Julian Sayin drops strong comment on Ohio State’s loss to Indiana that Buckeye Nation should appreciate a ton from their quarterback
Ohio State’s loss to Indiana was disappointing but Julian Sayin’s comments make it a little better.
The Ohio State Buckeyes missed out on one of their main goals last weekend thanks to a loss to the Indiana Hoosiers.
Ohio State was attempting to win its first Big Ten Championship since 2020, but was on the wrong side of a 13-10 loss to the Hoosiers. It was an uncharacteristic game from the offense by putting out their season low in points in their most important game to this point. Luckily for the Buckeyes, their biggest goal remains in front of them with the College Football Playoff.
Julian Sayin owns the loss to the Indiana Hoosiers
“It starts with me,” Sayin said of the offensive issues against Indiana. “I got to be better for us as an offense so we can do that and execute better. We got to score more points. Our defense played well enough for us to win the game, so as an offense, we got to be better in those areas.”
Sayin owning the loss to Indiana in a way just shows the leadership that he operates with for the Buckeyes. Ohio State was just 4-of-12 on third downs against Indiana and their inability to put touchdowns on the board when getting in the red zone hurt them badly. Ohio State went 70+ yards twice late in the game with a chance to take the lead and came away with zero points between those two drives. A missed 27-yard field goal kick by K Jayden Fielding and a failed fourth-and-1 attempt stood out for Ohio State.
Sayin was fine overall against Indiana outside of the second straight week that he threw an opening drive interception. Ohio State’s quarterback was 21-of-29 passing for 258 yards and a touchdown to go along with that interception. Ohio State tried to run the ball over and over in the red zone and it just didn’t work, something that they can’t allow to cost them in the College Football Playoff.
Ohio State’s defense answered the call against Indiana
As Sayin mentioned, the defense was good enough to win against the Hoosiers. Fernando Mendoza stepped up and made some big throws — and Ohio State’s defense gave up a couple more explosives than they typically do — but holding Indiana to 13 points should have been good enough to win. The Heisman favorite was held to 222 yards passing on 15 completions for a touchdown and an interception against the Buckeyes.
Indiana may have had 340 total yards, but Matt Patricia’s bend but done break defense held their own the closer that Indiana got to the end zone. The Hoosiers average 41.9 points per game and holding them to 13 was just another win for Ohio State’s defense, which has been the best in the country all season.
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