I feel like we weren’t put in the right opportunity to win this game. The Spartans’ 17-14 victory ended the nation’s longest winning streak at 23 games and snapped a Big Ten record 30-conference game winning streak.
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MI State used a sharp, punishing defense and functional play from a pair of back-up quarterbacks to beat the defending National Champion and No. 3-ranked Buckeyes at a rainy and tearful Horseshoe, before the biggest crowd ever to watch a sporting event in this state.
“Not really“, said senior center Ryan Kelly when asked if he had any reaction to Ohio State losing to MI State.
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. They need Penn State to upset MI State next week, and to beat MI to make the Big Ten Championship Game.
After coming off of a season where they were hyped to be God’s gift to football, MI State witnessed their downfall against an unranked Nebraska with a controversial call, setting them back to 9th in the rankings. And in his only other time on the field at Ohio Stadium, he was the Most Valuable Player in the Ohio North-South All-Star game after being a four-year starter at quarterback for LCC.
Ohio State (10-1, 6-1) plays at MI next week. The Rose Bowl might be the best that the Buckeyes can do now.
No human being of any analytic skill could picture O’Connor so poised and effective, completing 7 of 12 passes for 89 yards and a touchdown, managing an offense that put together seven drives of six plays or more and converted 7 of 15 third downs.
Nov 21, 2015; Columbus, OH, U.S.; Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer paces the sidelines during the game against the MI State Spartans at Ohio Stadium. MI State limited him to just 33 yards on 12 carries.
No reasonable prognosticator saw the possibility of MSU rushing 51 times for 203 yards.
Elliott’s grandfather picked a bad time to come from Finland to see his grandson play. “We have to focus on our game against Auburn”.
The Buckeyes started the season as the unanimous No. 1 team in the country and the overwhelming favorite to win another national title. They had more quarterbacks then they knew what to do with and potential All-Americans everywhere.
Having Ohio State out of the mix could aid the Irish in the long run. At least not like this. They love the underdog role.
Earlier, when quizzed by reporters, Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer called it a “very poor performance” and said: “I call a lot of the plays, so the finger will be pointed right here”.
Cook insisted that he’d play all week after injuring his shoulder against Maryland last Saturday.
For the Ohio State’s offense, it was baffling.
When he was a sophomore at LCC, O’Connor was a starter on the Thunderbirds’ boys basketball team that won the 2010 Division III state championship.
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Even with the usual motivation of a game against the Buckeyes’ archrival in the Wolverines, Elliott said he expects to see a side of himself and his teammates not present all season.
