Ohio State faces a new test this weekend as it hits the road for the first time this year to play at Michigan State, which will be hoping to end a three-game losing skid.
After starting the year with five straight home games at Ohio Stadium, the Buckeyes will travel to East Lansing, Michigan, this weekend for their biennial trip to Michigan State.
Even though Ohio State will reach the midpoint of its regular season after Saturday’s game in East Lansing, this weekend will be the first time any of the Buckeyes’ true freshmen have played away from home.
Michigan State, whose only wins this season came against Western Michigan and Akron , have struggled on both sides of the ball amid losing to Washington , Minnesota and Maryland . The Spartans currently rank 92nd nationally in total offense, 88th in scoring offense, 99th in total defense and 54th in scoring defense, and among the bottom five in the Big Ten in all four categories.
Ohio State will release its status report of unavailable players and game-time decisions at 9 a.m. Saturday, though many of those decisions will have to be made Friday since the Big Ten only permits teams to carry 74 players on their travel rosters. “I think you're seeing that across the country right now,” Day said. “Just you know, guys having to play depth. And no different here.”Going into the 2022 season, Reed and Smith-Njigba were the frontrunners to be this year’s All-Big Ten wide receivers. Like Smith-Njigba, Reed has dealt with injury this season – in his case, a back injury – though he only had to miss one game and has been back in the lineup for Michigan State’s past two games.
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