“We weren’t going anywhere,” Fromm said. “We’ve worked too hard to stay where we are.”
Holyfield led the way with 76 yards and a 5-yard score. Swift had a 17-yard touchdown run, and Herrien piled on with a 15-yard scoring burst in the third quarter as Georgia went up by 31 points. That was when many in the announced crowd of 83,140 began to file out in disappointment, a familiar ritual against the Bulldogs.
Cornerback Deandre Baker set the tone on defense early with an interception off a tipped ball in the opening minute that led to a quick, if unconventional, touchdown. Baker let the ball loose before crossing the goal line, but his teammate Juwan Taylor picked it up and took it the final yard for a 56-yard score.
South Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley threw for 269 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.
4 Ohio State 52, Rutgers 3
Dwayne Haskins Jr. threw four touchdown passes, and No. 4 Ohio State, playing at home, rolled to the 900th victory in program history, routing outmanned Rutgers.
Johnnie Dixon grabbed two of Haskins’s scoring strikes, and the backup quarterback Tate Martell added a touchdown pass and a 47-yard scoring run on a gray, misty afternoon. The Buckeyes, playing in their second game without their suspended coach, Urban Meyer, piled up 579 offensive yards after amassing 721 in the opener.
Meyer returned to conduct practices last week but will miss one more game, next week’s prime-time clash with No. 16 Texas Christian, as he finishes his three-game suspension for mismanaging the fired assistant coach Zach Smith, who was accused of domestic abuse and other misbehavior. Ryan Day, one of the team’s offensive coordinators, ran the show again on Saturday and had few reasons to worry, except for the 11 penalties that cost Ohio State 131 yards.
Parris Campbell, Luke Farrell and Terry McLaurin also caught scoring passes. McLaurin’s came on Martell’s first career touchdown pass, a 51-yarder on third-and-16 with 11 minutes 5 seconds left in the first half.
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