Ohio State football brought in Kansas State transfer quarterback Will Howard to lift them back to the sport’s summit. They will probably not know if their instincts were right for a couple more months, but the 23-year-old is giving fans some cause to be concerned despite a 7-1 start to the season.
Howard threw a pick-six and fumbled on a should-be rushing touchdown in the first half of this past Saturday’s road game against Penn State. He made enough plays to secure the 20-13 victory for the Buckeyes, throwing for two touchdowns and running for the first-down that thrust the dagger into the Nittany Lions. Neither Howard nor head coach Ryan Day are just glossing over the mistakes, though.
A ninth national championship for Ohio State is difficult to envision if the quarterback play is inconsistent. Even a stingy defense and punishing rushing attack, which bailed out Howard in Beaver Stadium, might not be enough to survive ill-timed turnovers in the College Football Playoff.
“Well, it can’t happen,” Day told reporters on Tuesday, via Yardbarker’s Andrew Kulha. “We’ve got to take care of the football… It turned into a four-quarter game because of that, you know. We take care of the ball better and it doesn’t have to be that way. So, he knows that.”…Read more by Alex House
