COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Short on experience at linebacker to begin with, the loss of senior Etienne Sabino will force Ohio State to deal with even less of it for about a month.

Sabino left Saturday night's 63-38 win over Nebraska with a fractured bone in his right leg, and the Buckeyes confirmed it will put the team's third-leading tackler on the shelf for this week's trip to Indiana and likely three more games after that.