The Big Ten champion is playoff bound, so that begs the question: would the committee take a division champion (Iowa or Michigan State), or Ohio State, who maybe will have a higher playoff ranking, and will certainly boost a higher Q score? It finally came back around. They won most of the battles against Penn State’s revamped defensive line, which had Anthony Zettel at end for the first time in two years and Tarow Barney making his first start at tackle. Ohio State fans at the Big House knew they needed help, and in the second half began chanting: “Go Penn State!”.
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No. 15 TCU 28, No. 7 Baylor 21 (2OT) • In a game that ended late Friday night and was played in driving, cold rain, Trevone Boykin threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to KaVontae Turpin in the second overtime to lift Texas Christian (10-2, 7-2 Big 12) over the visiting Bears (9-2, 6-2). “I would think an 11-1 team playing, the No. 5 last week and the No. 4 team playing”.
The eighth-ranked Buckeyes had beaten No. 12 MI 42-13. Ezekiel Elliott picked up a large chunk with 214 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries.
He was held to 12 carries for 33 yards rushing against Michigan State, then publicly criticized the team’s play calling and declared he will skip his senior season to enter the National Football League draft.
“I do think that there is an advantage having gone through this before”, Dantonio said. The offense often underachieved and generally was out of sync in an 11-1 campaign and that cost the Buckeyes dearly in that 17-14 cold, wet loss to Michigan State. Barkley is going to be a very special runner for the Nittany Lions, and is far from finished when it comes to breaking school records. This one was really special, being that it was Senior Day and being that it was the game where our season was on the line, whether we were going to the Big Ten or not.
That means Ohio State coach Urban Meyer will be leaning on his old team as much from the couch as he ever did on the sidelines.
“265? I know I look slim-cut, but …” “It was one of those things where we just had to deal with the hand we got dealt and come out and continue to execute”. “A guy like that takes more than one person to tackle him”.
Penn State cut the lead in half in the opening moments of the second quarter with a 19-yard field goal from Tyler Davis.
He ran more than he passed.
After reviewing tape of Friday’s game at Nebraska on Saturday morning, Iowa resumes its normal game-week preparations with a practice Sunday as it turns its attention to Michigan State.
The Wolverines (9-3, 6-2, No. 10 CFP) simply could not stop their rivals from running at will. They fell behind early, and quarterback Jake Rudock was knocked out of the game when he was slammed onto his left shoulder.
Last year TCU might have been good enough to win the whole thing, or at least challenge Ohio State, had the Horned Frogs been invited.
Harbaugh has generated a lot of hype this year for coming back to lead MI, were he was the starting quarterback two decades ago, he has to improve a program that is 0-4 against Meyer.
Harbaugh has turned teams around everywhere he has gone. We played down the stretch, and won some close games. “We’re working through everything this whole season and being able to put it together for one more game”.
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Instead of fighting for bowl eligibility and losing the 2014 finale, this MI team is headed for a pretty good bowl game in a locale such as Orlando, Tampa or San Diego. After that we finally switched or mindset to: “We have to be dominant, in all aspects of the game, every game, every down, every play”.
