Cincinnati-Ohio St. Preview

Though the Buckeyes have long been the top dog in the state of Ohio, this version of theCincinnati Bearcats are more than willing to show their claws as the intrastate rivals clash Saturday at Ohio State.

Ranked 22nd, the Buckeyes (2-1) haven't lost to an in-state school since a 7-6 defeat against Oberlin in 1921. Ohio State hasn't lost in 44 consecutive games against other Ohio teams.

Cincinnati (2-0) came as close as any to ending that long-standing streak. Ohio State came toPaul Brown Stadium unbeaten in 2002 and watched the Bearcats drop two passes in the end zone during the closing minutes of a 23-19 Buckeye win. Ohio State went on to win the national championship.

The Buckeyes, who also posted lopsided home victories in 2004 and 2006, were supposed to come back to Cincinnati in 2012, but paid $1 million to buy out the deal and move the game to Columbus. They'll play again in 2019 in Columbus.

"We've been looking forward to it for a while," Cincinnati defensive end Silverberry Mouhon said Tuesday. "It's been on our minds since the summertime when we first heard about it. It's an opportunity for us to show what we can do on that much of a stage.

"At the same time, we're just going to show that we are the best school in the state of Ohio."

Ohio State coach Urban Meyer -- a Cincinnati graduate -- is well aware the Bearcats feel they have a point to prove in this game and has drilled his squad hard throughout its bye week and this week leading into this contest.

"We have to be at our best," Meyer said Monday. "I expect us to be that. On the bye week we practiced Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, last week, back at it today and we're ready to go."

Meyer isn't the only one with ties to both schools, adding former Cincinnati assistant and highly regarded prep school coach Kerry Coombs to his staff as a means of keeping a pipeline open in the Queen City. Ohio State has four players from Cincinnati on its roster.

"Cincinnati is our home. My wife and I grew up two miles apart, we both went to (Colerain). Our kids went there, our families, our parents -- everybody was there," Coombs said. "When Urban called (with a job offer), I called my wife and said, 'I got this phone call today. Before I tell him no, I just wanted to tell you that.' She said, 'Don't you tell him no.'

The Buckeyes demolished Kent State 66-0 on Sept. 13, rolling up 628 total yards as J.T. Barrett threw for 312 yards and a school record-tying six touchdowns and Curtis Samuelcontributed 100 rushing yards and two scores. Yet it is Ohio State's defense that figures to be the focus since it gave up 52 points and 495 rushing yards in its first two games before overwhelming the Golden Flashes.

The big question for Cincinnati is how quarterback Gunner Kiel handles the pressure of this big-time environment.

Kiel transferred from Notre Dame, sat out last season and tied the school record with six touchdown passes in his debut, a 58-34 win over Toledo. He threw for four more touchdowns, but was erratic during a 34-21 win over Miami of Ohio last Saturday.

"He needs to quit pressing," coach Tommy Tuberville said Tuesday. "He also needs some help. He got a lot of help the first game. The good passes he threw, we didn't drop any of them. And he threw three last week that should have been caught, one of them for a touchdown."

Ohio State has won the last 10 games between the teams and leads the all-time series 13-2. Cincinnati's victories came in back-to-back home games in 1896-97.

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Mom of missing Md. kids transferred out of Mont. Co.

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The mother of two missing Maryland children has been transferred to a facility in Howard County.

Catherine Hoggle, who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was transferred to a Jessup facility as part of her psychological evaluation, her attorney confirmed.

Montgomery County police continue to search the Germantown area for missing three-year-old Sarah and two-year-old Jacob Hoggle. Monday, police asked businesses tocheck their Sept. 7 and Sept. 8 surveillance videos for Catherine Hoggle's vehicles.

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Sarah and Jacob Hoggle have been missing for more than two weeks. Catherine Hoggle has been questioned by police and she claims the children are safe, but police have been unable to locate the children to verify her story.

Troy Turner, the children's father, told WUSA9 that he wanted police to issue an Amber Alert. Police said an Amber Alert requires a vehicle and plate number, which they already recovered for Catherine Hoggle, and therefore the alert was not issued.

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If you have any information about the children or if you have video that police are interested in, please call the Montgomery County Police Emergency Line: 911 or the Montgomery County Police Non-Emergency Line: 301-279-8000.

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J.T. Barrett helps Buckeyes extend regular-season streak to 25

There might come a time when Ohio State coach Urban Meyer expands his offensive playbook to include various long passes, reverses and bootlegs.

Until his young quarterback gains confidence and his line grows up, the No. 5 Buckeyes will likely count on the kind of conservative game plan that proved good enough to beat Navy 34-17 Saturday.

Redshirt freshman J.T. Barrett threw for 226 yards and two touchdowns in his college debut as Ohio State earned its 25th consecutive regular-season victory.

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"The best thing about this game," Meyer said, "is we won it and it's in our rearview mirror."

Elevated into a starting role after senior Braxton Miller injured his right shoulder two weeks ago, Barrett went 12 for 15 -- including an 80-yard TD pass to Devin Smith that put the Buckeyes up 20-14 with 4:10 left in the third quarter.

"I thought J.T. did OK," Meyer said. "He was good. I never felt he was rattled."

Ohio State (1-0) managed only two field goals in the first half. Although Barrett threw an ill-advised interception, he wasn't entirely to blame for the poor showing.

"We wanted to open it up a little bit more in the first half but we didn't. It wasn't because of him; it was because of our offensive line," Meyer said. "There's a standard set for offensive line play for many, many years. It didn't resemble an offensive line at Ohio State the first two quarters."

Ohio State won despite allowing the Midshipmen (0-1) to gain 370 yards on the ground, including 118 by Ryan Williams-Jenkins.

But a Navy fumble turned into an OSU touchdown and a blown coverage assignment by the Midshipmen led to the pivotal 80-yard score.

Better With Time

Ohio State eased J.T. Barrett into his first career start, calling screen passes on six of his first nine attempts. His average pass in the first half traveled 3.3 yards downfield, compared to almost 19 yards downfield in the second half.

Category	1st Half	2nd Half
Comp-Att	8-11	4-4
Pass yds	96	130
TD-Int	0-1	2-0
Yds per att	8.7	32.5
Total QBR	30.4	99.9
-- ESPN Stats & Information

"We had some uncharacteristic mistakes that we don't normally have, and against a team like Ohio State you can't do that," Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo said. "We knew coming into the game we had to play perfect and couldn't make turnovers or give up any big plays."

Barrett became the second freshman since 1950 to start a season opener at quarterback for Ohio State. He ran nine times for 50 yards, did not throw downfield often and relied heavily on a ground game that finally wore down the Midshipmen in the fourth quarter.

"It was better at the end than the start," Barrett said.

After Navy closed to 20-17 with 13:54 remaining, the Buckeyes launched a 10-play drive that featured just one pass. Ezekiel Elliott converted a fourth-and-1 from the Navy 45 and Barrett threw a 19-yard completion before Elliott ran in from the 10.

Barrett's 9-yard touchdown pass to Mike Thomas made it 34-17 with 2:09 left, and Meyer could finally breathe easy.

"We have nine new starters on offense," he said. "That's not a normal transition."

Navy held a 7-6 lead and was driving on the opening series of the second half when Joey Bosa hit Keenan Reynolds as the quarterback was tossing a pitch to Demond Brown. The ball got loose, and Darron Lee took it 61 yards the other way for a touchdown.

The Midshipmen responded immediately. Williams-Jenkins ran 67 yards to the Ohio State 17, and Reynolds scored from the 1 to put Navy up 14-13. That gave Reynolds a touchdown in nine straight games, tying the school record.

The momentum turned when Smith got behind the Navy defense on the right side, broke a tackle and scored on the longest touchdown against the Midshipmen since an 87-yarder by Tulane in November 2004.

Navy drove to the Ohio State 18 on the final possession of the first half before Nick Sloanmissed a 36-yard field goal, keeping the Buckeyes' deficit at 7-6.

Throwing mostly short, safe passes, Barrett went 8 for 11 for 96 yards and an interception before halftime.

Barrett's first play at Ohio State was a pass completion for 14 yards. Although he appeared comfortable in the no-huddle offense, the Buckeyes quickly punted.

Ohio State's next possession began with four straight runs, followed by a sack. A shovel pass on a third-and-21 gained 16 yards to set up a 46-yard field goal by freshman Sean Nuernberger.

Navy answered with an 11-play drive, 10 of them runs, capped by a 1-yard touchdown sweep by DeBrandon Sanders.

Midway through the second quarter, Barrett went 4 for 4 for 54 yards to bring the Buckeyes to the Navy 8. But he hurried a first-down pass and was intercepted by Parrish Gaines.

"After the interception, I was like, 'J.T., you knew you shouldn't have thrown it.' And I still threw it," Barrett said.

Barrett's inexperience showed again on the next series, when Ohio State had to settle for a field goal. On a third-and-2 from the Navy 4, Barrett rolled right and pitched too late to Elliott, who was smothered for a 7-yard loss.

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Union, NAACP hold Labor Day rallies across NC

Union and civil rights leaders joined together for a series of rallies and news conferences across North Carolina on Labor Day.

The #TalkUnion tour kicked off Monday morning in Raleigh, continues at noon in Greensboro and finishes in the afternoon in Charlotte.

Ministers, minimum wage employees, union reps and the NAACP met in Nash Square in Raleigh Monday, saying they want to see the minimum wage boosted for workers in North Carolina.

The Obama administration proposed increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, but that effort has stalled.

Meanwhile, those who are making less than $10 an hour say they just can't pay their bills in today's economy.

Devan Durham, a fast food worker, said “$7.25 is not doing nothing but paying the cell phone bill if you're working two days a week.” Durham said a good, livable minimum wage for him would be $15 an hour.

Opponents of increasing the minimum wage argue that raising the rate to $10 an hour or more could result in lost jobs as employers cut staff or automate and outsource to avoid paying higher wages.

Unions claim paying a higher minimum wage could benefit the whole economy in the long run.

“If we did that, demand for public assistance would decrease, consumer spending would increase and our economy would work for everyone,” said Marybe McMillian of the AFL-CIO.

Some local governments have taken matters into their own hands.

Several states like Connecticut, Maryland, Hawaii, Massachusetts and Vermont require employers to pay $10 an hour or more.

Supporters of a higher wage in North Carolina don't expect the state to do that, so they're counting on the federal government to increase minimum wage.

Copyright 2014 WNCN. All rights reserved. Steve Sbraccia and The Associated Press contributed to this article.

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