Davidson plays for Mount

ALLIANCE — The Mount Union men’s golf team finished in second place at the Malone Invitational at Tannenhauf Golf Club by shooting a two-day total of 603.

Sophomore Isaac Davidson, an East Liverpool High School gradaute, was the Purple Raiders’ fourth golfer. He had a 3-over 75 Friday and a 78 Saturday for a total of 153.

Malone sophomore Jacob English was the medalist with a 144 (70-74).

Malone won the eight-team tournament with 581, followed by Mount Union with 603 and Grove City 612.

Ohio State stuffed at home

COLUMBUS – If this had been a road game, Ohio State would have heard the dreaded, “Overrated, overrated,” chant.

As it was, Oklahoma’s fans were too happy, too outnumbered or too polite to say it after the No. 5 Sooners dominated No. 2 Ohio State 31-16 on Saturday night at Ohio Stadium.

But they might have been thinking it. And probably quite a few Ohio State fans were thinking it, too, and wondering if there are any quick fixes for the Buckeyes’ problems.

Oklahoma, led by quarterback Baker Mayfield (27 of 35, 386 yards passing and three touchdowns), came on strong in the second half after the two teams traded field goals on their way to a 3-3 halftime tie.

Mayfield nullified Ohio State’s highly rated defensive line with his quick feet and took apart its inexperienced defensive backfield with precision passing. He was 16 of 17 for 228 yards and three TDs in the second half.

After it was over, he grabbed an Oklahoma team flag, ran along the back of the north end zone, along the west sideline and then to the block O at midfield and planted the flag pole into the artificial turf at Ohio Stadium.

It was Ohio State’s first loss in a home opener since 1978 when it was beaten by Penn State in Woody Hayes’ final season as the Buckeyes’ coach.

After a first half in which neither team had a touchdown, Ohio State and Oklahoma both scored on their first possession of the second half.

OSU went 44 yards in seven plays for a scorer after Parris Campbell returned the opening kickoff 56 yards to Oklahoma’s 44-yard line. Freshman J.K. Dobbins got the touchdown on a 6-yard run at 12:37 of the third quarter for a 10-3 Ohio State lead.

Oklahoma answered with a five-play, 67-yard drive, which ended with Mayfield throwing a 36-yard touchdown pass to Dimitri Flowers to tie the game 10-10.

Ohio State went up 13-10 on a 24-yard field goal by Sean Nuernberger with 8:10 to play in the third quarter.

Oklahoma took the lead back at 17-13 with a four-play, 92-yard drive that ended with Mayfield throwing an 18-yard touchdown pass to Lee Morris.

That was just the beginning. The Sooners scored two more second-half touchdowns as Ohio State flailed and failed offensively and defensively, and went up 31-13 with nine minutes left in the game.

Ohio State was also outplayed by a significant margin by Oklahoma in the first half also but did not pay for it.

Oklahoma outgained Ohio State 221 yards to 87 by halftime. It did not punt in the first two quarters and advanced into OSU territory on all five of its drives but had only a field goal to show for it.

Two Sooners fumbles and a missed field goal helped Ohio State stay even despite the disparity in yardage and time of possession.

Oklahoma’s first four drives ended at Ohio State’s 36-yard line, its 25-yard line its 49-yard line and its 20-yard line.