September 24, 2012

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oSU first-year coach Urban Meyer claps before singing ‘carmen ohio’ with his team following the Buckeyes 29-15 victory against UaB Saturday. oSU has a 4-0 record for the 2012 season.

Great expectations

The OSU football team is 4-0, but many don’t think the Buckeyes are playing up to their potential.

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FORGETTABLE 400TH WIN On-field mistakes overshadow milestone Ohio Stadium win

[ a+e ] PaT Brennan Sports editor brennan.164@osu.edu Ohio State football made Horseshoe history against the University of Alabama-Birmingham, but the accomplishment was overshadowed by the on-field proceedings. OSU’s 29-15 win against UAB, a contest that took place in the 90th season of play in Ohio Stadium, was the Buckeyes’ 400th victory on its storied home field. There were no balloons or on-field ceremonies following the program’s milestone victory. A short announcement rang out in the press box as media scurried down to the postgame press conference. There, first-year OSU coach Urban Meyer and his players tried to explain away the problems that surfaced during the win against the winless and unranked Blazers.

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fullback Zach Boren from one, 12 and two yards out, respectively. Miller said he was concerned it took the offense so long to make an impact on the game. “We’re not coming out with enough energy,” Miller said. “Somebody’s got to get our energy to rise. Our mindset isn’t where it needs to be at the start of the game.” OSU wouldn’t score again until there were just more than five minutes to play in regulation. At that moment, Miller scurried into the south end zone on a 1-yard run to put the game out of UAB’s reach. Miller followed up his seventh touchdown run of the year with a two-point conversion. The Buckeyes’ defense didn’t allow an offensive touchdown in the game. The Blazer’s lone touchdown came after OSU redshirt senior punter Ben Buchanan was returned 20 yards by UAB sophomore receiver Nick Adams.

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‘The Daily Show Live: Indecision Tour 2012’ came to the Ohio Union Saturday.

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kriSTen MiTchell Campus editor mitchell.935@osu.edu Little more than a week after a campaign visit from President Barack Obama, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan are returning to the Buckeye state for a four-day campaign trip. A solo Romney is scheduled to make an appearance for what the campaign is calling a victory rally in Westerville, Ohio, on Wednesday. The event is scheduled for 8 a.m. at the Alum Creek Park Amphitheater, about 20 minutes away from Ohio State’s campus. The pair is scheduled to campaign together in Kettering on Tuesday, before Romney is scheduled to continue on to stops near Dayton, Columbus, Toledo and Cleveland on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to campaign information, Upper Arlington-born golfer and OSU alumnus Jack Nicklaus is scheduled to make an appearance at the event. Romney made his last stop in Ohio Sept. 14 where he attended a campaign rally at Lake Erie College in Painesville, and a fundraiser in Fox Springs Farm in Kirtland Hills. Ryan was in Ohio Sept. 12 for a campaign event in Owensville. The pair made their Ohio debut last month for a campaign rally in Powell, about 30 minutes away from campus. During the Aug. 25 morning event, they spoke on small business and the economy. Wednesday is set to be Romney’s first trip to Central Ohio since then. While Obama has made several trips to the swing

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republican presidential nominee Mitt romney speaks to a crowd in Powell, ohio, aug. 25. he is scheduled to return to central ohio Wednesday for a campaign rally. state during this election cycle, he has made four trips to OSU’s campus in the past two years. Obama was in Columbus Sept. 17, where he spoke at Schiller Park in German Village. The president talked about job outsourcing to a crowd of about 4,500.

Obama said in response to a conference call question from The Lantern that the Ohio youth vote is one reason he has visited OSU’s campus four times in two years.

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Struck student ‘not out of the woods’ yet

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Numbers told the story of Saturday’s game — UAB outgained OSU in total offense, 403-347, collected more first downs, 22-20, and held the ball for 33:55 compared against 26:05 of possession for the hosts. The Blazers also led, 9-0, and held a lead for most of the first half. Meyer marked the occasion of OSU’s 400th all-time win at the ‘Shoe by saying his team has a long way to go on both sides of the ball. “The fact is we’re a great defense, which is painful to watch. Missed too many tackles today again,” Meyer said. “And then offense, just a couple of times we’re second and long, but we’re not a methodically dominating offense. I mean, we’re not a very good offense right now. So we have to get a lot better and fast.” Trailing in the second quarter, 9-0, the then-No. 16 Buckeyes exploded for 21 points in the final 6:31 of the first half. Scores came via touchdown runs from redshirt sophomore running back Rod Smith, sophomore quarterback Braxton Miller and senior

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James Daniel Hughes isn’t necessarily improving, but his family is taking it day-by-day. Hughes was involved in the Sept. 5 accident on Woodruff Avenue. He was riding his bike when he was hit by a dump truck near a construction site. The first-year student was taken to Wexner Medical Center, where he remains in critical condition. Now more than two weeks since his accident, the Ohio State Police Department is still investigating the case, an investigation that makes the Hughes’ family lawyer uneasy. Steve Crandall, the Hughes’ lawyer, said Hughes has undergone several surgeries since the accident and is persevering, but wouldn’t say his condition is improving.

“I don’t know if you could use that word. Everyday that he makes it through obviously is a positive day,” Crandall said. “He’s still not out of the woods in terms of whether he’s going to live or whether he’s going to die, and I think they also don’t know what kind of function he’s going to have long term if he does survive.” Crandall said the surgeries have not been minor, some exceeding four or five hours. The case remains under investigation by University Police, but Crandall said he isn’t sure the university should be handling the case at all. “Obviously as my investigation unfolds, there’s going to be an issue of who’s responsible for having this happen to a student,” he said. “There may be a situation where OSU has responsibility, and I think it’s unwise to have your own campus police department field an investigation over an issue that may, you know, have some liability issues on the campus or the university itself.”

He’s still not out of the woods in terms of whether he’s going to live or whether he’s going to die, and I think they also don’t know what kind of function he’s going to have long term if he does survive. Steve Crandall Hughes family lawyer Crandall said he was concerned about the possibility of bias in the investigation, and thinks it would be better if they had deferred to another agency. “I do think that another police agency that is

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