Ohio State’s rushing offense was more effective against Purdue even though TreVeyon Henderson, Chip Trayanum and Miyan Williams were all sidelined by injuries.
Ohio State was already without two of its top three running backs going into Saturday’s game against Purdue. By the end of the first quarter, all of its top three running backs were done for the day.
“We put in a lot of work through the week to try to correct the mistakes we had earlier on in the year, and we just tried to put it on the field,” Ohio State left guard Donovan Jackson said after the game. “It's good if you do it in practice; it’s even better if you do it on the field. So that's what we were trying to aim for today.”
Day was admittedly worried about how effectively the Buckeyes would be able to run the ball with all three of them sidelined. But he felt Hayden and Ohio State’s offensive line stepped up in a big way. “It shows his mental preparation, because he hasn't played a bunch this year,” Day said. “To be able to go do that says a lot about his preparation. And the things that we did today are things that are day one installation kind of plays. Had the stretch play going, we had the counter play going and a few other things, couple of tosses. But he put it on the field, he took care of the ball, that's the number one thing.
“I think we got to look at and just see what that room’s looking like and we'll kind of play it week to week,” Day said. “We didn't know how this season was going to play out, but we wanted to at least have the choice to be able to save his redshirt if possible. But we'll sit down and talk, if it's something that we got to go play and do what's best for the team and there's opportunities to go play, then we'll go from there.
Day said the Buckeyes introduced the red-zone package with Brown this week because they knew they would need to be able to make plays on the ground on a rainy and windy day in West Lafayette.
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