This is Game Week: Buckeyes Set for Friday Fun at Northwestern
10/15/2019 4:42:23 PM | Football
THE BASICS
Northwestern vs. No. 3 Ohio State • Friday, Oct. 18 • When: 8:30 p.m. ET • Where: Ryan Field • TV: BTN • Play by Play: Joe Davis • Analyst: Brock Huard • Sidelines: Bruce Feldman
Football Game Trailer
Buckeye Breakdown
Updated Quick Quotes
Justin Fields, QB
On his improvement this season:
My command of the overall offense and the team has definitely changed since the start of the season. I feel like I have total command of the offense. I’m the leader of the offense and I think those guys trust me.
On Bye Week Practice:
We got back to the fundamentals. We went back to week one and focused on the basics and tightened those up. I wanted to take all my reps and work on my footwork.
Midweek Presser
Ryan Day Press Conference: Midweek Update at Northwestern, presented by OSUCCC-James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute #GoBucks
Posted by Ohio State Buckeyes on Wednesday, October 16, 2019
QUICK QUOTES WEEK 8: PREVIEWING NORTHWESTERN
Jeff Hafley, Co-Defensive Coordinator/Secondary Coach
On limiting big plays:
I think it’s a credit to our players and the staff, but it goes into a lot of things schematically. the number one thing we talk about when we put in new calls…we want to eliminate explosives. Everything thing we think about is explosives. Our whole philosophy is we want to make you drive the length of the field…We work really hard on tackling, so credit to our players and staff on that.
On what’s impressed him about Justin Fields:
He’s really challenging, that’s what we noticed at training camp. The way he sits in the pocket and stays in there and wants to throw the ball down the field…he makes you cover for a long time. He also has the ability to tuck it down late and run. That’s hard to defend.
He’s throwing the ball really well. It looks to me like our receiving are catching the ball pretty well, too. Those guys are doing a great job.
RYAN DAY PRESS CONFERENCE – NORTHWESTERN PREVIEW
? Ryan Day press conference to preview Northwestern
Ryan Day press conference to preview Northwestern, presented by OSUCCC-James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute #GoBucks
Posted by Ohio State Buckeyes on Monday, October 14, 2019
FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT IN EVANSTON
Following the ?rst of its two off weeks this season, No. 4 Ohio State puts its 12-game winning streak – the second longest in FBS – on the line Friday night when it takes on Northwestern at 8:30 p.m. EDT. The game will be carried on FS1, which will broadcast to a national audience.
The game will be a rematch of last year’s Big Ten championship game, won by Ohio State 45-24. This year, with Justin Fields directing the offense, the Buckeyes rank in the top 10 nationally in scoring offense, total offense and rushing offense.
Sunday Lookahead: Ohio State vs. Northwestern
KNOW THY OPPONENT
- Northwestern University was formed on May 31, 1850, by nine prominent Chicago businessmen, Methodist leaders, and attorneys who had formed the idea of establishing a university to serve what had been known from 1787 to 1803 as the Northwest Territory.
- Northwestern fielded its first intercollegiate football team in 1882, later becoming a founding member of the Big Ten Conference.
- To raise funds for its construction, Northwestern sold $100 “perpetual scholarships” entitling the purchaser and his heirs to free tuition.
- As of 2018, Northwestern has the tenth-largest university endowment in the United States, valued at a record $11.08 billion.
