And Ohio State never did much to challenge the Spartans.
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MI State now sits at No. 9 in the College Football Playoff rankings. Cardale Jones appeared to declare for the National Football League as well on Twitter, unless he’s planning to transfer.
“Got one more“, Kelly said.
If Baylor wins and Oklahoma loses, the Bears would be champs if they beat Texas on championship weekend. The line punished a stout Ohio State front as no one had in almost two years.
MI State might not crack the top four this week, but the Spartans (10-1) have to like where they stand. The Spartans already have wins against OR – maybe the best team in the Pac-12 over the last month of the season – MI and now Ohio State.
The Spartans were minus-two in turnovers and still won. It was flawless MSU as we have come to know the program under Dantonio.
“I think it was 20-something seconds left and they kicked a field goal or something like that”, Ragland said.
Now Urban Meyer must make a choice, will he tolerant this blatant insolent insubordination?
The Owls’ defense kept Memphis (8-3), averaging 43.7 points per game, out of the end zone.
“It’s very disappointing”, Elliott said.
BLACKSBURG, Va. – Quinshad Davis caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Marquise Williams on overtime’s last play and North Carolina spoiled coach Frank Beamer’s final home game at Virginia Tech. He wasn’t wrong, and reporters love honesty.
“It’s very disappointing”, Elliott said. “We had a lot of momentum”. “I really do. I can’t speak for the play caller”. It just, it hurts, it hurts a lot just because of how we lost. We weren’t put in the right opportunity to win this game. “But these are the kind of situations we thrive in”.
Now, “gashing” is all relative. Aaron Green rushed 23 times for 126 yards and a score. Don’t kid yourself, Zeke: MI State won the line of scrimmage. Facing Elliott and his FBS-leading 15 straight games of more than 100 yards rushing, the Spartans turned Ohio State predictable (with huge help from the weather conditions) and dictated again. Mission accomplished. As for whether Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett could punish the Spartans’ previous pass vulnerability, it wasn’t even close. Sometimes you truly can have too many quarterbacks. “So we could chase this game, so we could play with emotion”.
The story of the postgame quickly flipped from the defending National Champions losing for the first time in 24 games to what the star running back said about the play calling in the loss.
The outgoing seniors and juniors deserved a better effort by the coaches, especially whomever is calling the plays on offense. “That’s a team we should beat”.
It’s not often you hear players complaining about Urban Meyer, his staff or the play-calling, but this year’s Buckeye offense has seen more than one flat week, and the deflating loss to the Spartans seems to have brought everything to a head.
But Elliott said he went back to practice Thursday and was fine for the game. “If this is the worst thing that’s happened to us then we’ve had a few great lives and we live great lives, ‘” Elliott said. “This team has come along and I’m just happy to be with these guys”. If we win next week we at least control our own destiny. “So the finger will be pointed right here”. I have to do better. The Spartans, instead, will turn to Tyler O’Connor at quarterback.
Cook took a shot to the shoulder last week against Maryland.
O’Connor showed good poise, going 7-of-12 for 89 yards and a touchdown on the day. “Yeah, that didn’t work out”.
This is how all of the Spartans talk. They love the underdog role. In fact, Dantonio later acknowledged, “Well, I didn’t watch the TV”.
“It’s like leaving runners in scoring position”, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said in an interview room ringed by Red Sox pennants. He was used so little that after the game, former Buckeye coach John Cooper was asking if Elliott was hurt… only his pride and his Heisman chances.
“I grew up in this state”. He got a big first down, and it ended up with Geiger – who earlier missed a 43-yard try – lining up for the game-winner with three seconds left form 41 yards.
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Then Geiger sprinted off to celebrate. The league is trying to get as many different teams in bowl games over a six year span as possible. Eventually, he got the game ball from Cook.
