Ohio State survived Indiana, but Julian Sayin's injury may decide the Buckeyes' season

With the Buckeyes’ star quarterback out “several weeks,” and challenging Big Ten opponents on deck, the trajectory of Ohio State’s season is very much up in the air

Sometimes victory can be taken from you by a toe or two; other times, it comes at a serious cost. That was the case Saturday in Ohio State's 19-15 win over Indiana, a game neither team escaped feeling whole. Indiana's 22-game win streak came to an end in an extremely painful manner. Down five late, on a fourth-and-4 at the Ohio State 27, Indiana opted to go for the throat instead of the first down. Josh Hoover dropped back, found a wide-open Nick Marsh down the sideline, and hit him in stride. Josh Hoover finds Nick Marsh – BUT HE'S OUT OF BOUNDS pic.twitter.com/WCcs1mUefF But that stride was debilitating.

Marsh's left foot came down out of bounds, and he knew it immediately. The look on his face was heartbreaking. That misery wasn't felt on the Ohio State sideline. Instead, it was relief, but with questions about what's to come. The primary reason Indiana had a chance to win the game late was that Ohio State's starting QB Julian Sayin was knocked out of the game with an apparent right arm injury earlier in the fourth quarter. After taking a vicious hit from Indiana's Mario Landino, Sayin was seen running to the Ohio State locker room, right arm hanging by his side. He emerged a few minutes later with it in