COLUMBUS, Ohio – Coming out of a game like the Penn State game, you expect to have some battle wounds and scars to contend with moving forward. There will be no rest for the Buckeyes as Indiana (4-1, 1-1) is up next and everyone associated with the Ohio State program remembers what happened the week following the Penn State win last season (more on that later this week).

It is no secret that the Buckeyes have been without defensive end Nick Bosa for a couple of weeks now and that he won't even reportedly go through his first real evaluation until November, but the Buckeyes can't afford to lose any more depth anywhere else, even with the Penn State game now in the rearview mirror.

Ohio State will not have safety Isaiah Pryor for the first half of the IU game but that has nothing to do with injury, he will have to serve a first-half suspension due to a targeting call (more on that later as well).

How did the Buckeyes shape up beyond that though?

Robert Landers and Mike Weber both seem to be doing better. Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer admitted during his weekly press briefing that neither were really 'themselves' in terms of playing close to their level. Weber (foot strain) had nine carries for 51 yards against Penn State. Landers (undisclosed) was credited with one tackle but was not listed as an official starter in the game as Davon Hamilton started in his place.

Two players did get banged up during the game, both on defense and Urban Meyer updated their status as of Monday.

"Dre'mont (Jones) is probable," Meyer said. "He has a strain, but he's very probable."

Jones had a player roll up on the back of his leg against Penn State. Many Nittany Lions fans booed Jones, thinking he was faking injury in order to slow down Penn State's momentum during the game.

Meyer also commented on the status of Damon Arnette who left the game as well was listed as probable. That means that the Buckeyes might need to call upon Jeffrey Okudah more at corner if Arnette does not respond well this week and players like Shaun Wade, Jahsen Wint and Brendon White could all be in the mix at safety, at least in the first half to spell Pryor.

As mentioned earlier, the Buckeyes went without Isaiah Pryor for much of the 4th quarter after he was ejected for a targeting call against KJ Hamler on Saturday night.

The hit did not appear to check off any of the boxes of traditional targeting and many felt that the call was made because Hamler went down and stayed down on the field for quite some time.

The belief is that Hamler was considered a defenseless player at the time but that could be up for debate and goes once again to prove that the goalposts are currently moving when it comes to determine what is targeting and what is not.

Meyer and the Buckeyes turned in the play to the Big Ten offices for review but found out that it cannot be appealed.

"We turned it in, and came back and first of all, you can't appeal it. I didn't know that," Meyer said. "You can't appeal it. I watched -- someone showed me on the phone. I understand it. Do I agree with it? I don't have time to argue with it. The call was made."

Meyer has been a major proponent of player safety and understands the necessity of protecting players, but this play just might not exactly pass the looks test, especially if you are looking at it from the Ohio State side of things.

"Once again you talk about safety in players. We're all in here," Meyer said. "There's no intent. There is no targeting, and we had a couple of those around here where the guys going to try to wipe them out, if you watch him he's going for the ball and contact was made. No time to argue."

Pryor will be allowed to play the second half against Indiana after serving a one-half suspension.

Lost in the euphoria of scoring a go-ahead touchdown, the Buckeyes came up short when it came time to try and score a two-point conversion and move the margin from one-point to three. The 40-second clock started as soon as the touchdown was called and the Buckeyes were hit with a delay of game penalty that moved the ball back five yards.

To add insult to injury, the Buckeyes still had to burn a timeout after being hit with the five-yard penalty.

The success rate on two-pointers are not very high to begin with and the Buckeyes have not converted a successful two-point try since the first game of the 2017 season with a J.T. Barrett rush against Indiana in a 49-21 win. Before that? You have to go back to the Sugar Bowl and CFP semifinal game against Alabama in the 4th quarter when Cardale Jones hit Michael Thomas to put the Buckeyes up by 14 in a game they held on to win 42-35.

So, under the best of circumstances, it is difficult to begin with. It becomes even more difficult when poor clock management pushes the ball back and cuts the percentages dramatically.

"We got moved back on a delay game," Meyer lamented. "That's another issue. All that chaos going on during the game and we've got to practice that. And that was the game winning touchdown. We have to get organized, get them on the field and go."

The Buckeyes were unsuccessful on a pair of two-point tries last year against Penn State in the 39-38 win when the Buckeyes cut the lead to 38-33 and then got it to 39-38, trying to move the margin to at least a field goal.

It is not that the Buckeyes don't have a couple of plays held in reserve, but they just have to get better in punching the ball in.

"Every week, usually have two or three in your pocket," Meyer said. "I don't know the percentage. It used to be about 50-percent that you've got to make a two-point play. But we have to work on that."