ICYMI: Ohio St. Takes Care of Business at Northwestern

It was a rainy night in Evanston, but it wasn't enough to stop Ohio State running back Carlos Hyde.

Hyde ran for 168 yards and 3 TD's, leading the Buckeye's to a 40-30 comeback win against Northwestern.

It wasn't always pretty, but the win moved tOSU to 6-0 on the season and cemented them as a BCS contender despite the overall lackluster state of Big 10 football.

Northwestern came out inspired and jumped out to 20-13 halftime lead and was looking for a statement victory.

They almost got it.

Wildcat QB Trevor Siemian threw for 245 yards and 2 TD's, but the defense, despite 2 fumbles and an interception by Ohio State QB Braxton Miller, couldn't slow down Hyde.

Ohio State gets next week off, Northwestern, now 4-1 has a trip to Wisconsin next week.

Your highlights from ESPN:

Carlos Hyde Video Released

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The prosecution in the case are saying Hyde is the individual on the right half of the screen that appears to be taken aback and then lunges forward...


Allison Manning of the Columbus Dispatch lets us all know that Ohio State running back Carlos Hyde will not be facing charges in the above incident because the woman who was struck, apparently, did not want to press charges...

Police have closed the investigation, but Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer still has to determine the length of a suspension for Hyde that he is currently serving as a result of the incident in the first place...

The season-opener against Buffalo and, maybe, the San Diego State game looks like the answer...

Urban Meyer Gets Only One On-The-Field Question At Media Daze

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Here's the presser where tOSU head coach Urban Meyer has to answer every question about all the off-the-field stuff and nothing on-the-field...

Enjoy and snicker at your will...

That Was Fast... tOSU RB Carlos Hyde Dismissed (UPDATED: Or not... For Now...)

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Tim May over at the Dispatch is saying that Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer has dismissed Number 1 running back Carlos Hyde, who was named as a person of interest in an assault against a female in a Downtown Columbus bar this weekend.

Hyde had yet to be charged as of this morning. The alleged victim said in the police report she did not know her assailant, but that she could recognize him.

And, now, Meyer will get to face these questions in two days at Big 12/10 Media Day...

Corner Bradley Roby, who was arrested for "charges of battery resulting in bodily injury" as well in a separate incident, is also scheduled to be at media days. It will be interesting to see if he shows up as well or if he is told to stay home...

More when we know more...

1400 UPDATE: From Eleven Warriors... here's a picture of the police report on Hyde's case...

1545 UPDATE: Shocking no one, tOSU announces that Roby will not be attending B1G Media Days...

Head Coach Urban Meyer has announced that Hyde is now only "suspended from all team activites" and not dismissed...

“I have a clear set of core values in place that members of this football program are constantly reminded of," Meyer said at an afternoon press conference.

“Swift, effective and fair discipline is the standard for our entire athletics program. I applaud Coach Meyer for his immediate actions," Ohio State AD Gene Smith said on his Twitter account.

Sources (and we know about all those "sources") tell ESPN's Brett McMurphy that if Hyde is found not guilty, he will be reinstated...

It was a busy day for Corch Meyers...
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