU won the game, 17-7. Here is how it all happened.


In the 1st quarter, Drew Basil kicked an impressive 43 yard field goal, that put OSU up 3-0.  That field goal was score early on in the 1st quarter.


Funny thing, that would be the only score of the half.  The rest of the 1st and all of the 2nd was defensively dominated.  


I bet Paul Keels, the OSU radio announcer, was happy when there was 14:06 to go in the 3rd quarter. Why? Well because he got to go back to his saying "Boom goes the Herron".  That means Boom scored a touchdown.  It was a 12 yard score, the Bucks were up 10-0.  That would be the score heading into the 4th. 


Okay, just so you know, heading into the 4th quarter, Ohio State had not completed a pass yet.  Well with 13:06 to go, Braxton Miller completed one.  He couldn't have picked a better time, because he happened to complete one for a touchdown to the tight end, Jake Stoneburner. A 17 yard score, it was now 17-0.


The Illini would finally get on the board when Scheelhaase connected with Evan Wilson for a 3 yard score, it was 17-7, and that is how she finished.


The Buckeyes defense looked great, holding a team with a duel threat QB and great talent all around to 7 points, that's pretty impressive.  


Dan Herron looked great too, he had 23 carries, good for 114 yards.  A pretty good game to start your season after being suspended for 6 games, don't you think?  Jordan Hall added 56 yards.


It's a good thing that the running game was good, because the passing game was...bad, to put it in polite terms.  Braxton Miller was 1 for 4, with 17 yards passing, and a touchdown.


Jake Stoneburner was the leading receiver, as he had uh, 1 catch. 


So the Buckeyes hold on to the Illibuck trophy, and they can celebrate this win for a little while, but they need to improve over they BYE week, because after that, they have to play Wisconsin.