COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Julian Sayin has done everything that has been asked of him in his first season as Ohio State’s starting quarterback.

Yet what remains is a signature drive or performance.

That opportunity comes Saturday, as the redshirt freshman leads the top-ranked Buckeyes into The Big House to face No. 15 Michigan and a quest to end a four-game losing streak to “The Team Up North.”

Sayin enters The Game leading the Football Bowl Subdivision with a 79.4% completion rate and 185.38 quarterback rating, having thrown for 2,832 yards, 27 touchdowns, and only four interceptions.

Despite Sayin’s impressive season, coach Ryan Day maintains the same expectations he had on Aug. 30, when Sayin first started against then top-ranked Texas.

“Lead the team to a victory. That’s it at the end

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