They just looked unimpressive and the injuries were slowly starting to pile up. “When you have that, you have a little chip on your shoulder and play a little bit better”.
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“It’s ‘The Game.’ That’s what you come to Ohio State for is to play in this game”, he said.
It happened against the Rutger Scarlet Knights, Nebraska Cornhuskers, and a few other teams. This team just had a tough time putting games away.
The secondary played bad that game and the stout defensive line looked weak.
Houston (10-1) lost for the first time this season, on the road at CT, but the Cougars and Navy (9-1) will still play next week for the AAC West title and a spot in the league title game.
Coupled with the perception that they lucked their way into a win against the Wolverines (they did), the national media was skeptical.
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There wasn’t much activity for the special teams. Defensively, Ohio State is allowing 14.1 points and 298 yards per game. That’s why all the “experts” on College GameDay all picked the Buckeyes to prevail Saturday.
Terry took a hard sack by Sam Hubbard and fumbled late in the first quarter. “There’s no chance of me coming back next year”. Two talented but inexperienced QB’s that barely had any in-game snaps.
He followed that up with a Twitter post about his “last buckeye walk”.
The Spartans forced six OSU three-and-outs and held them to 4-of-14 on third down conversions.
The Buckeyes feature talented playmakers like Joey Bosa, Ezekiel Elliott, and J.T. Barrett.
“I think this was the first game this season we could take on the role of underdog”, MI State coach Mark Dantonio said. Buckeye Head Coach Urban Meyer is a great coach and everyone expected him to game plan well for potentially the biggest game of the season. With Cook out, a loss here would have been understandable.
“He spoke his mind after the game”, he said.
But at the end of the day, the Spartans proved nearly everyone but themselves wrong.
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The Buckeyes’ 23-game winning streak? That it came after such a crushing loss and was delivered while being critical of Ohio State’s play calling was startling.
Michael Geiger jogged onto the field to attempt the biggest field goal of his life, but one phrase overshadowed that moment, if only for a split second. At least no one was more vocal in expressing their anger. He’s brought this program so far to the elite program it is now. “In addition to just being healthy, the Spartans need Cook to perform at a level that the nation hasn’t seen from the senior leader”.
It was a result that many did not see coming, even if Cook had been underneath the center.
Thanks to this, the Penn State Nittany Lions have the chance to be a #ChaosTeam in the final week of the regular season. This season might be the one that leads to a conference championship game, at last.
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That’s significant because (assuming the Big Ten has a playoff team) the highest ranked non-playoff team from the conference will get a berth in the Rose Bowl against the victor of the Pac-12. But for now, the Spartans and their fans can enjoy this victory. That’s how you judge when things are going well.
