Social Reactions: Ohio State Keeps Pace While National Rivals Stumble

I can't pretend to know a ton about the more technical details of football. There's an embarrassing amount of nomenclature and general knowledge that, when I hear it from actual ball-knowers, I kind of just bob my head along with and silently pray that nobody directly quizzes me on the finer details of Cover 2 or whatever.

But on the other hand, I've been doing this Eleven Warriors thing for a while now, and through sheer osmosis I think that I have developed an innate sense of when the football vibes are on, and when they are off. Which is why I wasn't too worried going into halftime yesterday: the vibes were good! Save for a few dumb turnovers, the Buckeyes were moving the ball, the defense looked great, and that didn't seem likely to change in the second half.

And, for now at least, that's kind of how I feel about the season as a whole going forward. Obviously next week at Oregon is a huge test, but the fundamentals of this Ohio State team are such that a close loss wouldn't cause me that much consternation. I'm convinced that this is in almost all facets a very, very good football team.

Good enough to win a national championship? That remains to be seen, but good enough to win the Big Ten? To beat Michigan? I'm feeling pretty good about those chances.

OHIO STATE BUCKEYES

Iowa always fight and i cant stand them lol. Hopefully we can get a great start and blow them out the water
— Travis howard (@Travishoward_7) October 5, 2024

Beautiful opening drive by the buckeyes. Great mix of run/pass. Very physical. Capped off by a pass to Meka in the end zone.

Touchdown Buckeyes
— JAY RICHARDSON (@JayRichardson99) October 5, 2024

I like Ohio State winning it all this year !
— Bradley Roby (@BradRoby_1) October 5, 2024

To God be the Glory! 5-0!

BUCKEYES!!!
— Mark Pantoni (@markpantoni) October 5, 2024

OH, DID JEREMIAH SMITH DO SOMETHING CRAZY?

The Jeremiah Smith one-handed touchdown grab coming at ya! Unreal. #Buckeyes

Great shot by our photog @Z2K_Lucynski92 pic.twitter.com/KJpIvTqFjw
— Kellyanne Stitts (@KellyanneStitts) October 6, 2024

By my count, Jeremiah Smith is now the first Buckeye in history to catch a touchdown in each of the first five games of a season.
— Tony Gerdeman (@TonyGerdeman) October 5, 2024

Donovan Jackson doesnt usually expect to see receivers make one-handed catches, but he does with Jeremiah Smith.

When you see one hand go up, youre like, Oh man, hes not going down with it. But with JJ, Im like, Hes probably coming down with it. pic.twitter.com/L6yyHW3wN4
— Dan Hope (@Dan_Hope) October 6, 2024

Yooooooo stop it! Every week tho! 4 different different! That catch crazy! These young WRs said just throw me the ball! I got you!
— Dave Lighty (@OSULighty23) October 5, 2024

Theres nothing you can do! Lol Im glad Im done playing. Its a lot of DBs that JJ is going to embarrass lol. #GoBucks
— Tyvis Powell (@1Tyvis) October 5, 2024

Jeremiah Smith showing some love to the Buckeyes faithful #B1GFootball x @OhioStateFB pic.twitter.com/WP6Qlk1fEN
— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) October 5, 2024

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Josh Fryar getting a couple hell yeahs from the crowd at skull session pic.twitter.com/L1j8SbhMlr
— Andy Anders (@AndyAnders55) October 5, 2024

Calm before the gorgeous day pic.twitter.com/aXpalBneuW
— Rob Oller (@rollerCD) October 5, 2024

Its a family affair at Ohio Stadium! The voice of Ohio State football @JimLachey64 son @luke_lachey suits up for the Hawkeyes for todays matchup vs Iowa pic.twitter.com/XPYWBWO6XG
— Stephanie Otey (@StephOtey) October 5, 2024

Ohio probs pic.twitter.com/wA0BgcflhI
— McNeil (@Reflog_18) October 5, 2024

BUCKEYES ARE YOU READY?!?!?! pic.twitter.com/dEnmoseqaM
— 97.1 The Fan (@971thefan) October 5, 2024

Peep Quinshons stiff arm pic.twitter.com/FXE0drkZCx
— Eleven Warriors (@11W) October 5, 2024

Davison Igbinosun gets the interception pic.twitter.com/Hf4PWeCA1c
— Eleven Warriors (@11W) October 5, 2024

Same #BestFansInTheLand pic.twitter.com/2LYgGntnVR
— Ohio State Buckeyes (@OhioStAthletics) October 5, 2024

GO OFF MEK!

Make it 3 touchdowns for Emeka Egbukapic.twitter.com/C9nhjKNF08
— Eleven Warriors (@11W) October 5, 2024

Also fix the damn turf and by 'fix the damn turf' I mean plant grass.
— Beau Bishop (@BeauBishop) October 5, 2024

1... 2... 3 pic.twitter.com/p1GaA0BZ55
— Eleven Warriors (@11W) October 5, 2024

FIRE US UPPPPPP pic.twitter.com/VhGNp1sKLf
— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) October 5, 2024

2024 Buckeye Hall of Famers
Braxton Miller, Jeff Logan and Matt Wilhelm. Congrats Buckeyes pic.twitter.com/oX6L2pGLck
— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) October 5, 2024

Emeka Egbuka had himself a day in @OhioStateFB's win over Iowa #B1GFootball pic.twitter.com/4junO1Qbb5
— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) October 5, 2024

TD passes: 4
TD runs: 1

Will Howard had a hand in 5 TDs to lead No. 3 @OhioStateFB past Iowa #B1GFootball pic.twitter.com/XmKZMAyJF3
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) October 6, 2024

Post Iowa Carmen pic.twitter.com/kJRmHI3mHI
— Andy Anders (@AndyAnders55) October 5, 2024

Jack Sawyer on Ohio States battle with Oregon next weekend:

Super excited. Can't wait to go compete against a team like Oregon, he said. Going behind enemy lines, we love that. We're ready for a heavyweight battle.
— Chase Brown (@chaseabrown__) October 5, 2024

And that'll do it for this week, next up is the aforementioned Oregon Ducks, and if I recall correctly the Buckeyes owe them an ass kicking. Hopefully that's what we get!