Headache brought Meyer to his knees
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer dealt with a scary moment with 12:21 left in Saturday’s 49-26 win over Indiana when suddenly he dropped to his knees on the sideline near the 15-yard line holding his head.
“I’ve dealt with headaches in the past,” Meyer said, referring to the pain brought on occasionally by an arachnoid cyst in his skull.
A report circulated that he had collided with someone from the team’s support personnel, but he said that did not happen. He had been seen pointing out that receiver Terry McLaurin was open for a corner route, and in the second after Dwayne Haskins Jr. passed to McLaurin for the touchdown that put Ohio State ahead 42-26, Meyer dropped to his knees.
Administered to by team physician Chris Kaeding and others, Meyer rose moments later and said he never considered leaving the sideline. Not that the headache cleared up quickly.
“Two minutes ago,” he joked 30 minutes after the game when asked when the pain finally went away, drawing laughter.
“No,” he added, but he clearly did not want to talk about it.
Harrison, Cooper go out
Linebacker Malik Harrison was having one of his better games, including intercepting Ohio State coach Urban Meyer walks the sideline during the second half.
a pass on a two-point conversion attempt, but he left the game after that play.
That play actually cost the Buckeyes two defensive starters, since end Jonathan Cooper also left. Harrison returned the ball up the sideline in front of the Ohio State bench to the 45-yard line before he, Cooper and a tackler came together.
“They’re still being evaluated,” Meyer said after the game.
Harrison had made five tackles, all solo, tying safeties Jordan Fuller and Jahsen Wint for the team’s game high, and Harrison had batted a pass away.
Big-play Borland
For the second straight week, middle linebacker Tuf Borland forced a fumble at a point when the Buckeyes defense needed to make a big play. Last week, he knocked
the ball from Penn State running back Miles Sanders to start Ohio State’s comeback from a 13-0 deficit.
Against Indiana, the Buckeyes had just regained the lead 21-17 following two straight Hoosiers touchdown drives in the second quarter. On Indiana’s next play, Peyton Ramsey threw to Reese Taylor for an apparent 7-yard gain.
But Borland, who was in tight coverage, stripped the ball just before Taylor’s knee hit the ground, a fumble affirmed after a replay review. Jordan Fuller recovered, and Ohio State scored six plays later.
“We were in man-to-man coverage,” Borland said. “The D-line did a great job getting pressure on the quarterback. All week, we preached running to the ball and gang-tackling. Fortunate enough, I was there to make the play.”