We’ve just been hit right in the gut, and Zeek actually said a few words down there, and I love these guys and we’ll come back and do the best we can next week.
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Quarterback Cardale Jones also said on Twitter that last night’s game was his last at the Shoe.
Ezekiel Elliott is stopped by MI State defenders.
MI State have played one of the tougher schedules in the nation, at one point a couple of weeks ago having the top-ranked “combined record of defeated teams” and that has only improved with a win over previously unbeaten, No. 3 Ohio State.
4 – MI State has won four straight games against Ohio State (1974, 1998, 2013, 2015) when the Buckeyes were undefeated after November 1.
It all came down to Spartan kicker Michael Geiger, who drilled the game-winning 41-yard field goal on the final play, giving them the victory.
The Buckeyes now must turn their attention to Saturday, where MI looms at the Big House in Ann Arbor.
But I was more disappointed in Elliott’s comments like when he said he’s not coming back and that was his last game at Ohio State.
The Big Ten Championship game should be a solid, even matchup on the gridiron, with the victor securing a playoff spot.
What it doesn’t need is a MI State loss to Penn State, opening the door once again to Ohio State.
Junior quarterback Tyler O’Connor, a Lima Central Catholic graduate, got the start when Cook was unable to go and completed 7 of 12 passes for 89 yards and a touchdown.
Terry took a hard sack by Sam Hubbard and fumbled late in the first quarter.
CLEMSON, S.C. – Deshaun Watson passed for 343 yards and three touchdowns and ran for a fourth score as No. 1 Clemson capped a ideal Atlantic Coast Conference season. Barrett finished with 44 yards rushing (2.9 yards per carry) and Elliott had 33 (2.8 ypc). State’s front seven defensively also controlled the line of scrimmage. The passing game was just not there. “They weren’t. We didn’t execute”. In fact, the coach said he agreed with Elliott’s critique.
“Zeke has always been an extremely loyal person, a great competitor”, Meyer said. “I call a lot of plays anyways”.
MSU’s offensive line was just as dominant as its defensive line.
Most of that was absent in the first nine games of the season as the Spartans often found themselves in close games they didn’t expect to be that close. “In stretches of the game we played well and made that big kick at the end of the game”, he said.
The Buckeyes ended with just over 100 yards in total offense.
But on the ensuring possession, Ohio State’s defense, and particularly its linebackers who were making tackles five yards down the field, allowed the Spartans to march 75 yards in 13 plays to tie it at 14-14 on a two-yard run by Gerald Holmes with 12:03 left in the game.
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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.
