On a night when they passed for just a mere 43 yards, and could do nothing down the field, Heisman Trophy candidate Ezekiel Elliott ran the ball just 12 times.
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Other games of effect included Florida, who had an outside shot of making it should the Gators beat Alabama in the SEC championship, barely beating Florida Atlantic in overtime.
Iowa defeated Purdue 40-20 today to improve to 11-0 for the first time in program history, and 7-0 in the West Division.
The thing is, there are still several key games left that will decide which four teams are “in”.
MI State quarterback Connor Cook, 32-4 as a starter, did not play because of a shoulder injury sustained in the first half of the previous game against Maryland. MI State has beaten the Buckeyes 10 times when Ohio State entered as a ranked team….
The Big Ten got stood on its ear Saturday.
The Ohio State Buckeyes look for their 18th straight road win and to bounce back from their loss to MSU. The MI Wolverines ground game is averaging 161.3 yards per contest, and De’Veon Smith leads the way with 621 yards and six touchdowns. Elliott had his 15-game consecutive 100-yard per game streak snapped.
The Buckeyes started the season as the unanimous No. 1 team in the country, an overwhelming favorite to win another national title. Ohio State; 12. Oklahoma State; 13.
Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer watches from the sidelines against during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game against Ohio State, Saturday, November 21, 2015, in Columbus, Ohio.
Jones later tweeted “Lol everyone always wanna take our tweets and run with them, infer what you want, this season is FAR from over”.
Update: Rose Bowl Management Committee chairman Scott Jenkins has said that there’s a strong presumption that the Rose Bowl will take the highest-rated available Big Ten team unless there was an extraordinary situation, such as the highest-rated available team having been to the Rose Bowl each of the previous three years.
As long as MI State QB Connor Cook is good to go for this game, we should be in store for quite the showdown. Didn’t look that way on Saturday. Honestly I can’t speak for the play-calling. Former players were saying that he would favor a few of the better players to the point that he would let them get away with anything in order to keep the team winning. He also said “there’s no chance” he’d be returning to Ohio State next season.
Playing without its star quarterback, MI State put the defending national champions on the outside looking in at the College Football Playoff race. But even if Ohio State makes a run, can they get this locker room together?
Now I can understand Elliott not coming back next year. Probably the Sooners, who finish the season against Oklahoma State. Up next is Bedlam next Saturday against Oklahoma State in Stillwater. “It’s one of those situations where we’re going to be at our best, and they’re going to be at their best, and you’re going to see a great game”.
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MI State’s 1,302 points has it 62 points behind No. 5 Oklahoma while it holds a 101-point lead over No. 7 Baylor.
