Ohio State gets Big Injury News Before Playing Indiana

The No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes are set for a contest against undefeated No. 5 Indiana on the road on Saturday.

The Buckeyes lost to the Hoosiers in the Big Ten championship last season. After suffering a loss to Texas earlier in the season, Ohio State needs to avoid having two losses on its resume in the middle of October.

Per Spencer Holbrook of On3, Ohio State has some good injury news for the offense before playing Indiana. Starting right tackle Phillip Daniels is expected to play against the Hoosiers. Daniels had been out since he suffered an injury against the Longhorns in Week 2.

Daniels will be a huge addition for the offensive line that will be going up against a Hoosiers defense that has 20 sacks in their first six games.

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On Monday, Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day said Saturday's contest is a game the program has had circled for a while.

“I think you start with the run they're on, what they've been able to do since Curt Cignetti’s shown up at Indiana," Day said, via Eleven Warriors.

"They've won a lot of football games, you gotta give them a lot of credit for that... So going on the road against the defending national champs is a great challenge for us, something that we've been looking at since the schedule came out and looking forward to, so everybody in the building has to do their best job this week of preparing.”

Since the loss to Texas, Ohio State had blown out Illinois, Iowa, and Maryland. Indiana will be the best team the Buckeyes have faced since Texas.

The schedule is starting to get tougher for Ohio State, who will play No. 19 USC on Halloween, Oregon on Nov. 7 and No. 25 Northwestern on Nov. 14.

Given the harsh schedule, the Buckeyes are fortunate to have some health returning to the starting lineup.

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