COLUMBUS, Ohio – The run was so good and his game was so good that Urban Meyer named running back Carlos Hyde the Buckeyes' offensive player of the game against Nebraska, despite his fourth-quarter fumble.

“I usually do not allow that to be player of the week, but he played very well for us,” Meyer said.

That one fumble was outweighed by other bigger numbers, like four touchdowns, 28 carries, 140 yards and the most important number of the game for Hyde – 56 percent of his yards were gained after initial contact.

The junior running back doesn't have moves like quarterback Braxton Miller, but he proved he can get extra yards his own way, running through several tackles, especially on his run that led to the fumble.

"Even though he fumbled, I was like, 'That was a heck of a run,'" center Corey Linsley said. "I was kind of amazed and stunned by that."

Linsley said Hyde's rumbling was like running over tacklers in a football video game, a 240-pounder who couldn't be stopped by linebackers or safeties.

"I saw a lot of passion in him breaking through arm tackles and running really hard," left guard Andrew Norwell said. "And that makes us more fired up up front. We have his back and there he is doing his job and it makes us feel good."

Hyde was practically giddy before last week while pondering whether he might get 20 or 25 carries. He got 28. And now he wants that again.

“Coach Meyer asked me that today, am I ready for 25 again?” Hyde said. “Yes, I'm ready for that. That's part of being a running back.”

Part of the position for any good back is making yards on your own, not just off your blocks. Hyde, though, said he could have done even better in that regard.

“It's just having that determination that you're determined not to be stopped by one guy. It can't just be one guy tackling me, it has to be at least two or three guys that bring me down,” Hyde said. “I watched the film and I left some yards out there, left some big yards out there. I'll be sure to fix that for the next game.”

Buckeyes add Texas: It will be just a 16-year break between regular-season games for Ohio State and Texas. The two football programs played a memorable two-game series in 2005 and 2006 and announced on Wednesday they will meet again in 2022 and 2023.

The Buckeyes will play in Austin on Sept. 17, 2022, and the Longhorns will travel to Columbus on Sept. 16, 2023. Ohio State recently announced a series with TCU for 2018 and 2019. There are no games scheduled yet for 2020 and 2021.

Also: The video game halftime show must have worked. After Ohio State's marching band performance during the Nebraska game drew national attention and nearly 7 million views on YouTube, the school announced on Wednesday that Jon Waters had been officially named the band's director. He previously held the interim title since the retirement of Jon Woods after the 2011-12 school year. …

The Buckeyes will stay in a hotel near Indianapolis on Friday night and bus the final 50 miles or so to Bloomington on Saturday. It's not what typically happens on a road trip, but Ohio State did the same thing for its last game in Bloomington in 2009. … Meyer reaffirmed that running back Jordan Hall is still not full speed with his knee injury and will sit out his second straight game.