Buckeyes bounce back, blast Colorado 37-17

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)—Even though he’s just a freshman and in his first autumn on a college campus, Braxton Miller played like a grizzled upperclassman.

Miller tossed two touchdown passes to Devin Smith as Ohio State rebounded from a lopsided loss for a 37-17 victory over error-prone Colorado on Saturday, extending the Buffaloes’ school-record road losing skid to 19 in a row.

“I slept pretty good,†Miller said. “I really didn’t have any jitters at all.â€

Declared the Buckeyes’ starter on Thursday after Joe Bauserman’s lackluster play failed to energize the offense, Miller’s numbers weren’t sparkling. But his direction of the offense was.

“Braxton did a good job,†said Jordan Hall, who rushed for 84 yards and a TD and also had a 90-yard kickoff return to set up another score for the Buckeyes (3-1). “He was calm. He’s going to be special.â€

The Buckeyes made the switch after one of the worst passing days in school history in a 24-6 loss at Miami last week. Bauserman was 2 of 14 for 13 yards and Miller hit on only 2 of 4—in the final few seconds of a lost cause—for 22 yards with an interception.

Against Colorado, Miller completed only 5 of 13 passes for 83 yards. But he threw scoring strikes covering 32 and 17 yards to Smith and also ran for 83 yards on 17 carries.

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[Block "O"]

You always hear 'you're not at practice and you don't see what the coaches see' when you hear about weighing which QB to play. I have no idea why they chose Bozzerman over Miller. What a waste of time!!!

 

[louts8wings]

You always hear 'you're not at practice and you don't see what the coaches see' when you hear about weighing which QB to play. I have no idea why they chose Bozzerman over Miller. What a waste of time!!!

i agree! the only thing i could see doing that for was to keep the team from splitting up. everyone now knows who the no.1 qb is.

 

[PHATBUCK13]

i agree! the only thing i could see doing that for was to keep the team from splitting up. everyone now knows who the no.1 qb is.

Yea but Braxton seems like a team player and a solid locker room presense. I don't think it's similar to when TP came in and thought that he deserved special treatment and stuff just handed to him.

Braxton seems like he is willing to work for everything he gets. Add to that the fact that he was enrolled in school earlier than Pryor even announced his college decision, and I agree that he should've been the starter from day 1.

I can see how #14 could look good in practice though. He looked solid in garbage time yesterday when there was no pressure on him. He threw the ball with a tight spiral and right on target. That's how he looked against Akron too. I think he just lost his confidence and it showed on the field.