Ezekiel Elliott matched a Fiesta Bowl record with four rushing touchdowns and Ohio State (12-1) – which stormed to a season-high 28 points in the first half – pounded its way past the Irish.
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Notre Dame wide receiver Chris Brown (2) makes a catch against Ohio State during the second half of the Fiesta Bowl NCAA College football game, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Glendale, Ariz. Sean Nuernberger’s 37-, 38- and 35-yard field goals in the fourth quarter were his first of the season since taking the job back from Jack Willoughby.
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Notre Dame took advantage of Ohio State’s Bosa-less defense a few times, though not enough to keep pace with the Buckeyes.
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A win would also move Ferentz ahead of UMass’s Mark Whipple for the 20th-most wins amongst all active FBS coaches . The O-line, which shuffled starters because of injury, according to head coach Kirk Ferentz, never found footing.
“I think he was the best player in America before this game, so I think it’s just the icing on the cake”, Stanford coach David Shaw said.
After getting past those initial shocks to the system, the real story of this game was the efficiency of the Ohio State offense, particularly on first and second down.
Ohio State came out of the gate quickly, forcing three-and-outs on Notre Dame’s first two possessions and scoring two touchdowns of their own to put the Irish in an early 14-0 hole less than eight minutes into the game.
“Expectations were sky-high for us this season, but we came out and played hard against a good team”, Meyer said on ESPN after the game.
Meyer was so dismissive of Notre Dame’s scoring potential that he went for a 4th-and-1 at his own 33 in the second quarter, and made it.
If only the CFP hadn’t reduced even the “New Year’s Six’ bowls to comparative insignificance”. The Wolverines wiped out the stinging memory of the 42-13 loss to Ohio State in the 2015 regular-season finale.
With today being the last game of the season for the buckeyes, it was also the last game for numerous players.
Kelly, though, said his team in headed in the right direction.
“I think a lot of people are going to expect less than what they are going to be able to produce”, Decker said. We know we could have been there and could have won, but that’s life.
Ohio State lost to Michigan State in its penultimate game and had to watch the Spartans join fellow one-loss teams Alabama and Oklahoma in the playoff.
The Irish were depleted, especially on defense.
At this point, though, it is too early to say what impact it will have on his draft stock, although it seems likely to drop him out of consideration as a top-10 pick. Then, on the next play, Miller ran around left end and scampered his way down the sideline for a 27-yard gain deep into Notre Dame territory. “Jaylon impacts what we do defensively significantly”, Kelly said. That was followed later by Te’von Coney, Smith’s replacement, suffering an arm injury. Defensive lineman Sheldon Day was hobbled, but played, with an ankle injury, as was the case with fellow DL Daniel Cage. Day hurt his foot in practice this week but X-rays were negative.
“It’s obviously a very disappointing situation to have guys like this who are so impactful in my life not go out with a victory”, Kizer said.
We are required by law to do this whenever the Irish lose a bowl game. That’s the kind of captain he is. “He gave us everything he had”. “He was on IVs all morning”.
Kelly’s four touchdown passes tied a Sugar Bowl record held by three others.
Ohio State’s seniors depart with a 50-4 record in four years at the school, while the Irish fell short of sending their seniors out with a victory. The Irish punted on their first three drives, including two three-and-outs, despite catching an early break as Buckeyes junior defensive lineman Joey Bosa was ejected for targeting on a hit to sophomore quarterback DeShone Kizer.
Kizer reflected on the season. “I learned quite a bit”.
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Leading wide receiver Michael Thomas, who caught seven passes for 72 yards and a touchdown Friday, echoed Lee.
