Players Preview Saturday’s Game with the Gophers – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/20/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Members of the football Buckeyes met with OhioStateBuckeyes.com and the local media Tuesday evening after practice to talk about last week’s game with Purdue and to preview Saturday’s game with Minnesota (Noon ET, ESPN).
Players included DeVier Posey, Doug Worthington, Bryant Browning and Austin Spitler. You can also watch a video clip of Dane Sanzenbacher from Tuesday’s media luncheon.
The Buckeyes and Gophers are playing for the 49th time; Ohio State has a 41-7 advantage in the series, with a 21-3 mark in Columbus. The Buckeyes have won the last six games in the series, including a 34-21 OSU victory last season in Columbus.
Bouncing Back
During the Jim Tressel era at Ohio State, in the games following the Buckeyes’ 20 losses, OSU has an 18-2 record. Twelve of those games were at Ohio Stadium, where the Buckeyes under Tressel are 11-1 in the game following a loss. Only once during the Tressel era has Ohio State recorded back-to-back losses, a three-game stretch with losses at Northwestern, to Wisconsin and at Iowa in October, 2004.
Homecoming Saturday
Saturday will be the 88th Homecoming at Ohio State. The Buckeyes’ record in Homecoming games is 63-19-5. Coach Jim Tressel is 6-2 in Homecoming games at Ohio State.
Tressel’s Teams At Homecoming:
2001: Wisconsin 20, Ohio State 17
2002: Ohio State 50, San Jose State 7
2003: Ohio State 19, Iowa 10
2004: Ohio State 30, Indiana 7
2005: Ohio State 35, Michigan State 24
2006: Ohio State 44, Minnesota 0
2007: Ohio State 24, Michigan State 17
2008: Penn State 13, Ohio State 6
