Big Ten play BEGINS for Ohio State

It's Big Ten opener week.

The Ohio State Buckeyes play Illinois at home at noon on Saturday, and we're just gonna talk about Julian Sayin being under, under a microscope.

And I'm gonna give you the floor, so don't worry.

But I wanted to, I wanted to lead into this like this.

Julian Sayin had questions going into the season of whether he could come up big in crunch time and whether he could do more than just stare down one receiver, that being Jeremiah Smith.

Um, and for the most part, I don't know if the second part was answered, but at halftime, and even at the end of the third quarter against Texas, a lot of people would've said, "He's passing with flying colors.

He's making all the throws." And then came the overthrow to McEwen and the missed throws to Jeremiah Smith.

But it was amazing to me because collectively, Ohio State fans, and even stuff's being leaked to Gus Johnson and Joel Klatt because they're making comments, "Well, here's what we have to see.

Can they do this?" And it wasn't just Sayin, it was the running backs, it was the defensive line, it was all these things.

Can the defensive line get to the quarterback? They, they've been spoon-fed the narrative of what Ohio State coaches are looking for.

So Julian Sayin, at one point Saturday against Kent State, was 11 of 12 passing.

Beautiful start to the game.

I don't know if they're scripting plays, what they're doing.

11 of 12 passing, and then two drives fall apart.

One, because he takes a sack on fourth down when he had a wide open Brandon Innis and didn't get onto him, and then two, when he overthrew Jeremiah Smith.

And you would've thought the sky fell in.

So we're still waiting to see if Julian Sayin can come through when it matters most.

It didn't matter most against Kent State.

In fact, they orchestrated to get the ball back and he threw a Hail Mary and it was caught.

So all that was kind of forgiven in a way, but it was still kind of right here, back of mind throughout that game.

Your thoughts?

In my view, Seth, Julian Sayin is a mirror into Ryan Day.

Of the last two seasons, it seems as though Sayin plays wonderfully against equal or overmatched teams.

The game plan generally is very creative and very aggressive, and he makes the right throws.

And listen, he misses one every now and again 'cause quarterbacks are human and that's what happens.