It is amazing
UK takes Alabama to the wire in a heck of a game
OSU rallies on an 80-yard drive by a freshman QB to stun Wisconsin
UC wins on the road with a freshman QB making his debut...the third QB to start for UC this season.
All the callers to Sunday Morning Sports Talk want to talk about the 0-4 Bengals
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I wonder......
How many times has a college football team won a game with three different starters in the same season?
UC: Dustin Grutza, Tony Pike, Chazz Anderson
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Line of the weekend
Columbus Dispatch
Ohio State was getting the ball back on its 20-yard line with 6:31 remaining, needing a touchdown.
Wells turned to Pryor.
"I told him, 'This is a man's world, and you're stepping into manhood right now,' " Wells said.
Pryor remembered Wells adding a challenge to the end of that: "Are you going to be a man or a kid?"
As if that wasn't enough, OSU coach Jim Tressel -- always understated -- sent Pryor onto the field with one simple line:
"All right, Terrelle, big drive."
Luckily for Wells, Tressel and the rest of the Buckeyes, Pryor isn't the type to get rattled.
The 19-year-old capped a 12-play, 80-yard drive with an 11-yard option keeper for a touchdown with 1:08 remaining that gave OSU a comeback 20-17 victory over Wisconsin.
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Ohio State Postgame notes: OSU 20 Wisconsin 17
• Ohio State snapped Wisconsin’s 16-game home win streak.
• Ohio State is 803-305-53 in its 119th season of play. The win total ranks fifth all-time in Division I college football. The only other schools to have 800 or more wins are Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Nebraska.
• Overall, the Buckeyes are 417-127-14 as a Top 25 team.
• Ohio State is 125-101-12 all-time against ranked opponents and 37-40-7 on the road against ranked foes. The Buckeyes are 31-10 overall and 10-5 on the road against ranked teams under Jim Tressel.
• Under Coach Jim Tressel, the Buckeyes are 14-7 in night games and 7-3 in Big Ten night games away from Ohio Stadium.
• Jim Tressel’s record with the Buckeyes now is 78-17 and his career record is 213-74-2. Tressel’s 213 wins are fourth most among active FBS coaches.
• Chris “Beanie” Wells scored on the game’s opening possession, darting 33 yards for his second touchdown of the season. His last four touchdown runs have been 65 (vs. Michigan), 62 (vs. LSU), 43 (Youngstown State) and 33 yards.
• Wells’ last four touchdown runs against the Badgers (dating back to last season) have been 33, 23, 30 and 31 yards.
• Chris Wells rushed for a season-high 168 yards and one touchdown, including a 54-yard run in the third quarter – Ohio State’s longest play from scrimmage this year.
• Chris Wells recorded his third 100-yard game of the season, the 12th of his career and his fifth-consecutive dating back to last season.
• Terrelle Pryor made his third-consecutive start at quarterback for the Buckeyes. He is now 3-0 as a starter. Pryor was 13 of 19 through the air for 144 yards. He also ran for 20 yards, including an 11-yard TD run to win the game with 1:08 to play.
• Robiskie has caught a pass in 30-consecutive regular-season games.
• Brian Hartline has caught at least one pass in 24-consecutive games. He led Ohio State with three catches for 57 yards.
• James Laurinaitis led the Buckeyes with 10 tackles, marking the 12th game of his career with 10 or more.
• Ross Homan also tied his personal best with 10 tackles for the second game in a row.
• The Buckeye defense has held their opponents scoreless in 12 of 24 quarters this season. The held the Badgers scoreless in the first and third quarters.
• Cornerback Malcolm Jenkins picked off his 10th career pass with under a minute to play to seal the victory.
• Cameron Heyward recorded his third career sack and his first of the season. Marcus Freeman recorded his fifth career sack and had two TFL’s.
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UK games notes
Final Score: Alabama 17, Kentucky 14
October 4, 2008 * Bryant-Denny Stadium * Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Team Records and Series Notes
* Kentucky is 4-1, 0-1 in the SEC. Alabama is 6-0, 3-0 in league play.
* Alabama leads the series, 34-2-1.
* Kentucky has never defeated Alabama in this state. The Crimson Tide has
posted 20 wins and a tie vs. the Wildcats in games played in Alabama.
* Alabama ended Kentucky's five-game winning streak, including the 2007 Music
City Bowl victory over Florida State.
* Kentucky returns to action Sat. Oct. 11 at home vs. South Carolina. The
game will begin at 12:30 p.m. and is a regional telecast on Raycom Sports.
UK Team Notes
* Kentucky trailed at the half, 14-0, for the first time this season.
* Kentucky has only surrendered three offensive touchdowns through five games
this season.
* Kentucky surrendered 219 yards to Alabama's Glen Coffee. The last time UK
gave up 100 yards rushing to a single player was against Florida State in the
Music City Bowl. (A.Smith)
UK Individual Notes
* Dicky Lyons caught six passes for 63 yards and a touchdown. Lyons is now
fifth all-time on the UK career receptions list with 137 and ranks fifth on the
career receiving yardage list with 1,740 yards and tied for third on the career
receiving TD list (18).
* Trevard Lindley broke up three passes against Alabama to increase his total
to 29 career breakups, breaking Antoine Huffman's previous school record of 27.
The three pass breakups ties his career-high for a single game.
* Derrick Locke caught eight passes for 81 yards, both career highs.
* Braxton Kelley had a career-high 13 tackles against Alabama, His previous
best was 11 tackles versus Kent State in 2007. Kelley has made at least three
tackles in 17 consecutive games.
