COLLEGE FOOTBALL : Ohio State Gets Off on Right Foot, 28-0 : Big Ten: Punting game lets Purdue down on first three possessions and Buckeyes take advantage to stay perfect at 7-0.

The laws of physics didn’t seem to make much sense to Purdue Coach Jim Colletto on Saturday.

“Every time I turned around on a punt, the ball was going backwards,” Colletto said after the fourth-ranked Buckeyes beat the Boilermakers, 28-0.

On its first three possessions Saturday, Purdue had punts blocked by Mike Vrabel and Alonzo Shavers and kicker Rob Deignan, after a third straight high snap, was tackled for a 15-yard loss by Central McClellion at the Boilermakers’ 17.

“We blocked two punts of theirs last year and we planned to come after them again this year,” Vrabel said.

A year ago, Ohio State had blocked two punts while building a 41-0 halftime lead on the way to dispatching the Boilermakers 48-14.

Vrabel’s block was recovered by McClellion at the Purdue 24. Four runs by Eddie George, the last from a yard out, gave Ohio State an early lead.

That allowed the Buckeyes to show off their high-octane passing attack as Terry Glenn set a school record with two touchdown catches and Bob Hoying passed for three scores.

Glenn’s catches of seven and 12 yards gave him 12 touchdown receptions this season, breaking the mark of 11 by Cris Carter in 1986 and Joey Galloway last season.

Leading the nation with 135 receiving yards a game coming in, Glenn had six catches for 82 yards.

Hoying completed 20 of 29 passes for 276 yards with one interception. He also hit Rickey Dudley on a 30-yard touchdown pass, tying his own school record of 19 touchdown passes set last season.

“We’re still running the ball about like we always have,” Ohio State Coach John Cooper said. “The difference in our offense this year is if you give Bobby time to throw, he’ll find somebody open.”

A crowd of 93,111 watched in an intermittent rain as Ohio State improved to 7-0 overall and retained a share of the Big Ten lead at 3-0. Purdue (2-4-1, 0-3-1) lost its third in a row.

Eddie George, ranked fourth nationally in rushing with 148 yards a game, was limited to 104 yards in 23 carries. He also caught five passes for 56 yards.

Purdue fullback Mike Alstott had 109 yards in 26 carries.

Purdue quarterback John Reeves, making his first collegiate start because starter Rick Trefzger was injured, completed seven of 17 passes for 67 yards with two interceptions.