Ohio State might be making a habit of winning ugly, but it still covered the spread in Piscataway. The Buckeyes had their most competitive game ever against Rutgers this year but still came away with a 35-16 win, and we felt there was more good than bad to take away from Ohio State’s performance – even if it wasn’t the most prolific day for the Buckeyes’ passing offense, run defense or special teams. We begin this week’s episode by sharing all of our takeaways from the Buckeyes’ performance against the Scarlet Knights. We follow that by making our predictions for this week’s home night game against Michigan State, looking at the other games this weekend that could shake up the College Football Playoff race and breaking down what we saw from both Ohio State basketball teams in their season openers on Monday. The full rundown for this week’s show: 1:25: Rutgers is better than usual, so it wasn’t shocking the Buckeyes had to battle in Piscataway 3:29: TreVeyon Henderson further proves he’s one of Ohio State’s biggest game-changers 7:26: Ohio State’s run blocking improves as Donovan Jackson has his best game of the year 9:27: Kyle McCord didn’t play badly against Rutgers, he took what the defense gave him 16:04: Red-zone defense leads Buckeyes to victory 21:41: Ohio State’s run defense shows vulnerability, but has time to improve before The Game 25:21: Ty Hamilton, Jermaine Mathews Jr., Malik Hartford among defenders who stepped up 30:22: Parker Fleming’s seat heating up after latest special teams miscue 36:58: Ohio State should dominate Michigan State 41:24: Buckeyes can play it safe with injured players this week 43:05: This could be our best chance to see Tristan Gebbia and/or Lincoln Kienholz play this year 46:17: Score predictions for Ohio State vs. Michigan State 48:40: Michigan is in for a battle against Penn State in Happy Valley 51:07: We hope to see you at the Eleven Dubgate on Saturday 52:00: Georgia, Washington, Florida State and Oregon all face challenges this week 54:48: It’s just one game, but Ohio State men’s hoops has plenty to work on after Oakland battle 57:36: Roddy Gayle Jr., Zed Key and Scotty Middleton stood out in the season opener 1:03:05: Bruce Thornton didn’t have his best game, but he rose to the occasion late 1:04:47: We’ll learn more about Ohio State in a tough game Friday vs. Texas A&M 1:07:03: OSU women’s hoops must work on rebounding, 3-point shooting after season-opening loss