For a team that's played Ohio State 90 times and managed exactly 12 wins, the Indiana Hoosiers have been a disproportionate thorn in the side of the Ohio State Buckeyes for the past five seasons.
Though Indiana's last win against Ohio State came in the 1980s, in the past five seasons they've averaged almost 27 points per game against a team that's traditionally one of the best defensive teams in the nation. They've lost all of those games, but for Ohio State fans used to turning Bloomington into Columbus West every so often, almost all of those games have been far too close for comfort.
My theory on this is that Ohio State can't exist without a C-tier enemy. That's a little rough on the 2016 Indiana Hoosiers, since they're a legitimately good team (and possibly the best Ohio State has played so far this season), but whether it's Purdue or pre-Dantonio Michigan State or Northwestern that one time in 2004, Ohio State gets weird and unexpected problems from teams that really shouldn't give them any.
Maybe that's necessary for a program that resembles an unstoppable force of nature at times; the karmic balance of the universe requires that they have a nonsensical weakness to something like really mundane, like garlic and vampires or Superman and a glowing green rock or Tennessee and the fourth or fifth game of the season in which they're supposed to contend for a national title, for real this time.
Anyway, a win's a win. Next week gets chaotic at Camp Randall but for now, let's go Tweetin'.
THE PLAYERS
Another great team win with the brothers I love
— Craig Fada (@cfada29) October 9, 2016
We gone pick it up next week #BuckeyeNation I promise you !
— Dontre Wilson (@treydayy_) October 9, 2016
Huge win for the Bucks against a damn good team, lots of respect to IU
— Joe Burger (@jburgs37) October 9, 2016
Twitter critics ain't shit lol
— Beeezy (@MarcusBaugh85) October 8, 2016
Bullets
— samwise (@Sam_Hubbard_) October 9, 2016
Love my team #GoBucks
— Jamarco Jones (@jjones_74) October 9, 2016
LATTIMORE TAKES HIS CASE TO THE PEOPLE
How y'all feel about that pass interference?
— Marshon Lattimore (@shonrp2) October 9, 2016
Alright just making sure y'all. Good team win tonight. #GoBucks
— Marshon Lattimore (@shonrp2) October 9, 2016
THE ALUMNI
GO BUCkS!
— Etienne Sabino (@bino6) October 8, 2016
That Buckeye Defense!! #silverbullets #GoBucks
— Malcolm Jenkins (@MalcolmJenkins) October 8, 2016
That drive was all about the SLOBS...O Line for newbies
— Jay Richardson (@JayRichardson99) October 8, 2016
Please don't call it back
— Eli Apple (@EliApple13) October 8, 2016
These refs man smh
— Eli Apple (@EliApple13) October 8, 2016
THE REST
I'm going to be mad about Hooker getting robbed for at least two more hours
— Ramzy Nasrallah (@ramzy) October 8, 2016
Fall Saturdays are the best Saturdays. pic.twitter.com/5lWlpGGz3k
— Elika Sadeghi (@steakNstiffarms) October 8, 2016
It's game time #BuckeyeNation... Swag on 'em! #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/5mEOYKgPZH
— Annie Apple (@SurvivinAmerica) October 8, 2016
The last time Indiana won at Ohio State was 1987. The #1 song in America that week was "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake. pic.twitter.com/77qprn1wiD
— Sports Paper (@SportsPaperInfo) October 8, 2016
COUNTRY GRAMMAR TWEET OF THE WEEK
2 TD on the day for this guy! pic.twitter.com/eZhQZPvPak
— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) October 8, 2016
Daps and hugs, mean mugs and shoulder shrugs. See you next week!
