Frustration, anger, probably mounted up.
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“I deserve more than (12) carries”.
Elliott said he lobbied for more carries during the game.
Other former players told the Sporting News that ex-Gators Percy Harvin, Brandon Spikes and Aaron Hernandez all failed a drug test for marijuana and were forced to sit out for a game, but Meyer reported that they were out for injuries. On Monday morning, Elliott issued an apology via his Twitter account, saying his emotions got the best of him. This year, the team started the season winning their first ten games, but that was before they ran into the Michigan State Spartans last Saturday. I don’t necessarily agree that it was the time or place to say those things. But I am not leaving after this season because we lost that game. “I hope everyone can understand how strongly I love this team and this university and how much I wanted to win that game but I do not regret anything I said”. Elliott, who spent a few days in the hospital before the game for a staph infection, said he lobbied Meyer for more touches. “He apologized. We squashed it as a team”. “Zeke’s one of the main reasons we won it all a year ago”.
But did Elliott actually create a rift between teammates and coaches, or deliver a message that anybody disagrees with? I asked for those plays to be called, and they weren’t.
– Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst said QB Joel Stave should play against Minnesota.
But the rivalry still burns brightly.
Ohio State senior center Jacoby Boren is part of a family tradition that stretches back to 1980 when his dad, Mike, was a freshman football player at MI.
You can either choose to believe Elliott’s comments are the first crack in the machine Meyer built in Columbus, a NFL Draft exodus will precede a hit in recruiting and more systemic problems will tear all that down. Rock star coach against rock star coach. MI defeated Penn State 28-16. Michigan’s nine wins this season are more than every year but one since Lloyd Carr retired in 2007. Quite the turn of events in the loss to Michigan State, putting a serious dent in the Buckeyes’ chances of winning back-to-back titles.
“There’s a variety of things”, Meyer said.
“I’m not surprised at all”. They are well coached.
Zeke has always been an extremely loyal person, a great competitor….
“It’s ‘The Game.’ That’s what you come to Ohio State for is to play in this game”, he said.
There are still scenarios in which Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State could all make it to the Big Ten Championship to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes.
No. 12 Michigan (9-2, 6-1 Big Ten) hosts No. 8 Ohio State (10-1, 6-1) at noon Saturday at Michigan Stadium in one of college football’s highest-profile rivalries. How important do you think it is for the Big Ten to have a playoff team?
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While the game wasn’t the prototypical shootout we’ve come to expect from college football recently, and let’s be honest, Ohio State’s offense sorta kinda forgot to show up to the party altogether, it was still a ratings monster for ABC and ESPN.
