They just couldn’t keep pace with the blistering Buckeyes after losing linebacker Jaylon Smith, one of their best defensive players, in the first quarter. There wasn’t any complaining from the Ohio State star running back afterward like there was following the Buckeyes’ loss to the Spartans, which saw Elliott carry the ball just 12 times for 33 yards.
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They talked about how some players were too concerned about where they would be drafted or partying on Bourbon Street last season. The chants of “S-E-C!” They started this season with a 35-17 win against Wisconsin, another Big Ten team, on September 5.
Buckeyes celebrate win on Fiesta Bowl field After beating Notre Dame 44-28. “I’m disappointed in the situations that we were put in, and I wish it all played out differently”, Elliott told reporters after the game.
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Ohio State scored on its first two possessions with drives of 80 and 43 yards for a 14-0 lead less than halfway through the first quarter. “I had no intention whatsoever of it coming out before the game”, Bosa said.
“I’m hoping for a Notre Dame win”, Derek Thomas, a Notre Dame fan, said.
With the win, the Buckeyes won their fifth-ever Fiesta Bowl, tying ASU for second most all-time behind Penn State’s six.
“But like I said after Michigan State, that was something that we could have controlled”. Notre Dame never got closer than 10 points the rest of the way.
Without a conference championship game to make one last case, Ohio State was a lame duck as defending champion, as evidenced by the Buckeyes’ slide to No. 7 in the final playoff rankings.
Ohio State had its way with Notre Dame’s defense without Smith in the lineup, racing down the field for scores like a 7-on-7 drill. Jalin Marshall returned four punts for a net of 73 yards net, including a long of 29-yarder, and while Curtis Samuel returned had returned two kickoffs, including a a long of 38-yarder. Barrett accounted for the other score, finding Michael Thomas on a 15-yard TD to put Ohio State up 28-14 at halftime.
Since arriving in Arizona for the contest less than a week before, Notre Dame (10-3) had lost starting junior safety Max Redfield and freshman defensive lineman Jerry Tillery to suspensions and starting junior cornerback Devin Butler to injury.
“He’s a physical back. He did some special things with his feet today”.
Notre Dame took advantage of Ohio State’s Bosa-less defense a few times, though not enough to keep pace with the Buckeyes. Kizer was particularly effective on the last drive of the half, where he was able to showcase his running skills en route to a one yard touchdown run.
Entering the Fiesta Bowl, Elliott led the FBS in rushing yards (3,550) over the past two seasons. That eclipsed the Notre Dame single season record of nine by a quarterback shared by Tony Rice (1988) and Rick Mirer (1991).
When Buckeyes offensive coordinator Ed Warinner moved up to the booth for the MI game, it was very evident how much faster the Buckeye offense played.
Passing offense: Barrett completed 19 of 31 passes for 211 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
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