control? >> kirk: i think halftime. >> chris: samuel just lets it bounce and lets it go into the end zone and it will be a touchback. so, the buckeyes will have to run one more play. mild disappointment. they didn't protect that late shutout, but a very, very successful return to the starting quarterback position for j.t. barrett. bosa had a sack tonight. and the buckeyes will enjoy that calling. >> kirk: and i think for ohio tested. because the fans, the media, a lot of people are going to start to peek ahead, talk about the michigan state game and the michigan game at the end of the year, but i think their experience from a year ago will definitely help them keep their should be expected to be able to take care of. >> chris: rutgers, you go to next two games. you get nebraska. and they're going to be boar arring

get back to 6-6 and try to get bowl eligible here. and the heat, perhaps, will be turned up on kyle flood after a lopsided loss against the number one team here tonight. final ticks, seconds tick away. one final cannon shot. and it's 49-7 for urban meyer's team in his first visit to this stadium. all the buckeye playmakers got involved, including thomas, who had a big night. elliott, another 100-yard game. braxton miller had a big catch. touchdown run for jalin marshall. mentioned the sack for bosa. 528 yards total offense for urban meyer's team and he's with >> heather: chris, thank you so much. urban, all week, really all season, everybody's been talking about your offense. so, let's shine the spotlight on your defense a little bit. minor blip in the last minute, but 59 minutes of some pretty

great football. >> i thought they played great. i thought -- it's been coming. because our defense has been playing well. you look at the last few games, other than a couple big plays and we eliminated the big plays against a very good throwing team. i think in the second or third-ranked offense in the big ten, so, very pleased. >> heather: how could you describe the additional sort of the field tonight? >> i don't want to be unfair to cardale and i think j.t. was great. j.t. is a great leader, he's a great player and he made those around him better today. it was a good team win. >> heather: waiting for a smile. there's a smile. so, how much fun is it as a coach to be able to spread the wealth offensivery like ry ly like you were tonight? >> well, you always want to get guys touches and i try to watch that. i'm glad zeke got 100 yards and mike thomas got 100 yards. i try to reward the warriors. they deserve to touch the ball. >> heather: coach, on a night where two unbeatens went down, you may not know this, utah and florida state both lost and your winning streak continues at 21.

how would you describe the chemistry of this team? >> i love these kids. they're good people. i just like going to work every day and chance to go 9-0 is all 8-0 is. >> heather: i almost scripted that for you. coach, thank you. >> chris: meyer getting to 150 career wins against just 26 losses by far, the top active winning percentage and goes to 26-0 at ohio state in games october and november. back to heather with j.t. barrett. >> heather: j.t., describe what it is like, how much fun is it on a night when you have so much success to quarterback this team? >> it's really good. i mean, we kept it simple as an offense. i just try to do my best to get the ball to the play makers that we have on offense and we executed well on offense today, which was really good. >> heather: how could you describe how your perspective has changed this week moving from a red zone specialist to a starter? >> i mean, not really.

it wasn't really a big change or anything like that. now just making sure -- i was preparing well, but i mean, just a little bit more, watching film here and there, this and that before the game, so, i mean, nothing really changed. >> heather: kirk upstairs in the booth in the fourth quarter talked about how this felt like a turning point for this team. yes, you are undefeated, but it felt different. did it feel different to you? >> i think it was a turning point for us. we have to keep on pressing. got to keep on going. not get comfortable. but i think as an offense, as a team, we executed both sides of the ball, special teams, as well. i think it was good team win for us, but we know we can get better. that's the good thing about it. >> heather: congrats. enjoy it. >> appreciate it. >> chris: heather, thank you. indiana was a tough 0 opponent for ohio state. maryland, they gave up 28, but we've seen a shift in gears against penn state and now rutgers in the last couple games. >> kirk: yep, and, you know, we talk so much about j.t. barrett and the offense.

what's getting overlooked, i think, is the way this defense has been playing. and urban meyer just made a great point to heather. this rutgers offense, you could say whatever you want about their record. they've been scoring points on people. almost on every team they have played. tonight, they were control. they had a nice opening drive. other than that, ohio state put the clamps down. it's because of the way the defensive line has played in the man coverage they play on the outside. the reason i feel this is a turning point isn't just the 49-7 win over rutgers. it's because their guy, their leader is back on the field end executing this offense and leading this team and he is providing abilities to make a lot of plays, running and throwing. >> chris: you can call it a turning point. that go from pretty good to really, really good. still undefeated, still on course for the showdowns in november against michigan state and michigan. wrap up the cannon crew. only a couple of shots tonight for rutgers. plenty from ohio state. next saturday, 8:00 eastern on abc, the fighting irish visit

looking forward to that one. hope you'll join us. for kirk and heather and our entire team here on the banks of the raritan, chris fowler saying good night from piscataway, the ford wrapup show coming up now and robert flores. all right, chris, thank you. welcome inside our college football studios. last week in ann arbor, it was michigan state that had the improbable win. this weekend, it is georgia tech and both coming via special teams. here we go. number nine florida state. going for the game-winning field goal. instead, it is blocked. and that's when lance austin does his thing. >> austin is returning it down the left sideline. >> he's got blocks. >> inside the 20 -- >> you got to be kidding me! >> and he scores! he scores! lance austin picked up the blocked kick and returned it all the way to the house and the north end zone! >> georgia tech radio on the call.

seminoles suffering their first loss in 28 straight acc games. utah, previously undefeated. they go down, as well. cody kessler to juju smith. usc rolls, 42-24. their first win against a top three team since 2006. staying in the pac-12, right now on espn, it is stanford with just one loss, but rolling. taking on washington. kevin hogan to austin hooper. right now, it's 14-0, cardinal, second quarter. also on the watch espn app. in the big 12, baylor beat iowa state despite scoring a season-low 45 points. their quarterback, seth russell, suffered a broken bone in his neck. he'll be re-evaluated later. they win, 45-27. lsu takes on western kentucky. third quarter. brandon harris, tyrone johnson. 61 yards for the score. tigers win it 48-20. leonard fournette, 150 yards and a touchdown.

tigers are 7-0. couple of s.e.c. schools. tennessee and alabama. peyton manning watching his vols to alabama. derek henry, 14-yard go ahed touchdown. alabama wins it 19-14. miami. the hurricanes, bless their deshawn watson. here. jordan leggett. waltzes in. clemson hands miami their worst loss in school history, 58-0. michigan state's connor cook, threw for 395 yards, three yards away from the school record. michigan state puck lls away from indiana, 52-26. hey, and the university of houston cougars remain undefeated. they won 59-10. hey, gameday, next month, memphis and houston from h-town. you should be there!

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stephanie: right now on news 9 a , car crashes into the crowd at the oklahoma state homecoming parade killing four people , including a toddler. a driver in police custody on dui charges tonight. >> it's a joyful, wonderful thing that is going to carry on. stephanie: and laconia kicked off its first pumpkin festival today. the world record they attempted to break. hayley: here come some showers. they should end midday sunday, but these showers bring something else with them. my forecast coming up. stephanie: hurricane patricia weakened when it hit land, but the remnants of the storm are dropping heavy rain on texas. how the state is bracing for

>> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wmur news nine tonight. stephanie: the death toll and the oklahoma state homecoming parade crash rises to four. a two-year-old was before person to die at a local hospital. dozens of other people were injured when a car drove into a crowd. good evening. i' m stephanie woods. the 25-year-old woman behind the abc' s devin dwyer explains how it happened. >> page out -- disaster page for the station. devin: it was a horrific scene at a homecoming celebration. the oklahoma state university cowboys annual parade turned in the chaos after a car plowed straight into the crowd. >> can need a bunch of hell.

devin: stillwater police, firefighters and ems who came to celebrate with the community immediately russian to action. >> some red. going ahead and set towel copters the helicopters appeared. devin: medevac choppers landed one after another. eight in total taking the most critically wind to nearby hospitals, but three people never made it off the scene. they were killed and impacted -- and the impacted police say that the 25-year-old woman behind the wheel was driving this 2014 hyundai on drive. the from the car visibly damaged, metal crumpled, windshield shattered. and best new say she first taken unmanned police motorcycle then careens into spectators. >> our thoughts are and prayers are with the family. devin: as the community reels in

police investigate, osu decide the football game against kansas should go on. >> the cowboy family pulls together. we' ve done it before and we will do it again. stephanie: it is actually chilly fall night in the granite state where you are taking a look at meredith where it' s a cool my. meteorologist hayley lapoint tells us where you might see some rain showers tonight and tomorrow morning. hayley: still some lingering showers moving across. they are moving across the northeast at the moment around buffalo, syracuse, rochester, new york. the system bringing wind with it and the winds are going to become a little more gusty. the temperatures tonight are not this morning. it has really been colby past couple of mornings, but tonight, that will not be the case because of clouds. we will fall into the upper 30' s. as for tomorrow, it will be a s and a few 60' s across the state. most people away from the

see peaks of sunshine in the afternoon. it is the morning that is going to start out dismal. i will have the hour-by-hour forecast ahead. stephanie: the 25th annual new hampshire pumpkin festival lit up the lakes region for the first time ever. more than 9,000 pumpkins were carved and lit up for the event. our kristen carosa was there and tells us if that amount was enough to break the current world record. kristen: people waited patiently announcement. unfortunately, the event did not does not take away from how the first ever laconia pumpkin festival took over downtown saturday and thousands came out to be a part of it armed with their own carved pumpkins. >> it' s really cool seeing all the different designs on the pumpkins. kristen: it' s an event to bring people together and to get people excited about halloween. >> i like going around in a costume and scaring the socks off of people. kristen: the event was organized by let it shine, the same group

who put on the keene pumpkin festival for more than two decades. >> on a five years ago, we started running the pumpkin festival as a way to bring the community together in celebration each year. kristen: keene decided not have the pumpkin festival this year because of riots that took place near the festival in a neighborhood near keene state college. >> it' s nice that laconia grabbed it from keene and it really ties in the fall here in laconia. kristen: the event had food, rides, entertainment and this. a massive tower right in the middle of veterans square which shined bright once the sun went down. >> just seeing all the pumpkins and how creative some people can get was amazing. kristen: the event aimed to beat the current world record for the amount of carved and lit pumpkins. that' s a not happen but people , were still proud of how the event came together. >> this is the first time that the community has been brought together to do something this big and to have it be the first time that we did it i think we , did a fantastic job. kristen: and organizers says there is a bright side to not beating the world record. >> there is one really great

thing about less than 10,000 pumpkins. you would not believe how much easier that is to clean up than 30,000 pumpkins, so there is a silver lining. kristen: and now that the first event in laconia is over organizers are looking ahead to , next year. >> it' s a joyful wonderful thing , that is going to carry on. kristen: organizers say they feel fortunate that the event could be carried on here in laconia and are hoping to have it here once again next year. reporting in laconia, kristen carosa, wmur news 9. stephanie: a fire broke out at a multi-family home in portsmouth this afternoon displacing eight , people. firefighters from portsmouth, kittery, dover, rye and greenland rushed to the scene. when firefighters arrived flames , and smoke were coming from the third floor. one person was taken to the hospital. the red cross says 8 people are displaced tonight. portsmouth fire is trying to determine how the fire started. concord police are looking for the shirtless robber who held up a mcdonald' s at gunpoint.

walking into the restaurant on fishersville road shortly before 1:00 friday morning wearing only a mask, shorts and what looked like water shoes. police say he pointed a gun at the cashier and threatened to kill her if she didn' t hand over the cash drawer. if you have any information, please call concord police. politicians from across the country are in hampton this weekend, talking about the concern of rising sea levels. the rising tides summit is being held at ashworth by the sea hotel. officials say climate change is rising sea levels and flooding coastal areas. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration or noaa says since the 1960' s, flooding has increased on all 3 u.s. coasts by more than 300%. officials say addressing the problem will require funding and support. >> i think that it is time we stop discussing what we need to do and start taking actions to protect our costal communities. -- our coastal communities. we as state and local governments need more assistance

government. stephanie: the conference ends tomorrow. right now hurricane patricia may , have slowed down but it' s dropping heavy rain on texas. the storm was the strongest ever recorded in the western hemisphere although it weakened s elizabeth hur is in houston with how the state is bracing for potentially historic flooding. elizabeth: heavy rains sent floodwaters flowing across much of texas saturday. homes and farms were swamped by the rising tide, which took out roads and highways, leaving water-logged cars barely visible above the floodline. >> all the roads is washed out from a bunch of holes in ' em. elizabeth: this funnel cloud was spotted in harris county, and strong winds took a heavy toll on buildings, tearing down fences, tearing up roofs, and showering the streets with debris. >> it was like the whole house just started to shake. i looked out the window and all you saw was a whirlwind of trash. elizabeth: and this was the view on galveston beach as storm

clouds gathered. this train, carrying cement, derailed when it hit partially submerged tracks south of dallas. in corsicana, texas, more than 16 inches of rain trapped residents in their homes, stranded drivers and shut down , interstate highways for miles. though hurricane patricia hit mexico as a massive category five storm, it apparently left little damage. now a much tamer tropical depression, patricia is moving toward the u.s. border. as precipitation from the storm moves into texas more rain is on , the way prompting houston' s , mayor to plead for caution. >> all of our first responders on notice that they may have to deploy. elizabeth: southeastern texas is bracng for more heavy rain, with voluntary evacuation orders in some areas. elizabeth hur, abc news, houston. stephanie: more than 60 people walked to end heroin this morning in nashua. neighbors and city leaders

walked from greely park to main street and back. walking for wellness walk nashua was organized by a woman who was part of a similar event in manchester. she says people need to face heroin addiction head-on. next year, we won' t need to do that why i' m here, standing for health, for life, and for the community. stephanie: organizers also held a donation bake sale to help people fighting addiction. tomorrow, a classmate of a rochester teen who died last weekend will hold a candlelight vigil in her honor. 17-year-old eve tarmey was found dead in a motel room last saturday. police suspect she overdosed on drugs. fellow seniors recall seeing eve last friday when they all gathered for a group senior portrait. they say it has been a difficult week at school. the vigil is from 6:00 to 7:30 sunday at the rochester commons. coming up on news nine tonight at 11 --

>> like uneasy coming to school, you do not know who has what. stephanie: the methuen community addressing the issue of violence at school, after two students were arrested for making threats. and cars and pumpkins flying high into the sky at new hampshire motor speedway. next up, the pumpkin chunkin contest. hayley: check out the rain on the radar moving very close to us over the next couple of hours.

up and how long does it stephanie: welcome back to news nine. a deadly plane crash at worchester airport. his 66-year-old connecticut man died when his small plane crash just after 8:00. investigators say the single engine plane feared to the right after takeoff and then crashed into a wooded area. the pilot was the only person on board. state police say the ntsb will investigate what caused the crash. to middle school students were arrested in methuen after allegedly making violent threats. these arrests come just days after a similar incident at the high school. tonight, our frank hyland tells us how the minute he is reacting. frank: tiffany simmons says recent incidents in the town where stints are accused of

>> me my friends were talking about it last night like what we would do if it happened. like uneasy coming to school. you don' t not know who has what. frank: the mayor and police chief in methuen addressing the incidence on saturday. 2/8-grade boys at 10 he middle school charged with threatening to "shoot up the school. i' m a thin heist in arrest monday from aching similar threats of the high school. the mayor says he wants to meet face-to-face with parents at the prekindergarten to integrate schools in high school. >> we should have assemblies and each one of our schools and in the evening for our parents. frank: methuen schools have placed an officer at each school since 2002. the police chief police preventing school violence starts at home. >> having the conversations with your children, do you know anything, or are you feeling inferior and if so, let' s talk about it. frank: a father of three has opened his kids with the dialogue. >> it' s not a joke. it' s real. >> i did not think it would happen.

i know there have been scarce that is scary. frank: the mayor and police chief hope to begin those assemblies next month. they help parents and students say something if they see something. frank holland, wmur. stephanie: police officer jump from the upper deck to the lower deck of the bay bridge in san francisco to arrest a suspect in a massive spectrum of stealing a authorities on a chase across the street. police say the man had several cars as its he sped through city streets. the chase led to treasure island where officers tried to block the entrance to the bridge with areas, but the man drove through them. and commitment to i-16, only 100 days remain before the iowa caucuses. the three remaining candidates for the democratic party were there to mark the occasion and rally support from thousands of democrats. former president bill clinton introduced pop singer katy perry he treated lawns of hillary

supporters to a free concert meanwhile, sanders led thousands of chanting supporters across a bridge spanning the des moines river. >> you just have to roar about what you need to fight for. stephanie: afterwards, candidates attended the democratic party' s annual jefferson-jackson dinner where all three of the candidates spoke to a crowd of more than 6000. republican candidate senator lindsey graham is in new hampshire today. he hosted a town hall in peterborough this morning. and on monday, donald trump or tend to the granite state. he will host a town hall at atkinson country: at 7:00 a.m.. you can follow all the presidential candidates on a website. just go to wmur.com and clicked on the candidate tracker. for many, it might just be a hobby, but for some people, go-go' s are a passion. about 40 people can competed in the second annual new hampshire state yo-yo contest. it happened at saint marie parish in manchester. people all ages participated in four divisions. the winners receive cash prizes

and what else -- yogas. >> a lebanese people have been practicing long time for this event. they' re doing the best tricks on stage and also to, it' s the community aspect. even though you have a competition, everyone wants to see each other do well. stephanie: people came from all over the east coast for the competition. one of the judges travel from oregon. how far can you chuck a pumpkin or a car? organizers lunch pumpkins and cars into the sky at new hampshire motor speedway today for the punk in chungking contest. and eric and air cannon sent pumpkins one mile to the air. teens will continue competing tomorrow from that :00 to 4:00. the walking dead walked in manchester today. s fourth annual is longer zombie walk takeoff at 2:00 this afternoon at the brady sold in plaza. hundreds of zombies lurks,

downtown topping slopping to trick-or-treat at businesses on elm street. the mile-long walk ended and the least have where prizes were rewarded for best constants. and check out the spooky how we display in concord. our photographer john arnold spotted this will he was on assignment today. this house on south main street is decked out with gosen skeletons. spooky. hayley: it was beautiful and it was definitely cold. you can see the frost on the trees there in conway. you can put this time lapse into motion and you can see how the clouds eventually won the battle and took over the skies there. it was a beautiful day to be out taking a look at the foliage or doing outdoor activities if you had a nice warm layer on. it did not warm-up that much today. we had temperatures starting out in the 20' s. a few teens even, but we got into the upper 30' s in the northern part of the state and 40' s across the rest of the state. that is pretty cool for this time in october. now watching the radar closely because rain showers are on their way. already a couple of them in the

lebanon area. they' re working their way up the connecticut river at this hour. mostly cloudy skies across the state. we will have the showers rolling on through over the next couple of hours or so. heavier downpours when you get out toward buffalo and even other areas. this is all eyeing us and moving closer to us as we sleep tonight and when you wake up tomorrow morning. downpours passing through. watching closely what is happening down in texas. he talked about this earlier in the moisture with the system here is actually part of what was left of her came patricia. it is no more and it is not the hurricane on record. and rains to the city of houston. the stork rainfall down there. for us, it has been kind of cool. 2-d d7 is the average high for this time in october. we do not come near that in those communities today with our highs in the upper 40' s. we are all sitting in the 40' s.

not much of a change because of the clouds in the showers working their way through tonight. we are not going to see a huge dip downward. the clouds and showers tend to keep temperatures warmer during the overnight hours. we will have these showers passing through and maybe some brief downpours, especially between 4:00 and 6:00 tomorrow morning. this is 7:00 a.m. and i have it caused here. maybe you are heading out to an early breakfast or church services or going to some of the events going on across the state and you will be running into the rainfall could even at meantime, we are stuck with the clouds. up north, these showers are going to linger even longer. here is 4:00 in the afternoon. breaks of #did the clouds -- sunshine through the clouds to. you just have to be patient for the better weather to come our way. monday morning starts up frigid, but we will see lots of sun and temperatures warmer on monday as well. here' s your forecast for tonight. cloudy skies in the rain arrives

tomorrow and making strides against the breast cancer walk in laconia. walk. having the rain deer on standby, but the shower should be wrapped up and that is benefiting a great cause. sunshine and cooler temperatures showers. it looks like heavier rain wednesday and thursday. halloween on the forecast now. so far, looking good. stephanie: i think clear for halloween and everyone can come out and you will not have to bring umbrellas with you. hayley: so far, it looks good. stephanie: thanks so much. with sports. matchup. and in high tt2watv# 1t bt@qu?8 tt2watv# 1t "a@qe3\

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