But Ohio State defensive coordinator Chris Ash knows first-hand from past experience the power a recruiting rejection can play in a big game. “Everyone was like, ‘OK, now these guys are for real, ‘ because that (Michigan State) team is good, they’ve always been good recently”. Elliott was asked Wednesday if he thinks about winning the Heisman, and his only response was, “I think about winning the Big Ten championship”.
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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. To win, though, they’ll need to eradicate their turnovers. Ohio State players said the 2013 Big Ten championship game loss to MSU, killing the Buckeyes’ national title hopes, carried over into an Orange Bowl loss to Clemson. LINE HISTORY: Books opened the Buckeyes as 13-point home faves and the total opened at 52.5. “So finger will be pointed right here”. Can’t see much changing.
Elliott wasn’t the only Ohio State player to allude that his time may be coming to a close in Columbus.
Let’s take a look at what the writers of Spartan Avenue, and even the editor of Scarlet and Game, think the final score of Saturday’s MI State vs Ohio State will be.
MI 25, Penn State 21: The MI passing offense is rolling right now and able to adapt to whatever it faces. Urban Meyer knows that. For that matter, even MI has an outside shot, if enough teams lose and the Wolverines beat Penn State on Saturday, Ohio State the following Saturday and an undefeated Iowa the Saturday after that.
“That was two sledge hammers going at each other”, Meyer said afterward.
It looks like IL can scratch its top A.D. candidate from its wish list. Next in the Big Ten hierarchy would be the Outback. Fans need to show them how much they’ve done. The work follows first phase projects that included the installation of a nutrition bar for student-athletes and renovations to the football team auditorium and lobby. What he likely would prefer not be on his resume is today’s performance: 12 carries for 33 yards, which ended his nation’s-longest 15-game streak of at least 100 yards rushing. “The chance to go 8-0”.
Northwestern hasn’t had a lot of success at Wisconsin, where it plays this Saturday and hasn’t won since 2000.
Rutgers RB Paul James won’t apply for a sixth year of eligibility.
If James wanted a sixth year, Rutgers would have needed a documented injury during his redshirt year and then he would have had to apply for a hardship waiver for last season because he would have been on the cusp of the NCAA’s cut-off point by playing in four games.
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Famous Alumni: Another crop of interesting alumni this week: Godfather star James Caan, Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore, creator and director of The Evil Dead Sam Raimi, legendary actor Robert Urich, DC Comics creative mastermind Geoff Johns, UFC fighters Rashad Evans and Gray Maynard, National Football League legend and Hightower from Police Academy Bubba Smith, Paul from the band Peter, Paul and Mary, former Ohio State Treasurer and Attorney General Rich Cordray, and former National Football League wideout and self-leg-shooter, Plaxico Burress. I give you Jim Harbaugh as an example, and leave it at that.
